Parenting Therapy in Boulder, Colorado

Finding Your Groove

Parenting can be deeply meaningful, and deeply exhausting. Many parents seek therapy not because they’re failing, but because they care deeply and want to show up differently for their children. If you feel overwhelmed, reactive, disconnected, or worried about repeating patterns from your own upbringing, parenting therapy can help you slow down, reconnect, and parent with more confidence and clarity.

Common Reasons Parents Seek Therapy

Parents often come to therapy feeling stuck in cycles they don’t want to repeat. You might notice:

  • Feeling easily overwhelmed or emotionally depleted

  • Reacting with anger, shutdown, or guilt, then feeling ashamed afterward

  • Struggling with patience, boundaries, or consistency

  • Worry about repeating family-of-origin patterns

  • Difficulty balancing your child’s needs with your own

  • Feeling isolated, burned out, or unsure if you’re “doing it right”

These experiences are common, especially for parents navigating stress, trauma history, neurodivergence, or limited support.

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Parenting Therapy Focused on Emotional Awareness & Attachment

My approach to parenting therapy is grounded in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and attachment-based therapy. This means we don’t focus on rigid parenting strategies or quick fixes. Instead, we explore what’s happening inside you that shapes how you show up as a parent.

In therapy, we work to:

  • Understand emotional triggers and stress responses

  • Identify protective patterns like over-functioning, withdrawal, or reactivity

  • Build internal regulation so parenting feels less overwhelming

  • Strengthen emotional attunement with your child

  • Develop self-compassion instead of self-criticism

When parents feel more regulated and supported internally, children benefit naturally.

What Parenting Therapy Can Help With

  • Parenting stress and burnout

  • Emotional reactivity or shutdown

  • Co-parenting challenges

  • Attachment concerns

  • Parenting after trauma

  • Navigating guilt, shame, or self-doubt

  • Building healthier emotional boundaries

  • Parenting while healing your own past

This work is especially supportive for parents who value emotional intelligence, connection, growth, and who want to parent intentionally, not perfectly.

What Sessions Are Like

Parenting therapy sessions offer a non-judgmental, grounded space where you don’t have to perform or prove anything. You won’t be told what kind of parent you “should” be. Instead, we’ll explore what feels hard, what’s getting activated, and how to create more steadiness and choice in your responses.

You can expect:

  • Compassionate, curiosity-based conversations

  • Tools for nervous system regulation

  • Support in understanding your internal world

  • A pace that respects your capacity

  • Practical insight without shame or blame

Is Parenting Therapy Right for You?

Parenting therapy may be a good fit if you:

  • Feel emotionally exhausted or overwhelmed

  • Want to respond rather than react

  • Are open to exploring your own inner experience

  • Care deeply about emotional connection

  • Want support without judgment

If safety concerns or acute crises are present, we’ll prioritize stabilization and appropriate supports first.

Parenting Doesn’t Have to Feel This Hard

You don’t need to do this alone, and you don’t need to have all the answers. Parenting therapy can help you build a stronger internal foundation so you can show up with more presence, confidence, and compassion.

Schedule a free consultation to see if parenting therapy feels like the right next step.