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150. The Power of Parent Coaching | Benefits and Rewards and How it Differs from Psychotherapy

  • What Is Parent Coaching?

    • Professional parent coaching provides psychoeducation and practical strategies.

    • It’s directive, goal-oriented, and typically lasts 1-6 months.

    • It focuses on introducing and discussing new parenting strategies, offering support, and devising plans to implement them.

  • Key Benefits of Parent Coaching:

    • Improved family communication.

    • Better parenting strategies and confidence.

    • Solution-focused thinking.

    • Mindset shifts in how to parent tweens or teens.

    • Strengthened parent-child relationships.

  • Who Can Benefit from Parent Coaching?

    • Families facing issues like screen time struggles, communication breakdowns, transitions (e.g., marriage, death, adoption), and behavioral challenges.

    • Parents of children with ADHD, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).

    • Support for parents dealing with adolescent mental health challenges, substance abuse, or co-parenting issues.

  • My Approach to Parent Coaching:

    • Grounded in mindfulness and intentionality.

    • Professional experience as an LCSW for nearly 30 years with knowledge of mental health, child development, and family dynamics.

    • Personal experience growing up in a self-sufficient family in New Hampshire, which shaped my approach to self-determination and family cooperation.

    • Incorporating mindfulness practices to help parents stay present and grounded.

 

Parent Coaching vs. Psychotherapy:

  • Coaching is more focused on the present and future, with the goal of achieving family harmony.

  • Psychotherapy addresses mental health issues and is often focused on healing past traumas.

  • I provide examples of when therapy is necessary and when coaching is a better fit.

 

  • Family Coaching:

    • Family coaching involves working with both parents and children to create real change.

    • I discuss how family coaching leads to breakthroughs and faster progress than individual sessions.

 

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