Parenting Therapists in The Woodlands, TX

You're busy and anxious. The relationships in your life feel tense. Your child's behavior is concerning you, and your relationship with your partner feels nonexistent. You are so busy balancing everything you don't feel like yourself anymore. You feel like you've tried everything to get the spark back, but the harder you try the more tension builds between your child, partner, and self. You're not sure if you can fulfill all your roles anymore. It feels hard.

Founder of Family & Youth Institute, I am a licensed professional counselor and counselor intern supervisor. I also hold a doctorate in educational leadership and am a certified school counselor. Dedicated to helping people live the best life possible, I believe individuals/families can resolve their own problems, make healthy choices, and build a good life with the appropriate tools and skills. My mission is to provide those tools and skills through an eclectic counseling approach, utilizing psycho-education, individual counseling, group counseling, family therapy, and systems theory. offer educational consulting to help navigate 504 and Special Education placement.

I believe, from personal experiences, years of practice & teaching, that anyone can be empowered to face life challenges. Empowered individuals are resilient & able to bounce back from adversities. My main focus is to empower you & your loved ones to overcome challenges. As a professor for 8 years, I have trained & supervised hundreds of graduate students on evidence-based practices, positive psychology, Strength-based approaches, CBT, Trauma Focused CBT, DBT, & integration of music & spirituality into counseling. CBT & Adlerian are my overarching modalities upon which I integrate other interventions tailored to clients' needs.

"You are here on earth because there is something that only you can do!" Choosing Now as the time to act and being fully present in your body and in your relationships will take you to infinite possibilities. All of life's answers lie in how deep you are connected to yourself. Do not turn your attention elsewhere to look for the truth, for it is nowhere to be found but within your body.

Allowing my clients to experience the world of counseling in a positive way. I practice positive psychology, which will give my clients a whole new way of looking at their lives, even though the world may not be the most positive place they see. My clients will be introduced to skills that will help them move forward in a life they thought they were "stuck" in. I help my clients see their strengths as their motivators for life's uneasy situations. I am a counselor that is a Christian, and can assist those clients that use faith as a basis for handling life's obstacles.

Welcome to Wellness for Life Counseling! I'm Christina Kraatz, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas, National Certified Counselor and a member of the American Counseling Association. My practice is solely online, I provide virtual teletherapy to clients across the state of Texas. I have worked with a wide range of clients to address social and emotional needs including, stress, anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflict, parenting, grief/loss, self-esteem, and women's issues. My goal is to help clients achieve personal growth and healing.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about me and my practice. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. I have worked in a variety of settings including foster care, community mental health, schools, and 5 years of work internationally in a multicultural setting. I specialize in working with children, teens and adults to address a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues such as depression, anxiety, life transitions, foster care, adoption, grief, ADHD/inattention, learning differences, social skills, attachment difficulties, relational problems, and trauma.

Sometimes we just need guidance during transitions in our lives, whether it be relationship issues, parenting or family changes. Are you going through a separation/divorce, or going through a personal crisis? Do you feel overwhelmed and need help finding your way?

Do emotions feel like a roller coaster, with sudden or big ups & downs? Do you want to better understand yourself or your feelings? Do stressful memories or thoughts intrude on your mind without warning? Are you trying to adjust o a big change or recent loss? Does your mind or body constantly feel on edge, tense? Do feelings of stress, anger, sadness, worry feel uncontrollable or overwhelming? Whether you're an adolescent or adult with any of these experiences or a parent wanting to learn how to support your child through these difficult experiences, I'd love to help.

Hi, I’m Jenessa. I'm a therapist, former school counselor and teacher. For the past 15 years my passion has been supporting children and families strengthen their relationship and experience self-growth. I know that making sense of our life stories can be difficult. You and your child deserve a guide to be with when things are hard. I offer child, teen, and family therapy, as well as parent coaching. In our work together I focus on uncovering greater self-awareness and stronger interpersonal relationships.

