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Parenting is a rewarding experience with ups and downs, but there are times when the downs are too much to handle on your own. A parenting therapist can devise strategies to help you get through difficult situations that arise as you’re parenting.

Many therapists specialize in working with parents, new mothers, and fathers trying to figure out how to be a better parent and partner. Wherever you are located in Virginia from Alexandria to Virginia Beach or even Lynchburg, or anywhere else nearby, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Could Benefit from Parenting Counseling

Parent therapy may be helpful to you if you’re dealing with any of the following issues:

  • You’re a new parent and feeling stressed out.
  • You’re the parent of an older child and not sure how to best relate to them.
  • You are having problems in your marriage related to parenting or parenting styles.
  • You’ve relocated and things in your family feel unsettled.
  • You need to vent about your parenting frustrations.
  • You want to improve your parenting skills.
  • You want to figure out the type of parent you want to be.

Licensed therapist Mara Fisher has some thoughts to help parents. If you are feeling the stress and pressure of parenting, read this article: Is There a Right Way to Parent?

Help is Available: Get Parenting Therapy Today

Parenting is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do, and it can take a toll on you, mentally and physically. With a parenting therapist, you’ll be able to examine and remedy those problems that make parenting harder. To make finding a therapist easy, use Mental Health Match. Start by browsing below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Emily Fornwalt
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build the skills and mindset you need to cultivate self-compassion, set better boundaries, and quiet your inner critic. As we grow our connection, we’ll go at your own pace so that therapy feels grounding and comfortable.


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build the skills and mindset you need to cultivate self-compassion, set better boundaries, and quiet your inner critic. As we grow our connection, we’ll go at your own pace so that therapy feels grounding and comfortable.

Something to know about my approach is:

I will help you figure out what’s behind anxiety, perfectionism, and self-criticism - and what fuels it in both your mind and body. Together, we'll work on soothing and quieting very reactive minds and nerves - all with a little fun and laughter.

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  • Adolescents
  • Anxiety
  • Boundaries
  • Creatives
  • Parenting
  • Perfectionism
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Worth
  • Working Professionals
  • Work-Life Balance
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Anna Tihomirova
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We will explore your way of seeing this reality, your and others behavioral patterns. You will understand why you are doing what you are doing, then change will happen. Relationships will improve!


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We will explore your way of seeing this reality, your and others behavioral patterns. You will understand why you are doing what you are doing, then change will happen. Relationships will improve!

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with people. I dig dip to find the root cause, reprogram the patterns that our brain created and there you go, you are the new person. We talk, I listen, we do some imagination, breathing, many tools to get you to feeling well.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  • Career Change
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Faith Transition
  • Food and Eating Concerns
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • New Job Transition
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Spirituality
  • Spiritually Transformative Experiences
  • Trauma
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Victoria McKenna
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explore where you are feeling stuck in your life and uncover ways to live a more authentic you


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explore where you are feeling stuck in your life and uncover ways to live a more authentic you

Something to know about my approach is:

I use a psychodynamic, mindful, and experiential approach while utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) skills.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Relationships
  • Stress
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Therapy can be uncomfortable at times, but through discomfort there can be change, acceptance, and happiness. Together, we will create goals that fit your needs that will increase your contentment within your daily life.


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Therapy can be uncomfortable at times, but through discomfort there can be change, acceptance, and happiness. Together, we will create goals that fit your needs that will increase your contentment within your daily life.

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My goal is to support your journey. I take a combined approach to therapy using aspects from CBT, ACT, and DBT. I am a relational therapist, meaning that I value your feedback and want to work with you to achieve your goals.

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  • Anxiety
  • Parenting
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Pregnancy
  • Women
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Christine Hitchins
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Whether you would like to work on a specific challenge such as a life change, chronic stress or anxiety or just seek more global support in working towards living a full and authentic life, I hope you will reach out and see if we might be a good fit!


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Together, we will:

Whether you would like to work on a specific challenge such as a life change, chronic stress or anxiety or just seek more global support in working towards living a full and authentic life, I hope you will reach out and see if we might be a good fit!

Something to know about my approach is:

Therapy will look different for each person depending on your individual needs and preferences, but my approach is always person-centered and strengths-based. I view you as the expert in your own life and my role as one of supporter and collaborator.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Stress
  • Depression
  • Life Transitions
  • New Parent
  • Self-Understanding
  • Spirituality
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