Is parenting your child a
challenge?
Do you need parenting
advice?
Would you like to improve your
parenting skills?
When you feel worried about your
child or frustrated with your child’s
behavior... getting information from us
can be your first step to becoming a more confident parent and
having a happier family life. We are licensed mental health
professionals with over 40 years combined experience,
specializing in children and family problems in the Wichita
area. We can help parents with parenting
tips, parenting advice, parenting articles, and parenting
skills building.
We help parents look at their parenting style and see
what is working and what is not. If you have issues you think
might be affecting your children, we’ll help you work through
them in therapy so that your children will not have the issues
you have.
If you are single
parenting... you know it is very
demanding and more than a full-time job. You may not have the support
you need to confidently parent your child. We can support you in single
parenting and teach you what your child may be expressing about
their needs through their behavior.
If you have conflict in
your marriage... we offer marriage
counseling. Many parents have differences in parenting
style and need help to learn to work together. When
parents are not working cooperatively enough together, children
do not behave nearly as well as they do when parents function
well as a team.
If you are in a shared parenting
arrangement... the communication between you
and the other parent may be causing extra stress for your
child. While the
children may greatly benefit from maintaining relationships
with both parents, conflict between the parents, or just
differences in parenting style, may be making your child’s life
more difficult. In
counseling, we can show you ways to minimize the effects of
conflict on your child and ways to make less than ideal shared
parenting situations work better.
If your family was dysfunctional
or you were not well parented.... you could also find
it beneficial to work with us in individual sessions and
explore how that has affected you and your
parenting. Many
parents who had rigid, authoritarian parents "over correct" out
of their desire not to parent like their parents did and then
have difficulty setting clear limits. The result? Disrespectful, demanding, or
out of control children who often acted
“entitled”.
High functioning adult survivors who come from
dysfunctional families (such as children of alcoholics)
may have children who do not have the confidence they
should have.
If your issues are affecting your child, we can help you
work through them and stop the family issues from
carrying over to the next generation.
If you are parenting a
teenager... life is especially
challenging. Even
in the best of circumstances, adolescents can test limits and
make you doubt yourself and your abilities. If you have an anxious teen
or a depressed teen, you need support for your child and advice
on how to help them. If you have a troubled teen who is acting
out, you need to get back in control.
If frustration or worry about your child
has brought you to our site, don’t wait to take the next
step. Call today! (316)
729-9965 For an appointment or
telephone
consultation.
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