Dedicated coaching support to navigate the pressure, support your child effectively, and preserve your family's well-being.
Support your child and yourself through exams without the constant stress, arguments, and worry. Discover practical tools to navigate this challenging time with confidence and keep your family connected.
Does Exam Season Feel Like This In Your Home?
"Are conversations about revision quickly turning into arguments?"
"Do you worry about saying the 'wrong' thing and making things worse?"
"Is your child glued to their phone, but tells you they're 'too stressed' to study?"
"Are you losing sleep worrying about their future (and feeling guilty you can't fix their stress)?" You're walking on eggshells, desperate not to add to the pressure, but feeling stressed yourself.
Communication breaks down – nagging turns into arguments, or your child just shuts down.
You're worried about their stress levels, their performance, and whether you're doing enough (or too much).
Sleep is disrupted (theirs and yours), and healthy routines go out the window.
You feel helpless or resentful as your own needs take a backseat.
Exam season is intense for everyone involved. The pressure, the long hours, the uncertainty – it can turn a calm home into a stress factory and strain even the strongest parent-child bonds.
Imagine Navigating Exam Season With More Ease...
What if, instead of just surviving, you could actually support your child effectively while staying grounded yourself?
Imagine having calm, clear conversations about revision and pressure.
Imagine knowing exactly how to help your child manage their stress (and yours).
Imagine setting supportive boundaries without creating conflict.
Imagine preserving your positive connection with your child, even amidst the pressure.
Imagine feeling confident that you're providing the right kind of support.
Imagine getting through this period with your energy and your relationship intact.
Introducing: Exam Season Support Coaching for Parents & Carers
This isn't about adding another thing to your overflowing plate. It's about giving you focused, practical support right now to cut through the chaos and bring more calm, connection, and effectiveness to your home during this critical time. Where we'll work together on practical communication tools, stress management, and building resilient routines.
Typically booking a series of 4 to 6 weekly coaching sessions during the exam season can help you navigate the challenges and find your and your families pathway to a realistic outcome for your child with more ease and flow.
Drawing on my decades of experience working with young people and parents, and leveraging powerful, proven tools from Positive Intelligence and Embodied Systems Coaching, I provide you with tailored strategies to navigate the specific challenges of the exam period.
Book a free call to to assess your needs and work out what will work best for you.
Join Q&A small group zoom calls. 7.00 pm tp 8.00 pm. Drop in, bring your live issues and topics and we will have a facilitated discussion. Donations welcome, no charge. Next dates: 30 May, 03 June, 13 June, 17 June. Join the zooms here:
Reduce Household Tension: Learn techniques to lower the overall stress temperature in your home, creating a more supportive atmosphere for studying.
Improve Communication: Bridge the gap with your child, reducing arguments and fostering open conversations about their fears, pressures, and needs.
Equip Your Child (Indirectly): While I coach you, the shifts you make will directly help your child feel more understood, less alone, and better equipped to handle their own stress.
Manage Your Own Stress: Get tools to stay grounded and centered, so you can be the calm anchor your child needs, without burning yourself out.
Set Supportive Boundaries: Learn how to implement structure and expectations around revision and routines in a way that feels collaborative, not controlling.
Build Resilience (Yours & Theirs): Develop mental fitness strategies to bounce back from setbacks and navigate emotions during the exam period.
Preserve Your Relationship: Ensure that the pressure of exams doesn't damage the vital connection you have with your child.
Contact me to book a free 20 minute assessment of how I can help you.
I offer focused coaching packages specifically designed to support you through the exam season. These are tailored to your unique situation and family dynamics. Typically, support involves a series of 3 to 6 weekly confidential online coaching sessions leading up to and/or during the core exam period.
In these sessions, we will work together to:
Understand Your Stress Triggers: Quickly identify the patterns (Saboteurs) that escalate stress and conflict in your home.
Master Calm Responses: Gain simple, effective techniques to respond calmly to pressure instead of reacting.
Align as a Family: Establish clear, supportive expectations around revision and routines that reduce conflict.
Equip yourself with techniques to manage your own triggers and reactions.
Develop strategies for maintaining connection and providing effective emotional support to your child.
Troubleshoot specific challenges as they arise during the exam period.
We'll work together on practical communication tools, stress management, and building resilient routines.
