Frequently Asked Questions About Parent Coaching

 I offer parent coaching for families navigating adolescence and young adulthood in a changed developmental landscape.

This work focuses on helping parents adjust how they support their child so they’re building skills without rescuing, lecturing, or escalating conflict. We focus on practical strategies—scaffolding independence, identifying missing skills, and reducing daily power struggles—so home feels more workable and less exhausting.

Parent coaching is offered in a few clear options:

Single sessions — $175 (60 minutes)

90-Minute Planning Session — $260
A one-time session to clarify priorities and build a concrete plan.

4-Week Parent Coaching Realignment — $675 total
A Real & Ready container to adjust support, rebuild scaffolding, and reduce daily friction at home.
Includes 4 sessions + light between-session support for brief clarification or plan adjustments.

Ongoing options are available for families who want continued support as skills build and scaffolding gradually fades

Yes—I work with teens directly, and I also offer parent coaching. The best fit depends on the goal.

Teen coaching is a great fit when a teen wants support with things like executive functioning, neurodivergent learning profiles (including ADHD and autism), managing anxiety or stress, academics, confidence and self-esteem, relationships, motivation, planning, and follow-through. This can also include support around identity, belonging, and LGBTQ+ stressors in a way that’s practical, grounding, and skill-building.

Parent coaching is the better fit when the goal is improving what’s happening at home—communication, boundaries, conflict patterns, routines, and scaffolding independence. In those cases, parents are the primary focus, and teens may be involved strategically, but the work starts with the parenting system.

We’ll decide the best path during an initial consultation based on what you’re seeing, what you want to change, and what will build skills (not just short-term compliance).

Yes—I work with young adults directly, and I work with parents of young adults.

Young adult coaching is a strong fit for executive functioning, neurodivergent support (including ADHD and autism), managing anxiety or stress, academics or college planning/prepping, confidence and self-esteem, relationships, work readiness, follow-through, and building real-world independence skills. It can also include support around identity, belonging, and LGBTQ+ stressors as young adults navigate independence and relationships.

Parent coaching is the better fit when the goal is recalibrating support at home—how to scaffold without rescuing, how to adjust expectations to match development, and how to step back as capacity grows.

We’ll sort out the best fit during an initial consultation so support matches what’s actually needed right now

 Therapy looks at the past and focuses on diagnosing and treating mental health conditions. Coaching is present and future oriented. It helps you understand where you are now, clarify what you want, and build tools to move forward in a grounded, realistic way.

I am therapy trained, but I do not diagnose or treat mental health conditions in this setting.

I work with emotions, identity, stress, and real life transitions in a way that feels conversational and practical.

The consultation is a clear, practical conversation to understand what’s happening and decide what kind of support fits best.

We’ll cover:

• Current stressors and what’s most difficult right now

• What you want to be different (goals, priorities, what would feel like relief)

• What support would fit going forward- Parent coaching vs. Teen/Young adult coaching

By the end, we’ll choose the best next step based on your situation—whether that’s a single session, a 90-minute Planning Session, the 4-Week Parent Coaching Realignment, parent coaching with teen involvement, or individual coaching for a teen or young adult.

No pressure, no sales script. Just a clear plan for what makes sense next.

 Yes. Coaching conversations are confidential and handled with care and professionalism.

As a licensed clinician, I am a mandated reporter, which means confidentiality may be broken if there is concern about harm to self or others, abuse, or other situations required by law.

Many parents wonder if they can just ask AI for advice—and AI can be a helpful tool for gathering ideas, language, or perspective.

Where families tend to get stuck isn’t in knowing what to do—it’s in shifting patterns in real time: how support is offered, how expectations are set, and what happens under stress when things fall apart or don’t match “textbook” advice. In those moments, context, judgment, and human perspective are what make the tools usable.

We’re also parenting a generation growing up alongside AI. Today’s teens and young adults have unprecedented access to information, tools, and shortcuts—but less practice with judgment, decision-making, frustration tolerance, and internal scaffolding. That creates a different developmental landscape, not a lesser one.

Coaching helps parents respond to that shift by building skills AI can’t provide: regulation under pressure, discernment, follow-through, accountability, and relational repair. It helps families translate information into lived experience.

I use AI as a support tool to help organize information, clarify options, and streamline planning, but the coaching itself is grounded in human insight, relational understanding, and real-time problem-solving. It’s the combination that supports real change.