Parenting Therapists in Pipersville, PA

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Angela M Clymer
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CAADC, CSAT-C, CPTT-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pipersville, PA 18947
Hello and welcome, Here is a little about my approach to therapy. I love working with people as they begin exploring the roots of their story to begin healing, breathing and being fully present in their bodies. As we begin focusing on your past and current struggles, you will learn how you hold trauma, stress and pain in your body to help bring relief and connection to yourself and others. I believe there is beauty in our brokenness and I strive to bring meaning to your experiences. I specialize in the areas of Betrayal Trauma, Sexual Addiction, Substance Use Disorder, Anxiety, Depression and Trauma.
Hello and welcome, Here is a little about my approach to therapy. I love working with people as they begin exploring the roots of their story to begin healing, breathing and being fully present in their bodies. As we begin focusing on your past and current struggles, you will learn how you hold trauma, stress and pain in your body to help bring relief and connection to yourself and others. I believe there is beauty in our brokenness and I strive to bring meaning to your experiences. I specialize in the areas of Betrayal Trauma, Sexual Addiction, Substance Use Disorder, Anxiety, Depression and Trauma.
(267) 772-2884 View (267) 772-2884
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Mary V Shull
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Pipersville, PA 18947
Are you suffering from anxiety or depression? Are you feeling you lack meaning and purpose in life? Do you feel isolated and lonely? Have you ever experienced sexual or emotional abuse only to be told never to tell anyone? Have you experienced the loss of a child or loved one? Are you struggling in your closest relationships? I can help you work through these issues. As a compassionate and skillful therapist I have helped many client's move from a place where they felt stuck and hopeless to a place where they find life meaningful again. Let me help you live!
Are you suffering from anxiety or depression? Are you feeling you lack meaning and purpose in life? Do you feel isolated and lonely? Have you ever experienced sexual or emotional abuse only to be told never to tell anyone? Have you experienced the loss of a child or loved one? Are you struggling in your closest relationships? I can help you work through these issues. As a compassionate and skillful therapist I have helped many client's move from a place where they felt stuck and hopeless to a place where they find life meaningful again. Let me help you live!
(215) 326-9978 View (215) 326-9978
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Patricia Ann Watts-Scheffel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Pipersville, PA 18947
I believe we are all born whole and therefore inherently know our own truth. Through years of external judgements and internal doubts, we lose this connection. Healing comes from within. My role is to facilitate the reconnection with your core self to promote healthier, satisfying relationships within yourself, family friends and the world at large.
I believe we are all born whole and therefore inherently know our own truth. Through years of external judgements and internal doubts, we lose this connection. Healing comes from within. My role is to facilitate the reconnection with your core self to promote healthier, satisfying relationships within yourself, family friends and the world at large.
(844) 769-2824 View (844) 769-2824
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Tamara Dana Kanter
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD
Verified Verified
Pipersville, PA 18947
I work with a range of people from those searching for self growth to those struggling with mild to serious mental health issues. I use a variety of approaches including insight oriented, cognitive behavioral, play therapy, sand tray work with children and adult, and trauma work. I believe strongly in the importance of establishing and maintaining the strong therapeutic alliance for the best outcome and for the most genuine, authentic work. If you are interested, please contact me for more information about my therapeutic, emotional healing practice. I offer free informational interviews.
I work with a range of people from those searching for self growth to those struggling with mild to serious mental health issues. I use a variety of approaches including insight oriented, cognitive behavioral, play therapy, sand tray work with children and adult, and trauma work. I believe strongly in the importance of establishing and maintaining the strong therapeutic alliance for the best outcome and for the most genuine, authentic work. If you are interested, please contact me for more information about my therapeutic, emotional healing practice. I offer free informational interviews.
(267) 245-0148 View (267) 245-0148

