Parenting therapists in Fort Wayne, Indiana IN
Parenting
Lindsey Southwick
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, CSAYC, CPT
Parenting skills and processing the hardships of parenting will be provided.
20 Years Experience
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
Alan Archibald
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Certified TFCBT, Certified Family Trauma Professional
Parenting – I use a combination of systems perspective with problem solving approach for family therapy. Structural family therapy assumes that families have had a balance that works for them. Then changes in development and circumstances that happen in families throws them out of balance. Getting that back may require an adjustment that isn't easy to make. Helping families find ways to find a new balance will mean that everyone experiences making a change together – meaning that everyone is impacted and everyone needs to be respected and supported in the process. A specific tool for listening to adolescents without feeling obligated to say “yes” to everything can help parents show more empathy.
31 Years Experience
Parenting
Jennifer Plumb Vilardaga, PhD
Psychologist, PhD
I love working with parents to manage their stress about being a parent, whether parenting small children and teens or improving relationships with emerging adult and fully grown adult children. Being a parent is a challenge for most of us, particularly those managing multiple life roles (such as paid work, home management, schooling, and other relationships). I am not an expert in WHAT you should do to parent your children well; I am an expert in helping you figure out HOW you want to be as a parent and empower you to seek additional support and resources that might help you achieve your goals. I can help you clear the fog to determine your inner compass for what matters to you most, and hopefully you will find ways to find balance, show up with your children in ways that are important to you, and be the best you you can be as you parent. If you need higher intensity resources for parent-child interactions or higher level skills for managing your child's very difficult behavior, I can help you figure out how and where you might succeed in bringing those specialty services to help your family.
11 Years Experience
Parenting
Gayle MacBride
Psychologist, PhD, LP
Parenting - "All joy and no fun" is a quote I hear often and it resonates. It has been a great joy and the hardest job. It's hard to know if we are "doing it right" and "I don't want to screw up my kid" are the most common things my clients tell me. Let's talk about your parenting values and how this aligns with your parenting reality to learn some ways to increase your confidence.
18 Years Experience