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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 Pasadena, the suburbs of Pasadena, other nearby places such as Monterey Park, Arcadia, 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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Myndy Crist
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build insight, understanding, compassion, and resilience by integrating negative experiences and unlock untapped strengths on the path to improve the quality of your life.


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build insight, understanding, compassion, and resilience by integrating negative experiences and unlock untapped strengths on the path to improve the quality of your life.

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I work relationally from a psychodynamic, attachment theory based perspective. We work to build insight around patterns standing in your way.

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  • Betrayal Trauma
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Antoinette Mastronardi
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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.


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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.

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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.

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  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Alternative Relationships
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Zoe Lantelme
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address your addictive behaviors, and any other concerns, by improving your relationship with yourself and others, building insight into your unique history, integrating therapeutic tools, and deepening your mind-body connection.


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address your addictive behaviors, and any other concerns, by improving your relationship with yourself and others, building insight into your unique history, integrating therapeutic tools, and deepening your mind-body connection.

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I use a harm reduction approach to understanding and treating substance use and other compulsive behaviors. This approach explores a number of contributing factors, such as co-occurring mental illnesses, family relationships, and medical problems.

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Feliz Molina
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Process how past traumas are linked to the present so we can help you recover, heal, and understand yourself better. We'll also explore how current behavior patterns and responses can affect or enhance your emotional well-being.


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Process how past traumas are linked to the present so we can help you recover, heal, and understand yourself better. We'll also explore how current behavior patterns and responses can affect or enhance your emotional well-being.

Something to know about my approach is:

We often go through life transitions unaware of how the past might still have a hold on us. Sometimes we simply need to take a moment to reflect on how experiences and relationships have shaped our perception of ourselves and situations.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • College Students
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • High-Achieving
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Changes
  • Life Transitions
  • New Parent
  • Racial Trauma
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Dr. Marissa Davis
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discuss the aspects of yourself that have gone unspoken, difficult to name, misunderstood, or overlooked by others. We'll clarify how your past is imprinted onto your present and create new paths to fulfillment, self-acceptance, and relational peace.


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discuss the aspects of yourself that have gone unspoken, difficult to name, misunderstood, or overlooked by others. We'll clarify how your past is imprinted onto your present and create new paths to fulfillment, self-acceptance, and relational peace.

Something to know about my approach is:

I hold space for you to discuss experiences, identity, and relationships. Using a psychodynamic approach, we'll explore thoughts, memories, feelings, and associations which will uncover hidden defenses and motives for behaviors you'd like to change.

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  • Couples
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
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  • Trauma From Abuse
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