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Find Parenting Therapists & Counselors in Sunnyvale, 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 Sunnyvale, the suburbs of Sunnyvale, other nearby places such as Campbell, Mountain View, 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.

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

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Abby Thompson
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get clear about your goals and desires, get in touch with your needs, and explore how you relate to others and the world. Through body-based, experiential work, we can create freedom and confidence.


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get clear about your goals and desires, get in touch with your needs, and explore how you relate to others and the world. Through body-based, experiential work, we can create freedom and confidence.

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I'm so invested in working with what's actually happening in real time, because that's where change can happen. I make it easy to get in touch with your feelings, and when we can really contact them, we can transform them into something awesome.

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  • Body Acceptance
  • Body Image
  • Disordered Eating
  • Healthy Sexuality
  • New Parent
  • Postpartum
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Utilizes a multi-theoretical approach to therapy to meet the unique needs of her clients. She utilizes narrative, cognitive-behavioral, strength-based, empowerment, person-centered, and mindfulness-based therapies.


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Utilizes a multi-theoretical approach to therapy to meet the unique needs of her clients. She utilizes narrative, cognitive-behavioral, strength-based, empowerment, person-centered, and mindfulness-based therapies.

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Provides supportive and restorative therapy for those impacted by grief and loss, stress, anxiety, depression, fear of the future or unknown, as well as sadness, regret, guilt and/or shame.

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  • Anxiety
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  • Elder Abuse
  • elder care issues
  • grief
  • Hispanic and Latino Issues
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Men's Issues
  • Panic
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Self-Esteem
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  • Veterans / Military Families
  • Women's Issues
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Charnise Howcroft-Chapple
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We will work together to achieve your therapy goals. We will work towards you finding self love and inner peace. We will work towards you having healthy and meaningful relationships.


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We will work together to achieve your therapy goals. We will work towards you finding self love and inner peace. We will work towards you having healthy and meaningful relationships.

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I work w/ women & couples in the LGBTQ community. Focus on empowerment, strength, & enlightenment. I practice Solution Focused therapy, influenced by post-modern feminist therapy, LGBT+ Affirmative therapy, Intersectional, & social justice frameworks

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  • Anxiety
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Elisabeth Pollack
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Work to help you find relief and cultivate a better baseline of feeling and being in the world that allows for more joy. I can show you a kinder and more supportive way to treat yourself and help you find freedom from your past.


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Work to help you find relief and cultivate a better baseline of feeling and being in the world that allows for more joy. I can show you a kinder and more supportive way to treat yourself and help you find freedom from your past.

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I believe that cultivating connection and warmth in our relationship is foundational to healing. I have a collaborative approach that is trauma informed and that leads to deep healing. I will support you in finding your own inner wisdom.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Depression
  • EMDR
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  • Women's Issues
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Mindy Edwards
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My goal will always be for you to have a safe space to process, learn to look at problems in new ways, and learn concrete skills for coping with future stressors.


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My goal will always be for you to have a safe space to process, learn to look at problems in new ways, and learn concrete skills for coping with future stressors.

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I believe that therapy is about human connection and creating a safe environment to explore and learn more about yourself. I take my clients' mental health and other issues very seriously, but I also tend to use humor in my approach.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Gender Identity and Affirmation
  • LGBTQ+
  • Relationship Distress
  • Religious Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Women's Issues
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Mindy Edwards remote and phone therapy in California