This isn't generic advice; it's targeted coaching to give you the skills and perspective you need right now.
Your Investment
Investing in support during exam season is an investment in your family's well-being, your child's ability to perform under pressure, and the long-term health of your relationship. My sliding scale charges are self assessed based on income and wealth. More details available, when you get in touch.
The investment for the Exam Season Support Coaching is:
Free initial 20 minute call to assess your needs.
£60 - £120 for 75 minute session.
£30 - £60 for a 30 minute issue focussed session.
I have some bursary places available for very low income people, we can figure this out when you get in touch.
In this busy period we can arrange the support you need in flexible ways. Once we have got underway you can choose the regular weekly series. We will work out what will work best for you during the intiatial free call. With addition quicker shorter interventions as issues come up live. (subject to my availability).
We can meet online in zoom, in person in Stroud, by phone, WhatsApp video calls.
Ready to see if this is right for you? Book a FREE, no-obligation call to discuss your specific exam season challenges and how I can help. Text me on 0779947210 for a call back.
Start now, get immediate insights and stategies you will use from day one.
What is your ideal and realistic outcome? Take a moment and write down your issues and challenges - then flip them into your dream. Bring this list when you have your free intitial call. What's your ideal outcome for you and your child?
Less stress more peacefulness
Less procrastination more positive action
Less perfectionism more realistic effort
Less arguements more postive problem solving
Less impact of drugs and alcohol more managing healthy boundaries in this.
Less ruminating more planning
Less out of your depth more confidence
What's you issues and best outcomes?
With my extensive experience with youth mentoring and parent support with JourneymanUK and my training in Positive Intelligence and Embodied Systems Coaching I have the toolkit you need.
Also as a parent, who's children both now have Degrees and Masters, I have direct personal experience.
Stop struggling alone - get tailored support that cuts through the noise and confusion to clarity and implementation.
Working with you from experience.
Hello, I'm Ianto Doyle. As a father myself and with over 40 years of experience working directly with young people and supporting their parents through various challenges, I understand the unique pressures of these times. My background in youth mentoring (JourneymanUK), combined with my training in Positive Intelligence and Embodied Systems Coaching, gives me a unique perspective and toolkit to help you navigate the emotional landscape of exam season with greater skill and less stress. I'm passionate about helping families stay connected and resilient, even when the pressure is on.
Hear From Parents I've Supported:
"Integrity, authenticity, no bullshit, togetherness. I am a single mum...supported us with his warm grounded compassion....is gifted with qualities .....enabling me to fell safe, keep hope, work through a heart break, inspire sovereignty and insight, suggest positive actions that work....he has the ability to bring fun.....I am immensely grateful.... "
"Drawing from many types of mental health work, including some of his own brilliant ideas, he is equipped with a psychological toolkit and an attentive curiosity that helps me gain clarity on my life through self-realisation. I absolutely recommend Ianto as a life coach !"
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who is this coaching for?
Parents and carers supporting children of any age facing significant exams - GCSEs, A-Levels, university.
When is the best time to start?
Ideally a few weeks before the main exam period begins, but support during the exams is also highly valuable.
How are the sessions delivered?
Online via Zoom primarily, and we can arrange in person in Stroud, by ohone and WhatsApp video call. So you can fit it in around busy schedules.
What will we cover in the sessions?
Tailored to you, but often includes communication, stress management, boundaries, navigating expectations, supporting motivation. This is not a generic program, but tailored to your needs.
The fees are quite flexible, how do I know what it will cost?
I want to make my work affordable and accessible to wide range of people. We can come to a mutually agreeable arrangment when you get in touch.
Is this coaching for my child?
No, the focus is on supporting you as the parent/carer, as your shifts have the biggest impact on the home environment.
Is this for primary school exams or just older kids?
This is for teenagers going through GCSEs, A levels, college students.
How quickly will I see results?
From the first session we will work out actionable steps to improve your situation.
Can my child join the session?
Yes, we can involve your child directly too.
How is this different from therapy? (This is coaching focused on practical strategies and building mental fitness for a specific challenge, not clinical therapy).
Ready to Transform Exam Season Stress into Supported Success?
Don't let exam stress hijack your home and your relationship with your child. Get the support you need to navigate this period with more calm, confidence, and connection.