Parenting Therapists in 93101
Dr. Agustina Bertone is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in perinatal and neonatal psychology and early childhood. She primarily works with pregnant individuals and/or their partners, couples navigating parenthood, and families with young children. Her areas of expertise include anxiety, trauma, depression, working with couples and individuals navigating complex medical diagnoses or hospitalizations of their young children, the transition to parenthood, and parenting of children birth to seven years of age (e.g., attachment, separation anxiety, outbursts).
Dr. Agustina Bertone is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in perinatal and neonatal psychology and early childhood. She primarily works with pregnant individuals and/or their partners, couples navigating parenthood, and families with young children. Her areas of expertise include anxiety, trauma, depression, working with couples and individuals navigating complex medical diagnoses or hospitalizations of their young children, the transition to parenthood, and parenting of children birth to seven years of age (e.g., attachment, separation anxiety, outbursts).
Let me guide and support you through the challenging and often complicated barriers in your life, including navigating through uncompromising relationships, weighing out decisions, parenting difficulties, and transitional phases of life all while encouraging self efficacy.
You’ve tried so many different ways to cope with the anxiety, the depression, the kid’s problems, your partners issues and still, you have nothing to show for it at this time. You’ve talked to the pediatrician and your primary caregiver and now you're contemplating whether you should take those antidepressants and look for another therapist since the last one didn't seem to understand what things are truly like for you. What you need is an expert who truly knows that it takes to love yourself, to be who you were meant to be. I am confident and guarantee that we can get you to where you want to be.
Let me guide and support you through the challenging and often complicated barriers in your life, including navigating through uncompromising relationships, weighing out decisions, parenting difficulties, and transitional phases of life all while encouraging self efficacy.
You’ve tried so many different ways to cope with the anxiety, the depression, the kid’s problems, your partners issues and still, you have nothing to show for it at this time. You’ve talked to the pediatrician and your primary caregiver and now you're contemplating whether you should take those antidepressants and look for another therapist since the last one didn't seem to understand what things are truly like for you. What you need is an expert who truly knows that it takes to love yourself, to be who you were meant to be. I am confident and guarantee that we can get you to where you want to be.
Riley Ellis
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Waitlist for new clients
These include Play Therapy, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) for anxiety disorders.
Are you or your child struggling with anxiety, stress, or family changes that are making every day life feel difficult or hard to manage? Do you notice your child struggling and you are unsure how to emotionally support them? Have you tried to solve the problems on your own and nothing seems to be working? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I'm glad you're here. Seeking help for your child, family struggles, or parenting issues can be difficult. I'm here to help.
These include Play Therapy, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) for anxiety disorders.
Are you or your child struggling with anxiety, stress, or family changes that are making every day life feel difficult or hard to manage? Do you notice your child struggling and you are unsure how to emotionally support them? Have you tried to solve the problems on your own and nothing seems to be working? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I'm glad you're here. Seeking help for your child, family struggles, or parenting issues can be difficult. I'm here to help.
Hilary Mountford-Paty
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Specializing in couples counseling, pre/postnatal support, health challenges, grief, self-regulation, parenting, and divorce/separation.
Feeling overwhelmed by a specific challenge or aiming to enhance your life and relationships? As your therapist, I aim to help you identify concerns and guide you toward positive transformations efficiently. My office is a sanctuary—a secure, inviting space where we embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth together. Through collaboration, we navigate obstacles and uncover tools for your thriving. I use diverse modalities, tailoring therapy to your needs.
Specializing in couples counseling, pre/postnatal support, health challenges, grief, self-regulation, parenting, and divorce/separation.
Feeling overwhelmed by a specific challenge or aiming to enhance your life and relationships? As your therapist, I aim to help you identify concerns and guide you toward positive transformations efficiently. My office is a sanctuary—a secure, inviting space where we embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth together. Through collaboration, we navigate obstacles and uncover tools for your thriving. I use diverse modalities, tailoring therapy to your needs.
Miriam Cislo
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (Online Only)
Life can be challenging, I am here to listen, encourage and empower you in reaching your life/family goals. If you are considering becoming a parent or are a parent, mental health is one of the most important investments you can make to help support you in the journey. Being a parent myself has also added to my experience and growth. I know firsthand how challenging, rewarding, and inspirational parenthood can be, as well as the transformation that mental health support can have on your life. I also enjoy and have extensive experience in working with young adults in their transition to independence.
