Parent Coaching

You ask one ordinary question across the table, and the answer is a wall.

So you push, just a little, because you’re their parent and you’re scared.

The voice that comes out of you is louder than you meant it to be. You hear it rise, and you hate it, and you keep going anyway.

Then the chair scrapes back, the plate’s barely touched, and you’re alone with a fork in your hand.

The same fight you had last night. And the night before.

You miss the easy version of this kid, and you miss the parent you used to be with them.

Something’s got to give.

Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First

You can’t pour calm into your home from an empty tank. So, we start with you.

We start with the brain science underneath the blowups, drawing on Bruce Perry’s work. You’ll understand what your teen’s nervous system actually needs, and in what order.

Then we work the real skills together.

• Your calm: tools for the moments emotions move too big, too fast, so you step out of the spiral instead of getting pulled under.
• Your words: Collaborative Problem Solving, where you and your teen tackle the problem together instead of yelling past each other.
• Your limits: how to hold a boundary with warmth and confidence at the same time.

Through Functional Family Therapy, we shift the patterns that keep looping in your house, one interaction at a time.

I don’t work harder than my clients. I work alongside you.

Your Home Is Worth One Conversation

You’ve been carrying this alone, lying awake, wondering if you’ve lost them.

You haven’t lost them, and you don’t have to figure this out by yourself.

Let’s start with a free 15-minute call or text, just you and me, talking through what’s been happening at your table. Call me today at (916) 382-2496.