Parenting Therapists in Philadelphia, PA

Asking for help is no small task. Whether looking to help yourself, your relationship, or your children, it can be scary to admit your vulnerability. I can offer compassion and understanding while helping you improve your current situation, improve communication skills, or to help you resolve deeper or underlying emotional distress. I provide a warm and caring space to unpack your concerns and help you to get your needs met. Terapia em português. Estou disponível para uma conversa rápida (e grátis), por telefone e email, de 8am até 8pm.

As a psychotherapist, my role is to create a safe environment where you can feel secure and supported to explore and be inquisitive about yourself. If you feel changes are needed in your life; if you are feeling depressed, fearful, ashamed, angry, stuck or confused, anxious or worried; or if you just can't stop self-defeating behaviors, you can benefit from therapy.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.—.Si siente que necesita cambios en su vida; si se siente deprimido, temeroso, avergonzado, enojado, o preocupado, o si no puede controlar los comportamientos autodestructivos, usted puede beneficiarse de la terapia.

My passion is working with individuals who are motivated to change to live a happy and more balanced life. I love working with diverse cultures and my lived experiences have helped shape my understanding of others. I consider family dynamics and their impact on the individual and am willing to work with an individual, couple or the family to help improve communication and conflict resolution strategies. Working with the needs of my clients gives me the ability to shift my approach. Life transitions are difficult. I am here to listen to your story and give you a safe space to create lasting change.

I specialize in therapy care for children, teens and young adults and families. Parents are included as part of the therapy process from start to finish. Individuals and couples are also seen using a relational lens. Issues you may want to focus on are building cooperation and fostering openness instead of hostility and defiance; growing self esteem and confidence instead of fearfulness, clinging and sadness; increasing tolerance and self control instead of tantrums and aggression. Our work will heal family patterns of discord, hurt and division and will help children along their journey of becoming a confident, well rounded individual.

I am sorry to say that my practice is full at this time. I am a clinical psychologist and a psychoanalyst with 30 years experience. I enjoy working with people of all ages including children from 0 to 18, young adults, adults and elders. I also work with parents on parenting issues and growth promoting strategies for their children.

Are you frustrated that your child isn’t listening to you? Do you see yourself repeating negative patterns from your own parents or caregivers? Do you feel disconnected from your child and wish there was a way to gather them back to you? ​ Let’s talk. As a Parenting Specialist, I help parents and caregivers develop a deeper understanding of the “why” behind kids’ behavior and teach them how to replace old patterns with loving intentional strategies to deepen their relationships.

Are you feeling stuck or trapped? Do you need to drop into greater self-awareness or “grounding”, but you keep getting “triggered” and respond in your old ways? Have you tried meditation or yoga, yet feel something is missing? Have you sensed true “flow” and playfulness in your interactions with others or within yourself, but, sadly, it is just not consistent? Does your composure disappear when you need it most? Have you spent time learning how to develop your parenting and general relationship skills, but you keep reverting to prior patterns of reactivity. If so, try something new with me.

Parenting is one of life's greatest adventures. Amid the numerous books, experts, and voices out there it can be difficult to determine what to do when faced with a challenge. Parents of spirited, high-energy, rigid, anxious, or disruptive children or of those who carry diagnoses may feel alone with their challenges. As your psychologist, I offer empathy, support and a collaborative approach for fostering goodness-of-fit parenting in your family. That is, I help you to discover the most effective ways for you to parent your unique child.

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, my approach is genuine and sincere. My focus is to help clients recognize and manage emotions, encourage ways to effectively express what they are feeling and introduce fun and effective coping strategies. Throughout my work with adults, teens, and children, it has been essential to communicate empathy as I build trust and teach the cognitive and relaxation skills necessary to help manage depression, grief, episodes of abuse, adjustment, and anger issues. To support the whole family, I attend to parents through couples counseling, and parenting skills to enhance/improve communication.

I specialize in working with individuals who are coping with life and on maternal mental health issues. I have great experience with moms, families of children with special needs, anxiety, depression, and family relationships. The 'right treatment' is not the same for everyone and I work to understand and integrate the physical and mental health factors that impact your situation. I am not pretentious or judgmental. I am practical and personable. My success comes from my understanding and willingness to treat what you need first, and utilize all the expertise available to help you and your family function the way you want.

Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, parenting troubles during a pandemic, COVID fatigue? Maybe you've experienced the loss of a loved one or are feeling the loss of normalcy. I am ready to help you achieve your goal of becoming your best self. I want to make therapy accessible, whether it's your first session or you've tried it before.

My ideal client is struggling with an important life difficulty: high conflict with an adult child or in-law; marriage misery with no path forward; an uncomfortable situation with a boss, colleague or business partner; parenting struggles, whether married, separated or divorced; ambivalence over a crucial decision like professional change or marriage; or the longing for personal behavior change like weight loss, reduced drinking, or increased productivity.

Every day is filled with parenting battles that leave you exhausted and guilt-ridden, having lost your temper too many times. You ache for a more peaceful home and a loving relationship with your child or teen, but you don’t know how to get there. General advice and tips sound good on paper but they are not working with your child, and you don’t know why. Your energy and resilience are taking a serious hit. Worst of all, you are afraid that your child will be emotionally harmed by all the turmoil that goes on from day to day.

So many of us are worried that we have an unfixable problem, or that we ourselves are broken beyond repair. Whatever the issue, we all need someone who's willing to come in and sit in that place with us. I believe that therapy is a relationship, a chance to open up long-closed boxes and explore meaning in a safe place with a caring person. In that space, we can cultivate growth and change.

For more than 40 years I have enjoyed working as a psychologist delivering counseling, consultation and assessment services. I consider it a privilege to be invited into an individual's world at a time of need and work hard to build a trusting alliance with each person. I listen to my clients and engage them around the unique stories they share so we can set goals and a treatment plan that is personally tailored to each individual and/or couple. My approach is a relational one such that I use our therapeutic connection to facilitate change.

I specialize in care for children, teens, young adults, and families: 1) Building cooperation and openness in place of defiance and lying; 2) Cultivating self-control in place of tantrums and aggression; 3) Fostering contentment and self-confidence in place of sadness and worry; and 4) Developing genuine closeness in place of clinging and irritability. I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience addressing core relational issues of protection, loyalty, authority, trust, fairness, and forgiveness. I help families heal from generational wounds and allow children develop appropriate individuation, using the secure base of a trusting parent -child relationship.

I see therapy as a safe place to learn about and enhance ourselves. It's an opportunity to understand emotions and why you make the choices that can lead to unhappiness and frustration. I am a skilled general clinician with over 15 years of experience providing individual and group therapy in outpatient practice settings, schools, and inpatient programs.

GOOD Counseling means: Growth, Opportunity, Optimism, Development and much more... We can build relationships that work. We are capable of creating personal, professional, and social connections that last. We contribute. We grow. We love. We laugh. We become. We, the People... Are you ready to start living your life to its fullest potential? It is time to take back control of your direction, set realistic goals, and begin living life with purpose! As a counselor, my role is to guide you as you take steps towards positive life changes, healing, and balance.

It is possible to feel better, to see change, and to regain confidence, control and balance in your family and your life. As a therapist working with adults, teens, children and families, I am relaxed, practical, and hands-on. My approach is direct and effective, focused on increasing the "tool box" of skills you, your family, or your child can use in difficult situations. Working together, we will set goals based on your immediate concerns, problem-solve solutions, try out new ways to think about and handle your problems, and we will make changes that are lasting.