Parenting therapists in Acton, California CA
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S. Abigail McCarrel : Welcome Home Family Therapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, DCSW
I have built my family therapy practice around working intensely with parents. I believe that parents are the agents of change in the family due to their status as leaders and their position of authority. Parents have it hard these days, especially since they are working with outdated tools. The parenting research has evolved tremendously over the past ten to fifteen years and parents have been left in the dark. I bring this new science into my work as I help parents shift their lens from an authoritarian style to positive, relationship-based approach. Parents learn to shift their mindset from seeing their child as misbehaving, lazy or unmotivated to stressed, fearful or confused. Children do not give their parents a hard time. They are having a hard time. Most importantly, when parents can change the way that they see their children, their children will change.
35 Years Experience
Online in Acton, California (Online Only)
Ana Velouise, Perinatal Mental Health Specialist
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT
If you’re in the thick of a new phase of parenthood where none of your previous coping skills seem to be working, therapy can help. You're overwhelmed and underwater. You also may be processing your own childhood and shifting intergenerational patterns, both of which can feel intensely isolating. Together, let's process your experiences, develop new tools and skills that meet your current parenting needs, and gain a sense of emotional stability to navigate what's to come.
2 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Online in Acton, California
Christian Holmes
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A., Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Having worked as a school counselor and youth pastor, I am well acquainted with the unique challenges a parent faces. Not only is every child different but every parent is different. In our work together I will help you and your child find a groove that feels good and allows for deeper and more meaning connection. Not only will I provide you practical tools you can use that day, but I will also share perspectives that will help you stay in connection with them through every stage of their development.
6 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Online in Acton, California
Sonny Granade
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, AMFT
The way we parent our own children is inevitably informed by how we were raised in our family of origin: by what we liked about it, as well as how it may have caused us harm. I work with my clients to reflect on how they were raised and to explore their beliefs about how they are raising (or would like to raise) their own children. This exploration often opens the door to rich and healing conversations about how parenting (and re-parenting ourselves) reflects our values and sense of purpose in life.
2 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Online in Acton, California
Stella Zweben Samuel, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I run several groups for parents providing education and support to parents of adolescents and young adults. These groups allow parents to gain answers to questions and support for the difficult job of parenting adolescents and young adults today. I also work with parents of adolescents to identify what strategies might help to strengthen the relationship between parent and child.
31 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Online in Acton, California
Sam Naimi
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Psychotherapist, Psychoanalyst
Parenting is a rewarding yet complex journey. As a psychoanalytic therapist, I understand that your own upbringing and unconscious dynamics can influence one's parenting style. Together we can explore how your past experiences might be shaping your present interactions with your child. By bringing these unconscious patterns to light you can build a stronger connection with your child, and subsequently foster empathy, effective communication, and a more fulfilling parenting experience.
6 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Online in Acton, California
Lauren Blalock
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
We all want what is best for our children. We all strive to be the best parent possible. We also, all fall short of our ideals at times. This doesn’t make us bad parents, it makes us human.
The fact you are here looking for guidance as a parent, tells me you are already a pretty good one. Being a good parent is more that reading all the books, it’s about examining what’s going on for us now, how we show up in the world and even how we were raised, to understand how our unconscious selves effect our parenting. We bring all of our ourselves, even the parts we don’t like, to our role as parent. Because it can be the hardest job in the world, we can all use support as we navigate it. Please email or call today for a free consultation.
8 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Online in Acton, California
Joel M. Liebowitz
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have been practicing for 45 years. I work with my clients in an interactive way helping them to find real world solutions to their issues and problems.
40 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Lori Freson
Therapist, M.A., LMFT
Let me help you become the best parent you can be, enabling you to be in charge and have a wonderful relationship with your children.
22 Years Experience
In-Person Near Acton, CA
Online in Acton, California
Louisa Lombard
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, LCPC, PPS
Parenting support is for all of the many challenges that can occur for those of us who become parents. Parenting at each stage brings specific and unique challenges, and there are also unique challenges that we each experience as parents that are unique to each child. Parenting is a very hard, beautiful job. I support parents throughout the whole journey. I am a mom to two school-aged kids. In the past, I have worked as a School Counselor and School-based therapist with kids ages K-12, often and currently I work with parents of HSP/neurodivergent and/or gifted kids, and I've worked with tweens and teens and their parents who were navigating struggles with substance use issues.
11 Years Experience
Online in Acton, California (Online Only)