Being a parent is hard work. While striving to be ‘perfect parents’, raising ‘perfect’ children, many adults begin to feel stressed and under prepared. The truth is, there are no perfect parents nor perfect children. As individuals, we all have unique abilities, limitations and challenges.
Many parents in the St. John’s, NL area can benefit from the support of parental counselling and find value in learning effective coping skills.
Parenting Issues That Therapy Can Help With
- Disagreements on how to parent between partners
- Struggling to control your anger
- Being a step-parent and gaining acceptance
- Finding a balancing between work and being a parent
- Coping as a single parent
- Issues arising when blending families
- Parenting after divorce or separation
- Strained parent/child relationships
Benefits of Parent Therapy in St. John’s, NL
- Learn about your parenting style and where it originates
- Improve communication within your family
- Develop parenting skills and strategies to better navigate conflict
- Examine unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviors
- Work through confusing childhood experience that influences your approach to parenting
