Parenting Therapists in Sacramento, CA
Life is inherently full of challenges. Work and/or school, family, relationships all have their own difficulties and you end up feeling depleted and unhappy. At times, you may feel you can manage your challenges, and other times you may feel overwhelmed, stuck, hopeless, unsafe, vulnerable, or even lost. You may feel hurt and like you are carrying too much stress and worry. You are searching for a way to cope with your stressors and are seeking more fulfillment in your life. You’ve tried different ways to help yourself, but your challenges persist. Navigating life is hard, but you are worthy of support as you go through it.
Life is inherently full of challenges. Work and/or school, family, relationships all have their own difficulties and you end up feeling depleted and unhappy. At times, you may feel you can manage your challenges, and other times you may feel overwhelmed, stuck, hopeless, unsafe, vulnerable, or even lost. You may feel hurt and like you are carrying too much stress and worry. You are searching for a way to cope with your stressors and are seeking more fulfillment in your life. You’ve tried different ways to help yourself, but your challenges persist. Navigating life is hard, but you are worthy of support as you go through it.
I support monogamous and non-monogamous partnerships, parents navigating family life, and individuals doing the tender work of healing past or current relational wounds.
My approach is warm, grounded, and emotionally attuned. I aim to create a space that feels safe enough for you to soften your defenses, speak the truth of your experience, and explore what’s possible when we bring compassion to the places that hurt. Whether you're feeling stuck in patterns that repeat, struggling to repair trust, or simply wanting to reconnect, I'm here to help you find your way back to each other, and to yourself.
I support monogamous and non-monogamous partnerships, parents navigating family life, and individuals doing the tender work of healing past or current relational wounds.
My approach is warm, grounded, and emotionally attuned. I aim to create a space that feels safe enough for you to soften your defenses, speak the truth of your experience, and explore what’s possible when we bring compassion to the places that hurt. Whether you're feeling stuck in patterns that repeat, struggling to repair trust, or simply wanting to reconnect, I'm here to help you find your way back to each other, and to yourself.
Are you struggling with behaviors that cause disruption and chaos within your home? Do you feel exhausted and frustrated that you lack the positive interactions with your child that you deeply desire? I can help guide you through the noise and chaos so that you can build a strong and nurturing relationship with your child and enhance your family dynamic. I have a talent for understanding people and their individual needs and qualities. I see what drives them and what holds them back. Behaviors that may seem negative to others, make sense to me as I’m able to see their function.
Are you struggling with behaviors that cause disruption and chaos within your home? Do you feel exhausted and frustrated that you lack the positive interactions with your child that you deeply desire? I can help guide you through the noise and chaos so that you can build a strong and nurturing relationship with your child and enhance your family dynamic. I have a talent for understanding people and their individual needs and qualities. I see what drives them and what holds them back. Behaviors that may seem negative to others, make sense to me as I’m able to see their function.
Are you finding it hard to be compassionate with your partner? With yourself? Do you find yourself building a narrative against your partner in your mind that feeds your frustration? Are you tired of the same arguments? I can help. I help couples & intimate partners build connection, heal from past wounds, build new levels of trust, communication and intimacy. Hurts can happen fast in the back and forth dance of all couples. In couples therapy we will slow things down and create a safe space to learn about yourself, your partner and how to change your negative interaction patterns.
Are you finding it hard to be compassionate with your partner? With yourself? Do you find yourself building a narrative against your partner in your mind that feeds your frustration? Are you tired of the same arguments? I can help. I help couples & intimate partners build connection, heal from past wounds, build new levels of trust, communication and intimacy. Hurts can happen fast in the back and forth dance of all couples. In couples therapy we will slow things down and create a safe space to learn about yourself, your partner and how to change your negative interaction patterns.
I work with LGBTQIA+ adults, couples, and teens. Together we will navigate relationship issues, sexuality, trauma, anxiety-and whatever is keeping you stuck right now. Life is really hard sometimes and when we are attacked for our identity on a global level, we go through everything that life throws at us with additional fear and minority stress. You are not alone, let's work together towards a joyful and fulfilling life and relationships. Visit lovehealgrow.com to schedule or learn more.