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Nina Sidell, M.A. Expressive Arts Therapy
MA
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901
I'm a Keynote Speaker and the Author of, " Parenting for Life" and "Conscious Wisdom for Life.
I accept most insurances. I will help you with your anxiety, help solve your problems and make decisions, feel less overwhelmed, and manage your emotional pain. I will help you organize your life, thoughts, and decisions. I have over 3o years of experience working successfully with children, women, and couples. You deserve a safe place to be heard, and to discover your feelings and needs as a healing formula for you and your relationships. Find clarity, support, empowerment, and peace now. I am also an experienced Keynote Speaker.
I'm a Keynote Speaker and the Author of, " Parenting for Life" and "Conscious Wisdom for Life.
I accept most insurances. I will help you with your anxiety, help solve your problems and make decisions, feel less overwhelmed, and manage your emotional pain. I will help you organize your life, thoughts, and decisions. I have over 3o years of experience working successfully with children, women, and couples. You deserve a safe place to be heard, and to discover your feelings and needs as a healing formula for you and your relationships. Find clarity, support, empowerment, and peace now. I am also an experienced Keynote Speaker.
(267) 573-3909 View (267) 573-3909
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Julie Mayer Norvilas
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901  (Online Only)
I am passionate about holistic wellness, play therapy, parent coaching, relationship therapy as well as individual therapy to help all of my clients identify where they want help and how to build skills to meet their goals.
Offering couples therapy, family therapy, and individual therapy. As a relationship therapist, rooted in systems theory, I am passionate and committed to helping my clients explore their growth potential, both in relationships and individually through a collaborative process. By nurturing insight and providing consistent support, you can move at your own pace and work through issues that you feel are preventing you from progressing. I offer online and in-person therapy, in addition to walk-and-talk therapy to individuals, couples, and families.
I am passionate about holistic wellness, play therapy, parent coaching, relationship therapy as well as individual therapy to help all of my clients identify where they want help and how to build skills to meet their goals.
Offering couples therapy, family therapy, and individual therapy. As a relationship therapist, rooted in systems theory, I am passionate and committed to helping my clients explore their growth potential, both in relationships and individually through a collaborative process. By nurturing insight and providing consistent support, you can move at your own pace and work through issues that you feel are preventing you from progressing. I offer online and in-person therapy, in addition to walk-and-talk therapy to individuals, couples, and families.
(215) 593-2329 View (215) 593-2329
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Lauren E. Holmes
Psychologist, MA, PhD
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901
Ongoing scholarship informs my work, as does being a modern parent – a station ever refining my facility for connection, my attunement to tender spots all possess.
Parents can hold shame, self-reproach, frustration, and helplessness over a child’s distress; children fear, disgrace, anger, disquiet. Such dynamics summon my expertise. Mood disturbance, anxiety, panic, and maladjustment manifest as aversion to separation, school refusal, flawed coping mechanisms, pervasive woe. My approach allows vulnerability to speak. Individuals emerge from our process prepared to ably navigate their world by developing and honing effective strategies to ameliorate symptoms. More profoundly, they are empowered to not just push through travail, but to mindfully sit with it long enough to seed proper growth.
Ongoing scholarship informs my work, as does being a modern parent – a station ever refining my facility for connection, my attunement to tender spots all possess.
Parents can hold shame, self-reproach, frustration, and helplessness over a child’s distress; children fear, disgrace, anger, disquiet. Such dynamics summon my expertise. Mood disturbance, anxiety, panic, and maladjustment manifest as aversion to separation, school refusal, flawed coping mechanisms, pervasive woe. My approach allows vulnerability to speak. Individuals emerge from our process prepared to ably navigate their world by developing and honing effective strategies to ameliorate symptoms. More profoundly, they are empowered to not just push through travail, but to mindfully sit with it long enough to seed proper growth.
(267) 245-0581 View (267) 245-0581
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Erin Cornack
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18902
Whether I'm working with the whole family, the child, or parent individually, my goal is to help each family member thrive during the challenges they face.
Hello, I'm Erin, a licensed marriage and family therapist. I understand the stress and anxiety parenting can cause, especially when balancing life's demands becomes overwhelming. If your child's behaviors feel out of control or they have received a recent diagnosis, I can help. For the past 12 years, I have empowered hundreds of families struggling with parenting challenges - from daily pressures to major diagnoses like Autism. I recognize the immense grief, anxiety, depression, and isolation a diagnosis or a child with behavioral challenges can bring and how it affects the whole family.
Whether I'm working with the whole family, the child, or parent individually, my goal is to help each family member thrive during the challenges they face.
Hello, I'm Erin, a licensed marriage and family therapist. I understand the stress and anxiety parenting can cause, especially when balancing life's demands becomes overwhelming. If your child's behaviors feel out of control or they have received a recent diagnosis, I can help. For the past 12 years, I have empowered hundreds of families struggling with parenting challenges - from daily pressures to major diagnoses like Autism. I recognize the immense grief, anxiety, depression, and isolation a diagnosis or a child with behavioral challenges can bring and how it affects the whole family.
