Parenting

I support parents in navigating the complexities of raising children, with a focus on adoptive and foster families and those parenting LGBTQ+ or nonbinary youth. My strength-based, collaborative approach offers tools to enhance communication, deepen connection, and foster resilience. Together, we’ll address parenting stress, behavioral concerns, and family dynamics, creating a supportive environment where both you and your child can grow, thrive, and feel understood.

In my work with Single Mothers By Choice (SMBC) and new/expecting parents I offer a space where these individuals can explore what it means to take on this new role. Together we will identify what being a parent means to you, finding ways to help you navigate the ups and downs of parenthood. I also provide grief counseling for parents who have experienced perinatal loss. Mourning the loss of a child is a tragic experience. Together we will find ways to help you heal.

I help parents in understanding where their own history and perspective merges with that of their child. In doing so, we can create a more harmonious environment for the family. I also work with parents whom parenting has been challenging, and who need individual work on processing their own needs and space for their own mental health. I also work with couples who need assistance in combining parenting strategies, communication differences, and creating a solid parenting unit.

I have been teaching parenting classes for over 20 years. I regularly speak to school PTAs/PTOs, church MOPs and mothers groups on a wide variety of parenting topics. I hosted a parenting podcast for 2 years (Passport to Parenting). I help parents and divorced co-parents support their children to live exceptional lives.

Challenges with parenting often cause couple conflict, so I work to support parent couples in connecting and remembering who they were before becoming parents. We will work with your differing parenting styles so that everyone's perspective is heard and valued, along with learning concrete parenting tools from research to improve both your relationship and your child's behavior.

Parenting is the hardest job in the world. It can feel particularly challenging when trying to be the best parent possible while balancing all of your other responsibilities. In therapy, you’ll have personal support to guide you and learn tools to help you feel better. You will learn coping skills to help reduce feelings of stress, anxiety, sadness, or being overwhelmed. This type of support is catered to your needs so that you can be your best self. Therapy will be your space for YOU.

As a parent of 3 children I am a forever learning to navigate the joys of parenthood. I have a passion for equipping parents using strategies and techniques such as Love and Logic. While teaching parents skills and tools to add to their parenting toolbox, I often find myself learning from their examples and experience. It takes a village to raise our children. Let's work together to help you find the confidence and support you need to raise confident, successful children.

You’re at your wit’s end—nothing you try seems to work, and you catch yourself reacting just like the parents you vowed not to become. What if parenting could actually reveal where you need to heal? With science‑backed strategies and compassionate coaching, you’ll gain practical skills, understand your triggers, and transform how you respond. Parenting can become your greatest growth opportunity—let’s turn it into your most rewarding journey.

The child who comes into my office with the "problem" is typically just a piece of the bigger picture. Let's face it, parenting in 2022 is extremely difficult. Depression and anxiety have skyrocketed in the years since the introduction of social media. If we want our kids to change, usually the parents will have to make some changes as well.

As a parent myself and having worked with parents for over 14 years, I know first hand how challenging caring for others while trying to take care of yourself can be. Life can throw you curve balls and they often occur when we are already depleted. I am a strong believer that parents need to take care of themselves and their needs to be better for their children, and want to provide a space for that.

Parenting is the hardest job there is and we could all use a little support. I provide parent coaching alone and as part of required treatment for parents of minor clients I see. I also work as a coparenting counselor to help parents navigate coparenting during and after divorce.

Conflict Decision Making Divorce Grief Marriage Enrichment Parenting/Discipline Pre-marital Counseling (Twogether In Texas) Relationship Concerns Stress Teen Issues

I have years of experience working with young children and families. This includes working with parents to identify and uncover their own painful childhood experiences that are informing their parenting. I am open to parent-child sessions as well as parent coaching. I received training with parent-child interaction therapy, beyond behaviors, and mindfulness self-compassion for parents.

I taught court-ordered Parenting Education for those who have lost custody of their children. And, I've raised two humans of my own.

I support parents from pregnancy through postpartum to teen parenting. My approach addresses the emotional and psychological challenges of each stage, including anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. I help parents develop effective communication and coping strategies, manage stress, and build strong, nurturing relationships with their children.

I worked with a multitude of parents in the public school setting for 8 years as a School Social Worker and Behavior Interventionist.

As a parent of 3 children I am a forever learning to navigate the joys of parenthood. I have a passion for equipping parents using strategies such as Love and Logic. While teaching parents skills and tools to add to their parenting toolbox, I often find myself learning from their examples and experience.

I have been trained in Dr. Ross Greene's Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model (presented in his books The Explosive Child and Raising Human Beings). I am also versed in low-demand parenting, respectful parenting, conscious parenting, and gentle parenting. I use information about brain development in conjunction with these parenting philosophies to help parents understand where child behavior is coming from, what it means, and what to do.

I have training and certification in several attachment based, parent- child relational therapies including PCIT (Parent Child Interaction Therapy) and CPP (Child Parent Psychotherapy), as well as training in maternal mental health through Postpartum Support International. I draw from these therapies when treating parents with parenting concerns. My goal is for you to feel confident as a parent, and for you to have a strong relationship with your child.

Since 2015, as a birth doula and early childhood development specialist, I have helped many, many families to develop tools to accompany their children through challenging times. My goal is that every mother can find resources to experience joyful parenting, celebrating the diversity of each family.