Psychologist, Psychologist, Registered Psychotherapist, Pre Registration Professionals
Regardless of the parenting issue you are struggling with, we are committed to helping you rediscover yourself by supporting you during the process of a psychological and physical transformation. We will listen to you and will examine and address all the major areas of psychological and physical health by using encouragement, fostering self-empowerment and personal responsibility so you can begin to own your health and become a powerful force in your recovery and for your children.
Relationships with family members can be particularly complex. With family, we often fall into old roles that may no longer serve us. You may be grieving the loss of a relationship you wished you had with a family member, or struggling with conflict and hurt feelings that keep getting re-triggered in each encounter. You may be facing challenges with parenting or trying to figure out the best ways to support your children. Relationship counselling can help you sort through the complexities of family dynamics, understand old roles and how you get pulled into them while working towards setting healthy boundaries in order to create more harmonious family dynamics.
So many parents struggle with the choices they should make or have made. Sometimes therapy can be the best place if there is conflict, you are having problems with discipline, if you and your spouse aren’t on the same page about, or if you feel so overwhelmed you don’t even know where to start.
It takes a Village to Raise a Child: Parent Coaching at MindFit
“The thing about parenting rules is there aren’t any.” That’s what makes it so difficult.” – Ewan McGregor
From emotion regulation challenges to ADHD to social media use, there are no shortage of parenting challenges. MindFit Parent Coaching aims to help make your job a little easier.
Workouts (sessions) are designed to improve children’s emotional, cognitive, behavioural and health-related outcomes by fostering parenting skills and improving the quality of parent-child relationships.
Techniques:
Collaborative Problem Solving
• Developed by Dr. Ross Greene at Harvard Medical School, CPS is an extremely effective technique for helping youth learn lagging skills in the areas of flexibility, frustration tolerance, and adaptability.
• CPS is based on the premise that children do well if they can (not if they want to) and your explanation of why a child is behaving poorly guides the intervention. More specifically, CPS sees challenging behaviours as resulting from skill deficits and not motivation deficits.
• Consequently, the goal is to help parents learn to solve common problems/challenges (e.g., screen time, homework, routine difficulties) with their youth collaboratively and proactive, while teaching youth new skills along the way.
Emotion Coaching/Emotion-Focused Parenting
• Parents and caregivers learn to recognize and attend to their and their child’s emotions and use emotions as moments for teaching. Parents are also taught to listen with empathy, validate their child’s feelings, and meet their child’s needs (e.g., offering a hug if a child is sad).. When a child calms down, parents learn to help their child label their feelings with words and then discuss practical coping strategies to deal with triggers and improve self-regulation skills
Positive Parenting Interventions/Strength-Based Parenting
• Strength-based parenting helps parents to acknowledge and encourage a child’s unique abilities, talents, and skills (i.e., strengths).
• Practical advice and interventions (e.g., ways to identify parent strengths and children’s strengths, how to have conversations for connection) is provided to help set children up for success, maximize potential, and nurture and foster children’s talents and strengths.
At MindFit, we only provide programs and workouts that are backed by science and based on real data. You can expect to work with skilled clinicians who aim to create a safe, non-judgemental, de-stigmatizing, compassionate and welcoming environment. Sessions are aimed to at being short term and time limited, handouts and resources are provided to help you implement your new toolbox of strategies and skills, and questionnaires/check-ins are used to measure/track change.
You deserve some time just for you, yes you are a parent but that is not all that you are. Parenting can feel overwhelming and there is no blueprint for this journey that you are on. As a mother (and grandmother), I know first hand all of the emotions that you are feeling. I am here to walk alongside you, offering empathy, understanding, and professional guidance. Let's get you feeling less stressed and more confident in your abilities, to live the life that you deserve. Contact me today and book a free consultation with Eras Therapy and Wellness.
At Life in Harmony Counselling Services, our experienced family therapists in Toronto, Vaughan & Etobicoke are dedicated to helping families understand a range of techniques and theories. Through our expertise and guidance, we empower families to work together, fostering positive transformations and growth. We believe in the power of collaboration and provide the support needed for families to develop effective strategies that promote healthy dynamics and well-being.
