Parenting Therapists in Chico, CA

Welcome! If you're here, then you have decided to take one of the first steps toward improving things for yourself or someone you know. I provide a safe and comfortable space to work through your individualized needs with you. I provide therapy for children, teens, and adults. I also provide parent consultation sessions if you are unsure about therapy for yourself or your child, but still would like some individualized and creative techniques to try.

You're making a courageous step forward! You are not alone, you and family deserve to be the best version of themselves. I have been working as a MFT for 10 years. I have experience working with individuals from many walks of life, families, couples, and children of all ages. I aim to assist kids, individuals and families manage anxiety, conflict resolution, improve communication skills, depressive symptoms, build coping strategies,social skills, process trauma, attachment work grief, and more. My goal is to help people build upon their own personal strengths towards increased happiness, health, and hope!

I started my practice in 1994 with a desire to help people through their difficult situations. As a father my heart goes out to children. I strive to meet people where they are and help them become the best they can be. The majority of my practice is made up of children and teens but I also work with a number of adults and couples. It is important to note not everyone is ready to face their struggles or change their situation. While I would like to help everyone the person must be ready and motivated for therapy to be effective.

I’m a child psychotherapist that works with parents, children, and adolescents. You might be here because you have questions about your child’s behavior, wish for a more satisfying parent-child relationship, or are overwhelmed from the stresses of parenthood. Perhaps painful memories from your own childhood are impacting your parenting and family. Becoming a parent is one of the most profound transitions in the adult life, and it naturally brings up shifts in our external and internal lives. It’s my honor to support individuals, couples, families, and children through this period and beyond.

You want to feel calm and confident, but deep down you are struggling with anxiousness, guilt, or loneliness. You are someone who is yearning for confidence and strong relationships, but you find yourself stuck in a pattern of anxiousness & avoidance, caught between guilt & fear. Perhaps your household feels like chaos and conflicts are more common than you care to admit. But you are ready to make a change! You are ready to learn why you react the way you do, and manage your anxiousness. Most of all, you’re ready to calm the chaos in your mind and body, leading the way for a healthy relationship with yourself and those you love.

You are struggling to navigate a normal developmental crises (parenting, grief, divorce, retirement...) Stressful thoughts and feelings demand your attention and interfere with relationships, work and pleasure...You are not broken or mentally ill. You may dread that first call, wondering how to easily describe your concerns/problem to a stranger or the dreaded voice mail! fears about long treatment, high cost...Let's safely explore things together.

We all go through hard times. Through my extensive work with children, families and adults, I've learned effective strategies for supporting those who are experiencing trauma, PTSD, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, eating disorders, parent-child conflict, relationship issues, and the effects of living with a painful past. I have experience treating codependency and hoarding.

Hello! I’m Suzie Spehling. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) at Foresight. Finding a therapist is not an easy task for most, let alone the right one for you! Congratulations on taking the first step! I am a Certified Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist (CBT), specializing in trauma and grief, as well as a Dialectical Behavioral Therapist (DBT), specializing in managing stress, regulating emotions and improving relationships, which means I help you understand and work through your thoughts, feelings and behaviors, while learning to make permanent, positive life changes! I am also a specialist in treating ADHD.

Is your teen or pre-teen struggling and you know they need help, but you are not sure where to start? Would you like them to talk to someone who specializes in adolescents? I can help your child and your family get through the rough patches. I help with a wide variety of teen and pre-teen issues including depression, anxiety, school attendance, substance abuse and family conflict. I also have expertise and experience working with transgender and gender non-conforming youth, and helping parents and families through the transition experience from a gender positive approach. If you are a parent and you are here looking for help, I know already that you are your child’s advocate. You are in your child’s corner. That support is a powerful force in their life, and so important for resilience, but when your child is struggling it can be so scary and so hard to know what to do. With grown kids of my own, I’ve been there as a parent through the rocky times too. I can help. Give me a call.

Whether you're a student struggling with learning difficulties, a parent seeking support for your child, or an adult facing life transitions, I am here to help you navigate your challenges and unlock your potential. Together, we can work towards positive outcomes and a brighter future.

Hello, and welcome to this phase of your journey! If you’re struggling with your emotions, experiencing relationship challenges or abuse, feeling the effects of parenting in difficult circumstances, or feeling distressed by traumatic events that have happened in your life, I can help. I specialize in perinatal mental health and mood disorders, LGBTQIA2S+ related issues, challenges related to intimate partner relationships, identifying, navigating, and recovering from abuse, and healing from traumatic experiences.

I'm so glad you're here. I would love to meet you and see if this is the right fit for you. Please feel free to visit my headway profile for more information and to book directly into my calendar: headway.co/providers/sesha-zinn If you have questions, please feel free to email me anytime.

We as people are all broken on some level, but we don’t need to stay that way. Depending upon the cards we have been dealt in life, what’s been done to us, and what we’ve done to ourselves, many of us develop fractures in our view of the world. These “fractures” affect how we view ourselves and our relationships. No matter what you are going through at this stage in life, you don’t need to struggle alone. There is hope! Whether you’re dealing with relationship issues, career problems, abuse, anxiety, depression, or self-destructive habits, change is possible. I believe that every person has the capacity to heal, grow, and change!

With warmth, openness, compassion, and collaboration, I work to create a safe and supportive space to help individuals and families to overcome challenges, work through trauma, loss, and adversity, and manage difficult emotions, while uplifting their strengths and resilience. My areas of expertise include infant, early childhood, and perinatal mental health, complex trauma, issues related to parenting, disruptions in early attachment, and developmental/behavioral concerns.

Sometimes in life we come to feel like we have run out of answers and don't know where to turn. Sometimes we just can no longer deal with others, our kids, our work or even ourselves. If this sounds like you or someone you know, then I can help. I can provide a safe, supportive and confidential environment that allows us to work together, using your natural strengths to find answers, increase your sense of well-being and life functioning.

Hi! I’m Christine Dufrayer and I go by my Hawaiian name Kukui. I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist. Can you think of a time you really felt heard, understood, and supported? That is my goal in the work I do with the wonderful individuals and families I partner with. I have three main approaches in my therapy tool belt- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), play therapy interventions, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Understanding how the ways we think, feel, and act are interconnected can be a really important aspect of growth, and making adjustments can help free up that stuck feeling.

You’re Asking Yourself When Things Changed, & What Caused It. If you look in a mirror & feel like you don’t recognize the person looking back at you… Maybe you vaguely remember the last time you were happy, & everything was going right, but you don’t know how to get back there– You're not alone. We have all been there at one point or another in our lives. But, I believe that You Have The Power To Be The Person You Want To Become. In every session you’ll experience a safe space where you, or your child, can unpack life’s troubles, in the journey of finding freedom, healing, and wholeness. Together, we can get your life back on track.

Committed to the highest professional standards I work with people of all ages: children (2 and up), teens and adults. Maybe you are a parent worried about your child or teen: Puzzled by their behavior and at a loss of how to help them. They might have received a diagnosis of ASD, ADHD (or other) and you might wonder how to move forward with this? Or maybe you have reached a moment of perplexity or crisis in your life, feeling stuck and have an urgency to speak. I offer one of a kind psychotherapy with interventions that are tailored to, and respect the singularity of each person and / or family.

I have over 25 years of experience in treating adults, teens, and children struggling with depression, anxiety, divorce, trauma, substance abuse, self-harm, ADHD, behavior/academic problems, and eating disorders. My speciality has been working with adolescents. I’ve developed mental health programs for high-risk youth, and have extensive background in helping people with overwhelming stress. While working with youth, I will also assist parents in strengthening their family relationships and parenting skills.