Philippa Perry: ‘Listen carefully, parents – and don’t despair’

The psychotherapist, who has spent years putting people ‘back on track’, is sharing her ideas on how to be a better parentPhilippa Perry takes one look at me and gives me a bear-hug. “You must be exhausted,” she says, and she’s not wrong. As a working mother of two small boys who never seem to sleep or slow down, I have gone past exhausted, straight into “desiccated”. Perry smiles reassuringly, banging me on the arm.“Come on, let’s get you an