(717) 897-6304 View (717) 897-6304
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Jennie K. Byun
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MDiv, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901  (Online Only)
5 generation immigrant, parent, woman of color learning and unlearning alongside you and feel honored to be a part of the collaborative effort to reimagine all of humanity as liberated, abundant, and whole.
On the surface everything is “fine” but underneath are you feeling stuck in vicious cycles of anxiety, self-doubt, and disconnection? As an Asian-American therapist who sees the therapeutic relationship as a powerful instrument of change, I see therapy as a meaningful site to support the whole person move towards deeper wellness and inner connection. It’s a space where you are seen and accepted for who you are, where we can safely untangle generational wounds, shame, internalized invisibility, and find the courage to heal, expand, and tend to the messiness of life with greater clarity and connection.
5 generation immigrant, parent, woman of color learning and unlearning alongside you and feel honored to be a part of the collaborative effort to reimagine all of humanity as liberated, abundant, and whole.
On the surface everything is “fine” but underneath are you feeling stuck in vicious cycles of anxiety, self-doubt, and disconnection? As an Asian-American therapist who sees the therapeutic relationship as a powerful instrument of change, I see therapy as a meaningful site to support the whole person move towards deeper wellness and inner connection. It’s a space where you are seen and accepted for who you are, where we can safely untangle generational wounds, shame, internalized invisibility, and find the courage to heal, expand, and tend to the messiness of life with greater clarity and connection.
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Heather Goldner Kinsey
Marriage & Family Therapist, JD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901
In addition to my specialties in co parent counseling and reunification therapy, I am a mediator and custody evaluator.
My practice specializes in clinical issues associated with divorce/separation, infidelity, high conflict couples, blended families, coparenting, reunification therapy, and children's adjustment to divorce and custody arrangements. I also offer individual, couples, and family counseling for issues that include boundary making, maintaining healthy relationships, parenting, managing anxiety, personal development, and premarital counseling.
In addition to my specialties in co parent counseling and reunification therapy, I am a mediator and custody evaluator.
My practice specializes in clinical issues associated with divorce/separation, infidelity, high conflict couples, blended families, coparenting, reunification therapy, and children's adjustment to divorce and custody arrangements. I also offer individual, couples, and family counseling for issues that include boundary making, maintaining healthy relationships, parenting, managing anxiety, personal development, and premarital counseling.
(267) 331-4846 View (267) 331-4846
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Meghan Devine
Psychologist, PsyD, BCBA
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Doylestown, PA 18902
My background in psychology and behavior analysis (as well as being a parent) make me uniquely qualified to help you find the balance of empathy and firmness in parenting.
Do you struggle with parenting a spirited and challenging child that affects your family's daily life? Do you feel exhausted by the media around parenting and trying to sort through the noise? Do you wish that your relationship with your child could be better? Now more than ever, parents are feeling overwhelmed about setting their children up for a happy, successful life. I believe that parenting shouldn't be so complicated and all families can reach a happy equilibrium and exist in peace. Whether you or your child is neurodivergent, typically developing, or just going through a tough time we can find the right solutions for you.
My background in psychology and behavior analysis (as well as being a parent) make me uniquely qualified to help you find the balance of empathy and firmness in parenting.
Do you struggle with parenting a spirited and challenging child that affects your family's daily life? Do you feel exhausted by the media around parenting and trying to sort through the noise? Do you wish that your relationship with your child could be better? Now more than ever, parents are feeling overwhelmed about setting their children up for a happy, successful life. I believe that parenting shouldn't be so complicated and all families can reach a happy equilibrium and exist in peace. Whether you or your child is neurodivergent, typically developing, or just going through a tough time we can find the right solutions for you.
(215) 867-6945 View (215) 867-6945
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Peter J. Ryan
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSc, LPC, FOT
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901
If you are and adult feeling overwhelmed and need the skills and support to meet life's challenges or a parenworried about your child or teenager. I can help. I have been working with adults, children, and families for over 30 years. My focus is to help you become happy, good, supportive partners and parents. I work with children to help them mature, trust, and communicate, and adults to help them understand the needs of their partners and children. I have a great deal of experience with divorce, co- parenting, conflict, developmental needs, sexuality issues, and learning challenges.
If you are and adult feeling overwhelmed and need the skills and support to meet life's challenges or a parenworried about your child or teenager. I can help. I have been working with adults, children, and families for over 30 years. My focus is to help you become happy, good, supportive partners and parents. I work with children to help them mature, trust, and communicate, and adults to help them understand the needs of their partners and children. I have a great deal of experience with divorce, co- parenting, conflict, developmental needs, sexuality issues, and learning challenges.
