Find Parenting Therapists & Counselors in Palm Springs, 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 Palm Springs, the suburbs of Palm Springs, other nearby places such as Indio, Coachella, 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.

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

Looking to expand your network? At Mental Health Match, we match clients to therapists and counselors specializing in parenting issues. Get set up for new referrals in 10 minutes or less. 60 day free trial, with no credit cards required to start. Join now.

Read more
Showing 1 - 5 (143 total therapists)
Insurance
Showing 1 - 5 (143 total therapists)
Filters:
Picture of Lauren Cook, mental health therapist in California, Delaware
Lauren Cook
Together, we will:

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.


View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Picture of Lauren Cook, mental health therapist in California, Delaware
View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Together, we will:

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.

Something to know about my approach is:

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.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Styles
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Pregnancy
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Skills
Read more about me
Lauren Cook remote and phone therapy in California, Delaware
Picture of Antoinette Mastronardi, mental health therapist in California
Antoinette Mastronardi
Together, we will:

decrease anxiety, anger, loneliness, self-criticism, cycles of fighting with partners and shitty relationships with others. I believe these experiences generally stem from traumatic, toxic, or abusive relationships and discrimination or oppression.


View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Picture of Antoinette Mastronardi, mental health therapist in California
View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Together, we will:

decrease anxiety, anger, loneliness, self-criticism, cycles of fighting with partners and shitty relationships with others. I believe these experiences generally stem from traumatic, toxic, or abusive relationships and discrimination or oppression.

Something to know about my approach is:

I identify as a queer therapist and my specialty is working with trauma and attachment in the LGBTQ+ community. I am a super nerd for relationships. I am trauma informed, attachment focused, and really relational with my clients.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • BDSM
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Church Abuse
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Developing Secure Attachment
  • Discrimination
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Gaslighting
  • Healing From Relationships
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Kink
  • LGBTQ+
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Mixed Orientation Relationships
  • Narcissistic Abuse
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Open Relationships
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Polyamory
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Sabotage
  • Sexual Self-Esteem
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma From Abuse
Read more about me
Antoinette Mastronardi remote and phone therapy in California
FEELING OVERWHELMED?
Take our free survey to make your search easier.
Picture of Heather Scott, mental health therapist in California
Heather Scott
Together, we will:

discuss your hopes and goals for therapy. We will work toward those goals in a safe, non-judgmental place by addressing unhealthy thoughts and/or behaviors, exploring past pain or trauma, and practicing new skills.


View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Picture of Heather Scott, mental health therapist in California
View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Together, we will:

discuss your hopes and goals for therapy. We will work toward those goals in a safe, non-judgmental place by addressing unhealthy thoughts and/or behaviors, exploring past pain or trauma, and practicing new skills.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that the therapeutic relationship opens up deep resources within us and allows us the space to heal and grow.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Gender Transition in Families
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Life Changes
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
  • Parenting
  • Relationships
  • Sexuality
Read more about me
Heather Scott remote and phone therapy in California
Picture of David Foreit, mental health therapist in California, Iowa, Michigan, New York
David Foreit
Together, we will:

Together, we will look at the beliefs causing your issues. They may have been appropriate when acquired, often as a child, but maybe not so much today. We have to learn to accept what we can't change and have the courage to change what we can.


View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Picture of David Foreit, mental health therapist in California, Iowa, Michigan, New York
View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Together, we will:

Together, we will look at the beliefs causing your issues. They may have been appropriate when acquired, often as a child, but maybe not so much today. We have to learn to accept what we can't change and have the courage to change what we can.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that our behaviors, how we feel, act, in a given situation, are a result of the beliefs we have about that situation. If you are willing to investigate your beliefs and adjust them to fit today's reality, you will feel and act differently.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Depression
  • Gender Transition
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • LGBTQ+
  • Parenting Skills
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Social Anxiety
Read more about me
David Foreit remote and phone therapy in California, Iowa, Michigan, New York
Picture of Christi  Dean, mental health therapist in California
Christi Dean
Together, we will:

Help you identify and heal outdated beliefs and patterns that may be getting in your way. We all have ways of being that we are here to outgrow. Let's find your path forward to a more fulfilling life.


View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Picture of Christi  Dean, mental health therapist in California
View Profile

Are We a Match?

Take Our Survey
Together, we will:

Help you identify and heal outdated beliefs and patterns that may be getting in your way. We all have ways of being that we are here to outgrow. Let's find your path forward to a more fulfilling life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use an attachment-focused approach and EMDR to heal past wounds that might still be impacting your present life and relationships, while teaching regulation skills to help you better manage anxiety, depression, and nervous system activation.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Parenting
  • Women
Read more about me
Christi  Dean remote and phone therapy in California