Parenting therapists in Ensley, Florida FL
Parenting
Anna DiNoto
Psychologist, PsyD, LMHC, PSYPACT - Licensed Psychologist
Parenting is hard! Period. Now that this is out the way...we would work together to best understanding your unique circumstances, goals, and possible pathways forward to support current and future needs.
13 Years Experience
Parenting
Dr. David Ransen
Marriage and Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, CHt
Parents with challenging kids generally have no need of conventional therapy. Instead, they need only to better understand that kids think, feel, and behave very differently from adults. In a very short time, parents who learn how best to encourage good behavior and discourage bad behavior see remarkable and lasting changes in their kids' behavior. One simple lesson is among the most powerful: Praise, gratitude and reward for good behavior work wonders, but punishment is neither needed nor helpful. Kids learn just two lessons from punishment. First, they learn to be angry and resentful of whomever punished them. Second, they learn to be more and more clever and sneaky, so that they can continue misbehaving without getting caught. Parents who learn these simple effects of reward and punishment see almost immediate positive changes in their kids' behavior. These changes make kids happier, and dramatically lower the risks of drug use, teen pregnancy, poor grades, and early-morning calls from kids in jail.
20 Years Experience
Parenting
Kaji Martinez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, CMHS, LMHC
Are you out of ideas and or just want some direction on what to do next when it comes to parenting. Having a step by step plan that works best for your family can be a game changer.
22 Years Experience
Parenting
Dr. Traci Williams
Psychologist, PsyD, ABPP, CFT-I
I help parents like you gain a deeper understanding of your own emotions and behaviors, leading to improved relationships with your children. In our work together, you can develop effective communication skills with your children, set appropriate boundaries, and manage challenging behaviors.
11 Years Experience
Parenting
Strides in Psychotherapy
Psychologist, PSY.D.
here are many different ways to be an effective and nurturing parent. People’s parenting styles may vary based on culture, race, religion, socioeconomic status, geographic location as well as due to both the parents’ and the children’s personalities. Some people tend to be more authoritarian, setting rules and expecting them to be followed because you are the parent. Other parents are more permissive, wanting their children to have their needs met and to feel heard and understood. Still others try to find some middle ground. They may switch positions depending on the specifics of the situation or they may negotiate a compromise. Sometimes one parenting style works really effectively with one child but not at all with another. Other times, a way of handling a situation may work fine for your child at one age but not at all once they get a bit older, so a shift in approach is needed. We all tend to use our own upbringing as a model for how we parent, or in some cases, for what we most want to avoid in raising our children. Often, this strategy works fine. When it does not, therapy can be a useful tool in offering you alternative strategies and techniques that might help.
23 Years Experience