Parenting Therapists in Carlsbad, CA
I also work with teens and young adults, guiding them as they struggle with individuation from parents and peers and supporting their development of self-confidence and esteem.
As a Jungian Analyst, I hold deep respect and trust in the guidance from the psyche. The unconscious wants our attention and when we ignore the unconscious, it causes problems that show up as symptoms of depression, anxiety, addiction. When we give the unconscious our attention we are rewarded— symptoms subside and we have access to new energy.
I also work with teens and young adults, guiding them as they struggle with individuation from parents and peers and supporting their development of self-confidence and esteem.
As a Jungian Analyst, I hold deep respect and trust in the guidance from the psyche. The unconscious wants our attention and when we ignore the unconscious, it causes problems that show up as symptoms of depression, anxiety, addiction. When we give the unconscious our attention we are rewarded— symptoms subside and we have access to new energy.
Claudia Matar de Brun
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, MA
2 Endorsed
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Waitlist for new clients
Many parents reach out because they see their child struggling with anxiety, big emotions, behavioral challenges, school stress, or family changes such as divorce or conflict.
I specialize in working with children (ages 6–10), teens, and families using play therapy, sand tray, attachment-based therapy, and parent coaching. My trauma-informed approach integrates IFS, CBT, and EMDR-informed work to help children process emotions, develop regulation skills, and strengthen parent–child connection.
Many parents reach out because they see their child struggling with anxiety, big emotions, behavioral challenges, school stress, or family changes such as divorce or conflict.
I specialize in working with children (ages 6–10), teens, and families using play therapy, sand tray, attachment-based therapy, and parent coaching. My trauma-informed approach integrates IFS, CBT, and EMDR-informed work to help children process emotions, develop regulation skills, and strengthen parent–child connection.
If you want to learn positive parenting skills, teach the value of self-esteem, or identify behaviors and maladapted attachments, all of this is talk-able and worthy of investing your time and energy.
As an EMDR-certified therapist, I help clients heal from distressing experiences that feel “stuck” in the nervous system. EMDR gently addresses trauma, anxiety, and negative beliefs without reliving the past, supporting relief, confidence, and a renewed sense of safety and clarity.
If you want to learn positive parenting skills, teach the value of self-esteem, or identify behaviors and maladapted attachments, all of this is talk-able and worthy of investing your time and energy.
As an EMDR-certified therapist, I help clients heal from distressing experiences that feel “stuck” in the nervous system. EMDR gently addresses trauma, anxiety, and negative beliefs without reliving the past, supporting relief, confidence, and a renewed sense of safety and clarity.
I work with children (and their parents) navigating grief, ADHD, shame, and the unique emotional experiences that can come with giftedness, including twice- and thrice-exceptionality.
Sound familiar? It feels like you’ve tried everything to manage your child’s challenging behaviors and nothing is working. You want to support your child’s self esteem, interpersonal skills, or ability to thrive in their academic environment. You and your child have experienced the loss of a loved one. You struggle to understand how your childhood impacts patterns in your current relationships and how you view yourself and others. If any of those statements resonate, you have come to the right place.
I work with children (and their parents) navigating grief, ADHD, shame, and the unique emotional experiences that can come with giftedness, including twice- and thrice-exceptionality.
Sound familiar? It feels like you’ve tried everything to manage your child’s challenging behaviors and nothing is working. You want to support your child’s self esteem, interpersonal skills, or ability to thrive in their academic environment. You and your child have experienced the loss of a loved one. You struggle to understand how your childhood impacts patterns in your current relationships and how you view yourself and others. If any of those statements resonate, you have come to the right place.
Each session I will use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, play therapy , and parenting interventions to achieve your individual and family goals.
I'm really looking forward to working with you and your son or daughter. Since the beginning of my career, I have been working with a wide range of young people from early childhood to young adult. I work with children and adolescents with many different challenges and diagnosis such as behavioral disorders, ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, suicidal ideation, and cutting behaviors. My passion in life is helping families and helping young people navigate the challenges of life.
Each session I will use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, play therapy , and parenting interventions to achieve your individual and family goals.
