Parenting Resources and Counseling
Have you sat at the dinner table and wondered why your teen refuses to join you recently? You want to know about your teen’s life. But, when you ask questions, they don’t want to talk to you about it. You probably feel like you’re “walking on eggshells”.
Adolescence is the scariest stage parents go through. It’s a hard life for teens. But it’s no walk in the park for you either. Taking care of teens is tough stuff. You might be wondering if you are even able to parent at this point. That is normal and you are able. At Better Life Therapy, we can offer you support for parents.
Common Reasons to Begin Parenting Counseling
Perfect parents are not real and you don’t need to be one either. As a parent counselor, I can speak to that. You just need information on what to do to connect with your teen. We know that every teen is different, and will respond to different approaches. Through providing parent counseling, we’ve seen some common themes. Here are a few reasons why parents of teens pursue support through parenting counseling:
• You are desperate to build a good relationship with your teen
• All the parenting tools you’ve tried have not worked
• You struggle with feeling like a bad parent
• It’s hard for you to cope with parenting your teen
• You feel hopeless in raising a teenager
• Communicating with your teen feels impossible
• You worry a lot about your teen’s future
• It’s difficult to find a balance between being a parent and meeting your own needs
Parenting Counseling Helps Parents Connect With Their Teen
Parents, you are so important. Having a strong connection with your teen is possible. You are needed in helping your teen successfully grow into adulthood. Even though it may not seem that way right now. Receiving support for parents can help you navigate this tough time. The way you interact and respond to your teen, will determine their ability to focus in school, have greater self-confidence, make friends, communicate, and listen. We focus on helping you to better understand your teenager’s behavior, how to manage your own reactions to your teen, and how to continuously create a strong, healthy relationship between you and your teen.
It can be exhausting to look for help through parenting books, blogs, and videos. I can help. Parenting counseling is an action step to change your relationship with your teen for the better.
The Better Life Therapy Approach to Parenting Counseling
Adolescence is the stage where teenagers are learning to interact and relate to peers. Once you learn how to build a good relationship with your teen, you can support them in exploring healthy ways. You can help them to relate and resolve conflict so that they can nurture healthy friendships. And, be ready to recognize and handle negative peer pressure.
How Parent Counseling Works
In parenting counseling, we work together to create specific goals based on what your needs are. As a parent counselor, I will help you every step of the way. Many parents have a common goal of being able to manage their own “adult problems” without negatively impacting their teenager. Others want to learn how to find and use the best parenting style for them and their teen. Through years of experience as a parent counselor, I can help you achieve those goals. Whatever it may be, you will learn to parent with the mind of an adult but with the lens of a teenager. You will receive the tools for effective communication and how to better manage your own reactions so that wonderful opportunities to bond with your teen can happen. By receiving support for parents, you’ll find it much easier to relate to your teen.
Begin Parenting Counseling in Florida
If you want to move from feeling lost as a parent to feeling securely connected with your teen, I can help! Parenting counseling can help you transform the way to connect with your teen. I have worked with many parents dealing with the same problems you are right now, so I know there’s hope! As a therapist, I offer mental health services from my Miami, Florida counseling clinic. In addition, I serve all parts of the state as well through online therapy in Florida. To begin parenting counseling, follow these steps:
1. Contact Better Life Therapy
2. Meet with me, your new counselor for parents.
3. Receive support for parents and bond with your teen again.
Other Counseling Services Offered in Florida
In addition to parenting counseling, I offer a variety of mental health services from my Miami, Florida counseling clinic. Better Life Therapy also provides online therapy, to everyone in Florida. In addition, I provide anxiety counseling, depression counseling, teen counseling and relationship counseling for one. I also offer gender therapy and referral letters for gender affirming procedures. I look forward to meeting you!
Call (786) 823-9262 or email me at roxana@betterlifetherapyforyou.com to get started.