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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 Sacramento, Alhambra Triangle, Boulevard Park, Broadstone, or even Central Folsom, 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.

Midtown of Sacramento, CA Parenting Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Joshua Keaney
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I specialize in helping clients respond to crises and life's challenges as well as relationship problems with parents, spouse/partner, and children. For example: divorce, suicidal ideation, school problems, parenting, dating, and trauma.


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I specialize in helping clients respond to crises and life's challenges as well as relationship problems with parents, spouse/partner, and children. For example: divorce, suicidal ideation, school problems, parenting, dating, and trauma.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize attachment and trauma-informed therapy. I am passionate about helping people process traumatic experiences and navigate frustrating systems and relationships that often seem to do more harm than good.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Depression
  • Fatherhood
  • Middle Easterners
  • Parenting
  • Relationships
  • Religious Trauma
  • Trauma
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Heather Peterson
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Find out what values you and/or your family hold and use that as a guide for healing. Whether I’m working with an adult, child or family, I prioritize their values, create a safe space to process, and I go at the client’s pace to make progress.


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Find out what values you and/or your family hold and use that as a guide for healing. Whether I’m working with an adult, child or family, I prioritize their values, create a safe space to process, and I go at the client’s pace to make progress.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am an empathic listener and work together with my clients to find out what is most meaningful to them. Together, we make actionable steps towards healing.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Christian Women
  • Family Conflict
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Motherhood
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Young Adults
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Map in Folsom, California for Heather  Peterson therapy location.
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Paulina Chavez Medina
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I am here to provide a different perspective, a listening ear, and validation. I will add some sarcasm and dark humor because, let’s be real, this journey is difficult enough without being able to laugh about it.


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I am here to provide a different perspective, a listening ear, and validation. I will add some sarcasm and dark humor because, let’s be real, this journey is difficult enough without being able to laugh about it.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am trained in many things as to better support you in this journey, to name a few of my favorites are EMDR, Trauma Resilience Model (somatic work), Trauma Focused-CBT, Motivational Interviewing and Perinatal Mental Health.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Immigrants
  • Parenting
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Trauma
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Anita Sandler
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explore the patterns in your relationships that are causing you distress. We will free your mind from those repetitive thoughts, learn how to spot patterns in the moment, and give you tools to create a new path forward with your loved ones.


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explore the patterns in your relationships that are causing you distress. We will free your mind from those repetitive thoughts, learn how to spot patterns in the moment, and give you tools to create a new path forward with your loved ones.

Something to know about my approach is:

I help clients to recognize their strengths and help them to achieve their goals. Working collaboratively with clients, using the Cognitive Behavioral Model, I help them to understand how changing their thoughts can change the way they feel.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Domestic Violence
  • Empowering Women
  • Helping Professionals
  • Life Balance
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting Skills
  • Trauma
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Lus Hernandez
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As a LCSW, I expect our sessions to be a collaborative effort, where you lead and I guide. The goal is for you to learn new skills each session and eventually gain confidence to apply these techniques in your daily life.


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As a LCSW, I expect our sessions to be a collaborative effort, where you lead and I guide. The goal is for you to learn new skills each session and eventually gain confidence to apply these techniques in your daily life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use a mix of approaches. I believe you have the qualities to thrive and encourage your curiosity and empathy. I consider your past experiences and unconscious drives, and how your thoughts and behaviors affect your feelings.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parenting
  • Social Anxiety
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Lus Hernandez remote and phone therapy in California