Testimonials
I get lots of lovely feedback: I thought I'd share just some of the comments (with permission) from the past couple of years:
"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for running the sleep course. My daughter has always struggled with sleep and the routines around it. Over the last 7 years we've done so much research and received so much advice. It has so often followed the usual process of routines, firm boundaries and dark rooms which we knew were not right for our situation or our child. Your course was a breath of fresh air in every possible way. I came away with a totally different view point and a deeper understanding of what might actually be causing E's difficulties with sleep - rather than another list of things to combat the symptoms of poor sleep rather than the cause.
I am so grateful for you sharing your knowledge. Thank you!"
~ 2 part online course, July 2026
"One of the most in-depth, thoughtful, and refreshing sleep talks I’ve ever attended. Nickie truly understands the difficulties that neurodivergent people face with sleep, and gives insightful and evidence-based suggestions that you won’t hear from traditional sleep therapists. Thank you for helping to lift the blame from us parents, giving us realistic and helpful strategies to work with, and most of all, making us feel less alone!"
~ Online course for Parent Carer Forum, March 2026
"Thank you for these sessions. This session on Sensory Processing is particularly interesting and contains info I haven't heard anyone else mention before on things to consider and try in order to help my child sleep through the night".
~ Online course for Local Authority, March 2026
"It was really informative and detailed information that was shared in a clear and concise way that was easy to understand. As a professional I found out a lot about sleep that I will be able to refer to in my practice but I can imagine that for parents/carers that was extraordinarily useful with their children and giving them some further context and above all useful practical strategies that don't feel unobtainable. Thanks ever so much!"
~Online course for Parent Carer Forum, February 2026
"It was really informative, easy to follow and understand, bundles of empathy and you have such a calming nature. It's helped me to feel less alone and less judgemental of myself around things such as tablets and co sleeping. I also learn alot about myself. Having a late ADHD diagnosis and years of sleep struggles I am now going to implement some of the things I learnt to my own sleep"
~ Online Course for Local Authority, January 2026
"Amazing online training this morning with Nickie Sutton on Autism, intellectual disability and Sleep. There was a huge amount of information covered in a very accessible way. Nickie is really knowledgeable. We all came away with a tool kit of useful strategies to use with patients. It's been fascinating, I'm keen to keep on learning more! Thanks so much Nickie!"
~Online Staff Training for NHS LD Team, June 2024
"I wanted to feedback that I've recently made some changes around my 6 year old daughter's bedtime as a result of attending the sessions.
Previously she was fighting us for hours each night around bedtime, refusing to get into bed/stay in bed, waking every hour and then rising very very early wide awake, sometimes sleeping for as little as two hours a night! I had to stop working in order to focus on her needs and get some of the problems ironed out (and because me and hubby were both like walking zombies at work).
We are now on 3 nights in a row where bedtime has taken only 1 hour in total, the evenings have been calm, we've read (as we always did) before bed, then I've taken her up and laid with her (she likes to hold me and for me to hold her) until she falls asleep to a sleep story (New Horizon app) under a new weighted blanket and I leave her with my pillow until I go to bed. She's stayed in her own bed all night and me and my husband have had some evenings together in peace for the first time in around 5 years!
Our daughter's dark rings round her eyes have started to go, and she is so much calmer and less angry in the day when shes awake, there's been no signs of a meltdown at all since the start of the week and today the teacher said our daughter is like a different child at school this week, she can't believe the difference so thank you so much! It was really really valuable for us and fingers crossed it lasts!"
~ Online Course for a Charity, May 2024
"When I booked on the course I thought it be would be the usual no frills powerpoint with potentially a printed version on my desk and the deliverer doing their best to run through the slides and promising to double check certain things. What we got was actually incredible. I’ve done a masters and come away with less notes. Nickie’s level of knowledge and in-depth understanding was phenomenal. I feel very lucky to have attended the course and thank *** for providing it. I am much more confident with my child's challenging sleep and I feel it has given me the strategies needed to avoid prescribed medication."
~ In Person Course for Parent Carer Forum, April 2024
"What a fantastic session - so insightful and eye opening. Nickie has a brilliantly caring manner and presentation style, I could happily listen to her sharing her wonderful knowledge for hours. Everything is making more sense now and I can't wait till the next session.."
~ Online Course for Parent Carer Forum, April 2024
"So much material covered in such an accessible way. It's rare to find anyone who understands the difficulties families have with autistic/ADHD children and to offer understandable and meaningful help."
~ Online Course for Parent Carer Forum, May 2023