Parents, including stepparents and those in blended families, can feel overwhelmed, and experience strong emotions including anger, with all the unexpected things that happen as kids grow and change. Having access to a person who can guide you through situations where life and parenting take unexpected turns can help make sense of why you overreact or under react. It can be especially complicated when a new baby is added to the family. We help parents and grandparents with children of all ages because parenting is a lifelong journey.
Parenting Counselling may be helpful for you if you notice any of the following:
- Too irritable with your child and/or partner
- Feelings of rage
- Too anxious – not knowing what to do and freezing up due to this
- Blaming your child
- Blaming your partner
- Over-reacting to your child making mistakes
- Overly protective – overly worried about your child getting hurt/dying
- Unreasonably emotional about things
- Keeping your concerns to yourself with no one to talk with that you trust
- Would benefit from a person who has experience parenting but isn’t family, won’t judge you.
Parenting brings up our past, and even generations. It can feel like we have to parent the way we were brought up, even if not all of our experiences were positive growing up. Many parents follow the path of their parents, or do the opposite so that they don’t do to there kids what happened to them. When parents do this, they are still being run by their history.
We work with parents so that the become more intentional and less reactive by connecting deeply with their tendencies, where they came from and how to consciously choose how you parent so that you are in alignment with your core values. The goal is to become true to yourself. Healing yourself can impact many generations to come It is powerful, which means it takes effort and determination. Contact us today to learn how we can help you become more connected with yourself and your children.
