Intelligent, courageous, hard-working, visionary & resourceful . . .
These are the words I’d use to describe the parents I support (although they’re definitely too humble to portray themselves this way!) Parents who find their way to me tend to be smart, brave people. They want to give their child a type of security and connection that they may or may not have experienced growing up.
By the time parents find my practice, they have often endured years of turmoil when it comes to parenting their uniquely-wired child. You may be at a loss, feeling exhausted, defeated, overwhelmed, or like parenting is simply no fun. You may have tried every strategy you know, scoured parenting blogs, and taken advice from well-meaning loved ones, all to no avail. You are not alone. Every parent with whom I work voices something similar.
Attachment-based therapy isn’t about blaming parents or kicking you while you’re down. This work is about partnering with one another to uncover a sense of logic, finding a way to see your child’s behavior (and your own) as coherent, consistent, and even predictable. Perceiving this hidden logic will create a paradigm shift, relieve enormous amounts of stress, and open up many new options. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. This “lens shift” will forever change you and your family.
Just as your child needs you to be a soft landing place, you also need places to feel seen, understood, safe, cared for, cheered on, and encouraged to try new things. I hope my practice can be a place like that for you.
