Parenting Consultation

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What is Parenting Consultation? 

Parenting consultation is a specialized kind of therapy designed to help parents/caregivers face difficult moments in parenting. Parenting therapy provides a judgement-free zone for parents to discuss tough moments in parenting and learn how to better manage these tough moments moving forward. 

Parenting consultation helps parents identify, address, and manage their own past or present experiences that may get in the way of how they relate to their child. In many cases, parenting consultation may also help parents better communicate between each other to maintain a cohesive and structured parenting approach, which will have a lasting impact on children.

Parenting consultation can offer lots of benefits for both parents/caregivers and their children. 

For parents, parenting consultation offers:

• Psycho-education on how to respond to their children.
• Support during difficult parenting moments. 
• Have a safe place to process difficult emotions.
• Connection to community resources, as necessary.
• Strategies to better address family concerns.

For children, parenting consultation can offer:

• Practice with emotion regulation and control.
• A safe place to express and process emotions and difficult feelings.
• Created ways to communicate.
• Effective support from their parents.
• Education on how to verbalize feelings and address behaviors.

Who Needs Parenting Consultation?

Every parent/caregiver can benefit from parenting consultation, however there are some types of parents who may benefit more from parenting therapy. 

Such circumstances may include:

• Parents/caregivers of past abuse
• Parents/caregivers with marital issues
• Parents/caregivers undergoing divorce
• Parents/caregivers with health problems
• Parents/caregivers with substance abuse problems
• Parents/caregivers coping with loss
• Parents/caregivers dealing with their children’s issues
  
  

Overall, parenting consultation provides parents/caregivers the necessary knowledge, tools, guidance, and support to take care of their children in the most ideal way possible.