Life can be challenging, I am here to listen, encourage and empower you in reaching your life/family goals. If you are considering becoming a parent or are a parent, mental health is one of the most important investments you can make to help support you in the journey. Being a parent myself has also added to my experience and growth. I know firsthand how challenging, rewarding, and inspirational parenthood can be, as well as the transformation that mental health support can have on your life. I also enjoy and have extensive experience in working with young adults in their transition to independence.
My areas of expertise are parenting support, mood and behavior issues, and PDA/ Autism.
I offer psychotherapy services for adults, primarily focused on maternal mental health and wellness. In addition, I offer 90 minute consultations for parents/caregivers of autistic and AuDHD individuals, specializing in PDA (Pervasive/Protective Drive for Autonomy) and other complex profiles. The focus of these consultations is on psychoeducation and targeted problem solving to support connection, family wellness, and neurodiverse and autonomy-affirming care.
My areas of expertise are parenting support, mood and behavior issues, and PDA/ Autism.
I offer psychotherapy services for adults, primarily focused on maternal mental health and wellness. In addition, I offer 90 minute consultations for parents/caregivers of autistic and AuDHD individuals, specializing in PDA (Pervasive/Protective Drive for Autonomy) and other complex profiles. The focus of these consultations is on psychoeducation and targeted problem solving to support connection, family wellness, and neurodiverse and autonomy-affirming care.
Terrell (Terry) Jensen White
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Please let me introduce myself to you. I have been a Family Therapist on the Central Coast for nearly three decades, have recently sold my Treatment Centers in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo and have moved to Walpole NH I am now focusing my practice in New Hampshire; primarily Individual, Couples Therapy/ relationship enhancement, escalating interpersonal interaction and positive well being. Strategic parenting support for adolescence, young adults and the increasing numbers facing the dilemma and challenge of Senior Citizen care.
Please let me introduce myself to you. I have been a Family Therapist on the Central Coast for nearly three decades, have recently sold my Treatment Centers in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo and have moved to Walpole NH I am now focusing my practice in New Hampshire; primarily Individual, Couples Therapy/ relationship enhancement, escalating interpersonal interaction and positive well being. Strategic parenting support for adolescence, young adults and the increasing numbers facing the dilemma and challenge of Senior Citizen care.
Kristi Miller, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, Author
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Together, we can go deep to find the roots of the challenges or we can stay solution-focused and come up with co- parenting plans, family conflict resolutions or learn effective coping strategies for their particular challenges.
People tend to find me at some point on their journey when they need calm and direct guidance. They are usually in a time of deep pain and confusion, whether they are transitioning in life, divorcing, watching their teens struggle, feeling utterly depressed and lost, struggling in relationships or just wanting more out of their lives.
Together, we can go deep to find the roots of the challenges or we can stay solution-focused and come up with co- parenting plans, family conflict resolutions or learn effective coping strategies for their particular challenges.
People tend to find me at some point on their journey when they need calm and direct guidance. They are usually in a time of deep pain and confusion, whether they are transitioning in life, divorcing, watching their teens struggle, feeling utterly depressed and lost, struggling in relationships or just wanting more out of their lives.
Mary S. Patterson
Licensed Educational Psychologist, PhD, LEP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Parent consultation sessions are centered around trusted behavioral concepts and building healthy relationships.
Welcome to my practice! I specialize in working with children and provide counseling, parent consultation sessions, and psychoeducational evaluations. I worked in schools for 6 years as a school psychologist before beginning my private practice in 2016. I have particular expertise in areas such as Tourette syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, learning disabilities, autism spectrum, anxiety, and hyperactivity/impulsivity. Please note that I do not accept insurance.
Parent consultation sessions are centered around trusted behavioral concepts and building healthy relationships.
Welcome to my practice! I specialize in working with children and provide counseling, parent consultation sessions, and psychoeducational evaluations. I worked in schools for 6 years as a school psychologist before beginning my private practice in 2016. I have particular expertise in areas such as Tourette syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, learning disabilities, autism spectrum, anxiety, and hyperactivity/impulsivity. Please note that I do not accept insurance.
Rebekah D Lovejoy
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, PhD, AMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Are you overwhelmed trying to process big life topics: sexuality, gender, life transitions, identity, trauma, parenting, individuation? My clients learn to trust their intuitive voice through creative self expression, grounding, and identifying their resources.