I'm really looking forward to working with you and your son or daughter. Since the beginning of my career, I have been working with a wide range of young people from early childhood to young adult. I work with children and adolescents with many different challenges and diagnosis such as behavioral disorders, ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, suicidal ideation, and cutting behaviors. My passion in life is helping families and helping young people navigate the challenges of life.
Trained as a holistic counselor, I work with individuals facing challenges such as trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use, low self-esteem, and high-conflict co- parenting relationships.
My therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), along with Polyvagal Theory to help regulate the nervous system and address trauma responses.
Trained as a holistic counselor, I work with individuals facing challenges such as trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use, low self-esteem, and high-conflict co- parenting relationships.
My therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), along with Polyvagal Theory to help regulate the nervous system and address trauma responses.
My work also focuses on helping parents find ways to support their child, particularly those with challenging or confusing behaviors.
Working with children, teens, and caregivers is a unique opportunity to provide families with support during an important time in life. Using a collaborative and empathic approach, I work hard alongside my clients to make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives. It's important to meet each person where they are at and help them meet their unique goals. In addition to my private practice, I am on faculty with UC Davis Health, where I provide virtual therapy and supervise and teach psychology trainees and psychiatry residents.
My work also focuses on helping parents find ways to support their child, particularly those with challenging or confusing behaviors.
Working with children, teens, and caregivers is a unique opportunity to provide families with support during an important time in life. Using a collaborative and empathic approach, I work hard alongside my clients to make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives. It's important to meet each person where they are at and help them meet their unique goals. In addition to my private practice, I am on faculty with UC Davis Health, where I provide virtual therapy and supervise and teach psychology trainees and psychiatry residents.
My goal is to help people put their life back on track! Eating, weight and body image issues can derail a person's focus and purpose. Healing from the inside out and the outside in releases a person from the tyranny of perfection. Learning to put food and feelings into proper perspective is a realistic and achievable goal.
My goal is to help people put their life back on track! Eating, weight and body image issues can derail a person's focus and purpose. Healing from the inside out and the outside in releases a person from the tyranny of perfection. Learning to put food and feelings into proper perspective is a realistic and achievable goal.
Accepting New Couples! !
Feeling stuck in the same arguments, walking on eggshells, or missing the closeness you used to have? You don’t have to keep trying to fix things alone.
Hi, I’m Mignon, a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee in San Diego offering therapy for couples in all stages of their relationship. I work with partners who feel unheard, disconnected, or caught in patterns that leave both people feeling frustrated and alone. I also support interracial and multicultural couples navigating differences in communication, culture, and identity.
Accepting New Couples! !
Feeling stuck in the same arguments, walking on eggshells, or missing the closeness you used to have? You don’t have to keep trying to fix things alone.
Hi, I’m Mignon, a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee in San Diego offering therapy for couples in all stages of their relationship. I work with partners who feel unheard, disconnected, or caught in patterns that leave both people feeling frustrated and alone. I also support interracial and multicultural couples navigating differences in communication, culture, and identity.
Sessions provide space for exploring various experiences related to motherhood, parenting, work, and current life stressors.
Meghan Hammel, PhD is a psychologist offering perinatal/postpartum mental health support for women in CA, AZ, & PSYPACT states. She works with women experiencing anxiety and depression, increased stress during adjustment to motherhood, postpartum challenges, and feeling overwhelmed by transitions in motherhood. She also supports women who are young professionals, healthcare providers, and individuals experiencing a recent move/relocation. Sessions take a down-to-earth approach and utilize strategies from client-centered therapy, CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and self-compassion to acknowledge your experience and increase level of support.
Sessions provide space for exploring various experiences related to motherhood, parenting, work, and current life stressors.
Meghan Hammel, PhD is a psychologist offering perinatal/postpartum mental health support for women in CA, AZ, & PSYPACT states. She works with women experiencing anxiety and depression, increased stress during adjustment to motherhood, postpartum challenges, and feeling overwhelmed by transitions in motherhood. She also supports women who are young professionals, healthcare providers, and individuals experiencing a recent move/relocation. Sessions take a down-to-earth approach and utilize strategies from client-centered therapy, CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and self-compassion to acknowledge your experience and increase level of support.
I use play therapy and other evidence-based approaches while working closely with parents.
