Children don’t come with an instruction manual. However, when you learn to “read your child” they become the instruction manual. My work is to help you learn how to to read your child.
How do I decide how many sessions I need?
- 6 sessions – If your conflict is recent in your relationship, and you have a strong underlying relationship of connection, I recommend 6 sessions to work with the current issues and create a path forward for a strong future.
- 12 sessions – If you and your teen have an on-going pattern of difficulty in your relationship, 12 sessions gives you to opportunity to make deep and lasting change, to really understand your teenager; why they do the things they do, and act the way they act; this is the opportunity to learn to “read” them.
Making the most of our work together
We work with practical skills so that you can immediately begin to effectively deal with your teens’ challenging behavior in a way that builds relationships and connection and reduces conflict and stress. Skills only work if you work with them.
For fastest and best results:
Practice skills between sessions – until you use the skills you are learning, they are just intellectual information.
Take enough notes between sessions to talk about what skills you worked with and where you need more support.
Description of Services
One-on-One
- 12 Week Coaching Program ~I offer a highly effective coaching program that gives parents the opportunity to understand their teenager ~ why they do what they do and act the way they act. We also work with practical skills so that you can begin to effectively deal with their challenging behavior in a way that builds relationship and connection and reduces conflict and stress.
- 4 months at 3 sessions/month $250/month
- 3 months at 4 sessions/month $330/month
- In person/phone sessions ~ In this day and age when many people have incredibly busy schedules, it’s nice to know that coaching by phone, from the comfort of your own home, is available and very effective. It also allows me to work with you, no matter where you live. My scheduling flexibility allows me to accommodate your needs.
Parenting Workshops:
- Conscious Parenting Project for parents of Teens and Tweens (Please visit “Upcoming Workshops” to learn about the next scheduled series.) Debi: should this be redirected to the /classes/ page now?
- Circle of Security Project
- Specialized Workshops
- Coaching sessions ~ 60 min sessions in person/phone
- Laser Coaching ~ 30 min sessions in person/phone
- Support Groups ~ get together with other parents once a month for 2 hours of continued support and coaching
Mediation and/or Facilitated Conversations
- Parent Teen Mediation: Mediation/negotiation is especially effective for parents working with their kids. Teens have more “buy in” to the plan when they have felt heard and have a voice in the agreements. Let’s sit down together and mediate agreements with your kids!
- Parent to Parent Mediation can include:
- Making agreements about how to effectively parent together
- Mediated parenting plans
- How to have productive on-going communication
Facilitated conversations are helpful for building clear communication and understanding with one another. We all tend to run up against old patterns of behavior and response in communication. It is easy for things to get hot fast and fall into old patterns of cyclical arguments that always tend to end the same way; frustration without agreement or understanding. Facilitated conversations help you to step out of these relentless patterns and learn to focus on what is actually important to each person and reach the outcome and understanding you have been hoping for.
Facilitated conversations in conjunction with mediation are effective and appropriate methods for Family counseling and Relationship counseling.
Mediation Services
- Parent/Teen Mediation ~ Let’s sit down together and mediate agreements with your kids.
- Parent to Parent Mediation ~ This includes:
- Making agreements about how to effectively parent together
- Mediated parenting plans
- How to have productive on-going communication
It is important that finances are not a barrier to anyone seeking parenting skills.
Please contact me to talk about payment plan options or for financial assistance.
