Parenting therapists in University, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Parenting
Susanna Damiani di Vergada
Registered Social Worker
Kids can be a constant challenge. They grow fast and go through so many phases in their growth that it may seem impossible to keep up with their always changing needs, abilities, moods and behaviours! I will provide you a safe and comforting space where you can decompress from your endless parenting challenges and provide you tools to be more efficient and serene parent. I can provide help to you either on your own, with your partner or with the whole family.
3 Years Experience
Parenting
Honest Love: Fertility & Couples Counselling Services
Registered Social Worker, RSW
I work with couples who are experiencing challenges in their parenting styles and want to come to mutual understanding as parents.
9 Years Experience
Parenting
Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health
Psychologist
Our team includes a Registered Psychotherapist and a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist along with several other therapists who are specialized in parenting issues.
21 Years Experience
Parenting
Maria Mukhin
Counsellor/Therapist, MACP (Candidate), Psychtherapist (Qualifying)
SpeciaSpecializing in parenting support, I help you to navigate the challenges of understanding your role as a parent while addressing the emotional needs of your child. Parenting can be difficult, espescially since we often forget our own experiences as children, leading to misunderstandings with our little ones. Together, we will develop strategies to foster better communication, stronger bonds, and a nurturing environment for your child's growth and well-being.
0 Years Experience
Parenting
Dr. Kim Edwards
Psychologist, C.Psych.
It takes a Village to Raise a Child: Parent Coaching at MindFit
“The thing about parenting rules is there aren’t any.” That’s what makes it so difficult.” – Ewan McGregor
From emotion regulation challenges to ADHD to social media use, there are no shortage of parenting challenges. MindFit Parent Coaching aims to help make your job a little easier.
Workouts (sessions) are designed to improve children’s emotional, cognitive, behavioural and health-related outcomes by fostering parenting skills and improving the quality of parent-child relationships.
Techniques:
Collaborative Problem Solving
• Developed by Dr. Ross Greene at Harvard Medical School, CPS is an extremely effective technique for helping youth learn lagging skills in the areas of flexibility, frustration tolerance, and adaptability.
• CPS is based on the premise that children do well if they can (not if they want to) and your explanation of why a child is behaving poorly guides the intervention. More specifically, CPS sees challenging behaviours as resulting from skill deficits and not motivation deficits.
• Consequently, the goal is to help parents learn to solve common problems/challenges (e.g., screen time, homework, routine difficulties) with their youth collaboratively and proactive, while teaching youth new skills along the way.
Emotion Coaching/Emotion-Focused Parenting
• Parents and caregivers learn to recognize and attend to their and their child’s emotions and use emotions as moments for teaching. Parents are also taught to listen with empathy, validate their child’s feelings, and meet their child’s needs (e.g., offering a hug if a child is sad).. When a child calms down, parents learn to help their child label their feelings with words and then discuss practical coping strategies to deal with triggers and improve self-regulation skills
Positive Parenting Interventions/Strength-Based Parenting
• Strength-based parenting helps parents to acknowledge and encourage a child’s unique abilities, talents, and skills (i.e., strengths).
• Practical advice and interventions (e.g., ways to identify parent strengths and children’s strengths, how to have conversations for connection) is provided to help set children up for success, maximize potential, and nurture and foster children’s talents and strengths.
At MindFit, we only provide programs and workouts that are backed by science and based on real data. You can expect to work with skilled clinicians who aim to create a safe, non-judgemental, de-stigmatizing, compassionate and welcoming environment. Sessions are aimed to at being short term and time limited, handouts and resources are provided to help you implement your new toolbox of strategies and skills, and questionnaires/check-ins are used to measure/track change.
9 Years Experience
Parenting
Marlene Taube-Schiff
Psychologist, PhD, C. Psych., R.Psych.
Our couples and family therapist explores a range of issues that impacts relationships, including life transitions, loss of connection, conflict, betrayal, domestic violence, trauma, and grief. Her approaches include Emotional Focused Therapy, Gottman Method, Cognitive-Behavioural, Psychodynamic and Narrative. Her work involves parent coaching and family therapy for families affected by a loved one’s mental health and/or addictions issues. Call us today to book a free consultation!
18 Years Experience
Parenting
Kaleidoscope Counselling Collective
Registered Social Worker, RSW
Our clinicians believe that the best work can be done by supporting parents. When we can learn to regulate our own emotions, heal our own wounds, manage conflict in our relationships, and learn to understand the needs and messages underneath our children's behaviour, we can help create the change we hope to see in our household.
Our therapists know that parenting isn't easy, and have a deep compassion for this role. We can create a space for your process the difficulties of parenting, as well as help you find ways to intervene and cope better.
If you want support now, book a consult or session today! www.kaleidoscopecounsellingco.com
14 Years Experience
Parenting
Sarah Glinski
Registered Psychotherapist, RP (Qualifying)
Raising a child may be one of the most rewarding experiences one can have but it is also one of the most challenging and confusing. It is normal for parents to disagree (with their children and their co-parent), to feel overwhelmed, to feel shame or regret, to have anxiety or to just be at a loss. Seeking professional counselling to help you through parenting challenges can alleviate stress, bring clarity to the “big picture”, and secure you with the tools to communicate more effectively, build respectful, healthy family dynamics, and understand your children better. I provide free consultation phone calls to determine whether I am the right fit to help you through these challenges.
2 Years Experience
Parenting
MindfulWe Holistic Psychotherapy & Counselling Services
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, IMD (candidate)
Parenting is life-changing, wonderful, and challenging. As a mother of two beautiful humans myself, I know how parenting transcends time. What I mean by this is that parents have to deal with present day tantrums of their children while reenacting their own parents, or seeing themselves in their children, or any combination of these which changes and switches based on how you feel, where you are, and who your with. Let’s not forget how becoming parents greatly impacts your relationship with your spouse. It’s a lot, because it’s alot of change and adjustment all at once.
One on one therapy for parents can be especially wonderful. Finally, a space just for them. Free to feel and say out loud all that you need/want too but don’t because of pressure.
12 Years Experience
Parenting
Jennifer Ritchie Psychotherapy Services
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, CYW
*Welcoming new clients for immediate booking* Parenting is hard. I will say it again, PARENTING IS HARD. And unfortunately kids don't come with manuals. Talking with me will help you navigate difficult parenting situations that may be pushing you to your limits. I will tune into your needs right now as a parent, help you make sense of what's going on, empower you with concrete tools and practical skills to help you parent your best, and ultimately help you experience more joy in your every day. Let's work together to make family life easier and more fulfilling. You and your children both deserve it. Reach out today!
19 Years Experience