Sleep Coaching Informed by Research and Parents’ Priorities
Wondering how to meet your child’s sleep and connection needs while also meeting your own sleep and wellbeing needs? Start here.
What is Integrated Family Sleep®?
The Integrated Family Sleep® (IFS) approach prioritises your child’s sleep and wellbeing, while also recognising that your wellbeing matters too and that every family is unique. It’s an inclusive, non-judgemental, family-centred approach that supports both children and parents using up-to-date research and a deep respect for your own values, expertise, and lived experience.
Created by Patricia Flynn MSc, BSc, MAOTI, Integrated Family Sleep® is based on decades of clinical experience, specialist training, her own peer-reviewed research, and—most importantly—the real stories and experiences of families from around the world. The approach is designed to support children’s sleep quality, safety, and emotional security while helping the whole family achieve better, healthier sleep.
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Option 1: Sleep Clarity Consultation
The Sleep Clarity session is a once-off consultation for parents who feel overwhelmed by conflicting advice and want help working out what applies to their child. This session is designed to help parents sort through the volume of information, opinions, and myths around sleep, and to identify approaches that may be most achievable and appropriate for their family.
The consultation lasts one hour, typically costs €220* and has the option of a professionally-reviewed AI-assisted summary report. If, following the Sleep Clarity consultation, you wish to proceed to create a Personal Sleep Plan or an Integrated Family Sleep® series of consultations the cost paid will be integrated into the cost of the future consultations.
Option 2: Personal Sleep Plan
The Personal Sleep Plan consultation series of consultations explores one child’s sleep-wake, settling, security and timing needs in the context of family relationship and parent(s)’ values and circumstances. In-depth information gathering and analysis includes listening to your sleep story so far as a family, sleep tracking, sleep questionnaires and screening for sleep problems.
This series of consultations includes:
- Two 60min evaluation and planning consultations focusing on one child;
- Analysis and synthesis of evaluation outcomes;
- Two 15min scheduled check-ins;
- A comprehensive summary and sleep strategy report.
Creating and reviewing a Personal Sleep Plan typically costs €550* and includes up to 2.5hrs of live online consultation and two hours of indirect information and analysis and report-writing. *You can choose to pay for the package in total or per service as required without cost implications. You will never be charged for any unscheduled or unnecessary sessions.
Option 3: Comprehensive Integrated Family Sleep® Plan
The Integrated Family Sleep® series of consultations explores the entire family’s sleep-wake, settling, security and timing needs in the context of family relationship and parent(s)’ values and circumstances. The in-depth information gathering and analysis process includes defining your desired outcomes for your family sleep, listening to your sleep story, sleep tracking, sleep questionnaires and screening for sleep problems. The outcomes are integrated into a structured, collaborative goal-setting, strategy-identification, and support package.
This package includes:
- Three 60min evaluation, planning, and review consultations for all the family;
- Analysis and synthesis of evaluation outcomes for any or all children and/or parent(s) in the family;
- Up to two 15min scheduled check-ins;
- A comprehensive summary and sleep strategy report.
The package typically costs €770* and includes up to 3.5hrs of live online consultation and three hours of indirect information and analysis and report-writing. *You can choose to pay for the package in total or per individual session/report/check-in as required without cost implications. You will never be charged for any unscheduled or unnecessary sessions.
About me….
I’m Patricia, a sleep specialist, published author, and speaker with over 25 years of international clinical experience. While qualifications and research matter, I also know they only take you so far in reality… My own children have taught me more about the reality and individuality of family sleep than any book or course ever could! I’m deeply passionate about supporting and empowering families to improve sleep by combining solid research with parents’ own knowledge of their children, always respecting each family’s relationships, values, and unique circumstances.
Don’t hesitate to email Patricia with any questions – she loves to talk about family sleep!
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Weekly Family Sleep Support Meet-Ups
Email Patricia for details of current weekly meet-ups or with any other queries.
