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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 San Francisco, Bayview, Chinatown, Civic Center, or even Fishermans Wharf, 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.

Showplace Square of San Francisco, CA Parenting Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Audrey Lee
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help you rebuild the trust in your relationship, heal old wounds, and develop healthy ways of relating to your partner or child. Thru therapy, you will make a priceless investment in yourself and come away with skills to make the change you need


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help you rebuild the trust in your relationship, heal old wounds, and develop healthy ways of relating to your partner or child. Thru therapy, you will make a priceless investment in yourself and come away with skills to make the change you need

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My approach is client-centered, with a focus on deep insight and understanding. In each session, we will work together to understand the root cause of your challenges and develop healthy ways of building connections with your partner or your child.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Couples
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Dr. Nicole Bryant
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explore thought patterns, actions, and other areas of your life that have been holding you back so you can focus on healing instead of ignoring your pain.


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explore thought patterns, actions, and other areas of your life that have been holding you back so you can focus on healing instead of ignoring your pain.

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We’ll implement strategies like mindful movement, breath work, stress management skills, mindset techniques, and nutrition to get you back on the path to a bright future. You deserve to see how different life looks when you’re honoring you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Stress
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Body Image
  • Career
  • Career Burnout
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • College Students
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
  • Couples
  • Cutting
  • Depression
  • Disordered Eating
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Families
  • First Responders
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Millenials
  • Parental Burnout
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Trauma
  • Women
  • Women’s Health
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Debbie Cherry
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Clients come to me when they are ready to stop the negative cycles and create a relationship they love. It starts with clear communication that helps you see & hear each other. Becoming a better TEAM will help you be better partners.


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Clients come to me when they are ready to stop the negative cycles and create a relationship they love. It starts with clear communication that helps you see & hear each other. Becoming a better TEAM will help you be better partners.

Something to know about my approach is:

Most therapists start with the problems... I start with SOLUTIONS! Hundreds of clients have shared that they feel so empowered with the step-by-step exercises for couples to be able to COMMUNICATE in a way that brings them closer.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Alternative Relationships
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • Bisexuality
  • Career Counseling
  • Coming Out
  • Commitment Issues
  • Communication Skills
  • Compulsive Sexuality/Hypersexuality
  • Connection
  • Conscious Uncoupling
  • Co-Parenting
  • Coping Skills
  • Corporate Leaders
  • Couples
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Developing Secure Attachment
  • Engagement
  • Entrepreneurial Women
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  • Executive Coaching
  • Families
  • Gay
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Leadership Development
  • Lesbian
  • Low Sex Drive
  • Marriage
  • Mindfulness
  • Mixed Orientation Relationships
  • New Parent
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  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Skills
  • Parenting Style Mismatch
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Relationship Conflict
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  • Relationship Skills
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • Sex Anxiety
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Issues
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Sexual Self-Esteem
  • Stepfamilies
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Yanina Rivera Lopez
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Co-create a journey of self-reflection, cultural responsiveness, breaking generational patterns, systemic influences, healing, creativity, and creating a safe, inclusive space in alignment with your values.


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Co-create a journey of self-reflection, cultural responsiveness, breaking generational patterns, systemic influences, healing, creativity, and creating a safe, inclusive space in alignment with your values.

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I draw upon my background in community organizing, performance art/dance, and mental health to offer a holistic and culturally responsive approach to therapy. I am committed to decolonizing mental health and centering your voice.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Ancestral Trauma
  • BIPOC
  • Parenting Skills
  • Trauma
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Genean Jeffery
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Journey through the intricate challenges of life, building strength and enabling empowerment by providing steady support and nurturing personal development.


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Journey through the intricate challenges of life, building strength and enabling empowerment by providing steady support and nurturing personal development.

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I'm here to truly understand and support you in achieving your goals and overcoming challenges. When you work with me, we're a team, and I'll be committed to helping you every step of the way!

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Anger Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality
  • Cutting
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Family Conflict
  • Foster Care
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Habit Change
  • Life Transitions
  • Military Life Transition
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Procrastination
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Boys
  • Teen Depression
  • Transracial Adoption
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