Parent Coaching

5 Sessions

Parenting often involves navigating the space between your aspirations and the day-to-day reality of guiding a growing child through life. What starts as occasional behavioral challenges can become recurring patterns that strain family dynamics. As kids test limits, it’s easy for parents to respond inconsistently or emotionally, sometimes reinforcing the very behaviors they’re trying to change.

Our Parent Coaching plan offers a focused, five-session structure that blends evidence-based behavioral strategies with a modern understanding of child development. It’s designed to help you address specific challenges while also building a stronger, more connected parent-child relationship.

The plan begins with a thorough assessment of your current approach, then moves into actionable strategies for setting boundaries, reinforcing positive behavior, and creating consistent routines. Each session builds on the last, offering practical tools you can apply right away.

Sessions are delivered primarily through our secure virtual platform, with limited in-office options available.

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The art of raising children is really about raising oneself from many unconscious attitudes. - Haim Ginott

This plan is for parents and caregivers in all types of families who want support with specific behavioral concerns or are looking to strengthen their overall parenting style. While occasional behavioral challenges are a normal part of child development, ongoing patterns that cause family stress or disrupt your child’s functioning can benefit from structured, evidence-based guidance.

You might feel like every day is a power struggle, or that routines like bedtime, homework, or screen time leave everyone frustrated. If you’re finding it hard to stay calm, consistent, or connected in your parenting, this plan can help you create a greater sense of harmony at home.

Common indicators for this plan include:

Recurring behavioral issues like tantrums, defiance, or aggression
Difficulty setting and maintaining consistent boundaries
Parent-child power struggles or communication breakdowns
Challenges with specific routines (bedtime, homework, mealtimes)
Sibling conflicts and rivalry
Parenting through developmental transitions or milestones
Co-parenting challenges or inconsistent parenting approaches
Desire to move away from reactive parenting patterns
Need for age-appropriate discipline strategies
Interest in fostering children's emotional intelligence and resilience
Parenting a child with special needs or unique behavioral challenges

Why you might choose this plan

What to expect

In-person, telehealth or both

How long does therapy take?

Many parents don’t realize that structured coaching—grounded in clinical research—not only reduces behavioral challenges but also improves connection and confidence within the parent-child relationship. Our approach goes beyond general parenting advice to deliver personalized, actionable strategies tailored to your family’s needs.

We start with a comprehensive assessment to understand your parenting style, current concerns, and family dynamics. You’ll learn to identify the patterns and triggers behind challenging behaviors, and gain tools for shifting those dynamics at home. Your therapist will walk you through strategies for setting clear expectations, using positive reinforcement, and creating consistency that supports lasting change.

Each session blends foundational concepts with practical techniques you can start using right away. You’ll also have opportunities to practice new strategies between sessions, with your therapist offering feedback and adjustments to help you build momentum. By the end of the five sessions, most parents report significant improvements in child behavior, reduced family conflict, and greater confidence in their parenting approach.

Therapy Lab clinicians hold advanced degrees in clinical psychology, clinical child psychology, or related science-based clinical practices, with specialized training in evidence-based parenting interventions. Research shows that structured parent coaching is consistently more effective than general parenting advice or unstructured supportive counseling.To learn more, please see the resource below.

About Therapy Lab therapists

Forgatch, M. S., & Patterson, G. R. (2010). Parent Management Training—Oregon Model: An intervention for antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. In J. R. Weisz & A. E. Kazdin (Eds.), Evidence-based psychotherapies for children and adolescents (2nd ed., pp. 159–177). Guilford Press.
Kazdin, A. E. (2005). Parent management training: Treatment for oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. Oxford University Press.
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Sanders, M. R. (2012). Development, evaluation, and multinational dissemination of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program. Annual review of clinical psychology, 8, 345-379.