FAQs
What is parent coaching?
Parent coaching is personalized, collaborative support designed to help you better understand your child, navigate everyday parenting challenges, and feel more confident in how you respond.
Rather than simply focusing on stopping or changing behavior, we'll look at what's happening underneath it, what skills your child may still be developing, and what you can do to support them while still providing clear boundaries and expectations.
Together, we'll explore practical strategies, including Positive Discipline tools and other approaches that fit your child, your family, and your values.
The goal isn't to give you a perfect parenting script.
It's to help you build the understanding, tools, and confidence to guide your child while intentionally building the skills they'll need for life.
What ages do you work with?
I work with parents of children from the toddler years through adolescence.
My background in Early Intervention and Special Education gives me extensive experience supporting young children and their families, but the skills we work on …emotional regulation, executive functioning, communication, responsibility, independence, and problem-solving, continue developing throughout childhood and the teen years.
Because parent coaching focuses on helping you understand your child and respond to what's happening at their current developmental stage, our work grows and changes right along with your child.
Is parent coaching therapy?
No. Parent coaching is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment.
Coaching is educational, practical, and collaborative. Together, we'll look at what's happening in your family, better understand the behavior and skills involved, and explore strategies that fit your child, your values, and your goals.
When concerns fall outside the scope of parent coaching, I may recommend connecting with an appropriate licensed professional.
You can find more information in the disclaimer below.
What makes your approach different?
I don't believe behavior is something to simply "fix."
Behavior is information.
My approach is strongly influenced by Positive Discipline and grounded in child development, emotional regulation, executive functioning, and years of experience working alongside children and families.
Together, we'll look beyond the behavior to understand what may be making something hard, what skills your child is still developing, and what you can do to support them while still holding clear boundaries and expectations.
I also use practical tools like PRESET and Parent Pause™ to help make these ideas easier to use in everyday parenting.
The goal isn't perfect behavior.
It's helping children build the social-emotional and executive functioning skills they'll need long after childhood, while helping you feel more confident about how to guide them AND connected!
What if I don't know what kind of support I need?
That's exactly what the complimentary Discovery Call is for.
You don't need to know which coaching option is right for you before reaching out.
We'll talk about what's going well, what's feeling challenging, and what you'd like support with. From there, I'll help you determine what level of support makes the most sense for your family.
Sometimes one session may be enough. Other times, more consistent coaching may be helpful.
Yes.
Flexible payment plans are available for all multi-week coaching programs.
Payment details will be reviewed before coaching begins.
Do you offer payment plans
Where do you offer coaching?
Virtual parent coaching is available nationwide, so we can work together no matter where you live.
For local families, in-home coaching is currently available throughout New York's Capital Region.
Not sure if you're within my in-home service area? Reach out and I'd be happy to let you know..
Can you guarantee results?
No coaching program can guarantee specific outcomes because every child, parent, and family is different.
Parent coaching is a collaborative process. My role is to help you better understand what's happening, provide practical tools and strategies, and help you decide what fits your child, your family, and your values.
Change also takes practice, consistency, and time.
My goal is to help you feel more confident in your parenting, better equipped to navigate challenging moments, and more intentional about building the lifelong skills your child needs.