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Therapy for
Parenting Support
Helping parents unlock their full parenting potential and build better relationships with their children.
Has parenting been weighing you down, leaving you exhausted with very little left in your tank?
Are your kids pushing your buttons and your patience is quickly running out?
Do you feel guilty for wanting to take a break from your children when parenting is tough?
You are feeling overwhelmed with your parenting responsibilities and have days that you just want to pull the covers over your head.
You love your children unconditionally but have moments when you question your parenting abilities. You're struggling with behavioral issues, stressful family dynamics, or having difficulty relating to your child and it is leaving you feeling disconnected and you are not sure how to fix it. You wish you could open a manual that tells you exactly how to handle each particular situation. The patterns of behavior and conflict are becoming more obvious and you don’t know how to break them. The impact on everyday life makes it challenging to do simple things like get your child to clean his room, go out to dinner without having a fight, or have your child share more than one word answers when you ask about their day. You're wondering how to change these patterns to build a closer relationship with your child.
You’re Ready To…
Feel confident in your capacity and abilities as a parent.
Understand what is behind your child’s behavior.
Find ways to parent while honoring your needs.
Address the feelings of parenting burnout.
Develop a deeper bond with your child.
Create a calm and peaceful home environment.
It may feel impossible now, but you can have a peaceful home that fosters a good relationship with your child.
Therapy for parenting support can help you address the frustrating patterns of behavior with your child and how to approach those behaviors in a different way to elicit different results.
In our work together we will explore your child’s unique challenging needs and as well as delve into your own feelings about parenting- frustration, defeat, burn-out, self-doubt, guilt and possibly failure. You will gain insight into the possible reasons behind your child’s behaviors and learn how to communicate in a way that you are heard while getting the response you desire.
Our sessions are a safe space where you can be honest about your parenting struggles while not being made to feel judged or inadequate. If you are feeling like a “bad parent” or you are “doing everything wrong”, therapy can build your confidence in your abilities to succeed at one of the hardest jobs you will ever have. Together we will discuss strategies and practical tools that will address the specific concerns for you and your family dynamics, while staying aligned to your core values.
Therapy for parent support is available to all stages, from expecting a first child to navigating life with a teenager and into adulthood. Collaboratively we will nourish the parent-child relationship to create a home environment where the family can thrive.
Frequently Asked Questions
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During the first few sessions, we will discuss the parenting challenges that led you to seek therapy, critical background information, and determine goals for you to achieve with therapeutic support. Sessions will be virtual, 50 minutes long, and offered either weekly or every 2 weeks depending on what works best for you and your goals.
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Clients come to me to address numerous parenting challenges including managing child behavioral issues, navigating developmental transitions, handling parent-child communication breakdowns, coping with parental stress and burnout, and implementing effective discipline strategies that build emotional connection rather than resentment.
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Therapy is different for everyone. The goals we identify when you start therapy will help us estimate what timeframe will be beneficial to achieving success. The pace for reaching these goals is set by you. Some clients find they have met their goals in a few months while others choose to integrate therapy as regular, ongoing support. My therapeutic approach starts with meeting you where you are at in the process and I will help keep you on the path to accomplish your goals.
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Whether this is your first time in therapy or you have tried it before, therapy works best when you are invested in achieving your goals. It is important for your success that we are a good fit. The free 20-minute consultation will allow you to determine if I am the right therapist for you. To see if therapy is working for you, you can assess as we go to determine if you are making progress towards your goals and noticing improvements in your daily life and overall happiness.
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To get started, CONTACT ME to set up your free 20-minute consultation to see if I am the right fit for you. Next, we will set a dedicated appointment time for you, either weekly or every 2 weeks. Then the work begins- we will start discussing your challenges and barriers in order to set goals that will put you on a path to success.
The parenting journey may challenge you in ways you never knew possible.