Parent Counseling Berkeley
Your child just had another meltdown!
You try to help, but you can’t quite reach them. You're heartbroken, frustrated, disappointed, and worried because you can’t seem to connect with your child when they are experiencing their own emotional or behavioral challenges. You’ve turned to your partner for support, only to find you two are not on the same page about how to respond to your child's big feelings. You both love your child deeply and want them to feel better. You believe your partner’s responses escalate your child further and your partner feels like you aren’t open to other ways of engaging. Your conversations with your partner about how to work together turn into finger pointing and, ultimately, devolve into self-blame and shame. Instead of feeling like you’re part of a team, you feel isolated, helpless, and STUCK!
It’s hard not to get sucked into a spiral of negativity.
When the dynamics in the family get this hard, it can be tough to find the positives. Without those beacons of light to focus on, you become clouded with negativity. You feel caught between the very real feelings and needs of your child and your partner. Your own feelings and needs are getting pushed aside. You desperately want your child to be confident and able to manage their feelings and behaviors. You want parenting to bring you and your partner closer together, not leave you feeling alone. You are looking for someone who understands these complexities and can help you build skills to strengthen your relationship with your child and your partner while helping you stay connected to your own needs.
If you can relate, you are not alone.
I’m Robyn, a therapist in Berkeley offering in-person and online parent counseling.
I have 15 years of experience collaborating with parents to help them connect with their child and with each other when they are faced with challenging emotions and behaviors. Together we will explore triggers and uncover obstacles that prevent you from staying engaged and open. We will identify strategies that support emotion management and that match the unique needs of your child and your family. We will develop specific goals and regularly review progress so we can ensure therapy is working for you. With parent counseling, you can approach family challenges with heightened self-awareness and intentionality so that you feel closer to your partner and more effective as a parent!
You don’t need to go through another meltdown by yourself.
You can shift these painful dynamics so that your family bonds don’t break when things get tough. I’m here to help. Contact me for a FREE 15 minute consultation at 510.519.1779 or click the button below to book a consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions
of Parent Counselors in Berkeley
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Yes, therapy can help strengthen the relationship between a parent and child, between co-parents, and with other members of the family. Parent counseling can provide tools and teach skills to manage challenging behaviors, help parents gain insight into their own triggers and emotional reactions and responses, and identify strategies to effectively co-parent.
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Family therapy generally involves all members of the family while parent counseling focuses on supporting parents or guardians with their approach to parenting and their relationship to their child and to each other. In parent counseling, the idea is that when the parents shift their approach and gain insight into their reactions, it can shift the dynamics that are not working in the family.
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Yes! When one parent identifies strategies to manage behaviors, improve their relationship with their child, and reflects on their own reactions, the family system will change. However, consistency is key and lasting change is more likely if the co-parent is responding to the child in a similar way.
Get the support you deserve.
My Rates
Individual Therapy
Weekly online or in-person sessions.
50 mins | $200 | Get started
Parent Counseling
Weekly online or in-person sessions. Parent counseling can be provided to an individual or to the parenting team.
50 mins | $200 | Get started
