Parenting therapists in Gardiner, Maine ME
Parenting
Lauren Rance
Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist (PsyD, LP)
I specialize in working with parents of deeply feeling and thinking kids. Many of these parents describe their kids as emotionally intense with strong opinions about how things should go. These children might have a formal diagnosis (like ADHD or anxiety) or might not. I help parents learn strategies to strengthen the parent-child relationship through play and set consistent, firm, age-appropriate limits.
8 Years Experience
Parenting
Utah Center for Evidence Based Treatment
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Parent Support Program
The UCEBT Parenting Program provides support for parents in conjunction with their child’s individual treatment or as a stand-alone support. At some point in parenting, all parents will experience unique challenges with their child. Depending on our child’s temperament, stage of development, and our child’s experiences, these challenges may show up as problematic behaviors (e.g., feeling down, acting out, refusing to go to school, excessing arguing, isolating). These behaviors can be unexpected and even very different from other children in the same family. At times, these behaviors can persist and cause problems for the whole family, despite our best efforts. In fact, sometimes our best efforts (e.g., taking things away, giving extra leeway), can lead to even more problematic behaviors and a sense of hopelessness or frustration in ourselves as parents. Fortunately, involving parents in the treatment process has consistently been shown to successfully reduce these behaviors, in fact, more successfully than individual treatment for the child or adolescent alone. These treatments allow the parents to gain emotional support and the tools they need to manage their child’s behavior.
Therapists at UCEBT are compassionate about, and committed to, providing this support for parents so that they can more quickly reduce children’s problem behaviors and regain their healthy and happy family relationships.
Therapists in this program are trained in evidence based treatments including:
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)
Incredible Years Training Series
Family Systems Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
11 Years Experience
Parenting
B Well Counseling Center
Psychologist, PhD, LPC, LMFT-A, LPC-A, LCSW-S
Parent coaching is a way to empower you as a parent to show up for your child, no matter the age, in the healthiest way possible.
We highly encourage both parents to participate- blended families are welcome as well.
We offer parent coaching both in person and virtual as an option to include both parents/caretakers no matter their differing schedules
Support navigating the co-parenting process
6-8 coaching sessions are recommended in general but we will to cater to your specific needs
Sessions run from 30- 60 minutes depending on the situation
This is available for parents of toddlers through young adults… and beyond, because it's never too late to deepen and build a more positive and connected relationship with your child.
Some examples of situations where coaching could benefit you and your family:
Finding confidence in yourself as a parent
Anxiety about life transitions and how to empower them
How to help your child build resilience, independence, connection
Helping your children navigate the social climate of their school/friends
Siblings not getting along
How to stay grounded through the ups and downs of your child’s challenges
Behavior disruptions at home and at school
Reconnecting with a young adult/adult child who has felt distant
How to model self-care and self-compassion - oxygen mask example
Meeting a situation where it is- it is never too late
“Mental health is not about feeling good; it's about having the right feelings at the right time and being able to manage these feelings.” - Lisa Damour
Where to start:
Contact B Well Counseling Center and schedule a Free 15 minute Phone Consultation with one of our therapists to get started with parent coaching sessions to benefit your family!
28 Years Experience
Parenting
Dr. Adam Shafer
Psychologist, Psy. D., M.A.
Parenting in the best circumstances is hard and comes with inherent stress.
Parenting
Maria Maddalo
Psychologist, Psy.D., BCBA
Parenting is difficult and does not come with a manual! Let's work together to improve parenting skills through a combination of behavioral interventions and improvement of parent-child interactions.
6 Years Experience