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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 Houston, Astrodome Area, Braeswood, Briar Forest, or even Eldridge, 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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Kristen Helms
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explore and identify patterns in your life that are no longer serving you. We will identify actions you can take to feel more in control of your emotions and thoughts, create and sustain fulfilling relationships and find joy in your life again.


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explore and identify patterns in your life that are no longer serving you. We will identify actions you can take to feel more in control of your emotions and thoughts, create and sustain fulfilling relationships and find joy in your life again.

Something to know about my approach is:

My experience in CBT informs my practice but I believe the relationship between the client and therapist is at the foundation of the work. I believe in the power of recognizing our patterns and finding ones that serve us better.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Anger Management
  • Life Balance
  • Mood Regulation
  • Parenting
  • Professional Women
  • Relationship Distress
  • Substance Use
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Matt Trietsch
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We will journey together at your pace, not mine, to help ease your distress. I work from a humanistic orientation weaving together psychoeducation, EMDR, CBT, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Psychoanalytic Therapy.


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We will journey together at your pace, not mine, to help ease your distress. I work from a humanistic orientation weaving together psychoeducation, EMDR, CBT, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Psychoanalytic Therapy.

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With me you'll experience an empathetic, healing, understanding, authentic, and trusting spirit who accepts and celebrates you as you are. I also provide incredible wit, sass, humor, and a spirit of compassionate directness.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Anxiety
  • Assault
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Burnout
  • Career
  • Chronic Pain
  • Coming Out
  • Coming Out of a Cult
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  • End of Life
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  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Transition
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Transitions
  • Open Relationships
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Polyamory
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Religious Identity
  • Religious Trauma
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Shame
  • Spiritual Trauma
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Kedian Dixon
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explore issues such as navigating relationship issues and challenging family dynamics, major life transitions, boundary setting and emotional trauma. I often help clients with low mood, anxiety, work stress and burnout. I see couples and individuals.


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explore issues such as navigating relationship issues and challenging family dynamics, major life transitions, boundary setting and emotional trauma. I often help clients with low mood, anxiety, work stress and burnout. I see couples and individuals.

Something to know about my approach is:

I come from a trauma-informed background so I allowed you to lead when working through something that may feel uncomfortable or difficult. I also do my best to provide a space where you feel heard and validated in what you’re feeling.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Black Women
  • Boundaries
  • Burnout
  • Career Burnout
  • Caribbean Women
  • Confidence
  • Couples
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Identity
  • Imposter Syndrome
  • Interracial Relationships
  • Job Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Mid-Life Issues
  • Parental Burnout
  • Perfectionism
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Professional Women
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
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  • Women
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  • Workplace Issues
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Amanda Trost
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reduce & manage symptoms of depression and anxiety, process grief and trauma, improve relationships, and change behavioral patterns such as procrastination, perfectionism, or people pleasing. Often, this work feels empowering and life changing.


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reduce & manage symptoms of depression and anxiety, process grief and trauma, improve relationships, and change behavioral patterns such as procrastination, perfectionism, or people pleasing. Often, this work feels empowering and life changing.

Something to know about my approach is:

We help adults who experienced childhood abuse and trauma heal and create new ways of managing their reactions. Sharing your story can help you understand your current behaviors and relationships, and create a plan for healing.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Boundaries
  • Burnout
  • Career Burnout
  • Career Change
  • Child Abuse
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Education
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Family of Origin
  • Family Trauma
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Healing From Relationships
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Imposter Syndrome
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Postpartum
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Sibling Relationships
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Isolation
  • Teachers
  • Teen Depression
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Workplace Issues
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Sheila K. White
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Explore belief systems, values, self-compassion, courage, goals


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Explore belief systems, values, self-compassion, courage, goals

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I am deeply empathetic. I am curious about others and I genuinely care about them.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Communication Skills
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Engagement
  • Families
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
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  • Self-Acceptance
  • Work-Life Balance
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