Parent Coaching
Empowering Parents, Strengthening Families
Raise Resilient, Confident Kids
Strengthen secure relationships and foster your child’s resilience, independence, and connection.
Strategies That Actually Work
We provide proven, research-backed strategies to help you parent with confidence.
Here When You Need Us
Parenting isn’t easy. Get evidence-based support tailored to your family’s needs.
Parent Smarter, Not Harder
Guidance for the Toughest Job You'll Ever Love
Parenting is rewarding but challenging. VMA Psych’s Parent Coaching offers practical, evidence-based support for behavioural, emotional, and family concerns. Our counsellors help build confidence, strengthen relationships, and develop effective strategies tailored to your family.
DEFINITION
What is Parent Coaching?
Parent Coaching is a collaborative, goal-oriented service designed to help caregivers manage challenges at home while strengthening the parent-child relationship. Sessions focus on skill-building, insight, and customized strategies that align with your child’s developmental stage and your family’s values.
Coaching is available as a stand-alone service or as part of a broader treatment plan in collaboration with your child’s therapist or care team.
Parent Coaching Can Help With
Navigating behavioural or emotional challenges at home
Strengthening parent-child relationships
Managing transitions (e.g., divorce, school changes, family shifts)
Understanding neurodiversity and supporting children with ASD, ADHD, or learning differences
Developing routines, boundaries, and consistency
Reducing parental stress and burnout
Aligning parenting styles between co-parents or caregivers
A desire to parent with more intention, connection, and confidence
How it Works
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Initial Consultation: Explore your parenting challenges, family dynamics, and goals.
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Coaching Sessions: Receive practical strategies and tailored guidance in regular sessions.
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Assess Your Needs: Identify specific areas where support or guidance is needed.
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Skill Building: Learn evidence-based tools to strengthen connection and manage behaviours.
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Set Goals: Collaboratively define realistic, actionable parenting goals.
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Progress Review: Evaluate outcomes and adjust approaches as your family's needs evolve.
How it Works
1
Initial Consultation: Explore your parenting challenges, family dynamics, and goals.
2
Assess Your Needs: Identify specific areas where support or guidance is needed.
3
Set Goals: Collaboratively define realistic, actionable parenting goals.
4
Coaching Sessions: Receive practical strategies and tailored guidance in regular sessions.
5
Skill Building: Learn evidence-based tools to strengthen connection and manage behaviours.
6
Progress Review: Evaluate outcomes and adjust approaches as your family's needs evolve.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Supportive & Collaborative
A warm, non-judgmental space focused on your family’s unique needs and goals.
Actionable Strategies
Actionable tools you can use immediately to improve family dynamics.
Flexible, Ongoing Support
Tailored 50-minute sessions with regular check-ins to track progress and adapt support.
Is Parent Coaching Right For You?
Parent Coaching is a great fit for caregivers who want practical tools and emotional support without committing to long-term therapy. If your child is already receiving services at VMA Psych, your Parent Coach can also collaborate with their clinician to ensure continuity of care
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens during a parent coaching session?
Expect a warm, non-judgmental space for your concerns, collaborative goal-setting tailored to your family, practical tools you can use immediately, and ongoing check-ins to track progress and adapt strategies.
How are parent coaching sessions structured?
Our 50-minute sessions are flexible and tailored to your needs, whether you need single sessions or ongoing support. We focus on providing personalized strategies to help you reach your parenting goals.
What issues can VMA'S parent coaching help with?
Parent coaching at VMA Psych addresses behavioural and emotional challenges, strengthens parent-child bonds, manages transitions, supports neurodiversity (ASD, ADHD, learning differences), develops routines and boundaries, aligns co-parenting, and fosters intentional, connected, and confident parenting.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens during a parent coaching session?
Expect a warm, non-judgmental space for your concerns, collaborative goal-setting tailored to your family, practical tools you can use immediately, and ongoing check-ins to track progress and adapt strategies.
How are parent coaching sessions structured?
Our 50-minute sessions are flexible and tailored to your needs, whether you need single sessions or ongoing support. We focus on providing personalized strategies to help you reach your parenting goals.
What issues can VMA'S parent coaching help with?
Parent coaching at VMA Psych addresses behavioural and emotional challenges, strengthens parent-child bonds, manages transitions, supports neurodiversity (ASD, ADHD, learning differences), develops routines and boundaries, aligns co-parenting, and fosters intentional, connected, and confident parenting.
