Many wonderful families experience events that place extra stress on their members. Children who have been through birth trauma, adoption, or difficult events, may have some behavioral or reactive difficulties.
Parents may find themselves reacting in ways they don't want to, rather than responding as the kind of parent they wanted to be.

Or maybe your 8-11 year old is acting in ways you weren't expecting until 13 — moody, tantrum-y, hyper-sensitive, angry, rude.

As a parent, you want your family members to enjoy each other, feel fulfilled, and to grow in safety. Parenting these days is harder than ever before. There are new stresses that make the road to adolescence harder than before.

I coach families to achieve the kind of family life they've been dreaming of. I coach in a unique and powerful, deeply intuitive way, using Gillen Energy Medicine, Systems Theory, as well as experience gleaned from over 26 years as a Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing in attachment approaches and in adults using their relationships as a vehicle for growth and evolution.

I specialize in:

• children 9 - 13, who are experiencing more stress than ever (see Peri-Adolescence),
• babies who had a stressful birth,
• adoption issues,
• families with stress in their histories.

Coaching is not therapy. In coaching, we work with well-functioning families to improve and grow and to resolve issues that can happen to anyone. You'll learn to build on your strengths, to recognize what you do well, in a supportive, positive setting. I'll also teach you new skills and new ways of looking at what's going on, and what you can do to increase your family's effectiveness and joy. If appropriate, I can also help you to release the effects of difficult events, that may be making your children feel badly and act badly. In small children, the symptoms of such difficulties include:

• Difficulty sleeping, calming, or settling down
• Eating problems
• Difficulties with transitions
• Night terrors and extreme fear reactions
• Anxieties, sensitivities, excessive tantrums, over-compliance
• High levels of sensitivity to stimulation or arousal

You can learn:

• What's going on with your children when they act in ways that drive you crazy
• How past events may have affected your child, and what can be done to heal those experiences
• The skills with which to help them develop into their best selves
• About PERI-ADOLESCENCE, (for girls 8-10, boys 9-11) and why it's imperative to pay attention to what's happening at this age, in today's world.
• The stance inside yourself that enables you to be more effective, calmer, more patient, firmer, clearer, more flexible.
• How to maintain positive relations through adolescence and beyond.

Learn about:

• Communication
• Connection
• Empathy
• Boundaries
• What's really going on
• What' kids are really trying to tell you, but don't know how to say
• Taking care of yourself, and why it's so important.

For a free session, to see if coaching may help your family, click here.