Parenting
Can Often Look Like
Finding yourself reacting to your child in ways that surprise or frustrate you.
Wanting to parent differently than you were parented, but not always knowing how.
Feeling overwhelmed by your child's emotions, especially when they remind you of your own childhood.
Becoming more aware of your relationship with your parents after having children of your own.
Worrying that you'll repeat patterns you promised yourself you would avoid.
Feeling guilty that you're "getting it wrong" or questioning whether you're doing enough.
Struggling to balance caring for your children while also caring for yourself.
Wanting to raise emotionally healthy children while continuing to grow as a parent yourself.
My Approach
Parenting is a deeply human undertaking. Through my work with parents, I've come to appreciate that raising children often brings people back into contact with their own childhoods. Many parents find themselves responding to situations in ways that resemble old memories, emotions, and relationship patterns. Whether we realize it or not, our past often becomes the lens through which we interpret, experience, and respond to the present.
I firmly believe that parents are doing the best they can with what they know. Therapy provides an opportunity to examine the parenting approaches you inherited, understand why they developed, and thoughtfully decide which ones still serve you, which ones no longer do, and what new ways of responding you'd like to cultivate. Together, we can strengthen the values and ways of responding that reflect the kind of parent you hope to be while gently letting go of those that no longer fit.