Whether you’re looking for support for yourself or your child, I believe therapy should be a place where you can slow down, feel comfortable, and be yourself. I aim to create a calm, welcoming space where we can make sense of what’s going on, talk honestly about what’s been difficult, and find ways to move forward together. I work with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship concerns, and emotional stress.
I use play therapy and other evidence-based approaches while working closely with parents.
Whether you’re looking for support for yourself or your child, I believe therapy should be a place where you can slow down, feel comfortable, and be yourself. I aim to create a calm, welcoming space where we can make sense of what’s going on, talk honestly about what’s been difficult, and find ways to move forward together. I work with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship concerns, and emotional stress.
I have helped people with a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, loss, trauma, addiction, parenting, and navigating difficult life transitions, such as divorce and remarriage.
I draw from several theoretical perspectives, including family systems, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and transpersonal approaches. I received specialized postdoctoral training in marriage and family therapy, pregnancy and postpartum issues, and EMDR. I have also taught and supervised student therapists at the graduate school level.
I have helped people with a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, loss, trauma, addiction, parenting, and navigating difficult life transitions, such as divorce and remarriage.
I draw from several theoretical perspectives, including family systems, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and transpersonal approaches. I received specialized postdoctoral training in marriage and family therapy, pregnancy and postpartum issues, and EMDR. I have also taught and supervised student therapists at the graduate school level.
I also specialize in parenting and perinatal mental health, including infertility and pregnancy loss.
Asking for help is one of the most difficult things to do for yourself or your family. You've taken the first step, so let us help you with the next. My goal is to provide a safe space and build strong therapeutic alliances with all of my clients. I promise to make each treatment plan unique to you in order to fully capture your individual needs and facilitate lasting change. My therapy dog, Bowlby, may greet you at the door and is present to provide comfort and cuddles.
I also specialize in parenting and perinatal mental health, including infertility and pregnancy loss.
Asking for help is one of the most difficult things to do for yourself or your family. You've taken the first step, so let us help you with the next. My goal is to provide a safe space and build strong therapeutic alliances with all of my clients. I promise to make each treatment plan unique to you in order to fully capture your individual needs and facilitate lasting change. My therapy dog, Bowlby, may greet you at the door and is present to provide comfort and cuddles.
Together, we'll navigate anxiety, trauma, pregnancy, and parenting challenges, helping you grow and reconnect with yourself and your child.
Lately, you’ve been reacting in ways that don’t feel like you. You're snapping faster, overthinking everything, struggling to relax even when you get a moment. You keep telling yourself you should be able to handle this, but something feels off. Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum, or deep in motherhood, things feel louder, harder, and more constant than they used to. You’re still showing up, but quietly wondering, "what is happening to me?" It's exhausting trying to keep up appearances when you feel this way inside. I help moms in this exact place slow things down, make sense of what’s underneath, and start feeling steady again.
Together, we'll navigate anxiety, trauma, pregnancy, and parenting challenges, helping you grow and reconnect with yourself and your child.
Lately, you’ve been reacting in ways that don’t feel like you. You're snapping faster, overthinking everything, struggling to relax even when you get a moment. You keep telling yourself you should be able to handle this, but something feels off. Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum, or deep in motherhood, things feel louder, harder, and more constant than they used to. You’re still showing up, but quietly wondering, "what is happening to me?" It's exhausting trying to keep up appearances when you feel this way inside. I help moms in this exact place slow things down, make sense of what’s underneath, and start feeling steady again.
I have over 20 years of experience in helping individuals, couples and families move through the anger, hurt and fear often associated with difficult life transitions. I believe that while we cannot directly change events that happen in our lives, most of us can learn to change our perceptions about these issues.
I have over 20 years of experience in helping individuals, couples and families move through the anger, hurt and fear often associated with difficult life transitions. I believe that while we cannot directly change events that happen in our lives, most of us can learn to change our perceptions about these issues.
Life is complex and it's often hard to handle the situations that come up each day or resurface over longer periods of time. Whether figuring out what to do about challenging children, issues in a close relationship, or which way to go as you move forward in life, uncertainties can stop anyone in their tracks. Few things are worse than feeling stuck and struggling when it seems like everyone else has it all figured out. It doesn't have to be that way. Things change, if we're watching we find opportunities to heal, learn, and grow.
