Parenting support
As a parent myself, I understand the restless nights and tension when the family goes sideways, or a crisis with school, or the impossible amount of dishes and fights about dishes. I understand the judgment from family, friends, and the larger culture. I get it because I live it: parenting is challenging.
Parenting can be difficult on another level, too. Parenting can bring up painful parts of our past. These generational cycles can stop, and they can change.
Offerings
Short-term, practical problem solving or learning about children.
Support for parents facing hardship or in conflict, working from a values based approach so you can grow as co-parents.
Deeper support in your journey towards respectful and loving relationships with your children. We will move past shame or trauma to help you live more in tune to your values and towards cultivating loving relationships with your children.
We can chat briefly to see if this fits your situation.
My Experience and Approach
Along with training in family and child therapy, I have a masters in early childhood education with a focus on children with disabilities. I taught for 13 years, trained in Reggio-inspired education, and am experienced in RIE guidance methods. I supported numerous parents to guide their children in more alignment with their values. I worked with children experiencing a variety of disability or development differences, including social and emotional complexities and neurodiversity.
My framework centers on seeing children as whole, complex, intentional people, who desire connection and support from those who care for them. It is also informed by the complexities of power and mutuality in relationships, and how harmful elements of the larger culture enter our family lives and hurt those dearest to us. It is informed by child development theory, attachment research, family systems theory and the wonderful work of the many teachers and trainers encountered on my journey.
Resources
No Bad Kids by Janet Lansbury
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself by Lisa Marchiano
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Podcast: Unruffled ~ extensive archive for specific parenting challenges. Check it out!
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh ~ Comic relief often from a child’s perspective).