I work with LGBTQIA+ adults, couples, and teens. Together we will navigate relationship issues, sexuality, trauma, anxiety-and whatever is keeping you stuck right now. Life is really hard sometimes and when we are attacked for our identity on a global level, we go through everything that life throws at us with additional fear and minority stress. You are not alone, let's work together towards a joyful and fulfilling life and relationships. Visit lovehealgrow.com to schedule or learn more.
Struggling to show up physically, emotionally, and socially at school or work? Overwhelmed with the thought that things may never get better? Or with the thought, "I'm better off alone?" Many have been here and have had similar thoughts including me. But if my 25+ years of working with youth, young adults, and families have taught me anything, it’s the incredible ability of a healing connection to create change, even when things are looking bleak. No matter where you find yourself, positive change is possible. It’s my belief that honesty, transparency and open conversation can pave the way to a better tomorrow.
Struggling to show up physically, emotionally, and socially at school or work? Overwhelmed with the thought that things may never get better? Or with the thought, "I'm better off alone?" Many have been here and have had similar thoughts including me. But if my 25+ years of working with youth, young adults, and families have taught me anything, it’s the incredible ability of a healing connection to create change, even when things are looking bleak. No matter where you find yourself, positive change is possible. It’s my belief that honesty, transparency and open conversation can pave the way to a better tomorrow.
Individual counseling sessions are available for adolescents and adults for the treatment of : Stress and Anxiety, Depression, Relationship issues, Trauma and Abuse, Life Transitions (grief and loss, divorce, career changes and retirement, dealing with aging parents), Chronic Pain, Parenting, Infertility, Eating and Weight issues.
As a practicing therapist for over 20 years, I have the privilege of working collaboratively with my clients to assist them in finding solutions to their problems and learning how to live life more authentically and with greater joy. Whatever your circumstance, if you're struggling to make changes, therapy and developing greater insight, may be just the energy you need to make the change you want. I believe that everyone has capacity for positive change and personal development, and that working together we can synergistically accomplish greater things than on our own.
Individual counseling sessions are available for adolescents and adults for the treatment of : Stress and Anxiety, Depression, Relationship issues, Trauma and Abuse, Life Transitions (grief and loss, divorce, career changes and retirement, dealing with aging parents), Chronic Pain, Parenting, Infertility, Eating and Weight issues.
As a practicing therapist for over 20 years, I have the privilege of working collaboratively with my clients to assist them in finding solutions to their problems and learning how to live life more authentically and with greater joy. Whatever your circumstance, if you're struggling to make changes, therapy and developing greater insight, may be just the energy you need to make the change you want. I believe that everyone has capacity for positive change and personal development, and that working together we can synergistically accomplish greater things than on our own.
I support children and teens in feeling truly seen and heard, while partnering with parents to provide practical tools, guidance, and strategies that bring calm, connection, and hope, helping your whole family feel more resilient and supported.
I help children and teens manage anxiety, emotions, and behavioral challenges using evidence-based approaches like CBT, ACT, and solution-focused strategies. Partnering with parents, I provide practical tools and compassionate support to build resilience, confidence, and stronger family connections.
I support children and teens in feeling truly seen and heard, while partnering with parents to provide practical tools, guidance, and strategies that bring calm, connection, and hope, helping your whole family feel more resilient and supported.
I help children and teens manage anxiety, emotions, and behavioral challenges using evidence-based approaches like CBT, ACT, and solution-focused strategies. Partnering with parents, I provide practical tools and compassionate support to build resilience, confidence, and stronger family connections.
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Call us! We want you to be happy and leave better than you came. We give hope for a better future. Our Counselors are here to help! Make Better Decisions here in Sacramento, and Rancho Cordova. Email us or Give us a call. Our counseling Office phone number is (916) 368-0700 call us today!
We offer Supervise visits, Co- parenting, Anger Management Don't forget to like our Facebook page!
Call us! We want you to be happy and leave better than you came. We give hope for a better future. Our Counselors are here to help! Make Better Decisions here in Sacramento, and Rancho Cordova. Email us or Give us a call. Our counseling Office phone number is (916) 368-0700 call us today!
I enjoy helping families, couples, parents, and individuals achieve an overall sense of well-being in their lives.
