Parent Counselling: For Parents of All Ages & Stages
Parent counselling is available for all stages of parenting. Regardless of the age of your children, being a parent is challenging. Just when you think you’ve mastered one stage, another one throws you a curve ball. You want to do better than your parents did, to be more patient and understanding, and for your kids to have good relationships with you. We want you to know that it’s never too late to make a difference. Parent counselling can help you build mindful relationships and increase your ability to respond with intention instead of reaction. You can enjoy being a parent and bring joy into your household.
A Day in the Life of a Parent
Parenting is a challenging job! Yes, parenting also comes with many rewards, they just feel hard to see sometimes. The following examples gives some insight into the typical day of a parent.
As a parent, you may spend a lot of time and energy just trying to “make it” through the day. First, it’s on you to get everyone out the door smoothly (and on time) in the morning. Then the after-school chaos hits as you try to get homework done without all the procrastination and whining. Throw on your referee hat as you try to help everyone get along so that no major explosions occur. By the time you get everyone into bed at the end of the day, you’re EXHAUSTED!
You may spend a lot of time ‘in your head’ trying to make sense of your kid’s behaviors. What is with all the tantrums? Why won’t she just go to bed without a fight? Where did all his worry and fears come from? Why won’t she come out of her room? And WHY do I have to yell for anyone to listen!
As a parent, it feels like you are barely surviving, and your bag of tricks, well it’s almost empty. Your ability to be the calm and confident parent is diminishing. Your relationship with your kids is not where you want it to be, and the conflict with your spouse is through the roof because you can’t agree on how to ‘fix’ things. You find yourself saying daily, “I just don’t know what to do anymore.”
Parent Counselling Can Help
Parent counselling can help you be the parent you want to be. Together we’ll help you learn how to stop fighting and start working together as a team. Imagine what it’ll FEEL like to actually want to be around your kids again, and have them trust you enough to talk and share when they have something to say. Because little kids have little kid problems, but bigger kids and teens have problems that require trust, connection, and communication in order for you to keep them safe. And you always want to be the first call they make when they’re in need.
Let parent counselling show you how to understand problem behaviors through the lens of brain science. This allows you to change behaviors that keep you stuck without self-blame or lowered self-esteem, and it gets right to the root so that you’re solving the problem and not just putting a band-aid on the symptom.
It’s time to ENJOY being a parent again. Laugh more as a family. Relax, play games, hang out, and enjoy each moment together.Fill out our form below and let our family counsellors support you through the parenting journey.