I have been working with children and their parents for over 30 years. I focus on behavior modification and improving communication in the home. I have written several parenting and children's books that are available on Amazon. I am the parent of two adult children.
Offering guidance and strategies to navigate the complexities of parenting, I help you foster a healthy, supportive, and understanding relationship with your children.
Marriage and Family Therapist, Ph.D., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Parenting will be one of the most challenging events of your life -- often a life long journey. With today's stressful outside influences, parents are often confused about what to do or how to help their children. Children and teens are faced with options and decisions never before a part of childhood. Parents need helpful tools and ideas -- and how to be consistent in parenting.
Don't spend more time in therapy discussing your childhood than it took to live it! Learn problem solving techniques to reduce: depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, ADD, behavior problems. WALK AND TALK THERAPY IRVINE; office location Irvine; or phone sessions. Please call for a free consultation.
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.
Psychologist, California Licensed Psychologist (License# PSY17495)
Parent coaching is frequently a focus of the work I do. I support parents in shifting out of using anger and intimidation while at the same time maintaining healthy authority and responsibility with their kids. Often I assist in developing and implementing rewards based behavior management strategies, as well as in integrating positive parenting approaches. Reunification of parents with children when their has been some kind of disruption to their parenting relationship is an area in which I have considerable experience, as is helping divorced and divorcing couples effectively co-parent.
From my own experience of parenting and grand parenting comes a heart for parents to learn how to effectively deal with their children! Never before in history has there been so much information available on the subject of parenting! And never before has there been so much confusion on the part of parents as to how best to parent - especially in this era of social media! We tend to replicate or react to the parenting we received as children. But there are tested and proven principles of parenting that can help parents learn the art and skill of dealing effectively with their children. Our goal is to raise responsible adults, not just obedient children.
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, MS
I know you love your child more than anything, and I also know that in addition to being infinitely rewarding, being a parent can also be pretty dang hard. Balancing your own needs with the needs of everyone else who relies on you is not an easy task. I help parents with parenting techniques and improving the parent-child relationship, but my main focus is emotional support. I firmly believe that in order to take care of others, we must take care of ourselves. The kinder and more patient you are with yourself, the more kind and patient you can be with your child - and the more you can model for your child how they can be good to themselves. You are already doing an amazing job, let's work together to decrease conflict in the home and increase the well-being of you, your child, and your family.
It truly does take a village sometimes. Too many of us have seen or heard things that may not be best for our children and family structure. We can help look at your specific family / needs