Services for Parents
Parenting is deeply rewarding—but it also magnifies differences in values, expectations, and parenting styles. One partner may favor structure and routine, while the other leans toward flexibility and intuition. Combined with exhaustion and work pressures, these differences can generate tension, conflict, or disconnection—not just between partners, but also with your children.
Applied Somatic Behavioral Therapy addresses these challenges at both the relational and physiological levels. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) helps couples identify patterns, triggers, and reinforcement cycles in the home, providing concrete tools for guiding interactions with children and each other.
Somatic work complements this by focusing on the nervous system and the inner child. Many patterns that arise in parenting are rooted in unhealed experiences from your own childhood. Through somatic reparenting, couples learn to recognize and soothe these patterns as they arise, allowing them to parent from a place of regulation, presence, and conscious choice rather than reactivity. This approach supports healing across generations, helping you become a calm, attuned, and emotionally available parent while strengthening your partnership.
Parents Learn to:
This approach shifts parenting from constant negotiation and survival mode to a shared experience of growth, cooperation, and connection.
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practical behavior tools to implement in the home immediately
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respect and honor each other’s natural parenting tendencies
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respond to children’s needs with presence, consistency, and calm
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navigate differences in parenting styles with empathy and collaboration
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integrate inner child awareness to break generational patterns
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restore joy, playfulness, and intimacy in family life
What Changes When the Nervous System Changes
When the nervous system is better regulated, parents often experience:
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increased emotional range without loss of control when your children are dysregulated
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improved connection and less pressure to hold everything together
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more cohesive family interactions
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less reactivity and shutdown during conflict
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a stronger sense of internal steadiness across the family system
Why Insight Alone Isn’t Enough
Many parents struggle to understand why their children are behaving a certain way. The unmanageability and conflict in the home can feel overwhelming. This type of work integrates both Applied Behavior Analysis techniques and work on your own internal systems as parents and individuals. This addresses:
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your capacity to tolerate your children's big emotions
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understanding where your strengths and where your struggles as a parent come from
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practical interventions to practice in the home for immediate relief
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where the disconnect across co-parents is and how to come together as a unified front
Applied Somatic Behavioral Therapy works at the level where these patterns actually live—in the body and nervous system—while integrating behavioral science and relational understanding.
Individualized Support
I offer structured co-parenting calls depending on your needs and your children's behavioral concerns. Please contact me directly to set up a plan.
What can become Possible:
Through this integrative approach, parents often experience:
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renewed family connection
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safer, calmer, and more attuned communication within the family
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improved capacity to co-parent with alignment and respect
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increased joy and playfulness and shared experiences as a family
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sustainable shifts in conflict patterns and stress responses
Parents move from merely managing life to living together with connection, presence, and enjoyment at the center again
Common Concerns Parents Bring to Therapy
Parents seek this work for a range of experiences, including:
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difficulty maintaining discipline or control over their kids
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difficulty connecting with their kids during conflict
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trouble effectively using consequences to create desired behavior change
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continual conflict between siblings that leads to heightened emotions in the home
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conflict with a partner around how to handle these issues as a united front
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stuck in negative patterns where kids are constantly getting in trouble and nothing seems to work
These issues are common among parents who are otherwise competent, capable, and successful. They are not signs of weakness—they are signs of dysregulation and lack of tools.
What Becomes Possible
As parent's improve, families often experience:
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greater ease and confidence during family conflict
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improved family outings and experiences
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reduced pressure around needing the family to look a certain way
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deeper emotional connection with your children
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more flexibility in how every one in the family responds to stress and conflict
This work supports you in becoming more available—to your partner, your family, and yourself—without losing strength, drive, or identity.