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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 Kentwood, the suburbs of Kentwood, other nearby places such as Grand Rapids, Muskegon, or anywhere else in Michigan, 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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Carol Agnew
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My 20+ years of work with couples, individuals and children has given me the expertise to help you live your best life. I have a fondness for working with couples and children, helping people cope with anxiety and depression and helping parents.


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My 20+ years of work with couples, individuals and children has given me the expertise to help you live your best life. I have a fondness for working with couples and children, helping people cope with anxiety and depression and helping parents.

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I have 20+ years of experience working with marital and divorce issues, including infidelity and communication problems. I am straightforward and honest and understand how hard life can be when things are out of balance.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Anxiety
  • Borderline Personality
  • Bullying
  • Co-Parenting
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Dependent Personality Disorder
  • Depression
  • Engagement
  • Grief
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Marriage
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Separation
  • Stepfamilies
  • Teenagers
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Trauma
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma
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Amy Kate Petersen
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Typically, early sessions focus on your story, inner understanding of life, and what motivates you. From there, we will look with intention at your challenges, clarify goals, and explore next steps toward hope and healing.


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Typically, early sessions focus on your story, inner understanding of life, and what motivates you. From there, we will look with intention at your challenges, clarify goals, and explore next steps toward hope and healing.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am a client-centered, relational, and integrative counselor. I believe you are capable of increasing wholeness and well-being. I draw from a variety of counseling theories which promote discovery, insight, mind-body-spirit connectedness.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Life Transitions
  • Parenting
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
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Meredith Ries
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Clients and I work together to find coping strategies that are effective for them, process through thoughts and emotions, and develop treatment plans that address client goals.


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Clients and I work together to find coping strategies that are effective for them, process through thoughts and emotions, and develop treatment plans that address client goals.

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I offer coping tools, communication techniques, information on boundaries and processing of traumatic experiences.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Borderline Personality
  • Child Abuse
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Friendships
  • Grief
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Women
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Ashley Stender
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I focus on working together with families and keeping the kids' needs at the center of everything we do.


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I focus on working together with families and keeping the kids' needs at the center of everything we do.

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My job is to help them with their behavior and mental health. I work closely with community organizations to make sure my clients get the support they need.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adolescent Risk Behaviors
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Children of Divorce
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Family Conflict
  • Family Dynamics
  • Family Trauma
  • Family Violence
  • Finances in a Relationship
  • Grief
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Sibling Relationships
  • Teen Trauma
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Alexandria Schiraldi
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We will utilize a strengths-based approach using cutting-edge interventions to create a space to let your feelings and experiences be expressed and identified, and help you learn strategies to implement and better cope.


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We will utilize a strengths-based approach using cutting-edge interventions to create a space to let your feelings and experiences be expressed and identified, and help you learn strategies to implement and better cope.

Something to know about my approach is:

I draw on various modalities focused on gaining insight into thoughts, feelings and behaviors such as EMDR, IFS, and CBT. I recognize that you are on a journey that started long before me and want to work on discovering your authentic self.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adopted Children
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Ancestral Trauma
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Birth Trauma
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Childhood Issues
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Children
  • Children of Divorce
  • Complex Anxiety
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Family Conflict
  • Family Dynamics
  • Family Trauma
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Inner Child
  • Mild Depression
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting Children with Anxiety
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sibling Relationships
  • Social Anxiety
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Trauma
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