Parent Coaching & Consultation in Barrie

Parent consultation and coaching can support families with children ages 7+ who are struggling to manage difficult emotions related to mental health, concerns, medical illness/diagnoses or changes in family composition.  Often learning tools and strategies to promote positive behaviour and communicate effectively can make a huge difference not only for the child but for the whole family.

Some parenting challenges addressed:

• Supporting children to manage a new diagnosis (mental health or medical)
• Psychoeducation around a diagnosis
• Addressing the many challenges a child may be facing at home or school
• Coping with a child who experienced trauma, abuse or has PTSD
• School refusal, classroom or behaviour issues
• Peer relationships

Services are tailored to individual clients using existing skills and building new ones using the following evidence based interventions:

• Positive Parenting
• Behavioural Strategies
• Trauma & Resilience Therapy
• Psychoeducation
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behavioural Informed Therapy (DBT)
• Effective Communication Strategies
• Single Session Counselling
• ​Short Term Counselling

Children age 7+ may be seen individually or with parent(s) as this allows for all members of the family to be involved in making positive changes and maximizing positive outcomes.  

*Parent Consultation & Coaching (billed as Psychotherapy) offered by Vanessa.