Parenting Therapists in Encinitas, CA
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.
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.
I work with individuals and couples struggling to adjust to the many changes that come along with life changes, relationship issues or transitions, traumas, communication, intimacy issues, and parenting.
I approach therapy with a humanistic, trauma informed, compassionate lens, focusing on assisting with reconnecting back to who we are. In order to truly understand why choices are being made that keep you feeling stuck, it is necessary to reflect and explore our daily lives, thoughts, feelings, and actions. Gaining self-awareness is vital to making change.
I work with individuals and couples struggling to adjust to the many changes that come along with life changes, relationship issues or transitions, traumas, communication, intimacy issues, and parenting.
I approach therapy with a humanistic, trauma informed, compassionate lens, focusing on assisting with reconnecting back to who we are. In order to truly understand why choices are being made that keep you feeling stuck, it is necessary to reflect and explore our daily lives, thoughts, feelings, and actions. Gaining self-awareness is vital to making change.
Sometimes parents feel something is wrong yet can’t pinpoint a specific problem.
I will tailor your treatment to your specific problem and personality. I often like to combine eastern style modalities such as mindfulness with traditional approaches such as cognitive behavioral (CBT). Some may elect hypnosis which can move therapy along more quickly. You want to experience relief as quickly as possible.
Sometimes parents feel something is wrong yet can’t pinpoint a specific problem.
I will tailor your treatment to your specific problem and personality. I often like to combine eastern style modalities such as mindfulness with traditional approaches such as cognitive behavioral (CBT). Some may elect hypnosis which can move therapy along more quickly. You want to experience relief as quickly as possible.
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.
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.
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.
Welcome to my profile. I'm dedicated to providing compassionate, up-to-date care for children, teens, families, and adults navigating social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. As a board-certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist with advanced training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, I tailor my approach to meet the specific needs of you and your loved ones.
Welcome to my profile. I'm dedicated to providing compassionate, up-to-date care for children, teens, families, and adults navigating social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. As a board-certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist with advanced training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, I tailor my approach to meet the specific needs of you and your loved ones.
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.
Trauma, grief/loss, divorce, abandonment, birth, parenting, career or life changes and stress can feel overwhelming.
As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner & Art Therapist for over 20 years, I support moms of all ages through natural fertility, pregnancy, birth, divorce, single parenting, and relationships. Benefits include feeling lighter, regulating nervous system, a nourished energy system, releasing trauma, improved relationships and feeling more pleasure in your body.
Trauma, grief/loss, divorce, abandonment, birth, parenting, career or life changes and stress can feel overwhelming.
As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner & Art Therapist for over 20 years, I support moms of all ages through natural fertility, pregnancy, birth, divorce, single parenting, and relationships. Benefits include feeling lighter, regulating nervous system, a nourished energy system, releasing trauma, improved relationships and feeling more pleasure in your body.
I specialize in treating clients who are dealing with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self esteem, and ineffective coping. My focus is on creating a safe, non-judgmental environment where clients can feel understood, develop increased self-awareness, learn to better manage their emotions, and feel empowered in their daily lives.
I specialize in treating clients who are dealing with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self esteem, and ineffective coping. My focus is on creating a safe, non-judgmental environment where clients can feel understood, develop increased self-awareness, learn to better manage their emotions, and feel empowered in their daily lives.
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.
You might be the person everyone else leans on. Capable, perceptive, easy to read a room. And yet privately feel like you've never quite landed anywhere. Maybe you grew up between countries, between cultures, between versions of yourself, and learned early that adaptation was survival. Or maybe you can't point to a single reason, but intimacy feels harder than it should, and you're tired of living so much of your life in your head.
You might be the person everyone else leans on. Capable, perceptive, easy to read a room. And yet privately feel like you've never quite landed anywhere. Maybe you grew up between countries, between cultures, between versions of yourself, and learned early that adaptation was survival. Or maybe you can't point to a single reason, but intimacy feels harder than it should, and you're tired of living so much of your life in your head.
Welcome! We all want to live life as our best selves, but that can be especially challenging during difficult times. I have over 25 years of experience helping children, teens, families, adults and couples build on their strengths and get clear about what they want for their futures. In addition to traditional talk therapy, I also utilize art therapy, Brainspotting (a brain based therapy that helps clients identify, process and release emotional and physical pain) and the Nurtured Heart Approach (a relationship based model that helps people focus on their successes rather than their failures, thereby increasing their Inner Wealth.)
Welcome! We all want to live life as our best selves, but that can be especially challenging during difficult times. I have over 25 years of experience helping children, teens, families, adults and couples build on their strengths and get clear about what they want for their futures. In addition to traditional talk therapy, I also utilize art therapy, Brainspotting (a brain based therapy that helps clients identify, process and release emotional and physical pain) and the Nurtured Heart Approach (a relationship based model that helps people focus on their successes rather than their failures, thereby increasing their Inner Wealth.)
My passion is for people and their relationships. Eastern thought teaches us that pain is inevitable, suffering is optional; life and relationships have the ability to create struggles in everyday life that creates pain, but it is through our attitudes, behaviors, and meaning that we place ourselves in situations where we create our own suffering. By helping people find the tools to cultivate their unique skills, I believe we can find the hope and fulfillment to overcome our suffering. My focus is on individuals and couples as they search for connection, intimacy, love and success.
