What is Parent Coaching?
Good parents struggle with normal parenting concerns everyday. We can get tired, we can get frustrated, and we can begin to doubt the decisions we are making. Parent Coaching is the ultimate in family support, offering an encouraging framework to help you discover your own strengths, and then use them to move toward your goals as a parent. Emphasis is on the positive - what is already working well and how can we draw from these strengths to address other challenging areas. It is a dynamic and collaborative process between parent and coach that brings the parent's vision into focus and then designs steps toward realizing this dream. At it's foundation, coaching seeks to enhance the connection you have with your child, while reducing your stress and helping you find the joy in parenting again.
How does coaching work?
Coaching can take place over the phone/skype or in person. Depending on your own unique needs, I recommend a coaching package of 8 to 12 weekly sessions lasting one hour each. Your package includes an insightful follow up summary by email within 48 hours of your session. Coaching can be for individuals or couples. Sessions are intentional in design and broken into four stages which include:
INVESTMENT
While I do offer individual coaching sessions, my experience is that changing your parenting outcomes takes time. I encourage you to consider a 12 session package where we can identity your signature strengths and develop your customized parenting plan. I will walk you through the neuroscience that supports your parent child relationship and together, we can strengthen that connection helping you achieve your parenting dreams.
Your 12 session coaching package includes:
8 Session Packages, and a la carte options are also available
- Discovering your strengths
- Dreaming for the future
- Designing the Steps
- Destiny
INVESTMENT
While I do offer individual coaching sessions, my experience is that changing your parenting outcomes takes time. I encourage you to consider a 12 session package where we can identity your signature strengths and develop your customized parenting plan. I will walk you through the neuroscience that supports your parent child relationship and together, we can strengthen that connection helping you achieve your parenting dreams.
Your 12 session coaching package includes:
- One intake session with the intention of gathering background and identifying your hopes for the coaching process
- 12 weekly or biweekly coaching sessions by phone/Skype or in person
- Comprehensive written summaries of each coaching session delivered via email within 48 hours of your session
8 Session Packages, and a la carte options are also available
What are some common parenting issues addressed in coaching?
- Managing behaviour - discipline and consequences without yelling or nagging
- Helping children cooperate with routines and expectations such as mealtime, school, bedtime, etc.
- How to manage screen technology
- How to motivate without bribes or rewards
- Homework and other school behaviours
- Household chores
- Sibling rivalry
- Sleep issues
- Power struggles
- Finding balance between the demands of parenting, marriage, work, socializing, and your own self-care