During our first session, clients can expect to begin to feel a sense of hope in the situations they are struggling with. I have a task-centered approach by targeting small measurable goals in therapy. In my office clients will experience a sense of peace and understanding.
I enjoy helping families, couples, parents, and individuals achieve an overall sense of well-being in their lives.
During our first session, clients can expect to begin to feel a sense of hope in the situations they are struggling with. I have a task-centered approach by targeting small measurable goals in therapy. In my office clients will experience a sense of peace and understanding.
Do you have a hard time putting yourself first? Do you find yourself walking on eggshells in your relationships? Are you a worrier? Do those worries and negative thoughts interfere constantly with your daily life? You may feel like your brain never stops, even waking up in the middle of the night with a million thoughts in your head. You might find yourself replaying situations from yesterday or from 10 years ago obsessing about what went wrong. You often get stuck in a never-ending loop of anxiety and guilt. It’s exhausting, frustrating, and overwhelming!
Do you have a hard time putting yourself first? Do you find yourself walking on eggshells in your relationships? Are you a worrier? Do those worries and negative thoughts interfere constantly with your daily life? You may feel like your brain never stops, even waking up in the middle of the night with a million thoughts in your head. You might find yourself replaying situations from yesterday or from 10 years ago obsessing about what went wrong. You often get stuck in a never-ending loop of anxiety and guilt. It’s exhausting, frustrating, and overwhelming!
Hello, my name is Pamela Yafte Cardenas Rico, ACSW (126959) and I am an Associate Clinical Social Worker committed to helping children, families, and individuals find healing and hope. My approach is grounded in compassion, cultural humility, and a belief that every person holds unique strengths that can guide their path forward. I specialize in supporting clients who are experiencing stress, family challenges, or life transitions. My focus is on creating a safe and welcoming space where people can share openly, feel understood, and begin building the tools they need for growth.
Hello, my name is Pamela Yafte Cardenas Rico, ACSW (126959) and I am an Associate Clinical Social Worker committed to helping children, families, and individuals find healing and hope. My approach is grounded in compassion, cultural humility, and a belief that every person holds unique strengths that can guide their path forward. I specialize in supporting clients who are experiencing stress, family challenges, or life transitions. My focus is on creating a safe and welcoming space where people can share openly, feel understood, and begin building the tools they need for growth.
Are you a parent, caregiver, adult, teen, or child that you frequently find yourself anxious, angry, sad, or easily triggered.
We are all always nervous about new things specially talking to a stranger about your most vulnerable things. As your therapist during our first session I help you feel comfortable sharing your unique story. I normalize and valid your feelings. In the end I praise you for your first step to a better you and develop a plan that is best for you.
Are you a parent, caregiver, adult, teen, or child that you frequently find yourself anxious, angry, sad, or easily triggered.
We are all always nervous about new things specially talking to a stranger about your most vulnerable things. As your therapist during our first session I help you feel comfortable sharing your unique story. I normalize and valid your feelings. In the end I praise you for your first step to a better you and develop a plan that is best for you.
It's reassuring to know it's never too late to ignite curiosity about what's happening, develop closer, healthier family connections, and learn to assert yourself more successfully as a parent.
Our work will focus on strengthening attachments, developing mutual empathy and attuned support, and creating safety in relationships. Together, we'll help you learn about your child's story -- their strengths, challenges, hopes, and fears -- to build deeper understanding, reduce conflict, and strengthen more rewarding, secure patterns of connection.
It's reassuring to know it's never too late to ignite curiosity about what's happening, develop closer, healthier family connections, and learn to assert yourself more successfully as a parent.
Our work will focus on strengthening attachments, developing mutual empathy and attuned support, and creating safety in relationships. Together, we'll help you learn about your child's story -- their strengths, challenges, hopes, and fears -- to build deeper understanding, reduce conflict, and strengthen more rewarding, secure patterns of connection.
I meet with parents who are struggling with a variety of challenges including transitioning into parenthood, co- parenting, managing a child's challenging behavioral or emotional issues, balancing caregiving responsibilities with other aspects of life, foster/adoption, or relating to and caring for a child with special needs.