My hope is to be a compassionate support for adults and teens needing a warm and friendly space for creative engagement, healing, self exploration, and affirming. I work with Teens, Individual Adults, and Couples. I have experience working with trauma, gender expansive affirming care, highly intelligent teens, life transitions, individuation, neurodivergence. I use somatic tools, and a humanistic approach. I am experienced with sexuality concerns. I celebrate all bodies. I am BIPOC safe, culturally diverse, sex positive, kink, queer, and non-monogamy informed and allied. Whoever you are, whatever arrives in session is safe and seen.
Are you overwhelmed trying to process big life topics: sexuality, gender, life transitions, identity, trauma, parenting, individuation? My clients learn to trust their intuitive voice through creative self expression, grounding, and identifying their resources.
My hope is to be a compassionate support for adults and teens needing a warm and friendly space for creative engagement, healing, self exploration, and affirming. I work with Teens, Individual Adults, and Couples. I have experience working with trauma, gender expansive affirming care, highly intelligent teens, life transitions, individuation, neurodivergence. I use somatic tools, and a humanistic approach. I am experienced with sexuality concerns. I celebrate all bodies. I am BIPOC safe, culturally diverse, sex positive, kink, queer, and non-monogamy informed and allied. Whoever you are, whatever arrives in session is safe and seen.
As a licensed psychologist, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist, and Health Psychology Group Facilitator, I have a wide variety of specialties to include: adjustment and transition, loss, grief and bereavement, parenting, depression and suicide, personality disorders, and chronic illness.
Imagine being listened to with complete attention, without interruption or judgment in a confidential, supportive environment. I am both practical and holistic in my commitment to focus short-term on a specific problem or, to work over time to find what is lacking in your life that causes suffering. Through exploring and making transitions in relationships, career, creativity, sexuality and spirituality including dreams, we will solve or get beyond obstacles and grieve losses together, and relate them to the present. I can help guide the process in a compassionate and timely fashion, mediate any pain and give your future hope.
As a licensed psychologist, a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist, and Health Psychology Group Facilitator, I have a wide variety of specialties to include: adjustment and transition, loss, grief and bereavement, parenting, depression and suicide, personality disorders, and chronic illness.
Imagine being listened to with complete attention, without interruption or judgment in a confidential, supportive environment. I am both practical and holistic in my commitment to focus short-term on a specific problem or, to work over time to find what is lacking in your life that causes suffering. Through exploring and making transitions in relationships, career, creativity, sexuality and spirituality including dreams, we will solve or get beyond obstacles and grieve losses together, and relate them to the present. I can help guide the process in a compassionate and timely fashion, mediate any pain and give your future hope.
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My counseling style is compassionate, reflective, and rooted in radical self acceptance. My focus is on helping you accept the parts of yourself that are hard to tolerate and be at peace with. I have been a psychotherapist for 13 years and I am licensed in the state of California. I have worked with people from various backgrounds that grapple with differing issues, such as, depression, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain/illness, childhood abuse and trauma, relationship issues, parenting problems, grief, domestic violence and life transitions.
My counseling style is compassionate, reflective, and rooted in radical self acceptance. My focus is on helping you accept the parts of yourself that are hard to tolerate and be at peace with. I have been a psychotherapist for 13 years and I am licensed in the state of California. I have worked with people from various backgrounds that grapple with differing issues, such as, depression, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain/illness, childhood abuse and trauma, relationship issues, parenting problems, grief, domestic violence and life transitions.
Camila Barreto
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (Online Only)
I apply a variety of psychotherapeutic and family systems theories in my practice, including: cognitive-behavioral interventions, mindfulness training, attachment-based parenting skills, sensorimotor psychotherapy (SP) and emotionally focused therapy (EFT).
As a bilingual and bicultural licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), I provide teletherapy services aimed at strengthening family relationships and overcoming emotional and behavioral challenges. I follow attachment-based and somatic-based approaches to give individuals, couples, families and children developmentally appropriate and effective healing interventions to teach, support and treat a wide range of mental health difficulties. I recently hired 3 wonderful Associate Marriage and Family Therapists and Associate Clinical Socila Workers.
I apply a variety of psychotherapeutic and family systems theories in my practice, including: cognitive-behavioral interventions, mindfulness training, attachment-based parenting skills, sensorimotor psychotherapy (SP) and emotionally focused therapy (EFT).
