Are you stuck in a cycle of anxiety, explosive behaviors, school refusal, self-harm or suicidal ideation? Do you argue regularly about homework, personal hygiene, or chores? You've probably tried all kinds of things from talking and discipline to punishments, star charts, therapy, and maybe even hospitalizations.
These are just some of the challenges facing the families I work with. Come learn how to understand and embrace your family's abilities, and approach life's challenges together in a new, therapeutic and inclusive way. We'll talk about how to respond therapeutically in order to get out of the argument cycle and experience more ease in your family.
What to Expect
Adults who want to work with me will begin by completing my therapeutic parenting workshop. Then they can join the ongoing therapeutic parenting groups. Generally adults begin to experience notice some shifts after implementing the principles learned in the workshop, and then more noticeable immediate goals in about 6-8 sessions.
Co-parents who co-habitate or are otherwise interested co-parenting as a team are both encouraged to complete the workshop and participate in the group sessions in order to bypass the labor of one adult teaching the other. However, it is not a requirement.
Private sessions (Intake $300/ Sessions $250) are limited to "as available" (currently I have no availability). Therapeutic parenting workshop is still required.
What is Therapeutic Parenting?
Therapeutic Parenting is a trauma-informed approach for families struggling with behaviors that impact their lives, relationships, and well-being. It is rooted in principles of brain and nervous system development, relational neuroscience, and trauma recovery. While not all challenging behaviors can be traced to a traumatic event, many families will benefit from therapeutic parenting practices due to the challenges showing up at home, at school, and or in the community, where "nothing else works."
Families have likely tried all kinds of ways to help their children: threats, punishments, star charts, therapy, and even hospitalizations. This workshop is meant to help adults better understand and embrace their young person's abilities and unique development and learn how to approach life's challenges together in therapeutic and inclusive ways. It is neurodiversity and mental health diversity affirming and inclusive.
How is this different?
You won't be told to be more consistent, to be tougher, or to hold stricter boundaries. Most families have already tried all these things and more, and discovered there is no tough love, star chart, reward, or punishment that will change their child's ability to do better. Instead, we will look at challenges in a new way, and learn how and why to do things differently. All young people's brains and bodies are still growing, and some need specific help from adults in order for their life to be more tolerable, manageable, and hopefully even enjoyable.
Learn how the combination of a strong relational alliance, understanding developmental needs, and supporting skill building can help you experience more ease in your relationships and everyday life at home.
Workshop
$87 before 1/10
When Nothing Works
Therapeutic Parenting for Kids on the Never-ending Struggle Bus
This workshop is appropriate for parents, psychotherapists, caregivers, teachers, babysitters, nannies, and other professionals who live and/or work with children and teens ages 5-18.
In this (3-hour) workshop, participants will learn therapeutic parenting principles using Amy’s Therapeutic Parenting workbook to create a personalized, in-depth roadmap that helps decrease challenging behaviors and increase alliances that promote healthy relationships, prosocial interactions, and life skills.
- Understand the roots of challenging behaviors and underlying needs
- Discuss ways to respond to challenging behaviors that preserve the integrity of the parent/child relationship while building emotional regulation and life skills
- Identify early signs of dysregulation and therapeutic responses that support de-escalation.
- Discuss the relationship between co-regulation and self-regulation and the five keys to self-regulation.
Group Coaching & Support
Thursdays 11a-12:30p EST (virtual)
Sign up for dates that work for you.
Session dates subject to change
Jan 30 - May 8
(no sessions Feb 20, April 3, April 10)
Fee $150/each
- 90 minute zoom
- Small group (up to 6 families)
- Group discussion & support
- Bring your roadmap workbook!
This group is for adults who completed the Therapeutic Parenting workshop (certification of completion required). Join us to discuss the practical application of your workbook to the everyday challenges in your family. This group centers on the pillars of therapeutic parenting principles: understanding behaviors, identifying stressors and needs, responding therapeutically to stress behaviors, and strengthening your relational alliance.
While I try to plan around school and religious holidays, I sometimes miss something. Feel free to let me know, and thank you for understanding.
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