I’ve spent the last few years working in child welfare, so I’ve had an incredible amount of experience working with parents on skills to help allow their child to thrive. This can range from a child that feels out of control to a parent who is simply concerned how their actions may influence their child in the future. I focus on providing warmth and validation combined with structured boundaries and routine, including positive reinforcement (i.e rewarding wanting behaviors to encourage them to happen more)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, M.S., M.A., LMHC, QSFL, 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 about a loving solution.
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.
Boy is parenting hard! Tough love is always tougher on the parent than the child. I have been teaching parenting classes and working with parent for over 24 years. I listen to parents describe their children and their unique situation and collect the data to inform the suggestions I give them. Children need boundaries so they can test them and know they are safe and loved. They also need consequences to motivate them to learn and grow. All parents want to launch successful secure independent young adults so I teach parents how to implement early interventions to meet that goal.
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.