Family Therapy & Parent Coaching
Family Therapy
Family is where we first learn how to love, how to belong, how to communicate, and how to navigate conflict. It’s also where some of our deepest challenges and emotional wounds begin.
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Whether you are co-parenting with someone who thinks differently than you, healing an estrangement or rupture, or seeking support as the whole family moves through a transition together, family therapy offers a space for truth-telling, repair, and change.
What is Family Therapy?
This is not about assigning blame or figuring out who’s “right.”
It’s about understanding each person’s experience, shifting stuck patterns, and nurturing relationships that feel stronger, safer, and more aligned with your values.
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Family therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all. Your family may be nuclear, blended, extended, chosen, queer, polyamorous—or any combination. The common thread is that you’re ready to do the work of showing up for one another in a new way.
How Family Therapy will help you
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Parenting Challenges: Learning how to parent in a way that builds connection, cooperation, and a peaceful home—while supporting your child’s emotional development.​
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Co-Parenting Conflicts: Collaborating with a spouse, ex-partner, or relative in ways that reduce stress and center the child’s well-being.​
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Family of Origin Repair: Reconnecting after estrangement, or healing from generational trauma, emotional neglect, or old relational wounds.​
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In-Law Dynamics: Navigating tensions and boundary challenges with extended family members.​
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Polycule and Chosen Family Resilience: Strengthening the bonds of a kitchen-table polycule or intentional family unit, including navigating shared parenting, emotional labor, and complex dynamics.
What to Expect
Therapy begins with everyone involved.
The first session will include all participating members of your family system.
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From there, we’ll meet in various configurations that best serve your goals—sometimes with everyone, sometimes with smaller subgroups, or even individuals. For example:
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Parents or co-parents may meet alone to align on structure and communication.
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Children or teens may have their own sessions to express what they’re experiencing.
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Dyads (like siblings, partners, or metamours) may meet to repair ruptures.
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The whole system may come together periodically to reflect and realign
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This flexible structure allows each bond to be strengthened in the context where it matters most. When even one part of the system shifts, the entire family dynamic begins to transform.
Parent Coaching
I support parents of young children, teens, and every stage in between in building confidence, learning to respond adeptly to your child's big feelings, setting healthy limits, and strengthening your relationship with them.
Our work together will lead to more ease and play in your relationship with your child(ren) and joy in your partnership with your co-parent/spouse.
Common themes we tackle together
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Responding effectively to aggression, defiance, tantrums, whining, and attention-seeking behaviors in a way that strengthens connection.
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Navigating sleep, eating, and toileting difficulties with empathy rather than frustration or punitive approaches.
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Managing emotional upsets like separation anxiety and frequent meltdowns, and understanding what lies beneath big feelings.
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Addressing sibling rivalry and relationship tensions to foster more peaceful play and cooperation.
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Helping parents understand their child’s emotional language and behavior triggers so they can choose the most effective connection-based tools.
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Supporting parents in developing confidence, calmness, and self-trust, so they can respond to challenges instead of reacting.
Through our work together you will...
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Develop the confidence and tools to navigate parenting challenges with more ease, clarity, and intention, reducing reactive responses and building deeper connection.
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Move from frequent power struggles and confusion about “what works” to a more intentional, connected style that prioritizes cooperation and emotional safety for your child.
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Create consistent, supportive routines and communication that serve your whole family’s well-being.
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Know how to support your child as they move through challenges in school, with peers, and in the family unit
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Learn more about yourself and heal wounds from your own childhood
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Feel confident about what to do when your child is demonstrating off-track behavior, ad help them ffind themselves into healthier habits