Personalized Coaching to fit Your Family

  • Personalized

    Parent Coaching is a safe, non-judgmental space to explore your joys, fears, and concerns about parenting. We will discuss simple techniques to expand your parenting toolbox and tackle even the most complex parenting problems with ease, including tantrums, sibling conflicts, and power struggles- no matter the age of your child.

  • Authentic

    Even more important than what we do with our children is how we are being with them. Children need to know that we can be honest about our feelings, present while they express their own feelings, and can provide the “safe space” they need in a chaotic world. Coaching will help you identify your own triggers (all parents have them!) and understand their origins enough so that you can parent from your own highest self.

  • Connected

    Attachment is critical to raising healthy, happy humans. My coaching techniques are based on the latest attachment research and put you and your children at the center of our work together. We’ll strengthen your confidence in handling challenging behavior without time-outs, spanking, or punishment. You’ll learn simple techniques for resolving conflict without sacrificing your child’s trust or attachment.

Are you craving more joy, connection, and playfulness in your relationship with your child? Are you burned out, exhausted, feeling isolated?

With a coach in your corner, you can rekindle your love for parenting. Coaching will support you in creating an environment for your family to thrive and where you can blossom into the best version of your parent-self.

When your children yell or cry, do you find yourself overwhelmed or uncomfortable with their feelings? Do you set limits over and over, but eventually let them slide or give in? Do you feel like your children are running the household, or like you yell more than you ever thought you would?

We carry inherited beliefs from our own childhoods that creep up and call for attention when we are challenged by our children or feeling unsure as parents. These internal struggles can make consistency, joy and ease in parenting seem unattainable. Within the coaching container, you’ll experience a safe place to uncover the inherited beliefs and triggers that stand in the way of being completely authentic with your child. When our children display challenging behavior and strong emotions, these triggers can lead us to parent reactively and set limits from our own anger, fear, shame, or guilt. Coaching allows parents to peel away the triggers and blocks, listen to their inner voices, make decisions from a place of love and not shame, and to gain confidence to parent in alignment with their deeply-held values.

In my work with families, I have seen how difficult it is when parents don’t feel valued and supported, either by each other, their families, or their communities. They want to make lasting change, but might be unsure of how to sustain it. Parent coaching can help you feel supported in becoming the parent you truly want to be.

In Parent Coaching, you are welcomed into a safe, judgement-free relationship where you will:

  • Be supported in navigating the life-changing journey that is parenthood

  • Learn simple techniques to deal with common situations such as tantrums, sibling rivalry, power struggles, and separation anxiety

  • Feel confident in the limits you set, knowing they are not made out of anger, fear, guilt, or shame

  • Gain more confidence in areas of parenting you now find challenging

  • Unpack fears that may be holding you back

  • Recognize triggers and negative thought patterns that fuel the cycle of shame and guilt and learn to address them effectively

  • Use conflict with your child as a way to build trust, understanding, and emotional intimacy

  • Feel comfortable with all of your child’s feelings and tears

  • Experience more love, joy, satisfaction, cooperation, and connection in your relationship with your child

  • Feel excited about parenting again

If you are interested in parent coaching, contact me for a complimentary enrollment conversation. Individual Parent Coaching sessions are available in packages of 6 or 12 sessions.

Find joy and confidence in parenting…

Fall in love with parenting again.

Decrease your power struggles, stop yelling, and parent from the heart.

FAQs

 

My child is a newborn. Can I benefit from coaching?

Yes! Many of the things we work on in coaching sessions have to do with your personal journey as a parent. We sometimes touch on healing old wounds that may affect parenting, future goals for yourself, skill development that can be helpful no matter the age of your child.

My child is a teenager. Can this help our relationship?

Yes! Many of the strategies I teach help bring connection and trust back into your relationship with your child- regardless of age. Many teenager-parent relationships begin to deteriorate when parents and children lack skills to successfully resolve conflicts without using threats or control. Parent coaching teaches effective conflict resolution that allows both parents and children to get their needs met.

How is coaching different than therapy?

Therapy is a profession dedicated to diagnosing and treating mental health illnesses, such as anxiety and depression. Most therapists identify and reduce symptoms. The coaching profession is dedicated to motivating and encouraging people to meet goals. There is, of course, some overlap in what professionals in each field do and focus on.

How soon can I see results?

Many families see results after just one session! For deeper, lasting change, multiple sessions are preferred. In our initial sessions, we focus on your goals and parenting strengths. The longer we work together, the deeper we can get into obstacles in the way of achieving your parenting goals.

Should I attend alone or with a spouse?

Benefits can be achieved from attending either individually or with your partner/co-parent. In some cases, an individual may have things he or she would like to work on in a deeper, more intimate way than they would feel comfortable with a spouse present. In other situations, having both parents present can empower them to work as a team, explore parenting values, and strengthen their own communication.

Are you sensitive to trauma history?

Yes! I have a background as a therapist and worked as a therapist for 10 years before moving into coaching. My coaching program was trauma-informed and I am able to work with sensitivity to trauma. I also have a large referral network if clients need additional services.