Experiencing traumas can often bring about problems including anxiety, post-traumatic stress, anger, and depression. I help to empower people to find the courage to address the impact of these experiences on their view of self, relationships, and general functioning. I provide a safe space for people to disclose their experiences and begin to heal.
I meet with parents who are struggling with a variety of challenges including transitioning into parenthood, co- parenting, managing a child's challenging behavioral or emotional issues, balancing caregiving responsibilities with other aspects of life, foster/adoption, or relating to and caring for a child with special needs.
Experiencing traumas can often bring about problems including anxiety, post-traumatic stress, anger, and depression. I help to empower people to find the courage to address the impact of these experiences on their view of self, relationships, and general functioning. I provide a safe space for people to disclose their experiences and begin to heal.
Kathryn Gooden Gonzales
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Sacramento, CA 95827
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My years training and work has helped patients gain self-awareness, increase in their positive perceptions of themselves, gain and building upon new strategies in breaking unhealthy cycles, and addressing the "elephant in the room". It is understood that stressors & life changes happen; so knowing these challenges we can get stuck on where to go next. So, let me assist in gaining the joy and happiness in a healthy functional manner that you so deserve.
My years training and work has helped patients gain self-awareness, increase in their positive perceptions of themselves, gain and building upon new strategies in breaking unhealthy cycles, and addressing the "elephant in the room". It is understood that stressors & life changes happen; so knowing these challenges we can get stuck on where to go next. So, let me assist in gaining the joy and happiness in a healthy functional manner that you so deserve.
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Colleen Tweed Wong, LMFT, specializes in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and supports individuals through self-compassion and resilience. She has researched maternal mental health at UC Davis and is certified by Postpartum Support International in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Colleen also helps intentionally and unintentionally single individuals cope with modern dating, break-ups, divorce, or embrace the unpartnered lifestyle while improving their self-relationships and living more intentionally.
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Colleen Tweed Wong, LMFT, specializes in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and supports individuals through self-compassion and resilience. She has researched maternal mental health at UC Davis and is certified by Postpartum Support International in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Colleen also helps intentionally and unintentionally single individuals cope with modern dating, break-ups, divorce, or embrace the unpartnered lifestyle while improving their self-relationships and living more intentionally.
I provide specialized counseling to children and families, especially parents struggling with their children's behavioral issues.
Are you looking for a happier and healthier way to live your life? Unpleasant feelings and experiences can affect the way people choose to live their lives. There are many positive ways to deal with these unpleasant emotions. Through discussion and exploration we can find ways to work through life's roadblocks in order to find a happier and healthier path for your life.
I provide specialized counseling to children and families, especially parents struggling with their children's behavioral issues.
Are you looking for a happier and healthier way to live your life? Unpleasant feelings and experiences can affect the way people choose to live their lives. There are many positive ways to deal with these unpleasant emotions. Through discussion and exploration we can find ways to work through life's roadblocks in order to find a happier and healthier path for your life.
You may be feeling anxious, stressed, or stuck in patterns that aren’t working, whether at school, in friendships, parenting, or at work.
I provide supportive, culturally sensitive therapy for teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationships, parenting, school or work stress, and low self-esteem. I use CBT and other evidence-based tools to help clients develop coping skills, shift unhelpful thought patterns, and improve emotional well-being.
You may be feeling anxious, stressed, or stuck in patterns that aren’t working, whether at school, in friendships, parenting, or at work.
I provide supportive, culturally sensitive therapy for teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationships, parenting, school or work stress, and low self-esteem. I use CBT and other evidence-based tools to help clients develop coping skills, shift unhelpful thought patterns, and improve emotional well-being.
The path to becoming a parent requires a sacrifice of yourself, mind, body, and soul, regardless of what your journey to get there looks like.
The anxiety, the heartache, the depression, the overwhelming feeling of helplessness, to name a few, are all normal parts of this experience. Having someone to share these emotions with can make all the difference in getting to the other side of this journey.
The path to becoming a parent requires a sacrifice of yourself, mind, body, and soul, regardless of what your journey to get there looks like.
The anxiety, the heartache, the depression, the overwhelming feeling of helplessness, to name a few, are all normal parts of this experience. Having someone to share these emotions with can make all the difference in getting to the other side of this journey.
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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.