Parent Training

In Parental Counseling, you bring in your needs and work together with a professional to develop a parenting plan to treat and intervene in the behaviors and difficulties your children and/or yourselves are experiencing. You will learn about child or teen development, parenting styles, and effective discipline techniques. I help you get on the same page with your spouse or co-parent and create a plan that aligns with your values and goals. Together, we identify the skills you and your children need to improve their behavioral, emotional, social, and/or household functioning. As you implement your plan, we work through your parenting struggles, pushback from children, and the many individual and relational obstacles that are revealed through this growth process. This program is transformational for both the family and individuals. Many previous clients consider their journey through parental counseling as a combination of individual, marital, and family counseling.

Managing children is complicated, and most parents struggle with their own emotions while interacting with struggling kids. Our ideals are often sabotaged by the strain of daily parenting. Many feel uncertain about how controlling vs permissive they should be with their children. You are not alone! It is a struggle to juggle discipline, the parent-child relationship, and our own stress and reactivity. You’ve got a lot to navigate and it IS possible! Parents who are willing to become equipped to improve the mental health of both themselves and their children are far more effective at creating changes in their family, home, and relationships. Well trained parents are the most effective intervention tool for struggling children. You can learn to do more for your child at home than any professional could in their visits in an office. 

 

Call (972) 379-7807 or email [email protected] to get started!

 

For children with custody arrangements between households, I recommend intermittent joint sessions for all willing co-parents accompanying the separate sessions for each household. However, Family Therapists are not the appropriate avenue for seeking mediation, custody recommendations, or court evidence for custody battles. Therapy should be a place to safely process the upset these situations might bring and seek emotional healing, behavioral improvement, and resilience to get through them. If you are a parent looking for help with child custody battles, you will need to seek out a Forensic Psychologist or Forensic Counselor certified to perform Child Custody Evaluations. You may also seek out Parenting Fascilitators for professional coparenting support, recommendations, and custody testimony in court.