Therapy for Parents
Are you overwhelmed and confused by your teen’s emotions?
Many of today’s parents are at a loss with how best to respond to their teen’s emotional ups and downs. They can be reactive or emotionally sensitive, cringing at the least little suggestion. You may be living with:
Feeling overwhelmed
Teen behaviors that trigger bursts of anger or disagreement from you or your partner
Self-doubt and burdensome guilt about your parenting decisions
A sense of loss due to not knowing how to improve your teen:parent relationship
Well meaning advice that adds to your feelings of inadequacy
Confusion and frustration because your teen doesn’t ‘get it’ about responsibility
Parenting issues that spill over into your work life
Envy, tinged with a sense of grief, when seeing families that match your ideal
Helplessness and depression because you don’t know where to turn for help
At this point in your teen’s life you may feel confused or exhausted. You’ve read articles, visited with other adolescent or parenting professionals, yet your efforts have fallen short.
You want skills that work for your teen, you, and your family.
WE CAN HELP!
Develop Skills That Build A Bright Family Future
Our roadmap helps parents navigate the twists and turns of teen emotions.
Our experienced therapists guide parents with methods to be emotionally sensitive and responsive with adolescents. Our parent coaching approach helps to reduce the stressors associated with outbursts, avoidance, and overwhelming emotions.
Develop Transformative Parenting Skills
When a parent reaches out to us for care, we realize they are seeking a new way of relating to their teen. They’re looking for parenting insights that will improve how they approach their adolecent’s challenges and interests. The families we coach achieve great outcomes and you can too:
Responding to your teen’s intensity in a way that is calming for both of you
Building a stronger relationship with your teen–one in which they want to share things with you
Boosting your parental decision-making confidence
Setting loving limits that build trust through mutual understanding
Choosing strategies that support your teen to become a responsible, independent, respectful individual with a healthy sense of self-worth
Managing your own stressors, including those brought on by parental anxiety and doubt
Creating relaxing, enjoyable times and self-care for yourself!
Therapy for Parents That Guides You With Tried & True Skills
We know that you want the assurance that you’ll develop skills that add to family well-being. That includes the time and financial commitment you’re making for your teen and other family members. Research shows that when parent participate in therapy teen symptoms decrease and parent coping and expectation setting improve. Our personalized parenting therapy is based on a core set of principles.
● We respect families as the foundation of a community.
● We realize that each family has unique challenges and strengths.
● Our role is to compassionately and objectively coach families to care for each other by using evidence-based interactive and self-care tools and methods.
Mindful Healing uses a step-wise Parenting approach based on your unique teen and family situation. You can expect to
● Meet with our Parenting Therapist Expert to discuss your concerns, including:
○ Anything unique to your adolescent, such as with their health or development
○ How relationship challenges with your teen are affecting you and others
○ Review parenting guidance and/or approaches you’ve tried, along with what helped and what did not
● Gain insights about an adolescent’s developmental stages and the challenges these
present for teens and their parents
● Explore various parenting tools and methods to determine which are best for you and your teen
● Practice various relaxation skills and self-care methods to decrease stress
● Keep track of your progress, reviewing this info with your Parent Therapist, and periodically
celebrating yours and your teen’s progress.
● Gain a sense of personal confidence that has positive effects in other parts of your life.
All from the comfort and privacy of your own home
YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
Learn practical skills to manage your own stress, feel confident as a parent, and gain a step-by-step guide for responding to teen overwhelm, avoidance, and emotional reactivity.
Therapy for parents is an empowering, non-judgmental, support to help you parent at your best-even if you feel at your worst!