Tanya Valentin
Compassionate guidance for parents of neurodivergent children and teens navigating autistic burnout
My Mission and Values
As a neuro-affirming family coach and community leader, I support parents of Autistic and ADHD children and teens who are navigating burnout, not by asking them to do more, but by helping them come home to what is already wise within them.
Through nervous-system-centred education, low-demand parenting, and relational community, I offer parents a soft place to land: practical tools, deep validation, and personalised coaching as they rebuild trust, capacity, and connection within their families.
My work sits within a wider commitment to justice and change. I hold the reality that neurodivergent people are disproportionately impacted by trauma, exclusion, and systems that were never built for them.
By tending to parent wellbeing, self-trust, and sustainable support, I work to create ripple effects that move beyond survival toward safer, more humane, and more inclusive futures for neurodivergent children, families, and the generations that follow.
My Core Values
Compassion & Connection
I center my work on validating and supporting parents with warmth, understanding, and a deep sense of care. I provide a “soft place to land,” ensuring that no parent feels alone in the challenges of raising a neurodivergent child. Connection, both between parents and their children, and within a supportive community, is at the heart of everything I do.
Advocacy & Systemic Change
I do not just support individual families; I actively work to change the life outcomes of neurodivergent children. I recognize the larger societal barriers, higher unemployment, mental health challenges, and lower life expectancy, and I am committed to shifting these realities through education, awareness, and advocacy.
Empowerment & Sustainable Support
My mission is to give parents the tools and confidence to parent in a way that honours their child’s needs while also taking care of themselves.
My focus is on long-term well-being, helping families not just survive but thrive by embracing a low-demand, nervous system-friendly approach.
What This Work Is and What It Is Not
This work is grounded in the belief that burnout recovery, healing, and parenting neurodivergent children are complex, relational processes. They don’t respond well to urgency, pressure, or promises of quick transformation. I work with parents who are done with growth that costs them safety, and who are ready to heal without abandoning themselves.
Because of that, there are some things I don’t offer.
I don’t promise quick fixes, guaranteed outcomes, or timelines for healing, for children or for parents.
I don’t work from a place of control, compliance, or behaviour modification that overrides nervous systems or lived experience.
I don’t position myself as the expert who knows what to do better than you do.
What I do offer is steadiness, context, and companionship.
I offer a neuro-affirming, low-demand approach that prioritises safety, relationship, and dignity.
I offer support that respects the pace of nervous systems and the intelligence of families.
This work is not about fixing children or families.
It’s about creating the conditions where healing, trust, and connection can emerge in their own time.
If you resonate with this and are looking for support for yourself and your family let’s talk