Parenting

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.

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.

You want what's best for your kids. You can’t provide a child a life where they will never be dysregulated, so how does one respond when they’re upset and/or overwhelmed? Together we will create a framework that will help you provide the unique support that works for you and your kiddo.

As a therapist to many children throughout the years, I have spent countless time providing consultation on parenting issues. Additionally, parents need a unique and empathetic ear when handling the struggles that come along with raising children. Frequently parenting brings up issues from one's own childhood, which are deeper rooted beliefs and thought patterns that deserve attention and time.

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.

I am a certified educator for Dr. Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training program. I provide parents with support and education who are experiencing parenting challenges. I teach parents effective communication skills, conflict resolution skills, increased self awareness and confidence to effectively address their parenting concerns.

I specialize in infant and early childhood mental health and helping parents be the version of the parent they want to be. I believe that our own experiences as a child shape the way we show up for our kids, and sometimes having young children can bring up emotions and experiences you didn't realize were there. I am also a certified therapist in parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT), designed for children ages 2-6 with behavioral concerns.

I love helping parents learn how to play and interact with their children in developmentally appropriate ways. I have almost a decade of experience working with children who have experienced trauma. Using play and a brain-based approach, I help families increase their bonding and attachment. I teach parents effective parenting strategies and skills, and I teach children behavioral management skills. I have training in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Triple P Parenting, and Circle of Security.

I enjoy working with the unique challenges that come with being a parent. Self-doubt, identity, balancing lifes' demands.. Being a parent is extremely rewarding and at the same time a major life adjustment. I have enjoyed working with children and parents and learning about child development throughout my life and career and believe I can offer a unique perspective. Seeing first hand the lack of postpartum support contributes to my passion to fill this need in our society.

The only you are taught to parent is the way you have been parented. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like you’re doing a good enough job. I worked for over two years doing Intensive In-Home Therapy, partnering with parents and families to cope with behaviors from trauma, depression, and anxiety and helped improve the overall climate in houses. I know you can parent intentionally, compassionately, and courageously breaking the cycle that has been passed down.

Support from after birth planning through every stage of family development.

I have worked with parents of children in the public school system for 8 years as a School Social Worker.

Challenges with parenting often increase couple conflict, so I work to support parent couples in connecting and remembering who they were before becoming parents. We will create a space where your differing approaches to parenting are heard and understood, while also learning about effective parenting methods from research which will both strengthen your relationship and improve your child's behavior.

I am a certified Parent Child Interaction Therapist (PCIT).

With my experience as a school-based counselor, I have a unique vantage point in supporting parents during the transition their kids make into adolescence. I often hear, "I just don't recognize my child anymore." I can work with parents to better understand adolescent behavior and how to reconnect with your child during these years. I may also offer parenting support groups for parents to meet others who may be experiencing similar struggles.

I listen to parents tell me what concerns they have with regard to their child and how they are parenting. We look at different ways to approach challenging behaviors and come up with a plan.

Parenting is the hardest role that we can never adequately prepare for. I've spent the last 7 years working with parents/families to help them understand how they got to where they are so they can build the skills to venture down a better path. I teach from an attachment/peaceful parenting perspective as I feel that much of "mainstream" parenting leads to disconnect, emotional dysfunction and covert violence. We tend to repeat what we know until we know better.

I use my experience as a parent coach to help you improve your child's behavior and give you more confidence as a parent. Come along with me as I teach you the most effective techniques for handling your child's behavior and growing your relationship with them so that you can love being a parent.

Parenting children can be a rewarding part of life. As most parents know, it can also be extremely challenging. And, with so much (often contradictory) information out there about how to parent “right”, it can be difficult to feel confident in your choices. This can be compounded when you and your partner disagree on parenting decisions or when you are facing additional hurdles like financial difficulties, divorce, mental illness, death or a child with special medical or developmental needs.