Registered Psychotherapist, Hon. BA., RP (Qualifying)
I help parents navigate the complex demands of raising children by inviting you to reconnect with your own inner child, awakening a deeper empathy and understanding of your role as caregivers. By encouraging you to see the world through your child's eyes, we explore how your reactions and presence shape your children's sense of self. Together, we cultivate mindful and nurturing interactions, recognizing that children mirror their identity and worth from the love and security reflected in their parents' gaze.
Parenting comes with many joys and many sorrows. As you take on the courageous job of slowly letting go of someone you love dearly, I will work with you to gain perspective on your situation, as well as to establish effective strategies in your home.
SpeciaSpecializing in parenting support, I help you to navigate the challenges of understanding your role as a parent while addressing the emotional needs of your child. Parenting can be difficult, espescially since we often forget our own experiences as children, leading to misunderstandings with our little ones. Together, we will develop strategies to foster better communication, stronger bonds, and a nurturing environment for your child's growth and well-being.
I support parents In establishing heathy boundaries both ways with their children. I help them both increase the close essence and heathy attachment with their child combined with consistency around limits.
Parenting is life-changing, wonderful, and challenging. As a mother of two beautiful humans myself, I know how parenting transcends time. What I mean by this is that parents have to deal with present day tantrums of their children while reenacting their own parents, or seeing themselves in their children, or any combination of these which changes and switches based on how you feel, where you are, and who your with. Let’s not forget how becoming parents greatly impacts your relationship with your spouse. It’s a lot, because it’s alot of change and adjustment all at once.
One on one therapy for parents can be especially wonderful. Finally, a space just for them. Free to feel and say out loud all that you need/want too but don’t because of pressure.
Parenting comes in many different forms. Families can be made through adoption, blended, legal arrangements or through traditional means. Parenting will often require communication and assertiveness skills. Building these skills can help improve the relationship between family members and decrease tensions.
Parenting is a profoundly rewarding yet challenging journey that can significantly impact one's mental and emotional well-being. At Collaborative Care Therapy, we understand the complexities of parenting in today's fast-paced world. Our therapists provide dedicated support to parents navigating various stages of their child's development, from infancy through adolescence.
We offer strategies to manage the stresses of parenting, improve communication skills, and strengthen the parent-child relationship. Our approach is empathetic and non-judgmental, focusing on building confidence in parenting abilities while addressing issues such as parenting burnout, discipline challenges, and balancing work and family life. By fostering a supportive environment, we help parents explore and enhance their parenting styles, encouraging a nurturing and positive family dynamic that benefits both parents and children.
Parenting Support is support where and when you need it. Change with our children begins with us as parents. A big part of parenting is tolerating and sitting with a child when they are having big, overwhelming feelings. If you didn't get this when you were young, a big part of Re-parenting yourself is tolerating and staying with yourself while you are having big, overwhelming feelings. Support is based on positive, respectful, compassionate, gentle and connection based parenting techniques that are effective and meaningful. It begins with building a relationship to get to know your families history, strengths, and challenges to bring about change through empowerment and self awareness. Practical, attainable strategies will start to be discussed from your first session.
Parenting can be both rewarding and challenging, and my goal is to support parents through every stage of the journey. Whether you're navigating difficult behaviors, communication struggles, or the emotional ups and downs of parenting, I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space to explore your concerns. Together, we’ll work on strategies to strengthen your connection with your child and create a more balanced, fulfilling family dynamic.
*Welcoming new clients for immediate booking* Parenting is hard. I will say it again, PARENTING IS HARD. And unfortunately kids don't come with manuals. Talking with me will help you navigate difficult parenting situations that may be pushing you to your limits. I will tune into your needs right now as a parent, help you make sense of what's going on, empower you with concrete tools and practical skills to help you parent your best, and ultimately help you experience more joy in your every day. Let's work together to make family life easier and more fulfilling. You and your children both deserve it. Reach out today!
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy training for 5 years post psychotherapy training has enabled me to enhance my work with parents. Working with parents has always been part of my work as a speech pathologist and attachment therapist. I am very interested in the baby-mother/caregiver bond.
Parenting is the hardest job in the world. As a fellow parent and therapist, I use an integrative, client-centered, biopsychosocial approach to help counsel parents experiencing questions or difficulties with parenting.
19 Years Experience
