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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. Whether you are located in downtown Irvine, East Irvine, Northwood, Orchard Hills, or even Turtle Rock, 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.

Irvine, CA Parenting Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Lauren Cook
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build insight, get curious, and help you grow outside of our sessions to see real changes in your life. We'll focus on the future and help you make positive changes that impact your life in the direction you intentionally want to go.


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build insight, get curious, and help you grow outside of our sessions to see real changes in your life. We'll focus on the future and help you make positive changes that impact your life in the direction you intentionally want to go.

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I'm not a therapist who sits back and expects you to talk the entire time. Of course, if that's what you need--then I'm here to listen! But if you're looking for a collaborative and engaging therapist, then we'll be a great fit.

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  • Adolescent Anxiety
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  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Styles
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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  • Relationship Skills
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Jenna Richardson
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learn to understand and embrace the depth and complexity of your emotions, needs, and what will help you feel most fulfilled. We will build a foundation upon which you can experiment with creating a life that embodies the fullness of who you are.


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learn to understand and embrace the depth and complexity of your emotions, needs, and what will help you feel most fulfilled. We will build a foundation upon which you can experiment with creating a life that embodies the fullness of who you are.

Something to know about my approach is:

embodied, life-long change comes from a longer-term relational approach to healing. You are looking for someone who can walk beside you in life, a consistent and accepting presence that can anchor you throughout the ebbs and flows of life's phases.

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  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
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  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
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  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • People Pleasing
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychedelic Integration
  • Racial Trauma
  • Reparenting Yourself
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  • Work-Life Balance
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Keri Prather
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identify and learn helpful and effective coping skills, increase insight, and change unhelpful patterns, which may contribute to life challenges. We will work together to find strategies and resources to support change and growth.


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identify and learn helpful and effective coping skills, increase insight, and change unhelpful patterns, which may contribute to life challenges. We will work together to find strategies and resources to support change and growth.

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I support my clients in taking action steps toward obtaining the changes they would like to see in their lives and relationships. I also like to use animal assisted therapy as a tool to encourage client engagement in the therapeutic process.

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  • Adults
  • Anxiety
  • Children
  • Depression
  • Life Transitions
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Teenagers
  • Young Adults
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Kara Meeks
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We will engage in a relaxed, non judgmental space to explore challenges, develop insights, and acquire practical coping strategies, leaving session with a deeper understanding of yourself and enhanced emotional resilience.


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We will engage in a relaxed, non judgmental space to explore challenges, develop insights, and acquire practical coping strategies, leaving session with a deeper understanding of yourself and enhanced emotional resilience.

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My approach varies, based on the client's needs; however, I customarily use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy, allowing my clients to work through life circumstances while keeping forward movement toward future goals.

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  • Addictions
  • Anxiety
  • Career
  • Co-Parenting
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  • Life Balance
  • Life Skills
  • Mood Disorders
  • Parenting
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  • Postpartum Depression
  • Trauma
  • Work-Life Balance
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Vi O'Connor
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connect with your core emotions, vulnerabilities, and protective mechanisms to increase a sense of security within your relationships with others and yourself


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connect with your core emotions, vulnerabilities, and protective mechanisms to increase a sense of security within your relationships with others and yourself

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I help you explore childhood and inner experiences influencing your interaction in your relationship with yourself and others.

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  • Anxiety
  • Asian and Pacific Islanders
  • Attachment Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Depression
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Family Conflict
  • Intergenerational Trauma
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  • Life Transitions
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