From the moment parents share they are expecting a child, they are given advice, sometimes unwarranted, about how to navigate parenthood. Oftentimes, there are several contradictory ways to discipline and parent children. It seems like there is a new parenting book trending every month, telling the reader not do what they had previously read in another book. 

Simply put, parenting is difficult. Furthermore, it’s the job we want to do our best. Parenting brings new stress (and joy) into a home and can be a difficult transition. Parent counseling can assist parents when their child is experiencing difficulties such as uncontrollable anger, emotional outbursts, anxiety, depression, mood swings, difficulty with school, and other disruptive behaviors. Parent counseling can help parents understand their children’s needs and ways in which they can be supportive. It can also be helpful for teaching effective coping skills and support for postpartum depression, divorce and co-parenting, and transitioning another child into the home.

Parent counseling is about giving parents new tools to utilize with their children. These tools not only help model healthy relationships and understanding of the world, but also cultivate effective parenting techniques that makes sense to both the child and the parent. 

Goals of parent counseling can include: 

• Co-parenting 
  
• Family reunification 
  
• Effective discipline 
  
• Evidenced based parenting interventions
  
• Improve parent-child relationship 
  
• Decrease parenting stress 
  
• Increase positive discipline