Raising a child is tough. We’re here to help.
How to Help Your Child Succeed at Home, at School, and in Life
Does your child struggle with
Frequent emotional outbursts
Sad and disconnected behavior
Difficult life transitions
Trouble connecting with others
Being a parent or caregiver can be the most joyous, meaningful, and loving – as well as the most difficult, frustrating, and anxiety provoking – responsibility that we will ever experience in our lives.
Our children are connected to our heart, and have the power to empower us and knock us down all at once, often from moment to moment. Yet our children also look to us to show them how to regulate emotions, how to connect to others, how to work hard to reach goals, and even how to love ourselves. Emotion Focused Parenting gives us the tools to be our best, most regulated selves while we empower our children to be their best, most regulated selves.
Your Child’s growing brain
Your child’s growing brain utilizes a mirror-neuron system for emotional learning that internalizes the feelings of others to better understand their own emotional experience. When a child observes a caregiver reacting to an experience or emotion, the mirror-neuron system gets activated and the child actually internalizes the same emotions and often mimics the same reaction.
In other words: if we explode when something doesn’t go our way, our child will explode when somethings doesn’t go their way; if we shut down when we are sad, our child will shut down when they are sad; if we hide our emotions, then our child will hide their emotions; and if we are mindful of our internal experience and regulate, then our child will be mindful of their emotional experience and regulate.
Help your child
Our child’s ability to self-regulate is only as strong as our own ability to self-regulate.
Work through challenging emotions
Learn to acknowledge present emotions and sensations, express authentic feelings in a connecting way, and develop healthy coping mechanisms for emotional well-being.
Better regulate in moments of distress
Draw upon mindfulness, body awareness, deep breathing and other regulation techniques to better to manage intense emotions and stay connected to the “thinking” brain.
Improve self-esteem
Cultivate confidence and resilience through supporting a positive self-perception, celebrating authenticity, and focusing on growth.
Feel more connected in relationships
Foster vulnerable communication, emotional empathy, and cooperative problem solving to build stronger and more fulfilling connections with others.
Real Parents, Real Results
Thousands of families have already become more connected, regulated, and empowered through Emotion Focused Parenting principles. Be the hero to your family by scheduling a consultation today.
About Me
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in both Oregon (license # 7647) and California (license # 65076), and certified in Synergetic Play Therapy, Hakomi Therapy, Hypnotherapy, and Neurolinguistic Programing. My training also includes significant experience working with couples utilizing Emotion Focused Therapy, drawing upon Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions, and other somatic and attachment-based techniques.