Parent Coaching
Parent coaching is an individualized approach developed by Dr. Susan Finkel.
Working with parents who want assistance in becoming more effective in their parent skills, Dr. Finkel meets with the parents to discuss their specific issues and questions and creates a plan based on that familiy's particular needs.
The overall aim is to help the parents create a more happy and sucessful family life.
Dr. Finkel is based in Seattle and Olympia in Washington State and San Francisco and Burlingame in California. She can be reached at all times on her cell phone and by email.
Free seminars in Seattle: "Helping Parents Talk with Children." Please click on Appearances for more information.
The Goals
- To help parents understand what their child’s behaviors mean
- To examine how parents’ actions may be affecting their child
- To develop specific and individualized plans for changes in parent actions
- To improve the child’s and parents’ experiences so that the family becomes
a source of joy for both.
The Challenge
Raising children is perhaps the most important work we ever do.
It can also be the most challenging.
Every stage of child's development is different and, at times, perplexing.
And each child is unique.
As parents, we want to help make our children’s lives happier and our family
life more pleasurable, yet we receive little objective guidance to help us.
Seen from a fresh perspective, however, these challenges can become opportunities
for change and growth.
The Opportunities
Parent Coaching is not therapy.
Rather, parent coaching is aimed at helping you make specific changes in the present.
Together, we will examine your family situation, discuss your concerns about your child,
and develop concrete plans of action that can dramatically and substantially
improve your family life.