Welcome to Raising Amazing Teens with Charli McLachlan
Parenting teens can feel like an emotional rollercoaster and be full of change and challenges, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. I’m here to help you navigate the ups and downs of raising young people with compassion, authenticity, regulation, and enjoyment.
Through personalised coaching, I’ll equip you with the tools, strategies and support you need to build stronger connections, set healthy boundaries, and empower your teens to thrive. Together, we’ll transform these years into a positive and impactful journey for both you and your child.
Let’s raise amazing teens!
Trauma-Informed Coaching & Support for All Family Dynamics
I understand that every family is unique and complex. My role is to support you as you navigate your family's specific challenges.
Whether you're addressing:
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emotional and behavioral needs
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childhood trauma
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working through addiction
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managing neurodivergence
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deconstructing from religious beliefs
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dealing with the impact of pornography and online sex
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healing from abuse
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coping with coercive control or C/PTSD
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navigating co-parenting or parallel parenting
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dealing with parenting orders and family court
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or facing parental burnout
—these issues can feel overwhelming.
I’m here to offer the guidance and support you need through it all. No challenge is too big or small – it’s all welcome here.
While I am not specifically specialised in neurodiversity, I have a deep understanding of ADHD, AuADHD, and autism.
Additionally, I work closely with a team of specialists in this field and am happy to provide referrals when needed.
I can also offer coaching to help you navigate the complexities that often come with these unique strengths, including:
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setting boundaries
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managing burnout
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creating routines
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improving communication
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and addressing RSD (Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria) and emotional sensitivity.
As you can see, I cover a lot, so please reach out no matter what challenge you're facing...
OTHER SERVICES
I’m driven by a deep passion for freedom and healing, and find immense purpose in witnessing people break free from shame and trauma wounds, enabling you to embrace a life you genuinely love while cultivating self-love and unwavering self-worth.
By providing personalised support, I guide my clients through individual healing pathways, helping you reclaim your power, find emotional strength, and redesign your life after chaos and pain.
Supervision & Coaching
For social sector kaimahi and community/organisation leaders.
• Fully trauma-informed
• Compassion-led
• Growth-focused
• 4, 6 or 8 weekly sessions
• In-person (BOP/EBOP) & online available
• Discount for NFP organisations
• Powerful & effective supervision to support your WHOLE wellbeing, output, and growth.
If you've been looking for fresh inspiring supervision and support for your mahi the New Year, you work within the social and community sectors and want to grow and expand your impact while remaining grounded, having healthy boundaries, and aligned to YOUR values, I’m ready to support you.
‘A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.'
- Brené Brown
Emerge
An 8-week online journey of deep connection, expansion, healing and support for women.
This nourishing journey is 8 weeks of exploring and healing YOU and redesigning a life that you're in love with. Throughout the course you'll get creative and vulnerable as well as learn loads of tools to regulate your nervous system, anchor in your beliefs and experience true self-love. Plus, you'll have the time and space to explore questions that are important to you, process big emotions, increase self-awareness and connect with others.
You'll also receive a creative workbook that is designed to support your personal journey and inspire self-reflection, as well as have direct access to Charli throughout the course.
Trauma Conscious Leadership
Trauma exists in your employees. It may not be because of your workplace but it is inevitably in the lives of the people working for you. It will affect their work and their relationships just as it affects the rest of their world.
Charli’s Trauma-Conscious Leadership workshops are crucial to helping those further up an organisation understand what trauma is and what it means for their employees.
She will help you implement specially crafted changes that will bring about not only healing, but positive transformation in your staff. It can also bring a greater sense of harmony and justice to your organisation as people begin to feel seen and heard.
In this workshop, you and your leaders will learn:
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What is trauma?
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How we respond to trauma (trauma/ survival responses)
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Types of trauma
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Understanding the nervous system
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PTSD/CPTSD/PTG
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Leadership Attributes
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Pillars of Trauma-Informed Practice through a Te Ao Māori lens (3 Ps of Te Tiriti)
You and your colleagues will be forever grateful for this one-day workshop.
What People Say
Charli’s programmes, courses, and general content delivery has far exceeded expectations. She delivers content in a real, approachable, and honest way that removes misconceptions, discusses our perceptions, and challenges the ‘norm’. Charli’s work makes navigating trauma in whatever role you are in less overwhelming and healing and growth focused.
There are few people that walk alongside you in life, who can hold space in such a way that makes you feel accepted in ALL of who you are, safe, heard, valued and respected. Charli is one of these people. She is authentic in her work and the passion she holds ripples out to those she guides towards healing in self. I feel very grateful that I got to be a part of her self discovery course. It helped me to look a little deeper inside of me to explore avenues of life I had not been able to do before. Thankyou for helping me to feel more connected to myself.
This was an incredible course that allowed conversation and education to flow in a natural way, allowing space for self-reflection, questioning of beliefs, and to grow a much deeper understanding of how trauma impacts our staff, ourselves, and our clients…
Charli has had an incredible touch on my families lives. Charli worked with my son (13) through his anxiety and my daughter started seeing Charli when she was 11 and now 13. Charli has helped build her confidence and supports her to understand her strengths within herself in a world that’s just not fair! Miss 13 has access to ACC therapy but hands down prefers Charli and in her words “Charli understands me”. Charli is authentic and welcomes us into her space. Charli is victim focused and generally cares and is most definitely heart lead in her coaching. We love and will always advocate her services. Amazing!
Meet Charli McLachlan
I love to hold space for brave conversations about a wide range of diverse trauma, and feel especially passionate about some really gritty and less-talked about topics such as, narcissistic abuse, coercive control, religious grooming and deconstruction, abandonment and betrayal, sexual assault and trafficking, family justice, parenting, and trauma bonds. There is no trauma that is too hard for me to explore with you and I understand that each life journey is deeply precious and complex. Your journey is safe with me and together, we’ll navigate what you need in order to attain inner wellbeing and healing.
With an unwavering commitment to freedom, integrity, and justice, I create safe and intentional spaces for clients to explore their deepest wounds and navigate a path to healing and growth. Through a range of effective techniques and proven strategies, I empower you to break free from the chains of your past and create a future of resilience, empowerment, and joy.
