Parenting Issues
Do You Need Parenting Therapy?
- Ongoing anxiety from always arguing with your partner or child
- Feeling like you have to be cautious around your partner or child to avoid arguments
- Feeling that your parenting is inadequate due to your child's bad behavior
- Fears that your child's behavioral issues or uncontrolled emotions will only get worse as they get older
- Worries that childhood trauma will affect your child as an adult
- Fears that your own past is affecting your parenting
What Parenting Issues Can Be Treated With Parenting Therapy?
If you have underlying mental or emotional issues, then parenting might be very challenging for you. For example, if you have anxiety or depression, normal parenting issues might prove to be more than you can deal with. Parenting therapy can help alleviate problems with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and stress. During parenting therapy, you will learn coping skills for stress and other triggers. If you have anger problems, then therapy can also help you control your anger, so that it doesn’t cause problems in your relationship or parenting.
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Excessive worry or concern
- Panic attacks
- Anger
- Irritability
- Feeling hopeless or helpless
Types of Parenting Therapy
There are a few different ways you can take part in therapy to mitigate stress in your family life.
- Individual therapy is helpful if you need to learn more about behavioral health in children. The therapist may recommend that you begin a self-care routine and take time for yourself.
- Family therapy typically addresses issues affecting the entire family. Each family member can voice their own concerns. Parents can address any issues that are bothering children.
- Couples therapy can help both parents improve their parenting skills by strengthening their marriage or partnership. It can also help them resolve any disagreements.
How Mental Health Issues Can Affect Parenting
- Single parents are two times more likely to have mental health issues
- If you're a woman and over 35, you're more likely to have a mental health concern
- Those with finance struggles are also more likely to have mental health problems
What Happens During Parenting Therapy?
If you decide to seek therapy to resolve any parenting issues that you’re experiencing, you can expect the therapist to show you the skills you need to improve your family communication, cope with stress, confront your worries and fears and resolve conflicts between your family members. During therapy sessions, your therapist will give you parenting homework to apply in your daily life. Your progress will be monitored as you continue to attend sessions. You can generally expect your parenting therapist to ask for a meeting with your spouse and child as well. Both parents should participate in therapy for it to be most effective.
Menachem Psychotherapy Group in Los Angeles specializes in psychotherapy for individuals, families, couples and groups. If you’re having parenting issues and don’t know where to turn for help, contact them today for more information about parenting therapy and how it can relieve your stress and improve your life.