Parenting

Parenting is a never-ending challenge. Children don’t come with instruction manuals. They don’t even come with so much as a basic troubleshooting guide. Even if you think you’ve have it all figured out today; your children will grow into adolescents, teens, and then young adults: and each phase of their life will require different parenting techniques and skills. And that’s assuming everything goes perfectly to plan until they reach adulthood.

Life-changing events like moving, adoption, the birth of siblings, separation, divorce, or even death can cause children to withdraw socially, become defiant, act out physically, and have difficulty with behavior or grades in school. When either the child or the parent(s) have past trauma or are already dealing with mental health issues, the situation can compound quickly.

Checking the internet for advice can have mixed results and often produces contradictory advice. So what can you do when parenting gets difficult? Parenting therapy might be the answer.

We offer a free phone consultation to help you decide if parenting therapy would be helpful. You’ll talk to a therapist about what is going with you and your child(ren); then together you’ll decide which of our staff therapists might be best able to help.