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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. Wherever you are located in District of Columbia, 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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Dr. Tera Lensegrav-Benson
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Together, we will develop insight, self compassion, and skills to manage life pressures. Our work with include discovery of patterns from the past that show up in your approach to the world and relationships today, setting a new path for growth.

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Feeling worn out, constantly anxious, unsettled? I will partner with you to offer support and tools to help you understand yourself and start to feel better. We will collaborate on what is most important to you to start helping right away.

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  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Grief counseling
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting
  • Women's Issues
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Leah S. Levenson
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Together, we will examine your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to reach your goals. I will help you to learn to cope and manage more effectively, and ultimately take better control of yourself.


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Together, we will examine your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to reach your goals. I will help you to learn to cope and manage more effectively, and ultimately take better control of yourself.

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I believe that the relationship between you and your therapist is essential for positive growth and change. My goal is to provide you with a safe and nurturing environment where your needs will be identified and explored.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • College Students
  • Depression
  • Life Transitions
  • Maternal Mental Health
  • Parenting
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Shelby Johnson, PhD
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work to reclaim your power and purpose, and help you understand yourself more fully. Set healthier boundaries in both your professional and personal life, and break free from what holds you back. Finally start living the life you deserve again.


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work to reclaim your power and purpose, and help you understand yourself more fully. Set healthier boundaries in both your professional and personal life, and break free from what holds you back. Finally start living the life you deserve again.

Something to know about my approach is:

that it is collaborative, holistic, and empowering. We will examine the early experiences, relational patterns, and cultural identity factors that are unique to you and uncover the root causes of your problems to allow for healing and change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • developmental trauma
  • LGBTQ+
  • Pregnancy after Pregnancy and Infant loss
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
  • Religious Trauma
  • Trauma EMDR
  • Traumatic loss
  • Women's Issues
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Shelby Johnson, PhD remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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Matthew Kellar
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Together we will co-create a space where you can feel seen, heard, and understood. Even when we are doing our best, life brings so much to hold and manage. I hope to assist you in your journey toward greater health and wellbeing.


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Together, we will:

Together we will co-create a space where you can feel seen, heard, and understood. Even when we are doing our best, life brings so much to hold and manage. I hope to assist you in your journey toward greater health and wellbeing.

Something to know about my approach is:

I strive to integrate my expertise and evidence-based practice with your existing strengths and self-knowledge to arrive at a place of healing and growth.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abandonment Issues
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Attachment Issues
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender identity
  • Generalized Anxiety
  • grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Men's Issues
  • Mood Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Perfectionism
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Self Esteem & Confidence Issues
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Work stress
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Caroline Hicks
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Feeling alone? Confused with how you got here, or even where to go from here? Frustrated with not feeling authentic? Or maybe you’re stuck in the same pattern. Together, we will work to make intentional and sustainable changes.


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Together, we will:

Feeling alone? Confused with how you got here, or even where to go from here? Frustrated with not feeling authentic? Or maybe you’re stuck in the same pattern. Together, we will work to make intentional and sustainable changes.

Something to know about my approach is:

I pull from a myriad of therapeutic techniques that aim to empower and ground. I have extensive experience with college and graduate students, young adults, LGBTQ+ folx, and those who are navigating their various identities and life transitions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment issues
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Bisexuality
  • career burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Career Development
  • Career Stress
  • Coping Skills
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Domestic Violence
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Family Conflict
  • Gay Identity
  • Gender Affirmative Surgery Letters
  • gender dysphoria
  • gender exploration
  • Gender Identity and Affirmation
  • Gender Transition
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Kink
  • Lesbian Identity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Men's Issues
  • Nonbinary Gender Identity
  • Non-monogamy
  • Open Relationships
  • Queer Identity
  • Racial justice
  • Sex worker support
  • Transgender Issues
  • Veterans / Military Families
  • Women's Issues
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Caroline Hicks remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming