You knew parenting would be difficult, but you just didn't understand exactly what that meant. You never imagined parenting would be so hard, but every day seems to be an unending challenge. And you’re not sure if you and your child will ever be close again.
You’re hoping to feel like a loving family again. To look at your child with pride and admiration in your eyes rather than fear and worry. But you’re just not sure how to get through the emotional and behavioral problems that keep you separated.
Will Parent Counseling or Co-Parent Counseling help?
It’s hard to remember the last time you and your spouse enjoyed each other’s company?
Or the last time you felt connected with your child in a meaningful way?
Maybe you're struggling to co-parent with an ex and find yourself in constant conflict?
Lately, everything about parenting feels like fighting through a battleground with no safe refuge in sight. You are wondering if things will ever improve or if you’ll ever feel like a competent parent again. You are worried that your relationship with each other will continue to feel strained.
Worrying about your family’s future is starting to wear you down. You’ve tried all the tricks up your sleeve. You have read your share of parenting self-help books and articles. Although you have given it your best efforts you things are still not improving in your home.
You find yourself wondering if your family is ever going to get through this…
A lot of the time you feel hopeless and like you’re yelling all the time. You know that your reactions are only making things worse. Nothing you do seems to work, and you’re starting to feel like you don’t even know who your child is anymore. You’ve even stopped going to social gatherings because of the embarrassment your child’s behavior might cause. You just never know what humiliating meltdown might happen next.
You truly want that once-in-a-lifetime relationship with your child. The one where you’re each other’s best friends and confidants. You want to be able to enjoy the simple things together, rather than having to work so hard just to get some semblance of connection. But you have no idea what more you can do. You never imagined you’d feel so distant from someone you love so deeply.
Gain a better understanding of your child and their unique needs
Enjoy spending time together again and you will feel more connected to each other
Learn new skills and tools to bring you both closer together
Feel more comfortable and confident in your strengths as a parent
Have a firmer grasp on how to guide your child according to their developmental age and needs.
Learn communication tools that work so you and your child continue to progress in your relationship
Goals of Parent Counseling Services
Help you feel more competent as a parent
Better recognize your child’s cues prior to a meltdown
Have the tools necessary to address your child’s needs
Gain a greater understanding of your triggers
Learn tools to effectively respond to the difficult behaviors
Increase understanding of your child’s individualized needs and effective ways to respond to those needs
You will benefit from the Parenting Services offered if you:
Want to better connect with your child and understand what’s inside their heart
Are tired of feeling the tension in your relationship with your child
Have a child that is behaving aggressively, and you don’t know where to turn
Feel like you are yelling all of the time
Have lost your sense of pleasure when spending time with your child
Parent Counseling is not a good fit for parents who:
Want a quick fix
Do not want to be a part of the process
View the problems as only the child’s issues
Desire to simply put a bandage over the issue but not dig out the rotten roots
Want me “to fix” their child