Rebecah Freeling and Kirsten Enriquez MSW

Rebecah Freeling, a child-behavior expert specializing in kids with defiance and oppositional behavior, emotional volatility, aggression, and other problem behaviors, hears it over and over: “Help! We’ve tried everything, and we don’t know what else to do.” Rebecah’s clients reach out when they’re at their wits’ end, and with a background in education and more than 20 years with strong-willed, “spirited” kids, Rebecah helps parents transform kids’ problem behavior quickly and sustainably, so parents no longer need to continually re-invent their discipline strategies, and they no longer need to say, “We’ve tried that, but it didn’t work.”

Along with her coaching programs, Rebecah has developed The Agreement Game, a practical, step-by-step process for teaching cooperation and collaboration to strong-willed, "spirited" kids. She has also written a book, Your Rules Are Dumb: How to Maintain Your Parental Authority While Creating a Partnership With Your Spirited Child. One of Rebecah’s greatest joys is to help parents and teachers create environments that turn kids’ weaknesses into strengths. Rebecah also loves kayaking and cats.

Kirsten Enriquez, who has a background in psychology and an MSW from Ohio State University, is Wits’ End Parenting’s marketing director and content writer. She was once a clinical therapist but pivoted away from that work as she resonates most with change approaches that emphasize concrete action and problem-solving. Kirsten holds a second-degree black belt in Aikido and enjoys moving around outside, champagne, and good food. Like Wit’s End partner Rebecah Freeling, Kirsten also loves cats.