Parent Coaching
What is going on in your family right now that you would like to improve?
Conscious parenting is HARD. It can be especially difficult when you are “going through something” yourself, and are trying to parent while also untangling everything going on around you, or there is a crisis or big change in your family that you are attempting to navigate.
Parent Coaching is a supportive, purposeful and targeted experience, that mixes my previous years of family/parent support experience, with possibility focused, insight based, coaching.
I bring 28 years of family healing, relational dynamics, parent education, family intervention and Emotional Agility coaching to you, all for the sake of you feeling supported, capable, and proactive as a parent. Kids can feel what you are going through, and in most cases, they are going through it too. So having a parent who can lead them well, communicate clearly and balance their own emotions during trying or triggering circumstances is essential. Learning how to do that, is easier said than done, and I am here to help.
Parent Coaching combines coaching dialogue with active skills teaching and parenting consultation. Do you need some concrete suggestions regarding what to do? Do you want to explore what is underneath your parenting decisions and triggers to facilitate insight and long term change? Are you trying to determine how to best support yourself and your family during a crisis? Parent Coaching with me, looks into and instructs on the “doing” of parenting, while also uncovering and nurturing the emotional motivations, and intentions toward long term family wellness. Parent Coaching is designed to be delivered through individual phone calls, or Zoom video calls if desired.
Parent Coaching excels at having you feel grounded and capable during and after major life events such as:
- seperation/divorce
- death/estrangement of spouse or other family members
- family crisis
- blending families
- recovering from/adjusting to other major transitions
Feeling hurt, angry, lost, incapable, abandoned, betrayed, confused or overloaded (just to name a few) could all be a part of navigating these intense and sometimes unexpected circumstances. These feelings are all normal and part of the process, however, being able to separate the transactional part of these experiences from the emotions you are experiencing, is where you can find your feet and your ability to make decisions and set long term plans in place that are in the best interest of yourself, your children and your family.
This is not the same as ignoring or stuffing down your emotions and just grinding it out. Parent Coaching gives you a place to process and release these important feelings AND also a place to consciously create your parenting actions, so your kids aren’t in the crossfire. Get to know yourself in this experience you are in, and use this as an opportunity to grow and lead yourself and your family into the new chapter that awaits. I offer a unique blend of strategies, which focus on clearing blocks and strengthening:
- healthy management of high intensity feelings (parent and child)
- emotional connection
- respectful communication
- at-ease parenting/co-parenting
- skill development
- awareness and knowledge expansion
- long term family wellness
Parent Coaching starts from an ache or a demand for something to shift in your family or parenting experience. Our experience together will be custom designed to meet your specific needs, and it is my role to guide you to a place of self-reliant, confident, family and parenting interactions. There are many situations and experiences that affect the family climate. I can help you improve your day-to-day experiences, and make energy available for living and consciously moving through what life has thrown at you, instead of just trying to survive.
What shift is needed? Let’s create it.
You are in control of the family and parenting experience you create. Was Family Therapy not successful or a good fit? Have you had other family or parenting support services, which have not encouraged an expansion of personalized and transferable skills during this highly emotional time? Do you want to do SOMETHING, but don’t know what to do? If you are hungry for a different experience, and are dedicated to finding it, it is time for Parent Coaching. Here’s where the rubber meets the road.
What if… you could feel less reactive and more capable of supporting yourself and your kids each step of the way?
For more information, check out my FAQs on Parent Coaching, or if you are ready to dig in, contact me to start a conversation.
