Therapy for Parents
Parent therapy is therapy for parents who are supporting a child or teen with emotional or behavioral challenges and need space for themselves.
This work focuses on the parent’s emotional experience, with the goal of helping you manage overwhelm, fear, guilt, and exhaustion, while building steadiness and clarity in the context of ongoing caregiving demands.
What is Parent Therapy?
Parent therapy is psychotherapy in which the parent is the client. Therapy offers space to support your emotional well-being while you navigate the realities of parenting a struggling child.
Many parents I work with are supporting a teen who experiences intense emotions, mood instability, self-harm behaviors, or significant anxiety. While their child may be engaged in treatment elsewhere, parents often find themselves holding chronic stress without a place to process their own reactions.
In therapy, we help you understand and regulate your emotional responses, strengthen coping strategies, and develop more effective ways to respond during difficult moments at home. We may also incorporate more child-directed behavioral interventions and support you in implementing and maintaining systems at home. This work is paced, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based approaches, including CBT- and DBT-informed strategies.
Sessions are offered in person in Manhattan or virtually for individuals located in New York, Connecticut, and Florida. If you are interested in Parent Therapy, please reach out to schedule a brief phone consultation.
Is Parent Therapy the Right Fit?
May Be a Good Fit If You:
Are parenting a child or teen with emotional or behavioral challenges
Feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or unsure how to care for yourself alongside caregiving
Want space to process guilt, fear, grief, or chronic stress
Are looking for thoughtful, longer-term support
Prefer individual therapy over skills-only or group-based formats
May Not Be the Best Fit If You:
Want therapy focused primarily on your child rather than yourself
Need immediate crisis intervention or a higher level of care
How Sessions Work
Parents of tweens and teens
In person (Manhattan) or virtual (New York, Connecticut, & Florida)
Typically weekly, with flexible pacing
Focus on emotional regulation, boundaries, and sustained support
Collaborative, reflective, and skills-informed