Parenting Difficult Children

Memories of the perfect child are fading fast.

Your child used to sing, play, and explore. You remember a child with hopes, ideas, and dreams. You remember their spirit and substance.

But somewhere along the way, the hopeful days gave way to darker days. Your child just stopped looking like they were enjoying life.

School became harder, friendships became more distant, and isolation became the cornerstone of their day.

You’ve watched your child sink into a depression that includes aggression, anger, tantrums, and even self-harm.

Now, you feel helpless and without peace.

You may have even sought therapy for them. But this road is very hard on you.

Your peace of mind and peace in your home is disrupted.

You feel there’s a dark cloud in your home always ready to rage, and you feel held hostage by the moods and anguish experienced by your child.

Parents need help gaining peace of mind.

For these therapy situations, it is common to ignore parents. The child becomes the focus of therapeutic treatment. Parents might receive ten new interventions to try weekly for their depressed adolescent.

Parents in these situations cope alone with grief, loneliness, frustration, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and spiritual doubts. Mothers and fathers deal with the impact on their careers, friendships, and familial relations.

Worse yet, parents deal with guilt and shame over their feelings and the crippling doubt created by wondering what they might have done differently to help their child be happier and avoid these behaviors and depression.

Parents, your feelings and experience matter.

You’re not going to make things better by neglecting yourself. Your spiritual and holistic wellness is key to making this situation better.

Taking time to understand your grief, shame, sadness, and complex feelings will help you be more effective at understanding and helping your struggling adolescent.

You owe this to yourself and your struggling child.

With help, parents can regain understanding and peace.

My job is to help parents as they seek that understanding and peace that was lost.

Parents, your job is challenging, and there are very few people who understand your struggle. You deserve to feel peace, control, and mastery in this parenting journey.

I will help you process your complex feelings and gain footing to be a better version of yourself. You’re not alone, and just because people have said careless things to you doesn’t mean they’re true.

Working together, you will learn how to increase your competence, peace, and control over your home. I can work with therapists you already have working with your child and come up with a family therapy approach that helps rebuild equilibrium to your household.

There is always hope for a better future.

Let’s work to create some new, joyful memories, while you gain control of your home and understanding of your child’s needs.

Both you and your child need some peace.

Contact me today!