Life is complex and it's often hard to handle the situations that come up each day or resurface over longer periods of time. Whether figuring out what to do about challenging children, issues in a close relationship, or which way to go as you move forward in life, uncertainties can stop anyone in their tracks. Few things are worse than feeling stuck and struggling when it seems like everyone else has it all figured out. It doesn't have to be that way. Things change, if we're watching we find opportunities to heal, learn, and grow.
With kids, I work alongside parents as “co-therapists
Through the powerful integration of the neurobiology of regulation, play, EMDR, part work, and attachment-driven therapies like Theraplay, I support families in exploring the "icky" parts of life while staying connected to themselves, their loved ones, and the here and now. This allows for new and adaptive experiences to take place.
With kids, I work alongside parents as “co-therapists
Through the powerful integration of the neurobiology of regulation, play, EMDR, part work, and attachment-driven therapies like Theraplay, I support families in exploring the "icky" parts of life while staying connected to themselves, their loved ones, and the here and now. This allows for new and adaptive experiences to take place.
I help parents and caregivers of children with chronic illness, disabilities, transplants, and complex medical needs navigate anxiety, burnout, grief, and medical trauma.
Are you the one holding everything together for your medically complex child - while quietly carrying more than most people ever see? Many come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, or stuck in survival mode after years of caregiving and advocacy. They may struggle with burnout, medical trauma, relationship stress, guilt, or feeling isolated from others who do not understand their experience. I provide compassionate, trauma-informed support to help clients process difficult emotions, strengthen coping skills, improve relationships, and reconnect with themselves beyond caregiving.
I help parents and caregivers of children with chronic illness, disabilities, transplants, and complex medical needs navigate anxiety, burnout, grief, and medical trauma.
Are you the one holding everything together for your medically complex child - while quietly carrying more than most people ever see? Many come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, or stuck in survival mode after years of caregiving and advocacy. They may struggle with burnout, medical trauma, relationship stress, guilt, or feeling isolated from others who do not understand their experience. I provide compassionate, trauma-informed support to help clients process difficult emotions, strengthen coping skills, improve relationships, and reconnect with themselves beyond caregiving.
Childhood and parenting can be tremendously challenging, and you do not need to figure out all of the pieces alone.
I see play as the language of children, and as a portal for healing in childhood. Our sessions together will involve play, art and creative expression, and finding ways to name and hold a variety of emotions so that they can be honored without overwhelming your child or adolescent. I will help them learn to regulate emotions and regain a sense of balance.
Childhood and parenting can be tremendously challenging, and you do not need to figure out all of the pieces alone.
I see play as the language of children, and as a portal for healing in childhood. Our sessions together will involve play, art and creative expression, and finding ways to name and hold a variety of emotions so that they can be honored without overwhelming your child or adolescent. I will help them learn to regulate emotions and regain a sense of balance.
Areas in which I particularly specialize are: premarital counseling, couples communication coaching; individual depression and/or anxiety; sexual/relationship issues; addiction recovery; separation/divorce/co- parenting; life transitions and identity discovery.
As a vetern clinician with over 30 years experience, I am honored and happy to assist you and your loved ones on your path toward greater life satisfaction and peace of mind. I specialize in short term individual work with adults, premarital counseling, separation and divorce issues, the dilemmas of aging, trauma/abuse recovery and addiction recovery. I love to help young adults and adolescents express their feelings in a warm and relaxed environment in a garden setting. Addressing mood struggles as well as life challenges and transitions, my work is solution-focused, interactive and goal-oriented.
Areas in which I particularly specialize are: premarital counseling, couples communication coaching; individual depression and/or anxiety; sexual/relationship issues; addiction recovery; separation/divorce/co- parenting; life transitions and identity discovery.
As a vetern clinician with over 30 years experience, I am honored and happy to assist you and your loved ones on your path toward greater life satisfaction and peace of mind. I specialize in short term individual work with adults, premarital counseling, separation and divorce issues, the dilemmas of aging, trauma/abuse recovery and addiction recovery. I love to help young adults and adolescents express their feelings in a warm and relaxed environment in a garden setting. Addressing mood struggles as well as life challenges and transitions, my work is solution-focused, interactive and goal-oriented.
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Parenting Therapists
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.