Parenting Consultation
Our clinicians provide parenting consultation around a wide range of parenting challenges. Parenting consultation sessions can be provided as a one-time session, as several sessions, or in addition to your child/teen’s individualized therapy sessions. In our experience, we find that improvements in a child or teen’s mental well-being are heavily influenced by parental involvement and style of parenting. We can help with identifying gaps in your current parenting approach and support you in being more directive and in-charge while also being warm and nurturing. Sessions may focus on increasing consistency in your household, improving validation techniques, learning effective ways to reinforce behaviours and appropriate use of punishment.
Common topics we address:
How to deal with lying, stealing or other criminal behaviours
How to improve your relationship with your child
How to support your child when they isolate or fall into patterns of avoidance
Difficulty setting limits
Helping a child/teen with video-gaming addictions
How to help a child/teen with anxiety
Supporting difficulties around sleep
Supporting difficulties around eating or exercise
Supporting emotional outbursts or difficulty controlling emotions
Questions around appropriate use of rewards and punishment
Validation techniques
Supporting children / teens through LGBTQ issues
Supporting children / teens with ADHD
How to break patterns of OCD