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Parenting an LGBTQ Child

All parents want what’s best for their kids, but providing support may not be easy if you’re the parent of an LGBTQ child. These kids face some unique challenges that you can feel unprepared to tackle. You may feel like you’re out of your depth, but you don’t have to be an expert to be there for your child. I can help you understand both your needs by working through important topics like:

  • Acknowledging your feelings

  • Understanding your child’s identity

  • Conversations you need to initiate

  • How to get your child talking

  • Making sure your child is forming healthy relationships

 

Parenting a Child with ADHD

Parents of children with ADHD commonly report being overwhelmed by the behavior of their kids, which is then compounded by the normal stressors in their everyday lives.

Parents must take the lead in protecting their children in so many environments—social, academic, sports, family—so they desperately need effective tools and strategies they can deploy that benefit their children and reduce their own stress. I team up with parents to teach them the skills they need to be able to give their kids the support they need.

If you are feeling depressed, frustrated or exhausted, ask for help. Reducing your own stress will greatly benefit your child as well.

 
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Parenting Adult Children

Life for adult children looks very different today than in generations past, and there are not many resources available for helping us navigate our roles as their parents. And many families have unhealed wounds that need to be confronted in order to develop a healthy relationship.

  • Understanding past hurts and working toward healing

  • Recognizing and respecting your differences

  • Being a sounding board, not an advisor

  • Setting rules for adult children living at home

  • Helping without giving handouts

  • Navigating money matters

 

Losing a Child

The death of a child is thought to be the single worst stressor a mother could endure. The grief of mother who has lost her child is the most intense grief ever known.

When a child dies, you feel that you have died too, and sometimes you wish you had. At first, you can experience emptiness and denial. As these emotions fade, anger and guilt usually set in. Each of these emotions are part of the grieving process, and it is overwhelming.

I have many years of experience helping mothers through their grief. If you’re struggling to cope, please call me. You should not face this kind of grief alone.