As a bilingual and bicultural licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), I provide teletherapy services aimed at strengthening family relationships and overcoming emotional and behavioral challenges. I follow attachment-based and somatic-based approaches to give individuals, couples, families and children developmentally appropriate and effective healing interventions to teach, support and treat a wide range of mental health difficulties. I recently hired 3 wonderful Associate Marriage and Family Therapists and Associate Clinical Socila Workers.
Jaclyn Kanold
Licensed Educational Psychologist, LEP, BCBA
Verified Verified
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
I have over 15 years of experience working in Southern California and internationally with youth ages 4-20 years old as a psychologist and consultant for schools and families with an array of presenting challenges and nuerodiversity. I provide strengths based counseling to support clients and empower families to reach their full potential. My services include individual therapy, crisis response, outdoor therapy (walk and talk), psychoeducational assessment and parent consultation. I embrace thinking "out of the box." I have extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and I am a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
I have over 15 years of experience working in Southern California and internationally with youth ages 4-20 years old as a psychologist and consultant for schools and families with an array of presenting challenges and nuerodiversity. I provide strengths based counseling to support clients and empower families to reach their full potential. My services include individual therapy, crisis response, outdoor therapy (walk and talk), psychoeducational assessment and parent consultation. I embrace thinking "out of the box." I have extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and I am a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Gregory P Young II
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (Online Only)
My name is Greg young. I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Parent Coach. Over the last 15 years I have worked my hardest to find the simplest ways to assist people moving through their struggles. I have supported countless families, couples, and individuals struggling with crisis, communication difficulties, behavioral issues, shifting toxic dynamics, to last resort interventions. Sometimes reaching out is the hardest part. I am glad you are here! Vulnerability may just be your greatest strength for making the changes you really want to see. I look forward to embarking on this adventure with you!
My name is Greg young. I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Parent Coach. Over the last 15 years I have worked my hardest to find the simplest ways to assist people moving through their struggles. I have supported countless families, couples, and individuals struggling with crisis, communication difficulties, behavioral issues, shifting toxic dynamics, to last resort interventions. Sometimes reaching out is the hardest part. I am glad you are here! Vulnerability may just be your greatest strength for making the changes you really want to see. I look forward to embarking on this adventure with you!
Danielle Amara Norlinger, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, #96158
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
In addition to helping clients understand and navigate personality disorders, I have special interest in working with teenagers (all sorts), adults navigating personal and spiritual crises, couples seeking to deepen their intimacy, and parenting struggles.
I help people struggling in relationships. I work well with insight-oriented individuals who want to explore their lives on a deep level and explore pathways for growth and change. I specialize in diagnosing and healing relational trauma from Narcissistic and Borderline abuse and helping clients create new narratives about who they are and how they want their lives to be. I believe we can rewrite our story and choose our own ending. My work is depth-oriented and psychodynamic, and I blend insight and intellect with humor (I've found a little lightness can create buoyancy as we navigate dark places).
In addition to helping clients understand and navigate personality disorders, I have special interest in working with teenagers (all sorts), adults navigating personal and spiritual crises, couples seeking to deepen their intimacy, and parenting struggles.
I help people struggling in relationships. I work well with insight-oriented individuals who want to explore their lives on a deep level and explore pathways for growth and change. I specialize in diagnosing and healing relational trauma from Narcissistic and Borderline abuse and helping clients create new narratives about who they are and how they want their lives to be. I believe we can rewrite our story and choose our own ending. My work is depth-oriented and psychodynamic, and I blend insight and intellect with humor (I've found a little lightness can create buoyancy as we navigate dark places).
Experience treating Parent-child relationships (any age, adult-child), immigrant families, identity issues, narcissistic abuse, decolonization, inner-child work, shadow work, emotions that feel out-of-control, and many others.
It is my privilege to support folks in their healing, growth and attaining their desired changes. In my 13 yrs in practice, I developed an eclectic approach in which I try to get clients their progress as early as possible, customizing a variety of methods. During sessions, I give my full attention, compassion, skills-teaching, and honest feedback. I customize sessions for what they need (consider their upbringing, values, goals & ability). I work with clients of a wide range of cultural, political, religious, or spiritual backgrounds/value systems. Focus is on clients feeling more self-empowered, at peace & self-satisfied.