(610) 557-1172 View (610) 557-1172
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Melissa N Speranger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901
I have been credentialed in Child- Parent Psychotherapy, and certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through the Beck Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.
I am a child therapist who works to empower children and families to make changes to reach their goals. I am uniquely qualified to work with children as young as 2 years old and utilize a variety of techniques to understand family dynamics and embrace each child's unique personality. My office is a safe and relaxing place to help you and your child feel comfortable. I want to help you help your child with clear guidance, reassurance, and practical steps. I address behavioral issues, anxiety, difficult transitions, enhance self-esteem, develop social skills, and utilize coping techniques and mindfulness to allow for growth.
I have been credentialed in Child- Parent Psychotherapy, and certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through the Beck Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.
I am a child therapist who works to empower children and families to make changes to reach their goals. I am uniquely qualified to work with children as young as 2 years old and utilize a variety of techniques to understand family dynamics and embrace each child's unique personality. My office is a safe and relaxing place to help you and your child feel comfortable. I want to help you help your child with clear guidance, reassurance, and practical steps. I address behavioral issues, anxiety, difficult transitions, enhance self-esteem, develop social skills, and utilize coping techniques and mindfulness to allow for growth.
(267) 245-6481 View (267) 245-6481
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Elizabeth Micciulla Gottman Trained
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, CAADC, NCC
Verified Verified
Buckingham, PA 18912
If you're a parent seeking support for your child, individual counseling can promote personal growth and self-understanding.
Finding the right counselor to connect with can feel like an overwhelming challenge, I'm here to help! Whether for yourself, your child, or your relationship. Are you and your partner ready to strengthen your relationship and tackle challenges together? Could using creativity through art therapy help you or your child grow and heal? My ideal clients are couples committed to change, whether strengthening relationships or working through challenges. I also love working with children and helping individuals express their creative side while working through life transitions.
If you're a parent seeking support for your child, individual counseling can promote personal growth and self-understanding.
Finding the right counselor to connect with can feel like an overwhelming challenge, I'm here to help! Whether for yourself, your child, or your relationship. Are you and your partner ready to strengthen your relationship and tackle challenges together? Could using creativity through art therapy help you or your child grow and heal? My ideal clients are couples committed to change, whether strengthening relationships or working through challenges. I also love working with children and helping individuals express their creative side while working through life transitions.
(215) 550-1851 View (215) 550-1851
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Timothy Mendoza
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18902  (Online Only)
I am certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(TFCBT) and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).
I specialize in helping your child, adolescent and family cope with trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, grief and loss, and behavior concerns. I have over 12 years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults who have experienced various traumatic events, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, community violence, domestic violence and divorce. I have also worked with victims of trafficking, violence, and undocumented immigrants. My recent practice has focused on improving parent-child relationships by using parent coaching sessions to decrease behavior problems and increase social skills and cooperation.
I am certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(TFCBT) and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).
I specialize in helping your child, adolescent and family cope with trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, grief and loss, and behavior concerns. I have over 12 years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults who have experienced various traumatic events, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, community violence, domestic violence and divorce. I have also worked with victims of trafficking, violence, and undocumented immigrants. My recent practice has focused on improving parent-child relationships by using parent coaching sessions to decrease behavior problems and increase social skills and cooperation.
(610) 890-6920 View (610) 890-6920
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Sabrie Hawkins
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Doylestown, PA 18901
I am certified in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for children ages 2-7 yrs with behavioral challenges, and trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for children 3-18 yrs.
Often my clients come to therapy feeling at a loss- whether it’s a child or teen who is desperately trying to get their needs met but continuously feels unheard, parents who are having a hard time tolerating the various challenges that come along with raising a child or adolescent and finds themselves in constant conflict with their young one, or parents and caregivers who are finding it hard to balance what it means to be both a parent and partner. If this sounds like you, I am here to help.
I am certified in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for children ages 2-7 yrs with behavioral challenges, and trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for children 3-18 yrs.