Things may feel hard right now, and you're not sure who to turn to. I know how hard it can be to feel overwhelmed with anxiety and stress. You might be looking to find emotional relief, a greater sense of joy in your life, connection with your loved ones, and control over your life. You may be experiencing multiple life changes. Maybe you are a parent of a preteen or teen who just seems to struggle with getting back into the swing of things at school and want them to have a trusted adult to talk to. I'm also trained in accelerated resolution therapy (ART), which I use to help people gain relief from unwanted thoughts and trauma.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I strive to create deep and meaningful connections with my clients in order for them to feel safe enough to explore whatever it is that brought them to therapy. My role as counselor is to assist you in finding what works best for you when it comes to managing your mental health or just life in general. Being a part of someone’s journey in counseling and witnessing their growth and empowerment is such a great honor.

Have you, or if you are a parent, your child, experienced a medical trauma? It can feel scary, isolating, hopeless, and stigmatizing. Are you feeling anxious? Lonely? Depressed? Is your child suddenly changing their behavior, having emotional outbursts, trouble in school, to the point where you feel like you've tried everything, but nothing has helped? I am passionate about helping individuals navigate these experiences so that they can move forward with confidence and hope with the tools they need to break out of these cycles and find their own healing and wholeness.

Now taking Aetna and Cigna. Taking new adults, teens, and kids now! Are you or your child feeling like there are no choices and you are just swept along by the current? Do you often feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and you don't know where to start or which direction to go? Does low mood sometimes leave you feeling like you have nothing left to give? Does your anger bubble over and you just don't feel like yourself anymore? Living with anxiety, depression, stress, or resentment can feel unbearable. You don't have to merely "survive" life though. You can live in, direct, and thrive in your life again or for the first time.

We are all wired for connection. Your quality-of-life hinges on the relationships you have. Are you struggling to connect with your partner/child? Confused about what they needs to feel better? Or how to help them manage anxiety or trauma? Do you feel distant from your partner? Stuck in your own trauma? Is your family constantly fighting and parenting is stressful? Is your child/partner neurodivergent and you aren’t sure how to support their emotional/sensory needs? If any of these are you, I offer a safe space to help you connect to your partner or child and heal from past trauma that may be impacting your present relationships.

I am prepared to utilize my skills and passion to empower my clients to reach their maximum potential and to remove obstacles in order to get to a state of joy and peace in their lives. The road to success starts with you, the client, making the decision to seek assistance during a time in your life when you may feel overwhelmed with an issue that at some point grew out of control and now you find that you need someone's unconditional regard/acceptance for a while until you manage to find the road to regain control and find your inner peace, joy, harmony, freedom, independence and self-love. I am ready to help you find that path

Parenting is not what you thought it would be like and you are not enjoying your child. Your child worries all of the time, asks repetitive questions, and has trouble sleeping. You struggle to get your child to comply with simple demands and tantrums ruin your days. Your teenager is struggling socially and has stopped opening up to you. You worry how your child is adjusting to your divorce. Your child's teacher sends home notes daily about your child's misbehavior.

Does your life sometimes feel like a docudrama? You know the kind where you're watching in disbelief, shaking your head wondering what crazy thing will happen next? Or maybe you feel like you're doing your best to "just keep swimming", but life seems to be coming at you in tidal waves; dragging you under faster than you can doggy paddle back to the surface. Relationships, work, finances, parenting, family, friends, health can feel exhausting and overwhelming. Even on the good days it's a lot to manage and bad days can leave you feeling like it's just too much. I get it and I'm here to help.

You might be feeling hopeless and overwhelmed right now, but no matter what has happened, improving your circumstances is always within reach. I help individuals, couples, and families struggling with problems associated with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, unwanted change, parenting, and relationship issues. Together we will explore ways that can lead to your personal empowerment so you may continue to grow, expand, and live a happy, satisfying life.