At Thoughtspool Therapy, learning is not separate from living. Every course, masterclass, and workshop offered here has been designed from the inside out, drawing on years of clinical practice as a GP, Mental Health Specialist, and working parent, and shaped by the real questions that people bring into the consulting room every day.
Whether you are raising children, caring for others, working alongside families in a professional capacity, or navigating the complexity of your own relationships, this learning is for you. It is grounded in current neuroscience and attachment theory, informed by evidence-based therapeutic frameworks, and written in language that makes clinical knowledge genuinely usable in everyday life.
You do not need a clinical background to benefit from any of these programs. You only need a willingness to understand yourself and the people around you a little more deeply.
At Thoughtspool Therapy, learning is not separate from living. Every course, masterclass, and workshop offered here has been designed from the inside out, drawing on years of clinical practice as a GP, Mental Health Specialist, and working parent, and shaped by the real questions that people bring into the consulting room every day.
Whether you are raising children, caring for others, working alongside families in a professional capacity, or navigating the complexity of your own relationships, this learning is for you. It is grounded in current neuroscience and attachment theory, informed by evidence-based therapeutic frameworks, and written in language that makes clinical knowledge genuinely usable in everyday life.
You do not need a clinical background to benefit from any of these programs. You only need a willingness to understand yourself and the people around you a little more deeply.
Workshops for Parents
Parenting is one of the most meaningful things we do and one of the least formally prepared for. The gap between knowing what we want for our children and knowing how to get there in the middle of a difficult moment is where most parents quietly struggle.
These workshops are built to close that gap. Drawing on attachment science and current understanding of how the brain develops from birth through adolescence, they offer parents a way to understand what is happening for their child neurologically and emotionally and to respond in ways that build connection, confidence, and resilience rather than simply managing behaviour. Concepts such as the Window of Tolerance, the Hand Model of the Brain, and the simple but powerful understanding that all behaviour is communication form the backbone of this learning.
Central to this program is the Bringing Up Great Kids (BUGK) framework, a structured, evidence-informed approach developed by the Australian Childhood Foundation that uses clear, accessible language to help parents make sense of their child’s needs and responses. Dr Khan is a trained facilitator of the BUGK program.
These workshops are warm, practical, and deeply respectful of the reality of family life. There is no judgement here, only tools, understanding, and the reassurance that the effort you make as a parent genuinely matters.
What these workshops cover:
- How the brain develops from newborn to adolescence and what that means for behaviour, big emotions, and what children need from us
- Attachment theory and the Circle of Security: What secure connection looks like and how to build it in everyday moments
- The Window of Tolerance: Understanding big emotions in children and in yourself, and how to stay connected when things get hard
- Communication that connects rather than corrects. Including the PACE approach (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy) and the art of listening with your whole self
- The Iceberg Model: Reading the need beneath the behaviour and responding to what is underneath rather than what is on the surface
Workshops for Carers
Caring for a child who has experienced difficulty, whether through trauma, loss, developmental difference, or the disruption of early relationships, asks something particular of the adults around them. It asks for patience that goes beyond the ordinary, for understanding that goes beneath the behaviour, and for a way of being present that can hold a child’s distress without being overwhelmed by it.
These workshops are designed for anyone in a sustained caring role with a child, whatever the nature of that relationship and however it came to be. They draw on attachment theory and the neuroscience of trauma and connection to give carers a clear framework for understanding, not just what a child does, but why, and what they are communicating through their behaviour. The Hand Model of the Brain and the Window of Tolerance are used throughout to make neuroscience concrete, accessible, and immediately useful in the everyday reality of caring.
The Bringing Up Great Kids (BUGK) framework is used throughout to offer language that is practical rather than clinical, accessible to anyone, regardless of prior knowledge or experience. Dr Khan is a trained BUGK facilitator through the Australian Childhood Foundation.
These workshops also recognise that caring for a child with complex needs has a cost — to your energy, your relationships, and your own wellbeing. Time is made in each workshop to acknowledge that honestly and to offer carers tools to sustain themselves as well as the children in their care.
