Therapy that focuses on more than just your parenting

Therapy for parents is different from simply getting parenting advice.

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Of course, I address parenting challenges and develop practical strategies for what you can actually do differently. However, our work will also focus on you and how your experiences and relationships inform how you are parenting. I will help you understand the patterns underneath what's happening.

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You may be asking:

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• Why does my child's behavior trigger such a strong reaction in me?

• How do I set limits without constantly fighting?

• Am I being too permissive—or too controlling?

• How do I stay connected to my teenager when they seem to be pushing me away?

• When should I step in with my young adult, and when should I let them struggle?

• Why am I worrying about my children all the time?

• How do my spouse and I get on the same page about parenting?

• Who am I now that my children need me differently?

 

These aren't simply parenting questions. They often involve your mood, relationships, identity, family history, and the enormous emotional responsibility that comes with raising another human being.

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An active, practical approach to therapy

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I do not sit back and say very little while you try to figure everything out on your own. For some parents, that means learning how to respond differently during conflict. For others, it means managing anxiety, setting better boundaries, changing long-standing family dynamics, or learning how to tolerate the uncertainty that comes with allowing a teenager or young adult to become increasingly independent. The goal isn't to become a perfect parent. It's to feel more confident in yourself, more connected in your relationships, and better equipped to handle the complicated moments that inevitably come with parenting.

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Parenting changes. You do, too.

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The challenges of parenting a preschooler are very different from parenting a teenager or launching a young adult. Each stage asks something different of you. Sometimes a transition in your child's life also creates a transition in your own. As children become more independent, parents can find themselves reconsidering their marriage, career, identity, friendships, aging parents, or what they want the next chapter of their own life to look like.

Therapy gives you a place to work through those questions; not only as a parent, but as a person.

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Therapy for parents in person in Los Angeles, virtually throughout California

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If parenting has become overwhelming, your relationship with your child feels increasingly difficult, or you simply feel that you could use a place of your own to work through what's happening, I invite you to reach out.