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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 Austin, Allandale, Chestnut, Downtown, or even East Oak Hill, 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.

Austin, TX Parenting Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Amanda Dishner
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explore boundaries, self-care, anxiety, grief, (in)fertility, adoption, pregnancy, postpartum, dreams, sexuality, parenting, caregiving, trauma, growth, & life balance.


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explore boundaries, self-care, anxiety, grief, (in)fertility, adoption, pregnancy, postpartum, dreams, sexuality, parenting, caregiving, trauma, growth, & life balance.

Something to know about my approach is:

I pull from a variety of techniques to cater our work together specifically for you. I quickly find your strengths and help you use them to access the change you desire. I support and empower you through the good, bad, and in-between.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum
  • Pregnancy
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Rebekah Jones-Williams
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In our first session, we'll gather information and discuss your therapy goals. Then, we'll address core beliefs, set goals, and identify barriers. We'll also talk about daily stressors and explore past experiences that contribute to current patterns. It's normal to feel more pain initially, but it's part of the process and will lead to greater peace. We'll set a pace that works for you.


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In our first session, we'll gather information and discuss your therapy goals. Then, we'll address core beliefs, set goals, and identify barriers. We'll also talk about daily stressors and explore past experiences that contribute to current patterns. It's normal to feel more pain initially, but it's part of the process and will lead to greater peace. We'll set a pace that works for you.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am a therapist who utilizes a variety of therapeutic approaches to help my clients. These include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, DBT, EFT, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Each approach is tailored to meet the unique needs of my clients and help them achieve their therapeutic goals.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Counseling
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • School Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma
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Laura Faiai
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we will use evidence-based practices to embark on a journey of healing and resilience, transcending the shadows of narcissistic abuse, grief, stress, and major life transitions.


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we will use evidence-based practices to embark on a journey of healing and resilience, transcending the shadows of narcissistic abuse, grief, stress, and major life transitions.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am genuine person who is passionate about helping people re-discover their resilience and inner strength. I offer a safe place for those navigating through stress, relationship issues, grief/loss and specialize in narcissistic abuse recovery.

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  • Aging Parents
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Chronic Stress
  • Co-Parenting
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Divorce and Separation
  • End of Life
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Job Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Narcissistic Abuse
  • Self-Esteem
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Nati Leal
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Together we will explore your life's struggles and prioritize your needs. We will work on developing a plan that will move you along your healing journey. Clients will learn how to cope, resolve conflict, and process their thoughts and feelings.


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Together we will explore your life's struggles and prioritize your needs. We will work on developing a plan that will move you along your healing journey. Clients will learn how to cope, resolve conflict, and process their thoughts and feelings.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is eclectic in nature and is specifically tailored to your needs. I mainly use techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and occasionally adapt other techniques my clients may benefit from. Therapy goals are centered around you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety Management
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Cancer
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Children
  • Children With Parents Diagnosed or Passed From Cancer
  • Chronic Stress
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Empowering Women
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Job Stress
  • Mild Depression
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Skills
  • Pre-Teens
  • Teen Depression
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Young Women
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Elizabeth Vargas
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utilize a variety of strategies in counseling, including expressive arts, play therapy, and digital therapy to provide various tools and strategies to meet the needs of individuals and support growth.


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utilize a variety of strategies in counseling, including expressive arts, play therapy, and digital therapy to provide various tools and strategies to meet the needs of individuals and support growth.

Something to know about my approach is:

I don’t use a one size fits all approach. I'm an integrative therapist and I work hard to find techniques and strategies that will fit the individual where they're at with the right amount of challenge and with something that will resonate with them.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adoption
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Aspergers
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Betting and Gambling
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bisexuality
  • Borderline Personality
  • Career Counseling
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Coaching
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Friendships
  • Gay
  • Geriatric
  • Grief
  • Hoarding
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Infidelity
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Internet Use
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Lesbian
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • Narcissism
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Pregnancy
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Prenatal
  • Psychosis
  • Relationship Distress
  • School Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sex Therapy
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teenagers
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Trauma
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Women
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