Find Parenting Therapists & Counselors in Mission Viejo, CA.

 

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 Mission Viejo, the suburbs of Mission Viejo, other nearby places such as Rancho Santa Margarita, Irvine, or anywhere else in California, 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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LeMel Firestone-Palerm, LMFT, LPCC, CGT
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Work on an actionable set of tools and exercises that you can use today and in the years to come to improve communication and resolve conflicts to have real intimacy & joy. Relationships take work, sometimes more than couples expect. But it's doable!


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Work on an actionable set of tools and exercises that you can use today and in the years to come to improve communication and resolve conflicts to have real intimacy & joy. Relationships take work, sometimes more than couples expect. But it's doable!

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That since 1997, I’ve helped hundreds of couples overcome their relationship obstacles and unlock deeper intimacy. I use the Gottman Method and hands-on counseling to take you from struggling to satisfied.

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My commitment is to respect your values, amplify your strengths, and empower you to navigate the unpredictable journey of motherhood with resilience and confidence.


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My commitment is to respect your values, amplify your strengths, and empower you to navigate the unpredictable journey of motherhood with resilience and confidence.

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As a therapist, I am passionate about working with moms. I believe ALL moms deserve support. If you are feeling overwhelmed or anxious in your motherhood journey, you do not have to walk it alone. There is power in sharing what weighs on your heart.

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Therapy with me will equip you to defeat self-deprecating patterns, harness your internal strengths, and get you back into your life.

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Drawing on emotion-focused, mindfulness, somatic, and cognitive-behavioral (cbt) techniques, I will help you explore how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are maintaining your distress and keeping you stuck.

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My goal in our therapy or coaching sessions is to help you tap into your own resilience as you deepen insight, foster personal empowerment, and create meaningful, lasting changes in your life and relationships.

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My experience as a wilderness therapist has taught me the immense power of relationships- relationships with ourselves, our significant others, and with nature- for personal growth and self-actualization. Relationships are everything!

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Life can be really hard sometimes, whether you are feeling overwhelmed with life's stressors or struggling to navigate relationships. If you are regularly experiencing overwhelming feelings of worry, anxiety, panic, sadness, I can help.


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Life can be really hard sometimes, whether you are feeling overwhelmed with life's stressors or struggling to navigate relationships. If you are regularly experiencing overwhelming feelings of worry, anxiety, panic, sadness, I can help.

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Throughout my career, I have focused my efforts on creating a collaborative relationship with my clients, helping them to identify their own strengths in order to address both symptoms and core conflicts.

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  • Depression
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