Experience treating Parent-child relationships (any age, adult-child), immigrant families, identity issues, narcissistic abuse, decolonization, inner-child work, shadow work, emotions that feel out-of-control, and many others.
It is my privilege to support folks in their healing, growth and attaining their desired changes. In my 13 yrs in practice, I developed an eclectic approach in which I try to get clients their progress as early as possible, customizing a variety of methods. During sessions, I give my full attention, compassion, skills-teaching, and honest feedback. I customize sessions for what they need (consider their upbringing, values, goals & ability). I work with clients of a wide range of cultural, political, religious, or spiritual backgrounds/value systems. Focus is on clients feeling more self-empowered, at peace & self-satisfied.
Claudia D Crawford
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
I specialize in relationships: couples, parent/child, siblings, extended family, friends, workplace dynamics and most importantly, your relationship with yourself, as this is what creates the base from which you move in the world, in relationship to your Self and to others.
As a Marriage and Family therapist, I work with couples & individuals:
*With couples,I focus our work within a developmental framework to achieve empathic communication and differentiation leading to deepened emotional intimacy;
*With those experiencing life transitions, we explore the impact on us as individuals & on our relationships;
*In navigating depression, life style choices, anxiety, and other struggles I provide the opportunity to challenge & ability to realize your potential
*Teaching communication skills, the focus is to make the accompanying shift from looking outside ourselves for explanation to taking responsibility for Self.
*I offer DBT for individuals/groups to develop the ability to regulate emotions.
I specialize in relationships: couples, parent/child, siblings, extended family, friends, workplace dynamics and most importantly, your relationship with yourself, as this is what creates the base from which you move in the world, in relationship to your Self and to others.
As a Marriage and Family therapist, I work with couples & individuals:
*With couples,I focus our work within a developmental framework to achieve empathic communication and differentiation leading to deepened emotional intimacy;
*With those experiencing life transitions, we explore the impact on us as individuals & on our relationships;
*In navigating depression, life style choices, anxiety, and other struggles I provide the opportunity to challenge & ability to realize your potential
*Teaching communication skills, the focus is to make the accompanying shift from looking outside ourselves for explanation to taking responsibility for Self.
*I offer DBT for individuals/groups to develop the ability to regulate emotions.
Laurel O'Connor
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
I work with people of all ages on issues including anxiety, depression, self esteem, grief and loss, addiction, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, parenting, life purpose and vitality.
There are times in our lives when we are presented with challenging circumstances. These experiences can be enormously difficult yet they also provide an opportunity for tremendous growth. The guidance and support of a trusted professional can be vital in regaining a sense of balance and ability to move forward in a positive way. What I have come to understand from my own life and education is that our suffering is often caused by losing connection to ourselves and others. With care and curiosity we can rebuild this sense of connection and foster the change necessary to create a healthy and meaningful life.
I work with people of all ages on issues including anxiety, depression, self esteem, grief and loss, addiction, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, parenting, life purpose and vitality.
There are times in our lives when we are presented with challenging circumstances. These experiences can be enormously difficult yet they also provide an opportunity for tremendous growth. The guidance and support of a trusted professional can be vital in regaining a sense of balance and ability to move forward in a positive way. What I have come to understand from my own life and education is that our suffering is often caused by losing connection to ourselves and others. With care and curiosity we can rebuild this sense of connection and foster the change necessary to create a healthy and meaningful life.
I consider myself an expert in working with identity issues and parenting concerns.
Life is challenging. We are expected to manage relationships, work, sickness, finances, and other stresses. Many of us come to experience significant anxiety, shame, anger, or depression in coping with the world. Whether you are facing an immediate crisis or longstanding concern, psychotherapy can help. With over 25 years of experience, I have assisted people in developing more effective ways of living. My therapeutic approach is informed by current neuroscience research, contemporary relational psychoanalytic thinking, phenomenology, and child development research.
I consider myself an expert in working with identity issues and parenting concerns.
Life is challenging. We are expected to manage relationships, work, sickness, finances, and other stresses. Many of us come to experience significant anxiety, shame, anger, or depression in coping with the world. Whether you are facing an immediate crisis or longstanding concern, psychotherapy can help. With over 25 years of experience, I have assisted people in developing more effective ways of living. My therapeutic approach is informed by current neuroscience research, contemporary relational psychoanalytic thinking, phenomenology, and child development research.
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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.