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Special Parents
After 10 years as a special education teacher, I’ve had the privilege of working very closely with children with special needs and their families. During this time I’ve seen how parents become used to daily struggles that take a toll in their life’s.
Raising a child with special needs can be exhausting, overwhelming, and sometimes can make us feel lonely as we are limited into isolation. It could keep us from doing the things that we love, sometimes easy things such as exercise and even a full night of sleep. This definitely could catch up with you.
You start feeling irritable and anxious, and the people around you don’t understand how hard it is and what you are going through.
According to research, being a special needs parent can have a significant effect on your physical health and your mental health. It is more likely to cause you anxiety and depression than other parents.
There are many ways to find the balance that you’re looking for. In therapy, you will be able to work on addressing some of the challenges that you’re facing, find balance, feel understood, not being worried about judgment and more importantly, you will be allowed to feel your feelings.
One of the most common things that special needs parents tell me is that they often are unsure of what their child’s future holds, and they realize that they should prioritize taking care of themselves too and taking the necessary steps to keep themselves and their child happy.
Through therapy, I help parents develop the skills to advocate for themselves and their children. Many of the parents that I see in counseling have horror stories about how they were treated. They wish that they had the courage to speak up for their child and for themselves.
Together, we can make sure that your child is receiving the support that they need in school, at the doctor’s office, and everywhere else! Many of the special needs parents that I see in counseling struggle with being able to speak up.
Being a special needs parent can make you question everything that you thought about yourself. I work with parents to help them come to terms with their own feelings and expectations, as well as process emotional grief and acceptance.
How Therapy Works For You?
Raising a child with special needs can be exhausting, overwhelming, and sometimes can make us feel lonely as we are limited into isolation, you are not alone, let’s schedule a session.
I will never judge your journey, and it is definitely not fair to downplay the difficulties of being a parent of a child with special needs. My style of counseling is a combination of strategies and knowledge to help parents make changes that will work for their children and I consider every family to be unique.
There is a perpetual living cycle for parents who raise kids with special needs. It can be easy to get overwhelmed with thoughts about where their child should be when they transition into their new lives and what happens after the yellow bus stops showing up. We can work through these difficult thoughts and emotions that may bring anxiety and other symptoms so that you can focus on future planning.
Yes, I can help you develop routines and implement approaches that will bring some peace to your life, as an experienced special educator I’ve acquired strategies over the years that can help, however, since every family and every child is unique we can also plan together what will work for your family best.
Hearing that your child has a disability can be overwhelming, not knowing how to help or what to do next can cause so much anxiety. We can walk the path together of acceptance, we can process what this new diagnosis will entail and how to move forward.
Marriage and raising children can be stressful already, when adding a child with special needs there are more added hardships that a couple must endure, unfortunately, this can strain the marriage. In couples or marriage counseling, we can work on communications skills, bonding strategies, problem-solving, and healthy conflict resolution.
Yes, we can work together to put anger, pain, or frustration aside and focus on your children’s wellbeing while taking into consideration the added components of a special needs diagnosis. We can put together visitation and parenting plans that can suit your family and more importantly your child.
Our Priority
Our priority is helping you heal. We use a variety of therapeutic approaches that will allow you to strengthen your awareness, nurture, heal, and achieve positive changes.
Relationship
We strive to develop an strong connection, our priority is understand you and your world.
Counseling
Our counseling approach is flexible and concentrates to meet clients needs. As such we have outdoor sessions for those clients that feel more comfortable in an open space.