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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 New Jersey from Atlantic City to West New York or even Newark, or anywhere else nearby, 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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Through the process of therapy, we will work together to help you increase awareness of your own emotions and help you learn safe and effective ways to express your thoughts., navigate transitions and become the best version of yourself.

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I realize that starting therapy can be a vulnerable and sometimes intimidating experience, which is why I work to create a safe space where you and I can work collaboratively to explore your concerns and help get you "unstuck".

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Courtney Minarsky
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Make connections between your childhood experiences and how you view yourself and the world today, understand your triggers, reduce feelings of shame, enhance self-compassion and replace old, unhelpful personal narratives with new, positive ones.


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Make connections between your childhood experiences and how you view yourself and the world today, understand your triggers, reduce feelings of shame, enhance self-compassion and replace old, unhelpful personal narratives with new, positive ones.

Something to know about my approach is:

I view all of my clients as resilient people capable of growth and healing. I focus on a combination of enhancing insight into behaviors and emotions as well as teaching concrete techniques for coping, communicating needs and making positive changes.

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Martha Womack
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focus on helping you cope and reduce your distress. The process of self-discovery can lead to an increased understanding and acceptance of yourself. It can also lead to an expansion of comfort with all aspects of yourself.


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focus on helping you cope and reduce your distress. The process of self-discovery can lead to an increased understanding and acceptance of yourself. It can also lead to an expansion of comfort with all aspects of yourself.

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My approach is strength-based and focuses on using curiosity to attend to those areas of a client’s current functioning which enhance addressing daily challenges and those which interfere with daily functioning.

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Ashley Levins
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learn more about yourself. We can identify goals, process traumatic experiences, make a game plan for finishing tasks you've been putting off, and hopefully laugh. My goal is to help people feel more confident and comfortable using their voice.


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learn more about yourself. We can identify goals, process traumatic experiences, make a game plan for finishing tasks you've been putting off, and hopefully laugh. My goal is to help people feel more confident and comfortable using their voice.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use a systemic approach in session. This means we can learn how relationships (family, friend, work), pressure to make choices, and difficulties maintaining boundaries impact your overall wellbeing. We can find tools to help you feel better too.

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  • career burnout
  • High-functioning anxiety
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Dr. Kim Knight
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In order to work together productively, we will collaboratively create a space where you can be heard, feel valued, and be appropriately and effectively challenged. In turn, you will find inner strength, resilience, and compassion for yourself.


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Together, we will:

In order to work together productively, we will collaboratively create a space where you can be heard, feel valued, and be appropriately and effectively challenged. In turn, you will find inner strength, resilience, and compassion for yourself.

Something to know about my approach is:

As a clinician, my focus is always on what’s in your best interest. Therapy is not an easy road, but I do my best to ensure we are constantly on the same page, moving at a comfortable pace, and working towards the same goals.

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