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Parenting is a rewarding experience with ups and downs, but there are times when the downs are too much to handle on your own. A parenting therapist can devise strategies to help you get through difficult situations that arise as you’re parenting.

Many therapists specialize in working with parents, new mothers, and fathers trying to figure out how to be a better parent and partner. Wherever you are located in Maryland from Annapolis to Rockville or even Frederick, or anywhere else nearby, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Could Benefit from Parenting Counseling

Parent therapy may be helpful to you if you’re dealing with any of the following issues:

  • You’re a new parent and feeling stressed out.
  • You’re the parent of an older child and not sure how to best relate to them.
  • You are having problems in your marriage related to parenting or parenting styles.
  • You’ve relocated and things in your family feel unsettled.
  • You need to vent about your parenting frustrations.
  • You want to improve your parenting skills.
  • You want to figure out the type of parent you want to be.

Licensed therapist Mara Fisher has some thoughts to help parents. If you are feeling the stress and pressure of parenting, read this article: Is There a Right Way to Parent?

Help is Available: Get Parenting Therapy Today

Parenting is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do, and it can take a toll on you, mentally and physically. With a parenting therapist, you’ll be able to examine and remedy those problems that make parenting harder. To make finding a therapist easy, use Mental Health Match. Start by browsing below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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...notice when it is time to "update your view of yourself". Together, we will figure out how to help you move forward more empowered.

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My approach is grounded in the principles of CBT. I am very active and engaged in the session. My sessions include warmth, humor, and self-reflection.

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  • College Students
  • Mild Depression
  • New Parent
  • Parent-Child Relationship
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Find your power and purpose as you understand yourself more fully. Set healthier boundaries in both your professional and personal life, and break free from what holds you back. Enjoy stronger relationships and start living the life you deserve.

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I value collaboration and a holistic approach to therapy. We will examine the early experiences, relational patterns, and cultural identity factors that are unique to you and uncover the root causes of your problems to allow for healing and change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Healing From Relationships
  • LGBTQ+
  • Miscarriage
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Relational Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Women
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Karin Senft
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Identify the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are keeping you stuck. I will guide you in learning coping skills that help you through the hard stuff. You can build resiliency, self-worth, and the life and relationships you want.


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Identify the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are keeping you stuck. I will guide you in learning coping skills that help you through the hard stuff. You can build resiliency, self-worth, and the life and relationships you want.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use a client-centered, strengths based approach drawing from concepts of mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing. I am LGBTQIA and BIPOC affirming.

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  • Chronic Illness
  • Job Stress
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  • Relationships
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Approaching your goals will be a joint activity. We will identify what you need out of therapy and how we will get there. Whether it is exploring your past to find insight or looking towards the future and finding skills we will do it together.


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Approaching your goals will be a joint activity. We will identify what you need out of therapy and how we will get there. Whether it is exploring your past to find insight or looking towards the future and finding skills we will do it together.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe in providing a safe and supportive environment where I will collaborate with you to meet your goals in the way that feels best for you. I adjust my approach to enable you to learn new skills and apply them to your daily life.

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Dr. Yanet Vanegas
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Together, we will uncover the source of your challenges, understand the behavioral patterns causing distress, and create a plan that's both doable and effective. My goal is to help you and your child achieve success and build a brighter future.


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Together, we will uncover the source of your challenges, understand the behavioral patterns causing distress, and create a plan that's both doable and effective. My goal is to help you and your child achieve success and build a brighter future.

Something to know about my approach is:

Something to know about my approach is that I use evidence-based practices to help children, adolescents, and perinatal women. I focus on small, impactful changes, keeping your goals and how to best achieve them at the heart of every session.

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  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Child Disorders
  • Childhood Issues
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Eating Disorders
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Giftedness
  • High-Functioning Autism
  • Life Changes
  • Life Transitions
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Children with Anxiety
  • Parenting Children With Autism
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Postpartum Mood Disorders
  • Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Social Anxiety
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teen Depression
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