Parent Coaching

Nothing really prepares you to become a parent. Some of us were lucky enough to have parents that set a good example. Some of us grew up in homes where the dynamic between child and parent was anything but functional or consistently loving.

However, the truth is that you can never be fully prepared to handle sticky situations with your own children. You never really know what behavioral challenges your child may wind up struggling with and how those will affect your other children and the family as a whole.

This is where parent coaching comes in. Coaching is a bit different from traditional psychotherapy or counseling in that its focus is more goal-directed. Whereas traditional therapy may spend weeks exploring past events to recognize how they have contributed to your current parenting (and that's OK too!), parent coaching helps you choose a goal (get my child to do their homework without a daily tantrum) and offers techniques to help get the outcomes you desire. (This is quite often also coupled with the child's own therapy to maximize results.)

Who is Parent Coaching For?

Parent coaching is for any parent that wishes to resolve behavioral struggles with their children. These struggles can include typical daily struggles such as:

• Morning routines
• Homework struggles
• Sibling bickering

However, coaching can also help with more demanding behaviors that push the parent’s skillset. These include:

• Dealing with a strong-willed child
• Getting a picky eater to eat
• Engaging with an angry or defiant teenager
• Guiding a child with Attention Deficit issues
• Address behavioral issues in your child, such as aggression and defiance.

These are situations in which coupling parent coaching with child therapy is most ideal.

So if the sounds familiar, please feel free to call for a free 20 minute intial phone consult.