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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. Whether you are located in downtown Akron, the suburbs of Akron, other nearby places such as Cleveland, Cuyahoga Falls, or anywhere else in Ohio, 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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Learn how to come to terms with past events that have led you to this point and accept, rather than fight, feelings such as anxiety, grief, guilt, and shame. I can also help you learn skills to build a life that you are happy to wake up and live.


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Learn how to come to terms with past events that have led you to this point and accept, rather than fight, feelings such as anxiety, grief, guilt, and shame. I can also help you learn skills to build a life that you are happy to wake up and live.

Something to know about my approach is:

Many of my clients come to me at pivotal points in life (i.e. becoming a father). Continuing down the path they are on will not be satisfying or sustainable. My goal is to meet people where they are at to work on what their goals are for change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Fatherhood
  • Health Anxiety
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness and Disease
  • Parenting
  • Social Anxiety
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In therapy, we can discuss and process your relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, self-esteem, stress, substance abuse, sadness, anger, or other life struggles or transitions.


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In therapy, we can discuss and process your relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, self-esteem, stress, substance abuse, sadness, anger, or other life struggles or transitions.

Something to know about my approach is:

I have a client-centered approach and try to create an atmosphere of dignity and respect. I use best practice interventions to reduce symptoms and promote recovery in resolving life issues to create optimal health and well being for my clients.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Grief
  • Parenting
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Suicide loss
  • Trauma
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lean into your strengths to navigate life changes, relationships, careers, and overall growth.


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lean into your strengths to navigate life changes, relationships, careers, and overall growth.

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I am a collaborative provider. I truly believe you are the expert in your world, and I am here to support your journey for empowerment and growth.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bicultural
  • Cultural Issues
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Skills
  • Relationship Distress
  • South Asians
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Carley Trillow
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get rid of the guilt and anxiety that comes with always thinking about others. I want you to feel like you're enough in your relationships - and safe enough to make mistakes and experience conflict.


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get rid of the guilt and anxiety that comes with always thinking about others. I want you to feel like you're enough in your relationships - and safe enough to make mistakes and experience conflict.

Something to know about my approach is:

as a recovered People Pleaser, I won't bullshit you. I'll let you in on my thought process so you never have to leave guessing! Parts work & EMDR are "like therapy magic". Clients share relief for finally finding something that resonates.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adoption
  • Adult ADHD
  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Affairs and Cheating
  • Aging Parents
  • Anger Disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Behavior Change
  • Betrayal Trauma
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar II
  • Body Acceptance
  • Body Image
  • Boundaries
  • Breakups
  • Career Change
  • Caregivers
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Childhood Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Fear
  • Chronic Stress
  • Climate Change Stress
  • Codependency
  • Communication Skills
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
  • Confidence
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Coping Skills
  • Dating and Romance
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Developing Secure Attachment
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Dissociation
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Empowering Women
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Family Dynamics
  • Friendships
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Graduate Students
  • Grief
  • Guilt
  • Habit Change
  • Helping Professionals
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
  • Holistic Wellness
  • Imposter Syndrome
  • Impulsive Behavior
  • Inner Child
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Life Changes
  • Loving Someone with Addiction
  • Medical Trauma
  • Narcissistic Abuse
  • Neurodivergence
  • New Parent
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • People Pleasing
  • Perfectionism
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Religious Trauma
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Shame
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Isolation
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Toxic Families
  • Trauma
  • Women
  • Working Professionals
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Erin Beach
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Together we will be curious and explore your experience in a warm, safe, and non-judgmental way. We will make meaning out of life experiences, and identify goals that best meet your needs. We will create a space in which you can reflect and heal.


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Together we will be curious and explore your experience in a warm, safe, and non-judgmental way. We will make meaning out of life experiences, and identify goals that best meet your needs. We will create a space in which you can reflect and heal.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is flexible, integrative, and holistic. I aim to build a safe & meaningful therapeutic space with you, and this may look a little bit different for each individual. For me, the therapeutic connection can be healing and powerful.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Birth Trauma
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Chronic Illness
  • Communication Skills
  • Complex Trauma
  • Complicated Grief
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Families
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • Life Transitions
  • Mild Depression
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma
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