Parenting therapists in Longboat Key, Florida FL
Parenting
Pamela Saladino
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, M.S., M.A., LMHC, CHP
Every parent will experience the joys and sorrows of parenting. As with many other experiences in life, parenting is full of compexities and paradoxes. Discussing family issues with a trained therapist can many times help to bring an acceptable solution.
11 Years Experience
Parenting
Michelle Lake
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, LMHC, LCPC
Navigate the joys and challenges of parenting with confidence and support through specialized counseling tailored to your family's unique needs. Whether you're facing behavioral challenges, communication breakdowns, or navigating major life transitions, I offer evidence-based strategies and compassionate guidance to help you build a strong and resilient family dynamic.
11 Years Experience
Parenting
Barbara Magnusson Coffee
Licensed Professional Counselor, Ph.D., LMFT
Positive parenting can make all the difference in both the stress level a parent feels and in how healthy a child turns out. No one came with a manual, but there is research supported evidence of what is helpful and what is not.
31 Years Experience
Parenting
Mandy Hines
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, QS, MCAP
I have training in attachment parenting and positive parenting. I often find much behavioral issues of youth can be resolved with changes to parenting techniques. I love to think outside of the box by using age appropriate interventions while tapping into your family’s existing strengths. We live in a world of high expectations for working parents to be 100% available to their kids. I can help you find realistic goals and implement interventions specific to your family’s unique needs. With previous experience as a Reunification Counselor within Family Dependency Court, I have been honored to receive extensive experience in a multitude of situations leading to extreme parenting breakdown. I will be your biggest advocate and cheerleader, s you regain control within your parent-child relationship.
16 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