growing up can be so hard.
So can being a grown up!
Navigating tough relationships, divorce, serious health issues, financial struggles, or traumas can all add to the stress of natural growth and development in a child, individual, or family. Even in a high functioning and bustling household, the work of raising children and tending to yourself can feel lonely, isolating, and exhausting. Burnout is real.
At the same time, the work of growing up and developing can be a struggle for children. These struggles can show up in multiple environments with unique and perplexing behaviors.
CHILDREN
INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED?
PARENTING
ARE WE THERE YET?
ADULTING
DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS HARD?
How therapy can help
A supportive and caring therapeutic relationship can help untangle life’s complex knots, create space for new insights, maximize what’s working, and let go of what isn’t. Sometimes we are quick to pathologize ourselves and our children. Understanding the differences between tendencies, chronic issues, and true disorders, can create the clarity needed to feel whole and capable. Learning to respond intentionally rather than react, can help both adults and children communicate and thrive at home and in the classroom.
new parents
What just happened? A roller coaster of emotions.
entering Kindergarten
Transitions abound and new battles begin!
elementary years
Growing school demands and growing bodies.
tweens & teens
Self-esteem, bullying, sexuality, or school-related issues can become overwhelming.
navigating TRANSITIONS
Leaving for college, divorce, blended families, single parenting. Families in transition can be under increased strains.
parenting in the digital age
While today’s children need to master tech skills, the online world can bring growth opportunities as well as dangers.
NURTURING YOU / individual adult therapy
Your family is only part of you, which can be easy to forget. What other identities do you hold? And what other areas may need attention and nurturing for you to feel healthy and whole?