Coaching and Therapeutic Consulting for Parents
Seeking to Raise Resilient Children for Today's World

If you are looking for expertise on proactive parent​ing or
need to course correct with a struggling child, call us at 208-571-4242

If you are visiting this website, chances are you had a bad day. Or perhaps you are here because you want to take a proactive approach and learn new parenting skills.  We can help with strategies, tools and resources for raising resilient children for today's world. You may be seeking help for:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Screen Issues
• Self-harm
• Suicidatlity

• Power Struggles
• Stuck Communication Patterns
• Low Self-esteem
• Experimenting with Drugs and Alcohol
• School Refusal
  

You are not alone. We can help. ​

Which situation best describes your family?

​I would like some new parenting skills for raising resilient children and bringing more peace and joy into my home

No matter what age and stage your children are in, you are probably seeking tools to help develop resilient children for today's world. Perhaps your child is still in elementary school and you would like to proactively prepare for the teen year. Or perhaps you have a teen who is struggling is struggling and you are trying to keep things from getting worse. Your child might currently be working with a counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist. Relationships might be strained and home seems stressful.  What other steps can you take to support yourself and your child?

​This is where PARENT COACHING can help. Parent coaching will offer you new perspectives, insights and tools such as:

• Parenting with intention rather than by default
• Holding boundaries with consistent follow-through
• Learning new ways of communicating that break stuck patterns of action and reaction
• Taking better care of yourself
• Finding joy in the relationship with your teen or young adult
• Deepening connection
• Taming your reactivity
• Helping things go right

If this sounds like you, call or email us. We can help.

There are behaviors that are scaring me and I would like to explore therpeutic options

(*If your child is in immediate danger to self or others, call 911.)

​You have tried everything you know to do. Your family is tired and overwhelmed. It might be time for your child to go to some sort of residential treatment program.

This is where THERAPEUTIC CONSULTING can help. A Therapeutic Consultant can do an assessment and help determine what level of care your child needs. A Therapeutic Consultant regularly tours and evaluates local options as well as Wilderness Programs, Residential Treatment Centers and Therapeutic Boarding Schools across the country. A consultant will:

• Help you navigate the complex world of therapeutic options
• Assist you in finding the best program fit for your child and their individual needs
• Support you through the process
• Coordinate care along the continuum of services for your family
• Arrange for safe transport when needed
• Educate you about financial options
• Communicate with you regularly throughout treatment
• Get frequent updates from the program throughout your child's treatment
• Be an additional advocate ensuring your child's needs are being met

​If this sounds like you, call or email us. We can help.

​*Please note that I do not accept fees, commissions or compensation of any type from any program. 

My child is therapy or returning from residential treatment and I want to support therapeutic gains

You have invested a lot in treatment. Your child will be returning home soon and you don't want to fall back into old, unhealthy patterns. You want to do your best to ensure all of the therapeutic gains are maintained and keep your entire family on a positive and healing trajectory.

This is where FAMILY COACHING can help. We use a well developed and time tested curriculum specifically designed for transitioning kids home from treatment.  Family Coaching will:

• Prepare you for what to expect as your child learns to live at home again
• Help in coordinating local mental health professionals that will be an important part of your child's on-going care
• Establishing new and healthy family relationships as a teen or young adult is returning from a wilderness program or residential therapy
• Help the entire family to communicate more effectively
• Establish a well thought-out plan for setting and holding boundaries consistently and lovingly
• Help in coordinating local school options and support​

If this sounds like you, call or email us. We can help.

It is never too late to heal relationships and change your family trajectory.

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Please note that these services are coaching and consulting, not therapy, nor are they intended to take the place of therapy.
​Most of these services take place in conjunction with mental health professionals. 
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"When you raise your children, you are raising your grandchildren."

​-Stephen Covey​