What these workshops cover:
- Understanding trauma and its impact on the developing brain. Using the Hand Model and brain development framework from the BUGK program to make the science visible and accessible
- What children who have experienced disrupted attachment need most. The Circle of Security and what safety, connection and co-regulation look like in practice
- The PACE approach (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy) as a way of being with a child that builds trust over time
- The iceberg model: Reading the unmet need beneath the behaviour and responding with curiosity rather than correction
- Sustaining yourself as a carer: Understanding your own Window of Tolerance and the tools that help you stay regulated when caring feels overwhelming
Masterclasses & Workshops for Professionals Working With Children
Professionals working with children and families: teachers, early childhood educators, school counsellors, social workers, allied health practitioners, GPs, and others in supporting roles, are often the first to notice when something is not right. They are also frequently asked to respond with limited time, limited resources, and training that does not always account for the complexity of what they are seeing.
These masterclasses and workshops are designed to bridge that gap. They translate current neuroscience and attachment research, including the Hand Model of the Brain, the Window of Tolerance, and the understanding that all behaviour is communication into practical frameworks that professionals can apply in their specific context, whether that is a classroom, a clinic, a home visit, or a case review meeting.
The Bringing Up Great Kids (BUGK) framework, developed by the Australian Childhood Foundation, is central to the professional program. It offers a shared language for multi-disciplinary teams, one that is consistent, evidence-informed, and designed to strengthen the way professionals communicate with families as well as each other. Dr Khan brings this framework to her clinical context as a trained facilitator, alongside her background in general practice, mental health, and child health.
Masterclasses are available as condensed two-hour sessions, suitable for professional development days, team meetings, or conference programs, as well as four to six-week workshop series for those who want to go deeper. Both formats are available face to face and online.
What these workshops cover:
- Attachment theory and the Circle of Security. What this means for the way professionals build relationships with children and families
- The neuroscience of the developing brain. From the brain-fruit visual to the Hand Model and Window of Tolerance, in language that works in a multidisciplinary team meeting
- Using the BUGK Framework: Including the iceberg model and PACE, as a shared language across disciplines and teams
- Recognising Dysregulation: Reading the iceberg, understanding the Window of Tolerance, and responding in ways that de-escalate rather than intensify
- Supporting families without taking over. Using connection-first approaches and the PACE framework to empower rather than direct
- Self-care and professional sustainability when working with complex needs
Online Masterclasses & Courses for Everyday People
Some of the most important work we will ever do is the work of understanding our relationships with the people we love, the families we come from, and ourselves. This is not work that belongs only in a therapist’s office. It is work that can happen in the ordinary moments of a Tuesday morning, if we have the right tools to make sense of what we are experiencing.
Thoughtspool Therapy’s online courses and masterclasses bring clinical knowledge into everyday language, making the insights of neuroscience, attachment science, and evidence-based therapy genuinely accessible to people who have never sat in a consulting room and have no intention of doing so. These programs are for anyone who wants to understand themselves and their relationships more clearly and live with a little more ease.
The frameworks drawn on across these programs include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy, and attachment science, as well as insights from schema-informed and family systems thinking, and the power of storytelling as a tool for making sense of experience. These are not delivered as clinical therapy; they are offered as structured, thoughtful learning designed to expand self-awareness and build practical skills for real life.
Topics across this suite include understanding family dynamics and enmeshment, navigating guilt and obligation, building boundaries with warmth, recognising patterns in relationships, and developing a clearer, more compassionate sense of self. Each course is structured to work as a standalone program and as part of a continuing journey.
Masterclasses are condensed, focused sessions of approximately two hours. Four and six-week courses offer greater depth, with guided reflection, practical tools, and the option to use your learning alongside individual therapy if you choose.
These courses are for you if:
- You want to understand your relationships more deeply, without needing a diagnosis or a referral
- You find yourself repeating patterns you cannot quite explain
- You are doing therapy and want tools to support your work between sessions
- You are curious about how the mind, the body, and your relationships are connected
- You simply want practical, clinically grounded knowledge you can apply in your own life
All Thoughtspool Therapy programs are developed and facilitated by Dr Faiza Khan. They are designed to be accessible, evidence-informed, and genuinely useful, not as a substitute for individual clinical care, but as a meaningful complement to it, and as a resource in their own right for anyone ready to do the work.