My passion is for people and their relationships. Eastern thought teaches us that pain is inevitable, suffering is optional; life and relationships have the ability to create struggles in everyday life that creates pain, but it is through our attitudes, behaviors, and meaning that we place ourselves in situations where we create our own suffering. By helping people find the tools to cultivate their unique skills, I believe we can find the hope and fulfillment to overcome our suffering. My focus is on individuals and couples as they search for connection, intimacy, love and success.
We routinely involve parents in treatment so you never have to guess what your child is doing in therapy.
We help kids, teens, and young adults who struggle with anxiety gain the confidence they need to put themselves out there and build healthy relationships. Our clients struggle just like you and your kids do. Despite being bright, academically high achieving, and able to seemingly balance it all, life is still hard. When they first come in, they are in a relentless cycle of never feeling “good enough” and are stuck comparing themselves to everyone else. They may start their day with reserved hope as they head to school, and come home a total wreck. You are doing your best, but you don’t always know the right thing to say.
We routinely involve parents in treatment so you never have to guess what your child is doing in therapy.
We help kids, teens, and young adults who struggle with anxiety gain the confidence they need to put themselves out there and build healthy relationships. Our clients struggle just like you and your kids do. Despite being bright, academically high achieving, and able to seemingly balance it all, life is still hard. When they first come in, they are in a relentless cycle of never feeling “good enough” and are stuck comparing themselves to everyone else. They may start their day with reserved hope as they head to school, and come home a total wreck. You are doing your best, but you don’t always know the right thing to say.
Issues most often addressed in my practice relate to: Anxiety, Panic, and Avoidance; Depression; Traumatic Experience; and Parenting.
I specialize in anxiety, trauma-related disorders, and issues within the parent-child relationship. Recognized by the Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies as a certified Diplomate in 2022, I integrate cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness and meditation, exposure, play therapy, and other techniques.
Issues most often addressed in my practice relate to: Anxiety, Panic, and Avoidance; Depression; Traumatic Experience; and Parenting.
I specialize in anxiety, trauma-related disorders, and issues within the parent-child relationship. Recognized by the Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies as a certified Diplomate in 2022, I integrate cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness and meditation, exposure, play therapy, and other techniques.
Life can feel overwhelming when you're carrying anxiety, trauma, ADHD, OCD, relationship struggles, parenting complex kids, or feeling the weight of difficult life experiences.
I provide a compassionate and collaborative space where you can feel truly heard, held, and supported. I don't believe that we are broken, but are often carrying too many burdens and are getting burned out. In our work, we often integrate traditional talk therapy with EMDR and Somatic Experiencing to help you feel more resilient and confident.
Life can feel overwhelming when you're carrying anxiety, trauma, ADHD, OCD, relationship struggles, parenting complex kids, or feeling the weight of difficult life experiences.
I provide a compassionate and collaborative space where you can feel truly heard, held, and supported. I don't believe that we are broken, but are often carrying too many burdens and are getting burned out. In our work, we often integrate traditional talk therapy with EMDR and Somatic Experiencing to help you feel more resilient and confident.
Are you struggling to find the right therapist? Let me help. The key is finding someone you feel comfortable with, but how to know in advance? Reading profiles can help you get a feel for the therapist.
I am a tools therapist, not a talk therapist. I listen with openness and compassion, then teach you how to shift patterns in your brain, body, and relationships. Using evidence-based approaches, I help you reduce anxiety, heal trauma, optimize communication, and restore balance.
As a trauma-informed, neurobiology-based therapist, I work with individuals, couples, children, and families ready for real transformation.
Are you struggling to find the right therapist? Let me help. The key is finding someone you feel comfortable with, but how to know in advance? Reading profiles can help you get a feel for the therapist.
I am a tools therapist, not a talk therapist. I listen with openness and compassion, then teach you how to shift patterns in your brain, body, and relationships. Using evidence-based approaches, I help you reduce anxiety, heal trauma, optimize communication, and restore balance.
As a trauma-informed, neurobiology-based therapist, I work with individuals, couples, children, and families ready for real transformation.
My therapeutic approach is non-judgmental, empathetic, understanding, compassionate, and accepting. I am committed to social justice and advocacy for marginalized persons. I want to help inspire you to grow into the person you want to become, without shame. I work with clients who want to improve their quality of life, decrease distress, enhance relationships, resolve family conflict, better cope with life, and break free from unhealthy patterns. I specialize in treating: depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship problems, & unresolved conflict from childhood. I provide affirmative therapy for the LGBTQ2IA+ community.
My therapeutic approach is non-judgmental, empathetic, understanding, compassionate, and accepting. I am committed to social justice and advocacy for marginalized persons. I want to help inspire you to grow into the person you want to become, without shame. I work with clients who want to improve their quality of life, decrease distress, enhance relationships, resolve family conflict, better cope with life, and break free from unhealthy patterns. I specialize in treating: depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship problems, & unresolved conflict from childhood. I provide affirmative therapy for the LGBTQ2IA+ community.
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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.