I have over 20 years of experience with assisting individuals with identifying parenting styles, coparenting, developing healthy relationships with their children as well as providing new parent support educational services.
Parenting the children that we love can be challenging, confusing and aggravating at times. There are many successful intervention that can assist you in making the process easier and more productive.
The challenges of parenting rapidly change as babies &children mature. An adult whoparents well when a child is 6 months old may nevertheless flounder when that child reaches 13 months of age. I view parenting as a lifelong responsibility that should bring joy to parents AND children.
My Imago training offers strong and practical guidelines for parenting in authentic, loving ways. Reading "Parenting from the Inside Out" by Dan Seigel, M.D. is a great book to understand the approach that I use with parents.
My therapeutic style is collaborative, authentic, compassionate and client-centered. I am committed to providing the highest quality of care. I provide a safe, caring and nonjudgmental environment that centers on client needs. Each therapy session promotes personal growth and success!
I specialize in "mindful parenting" with tools and techniques to practice patience, understanding, empathy and compassion first for how we as parents get triggered and react from what we know from our own upbringing. With that awareness we can begin to choose our reactions, see the change and even develop new healthy family habits of mindful communication.
The Key to successful parenting is based on your deepest feeling of love and affection for your child, and it is demontrated simply through empathy and understanding. Good parenting begins in your heart, and continues in the way you engage your child when feelings run high, when they are sad, angry or scared. The heart of parenting is being there in a particular way when it really counts.
I trained at Harvard and Vanderbilt, I have a sense of humor, and I am dedicated to the people who enter my office. If things were fine the way they are you would not need me, so be prepared to be challenged, and be prepared to work hard. I will be with you every step of the way.