Counselling For Parents
Tailored Parenting Sessions
A way to reflect on your role as parents, to look after yourself, and to equip your family with tools to get through challenging periods.
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Parenting Sessions
As teenagers grow, balancing their need for independence with the guidance they still require can leave many parents feeling uncertain. If your teen refuses to attend school, gets into trouble, or shows disrespectful behavior, it’s natural to feel frustrated and unsure how to respond. Miscommunication with your partner can add to the stress, especially when your approaches to parenting don’t align.
At Mindful Me, we’re here to support parents through these challenges. Our expert counselors offer practical strategies and guidance to help you regain a sense of direction. Whether you attend sessions alone or with your partner, we work with you to address your family’s unique needs, improve communication, resolve conflicts, and manage difficult behaviors. Our goal is to help you foster stronger, more connected relationships so your family can thrive.
We’re here to walk with you through the next stage
Parent-Child Conflict
breakdown in communication or understanding of each other
Life transitions struggling to adapt to new environments or family circumstances
Undefined Parenting Roles difficulty in identifying where each parent stands and resolving conflicting parenting styles
School Refusal
practical tools to manage resistant behaviour at school and at home
Co-Parenting/Blended Family Integration
exploring a child-focused approach to new parenting dynamics
Identity exploration
finding the balance between being a parent and being yourself
How do we get started?
Let’s have a quick chat
Our first session is about getting to know you
We’ll get started on a plan and creating your toolkit
We reflect on your progress and review your goals
How we help
We tailor our sessions to meet the unique needs of each family. This can mean having a combination of individual sessions, family sessions, or parenting sessions to make sure we resolve the issue from all angles.
How to bring up counselling
with my Partner?
with my Partner?
Convincing a resistant partner to attend therapy can feel challenging. They may see it as an admission of failure, fear being judged, or believe that the issues aren’t significant enough to warrant outside help. To encourage them, avoid framing therapy as something “they need to fix.” Instead, emphasize that counseling is a way for both of you to improve your communication and parenting, and that it’s about strengthening your family, not assigning blame.
Share what you’ve learned about the therapist and suggest starting with just one session to explore how it feels. If they refuse to go, consider attending on your own. Sometimes taking the first step yourself can inspire them to join later.
