Parent
Support

It takes a village.

We are here to help you navigate parenthood. Being a parent is one of the most rewarding and challenging jobs, which makes it hard to always feel confident in what you are doing and feeling. We are here to help you navigate parenting struggles by providing parent training, as well as a tailored parenting workshop. There is no rule book for parenting, but there are ways to feel more understood and supported. Together, we will help you learn how to communicate with, discipline, and support your child or teen.

No one is an island, no matter how alone or out of touch we feel we have become, we all need relationships in our life. As humans, we rely on other people for support, a sense of belonging, connection, amongst other things. An article by Syracuse University said that "the quality of our relationships is the single biggest predictor of our happiness—more so than business success, physical health, wealth, status or fame.* So when we put intentional effort into understanding ourselves and what it means to us and our loved ones to be parents, we are all happier.

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Family Love by a Mother and Her Two Daughters

Motherhood

Motherhood brings out feelings you knew you had and ones the you didn't. It is a rewarding journey, but also adds to the overwhelming pile of duties that women wear at any given moment: wife, mother, professional, maid, emotional support. This juggle can be exhausting and leave you feeling like you are not doing enough or not good enough.

You don't have to make the choice to take care of yourself or your family; therapy can help you learn how to take care of yourself, while you take care of the important people around you. Learn how to navigate this new emotional world of postpartum with a trained therapist who can guide and support.

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Assumptions about motherhood

Strong women don't need medication
I will find time for me
I will instantly bond with my baby
You have failed if you had a c-section
Being a mother is instinctual
Breastfeeding will come easy and naturally
Good mothers dont take breaks
I wont need anyone, I got this
I will be superwoman, partner and mother

Assumptions about fatherhood

I am supposed to be "the rock"
I am here to hold her hand
I am the babysitter
I dont know what I are doing
I need to check everything with the "lead" parent

Fatherhood

Both caregivers can feel stress, overwhelm, and disconnection from the transition of parenthood., but struggles of males during parenthood can look different than those of females. Studies show that after about 3-6 months postpartum fathers' depressive symptoms tend to spike. Males can develop "masked" male depression, where rather than an outward expression of sadness, men may increase substance use, are more likely to be irritable, aggressive and hostile.

These symptoms frequently look like "checking out," with increased isolation and engagement in more activities and habits for distraction. Many males state that they feel:

Burdened or trapped where my life has changed
Isolation and loneliness- missing friendship with my partner and friendships with outside friends
Weighed down by financial responsibility (felt as a burden)
Outside of the circle of attention
Missing sexual relationship- disconnected
Sleep deprivation

Tapping into your support system, having active communication, and a healthy lifestyle are key ways to mediate postpartum male depression. Being aware of your stressors and how your body is reacting and coping with these new changes, can alleviate guilt by creating understanding of your needs and the choices that you have in your life and relationships.

Speaking with a therapist can help you process how you are really coping with this change and get you reentered on what your priorities are and what you value. Stress is a part of being a parent and human and managing those stressors is how we can help.

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Caregiving is a 24 hour job.

Caregiving comes with lots of opinions from our environment and those voices from social media, our family, friends, religion, culture, work, can be deafening and weigh us down from being the best versions of ourself. Staying true to who you are and your values gets challenged when you experience stress and when you enter periods of transition and growth. We have specialized training and years of experience that we bring into the therapy session to help you grow into the parent that you want to be.

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Parenting Workshop

In addition to traditional therapy sessions where you can address parenting struggles, we offer a personal three session workshop. Katy Child uses tools from Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) to help you enhance your relationship with your child/children by strengthening your parenting skills. We help you feel more confident in managing difficult behaviors, learn how to effectively talk with your child/children, and how to set boundaries and give commands. Parents can use the workshop as a standalone tool or as an evaluative tool to personalize further therapy sessions.

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Session one:

Session two:

Session three:

- Understanding your child's emotions

- Emotion regulation

- Parents as models

- PRIDE skills for healthy parenting time

-House rules

-Giving Effective commands

- Managing difficult behavior in public spaces - Social skills

More About PCIT

PCIT is an evidence-based therapy that focuses on improving the relationship between you and your child. The therapy involves coaching the caregiver on how to interact with the child in a supportive and positive way, while also teaching the child new skills and behaviors.

PCIT is considered by national expert panels as a gold standard treatment for children who have any of the following challenges: