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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 Gainesville, the suburbs of Gainesville, other nearby places such as Apopka, Jacksonville, or anywhere else in Florida, 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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My goal in our therapy or coaching sessions is to help you tap into your own resilience as you deepen insight, foster personal empowerment, and create meaningful, lasting changes in your life and relationships.

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My experience as a wilderness therapist has taught me the immense power of relationships- relationships with ourselves, our significant others, and with nature- for personal growth and self-actualization. Relationships are everything!

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I work with couples, affair recovery, sexual issues, pregnancy, and postpartum support for couples or individuals. I offer a non-judgmental space for healing and growth using evidence-based approaches like Gottman, CBT, EFT, and mindfulness.

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Explore and work through past traumas, discover more about the self, learn skills to cope with stress and interpersonal skills, and improve family relationships - all in a warm and nonjudgmental environment.

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I focus strongly on CBT, or how behaviors, thoughts, and feelings interact and affect each other, as well as EMDR which allows the brain's natural healing processes to work on past traumas. With children, play and/or art are always incorporated!

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discuss goals and come up with a plan to help clients reach their potential. Change and growth is exceptionally difficult, in practice we navigate these challenges together.

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In working with me, I take a goal oriented approach to therapy. I try to uncover the underlying issue to get to the root of the problem. Many of my clients have seen progress through this in all aspects of their life.

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I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness, which are powerful tools for individuals seeking personal growth and change. My goal is to help clients transform their lives through increased awareness and compassion, while also fostering resilience, human connection, and genuine well-being.


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I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness, which are powerful tools for individuals seeking personal growth and change. My goal is to help clients transform their lives through increased awareness and compassion, while also fostering resilience, human connection, and genuine well-being.

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I use a variety of techniques like CBT, mindfulness, and positive psychology to help individuals, couples, and families find balance and satisfaction in life. I also specialize in trauma-focused CBT and solution-focused therapy.

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