Often my clients come to therapy feeling at a loss- whether it’s a child or teen who is desperately trying to get their needs met but continuously feels unheard, parents who are having a hard time tolerating the various challenges that come along with raising a child or adolescent and finds themselves in constant conflict with their young one, or parents and caregivers who are finding it hard to balance what it means to be both a parent and partner. If this sounds like you, I am here to help.
(267) 497-2527 View (267) 497-2527
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Deirdre Hally Shaffer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901
For over 35 years, I have worked collaboratively with individuals and couples who are navigating life transitions and challenges in search of reduced stress, healing, and growth. Through the use of empowering, supportive, solutions-focused strategies, I specialize in personal and relationship improvement with an objective of finding resiliency, joy, and meaning in life as well as creating loving, supportive relationships. Navigating the difficult waters of divorce and supervising other therapists are areas of specialty, in addition to couples counseling, parenting coaching, and conflict management in interpersonal relationships.
For over 35 years, I have worked collaboratively with individuals and couples who are navigating life transitions and challenges in search of reduced stress, healing, and growth. Through the use of empowering, supportive, solutions-focused strategies, I specialize in personal and relationship improvement with an objective of finding resiliency, joy, and meaning in life as well as creating loving, supportive relationships. Navigating the difficult waters of divorce and supervising other therapists are areas of specialty, in addition to couples counseling, parenting coaching, and conflict management in interpersonal relationships.
(215) 348-9250 View (215) 348-9250
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Linda Velez Galietta
MS
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901
I work with individuals who are struggling with anxiety, depression, major life transitions (divorce, health issues, career), low self esteem and those who want to have more balance, peace and less stress in their life. I work with couples who are going through the divorce process and want to learn how to co- parent for the well-being of their children. I also work with adolescents and children who are having difficulty with their parent's divorce.
I work with individuals who are struggling with anxiety, depression, major life transitions (divorce, health issues, career), low self esteem and those who want to have more balance, peace and less stress in their life. I work with couples who are going through the divorce process and want to learn how to co- parent for the well-being of their children. I also work with adolescents and children who are having difficulty with their parent's divorce.
(267) 494-6727 View (267) 494-6727
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Kathleen Mccafferty
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Doylestown, PA 18901  (Online Only)
I specialize in solution focused counseling for a variety of problems with: workplace and career issues, grief and loss, relationship and marital issues, parenting, elder care, depression, stress and anxiety.
Are you having trouble focusing? Is your job or relationship not satisfying? Is your family telling you that you just haven't been yourself lately? If you are experiencing any of these symptoms and feel stuck it might be a good time to talk to an objective counselor who can help you sort out what is going on so that you can create the life that you really want to live.
I specialize in solution focused counseling for a variety of problems with: workplace and career issues, grief and loss, relationship and marital issues, parenting, elder care, depression, stress and anxiety.
Are you having trouble focusing? Is your job or relationship not satisfying? Is your family telling you that you just haven't been yourself lately? If you are experiencing any of these symptoms and feel stuck it might be a good time to talk to an objective counselor who can help you sort out what is going on so that you can create the life that you really want to live.
(215) 688-5933 View (215) 688-5933
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Serenity Psychotherapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Doylestown, PA 18901  (Online Only)
Getting to the root of your pain: learning to deal with it, building upon your strengths then learning to act versus react to people and events, takes a mindfulness that I will help you develop. I have a long history of working with diverse populations, who have developed varied problems: Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Marital, Parenting, Academic. My approach is to work with my client's strengths; help them develop new views and skills and then organize them into a plan that works for them in obtaining their goals. I also have associates through my group Serenity Psychotherapy LLC to provide the best match for you.
Getting to the root of your pain: learning to deal with it, building upon your strengths then learning to act versus react to people and events, takes a mindfulness that I will help you develop. I have a long history of working with diverse populations, who have developed varied problems: Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Marital, Parenting, Academic. My approach is to work with my client's strengths; help them develop new views and skills and then organize them into a plan that works for them in obtaining their goals. I also have associates through my group Serenity Psychotherapy LLC to provide the best match for you.
(484) 282-3047 View (484) 282-3047

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Parenting Therapists

What does therapy for parenting look like?

Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.

When should a parent seek therapy?

When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.

How long does therapy take for parenting problems?

Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.

Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?

Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.