Holistic Parenting Consultations in Palm Desert, CA

You have read the books and listened to the podcasts and watched the videos, but when you try to put these parenting skills into practice, you feel like you just aren’t doing it right. The scripts are helpful but not fitting exactly into the situations occurring in your life. You really want to improve what’s happening in your relationship with your child, but you’re feeling at a loss.

Shift Your Focus with a Consultation

Consultations for a variety of developmental considerations are available. Infant sleep, establishing routines, introducing solid foods and toilet learning are common topics parents are bombarded with information about during the early years of their child's life. Discussing your options from a child development perspective can help you to create the plan that fits best with your child and your family's needs. 

As children age, questions about social emotional skills growth and support, managing behaviors, navigating discipline, and the introduction of siblings can all create huge periods of transition for families. In my work with children, youth and families, I see many areas of growth that can be addressed in consultative sessions. 

I Work with Parents Just Like You

Hi, I’m Lauren. I support parents as they explore how to create the relationship they’d like to cultivate with their child as well as how to make the wider family unit feel more cohesive. Sometimes this can look like family therapy, at other times, just one or two sessions of a parenting consultation designed to focus on how to establish particular rules, boundaries and ways to support the parent and child relationship is all that’s needed.

Co-Parenting Consultations

Whether you are parenting with your spouse, partner or former partner, you are in a co-parenting relationship and it’s common to think about ways to raise a child from different perspectives. Consultations to address the ways you would like to work together to parent your child can provide a third party perspective to not only your relationship as co-parents, but also to clarify the needs of your child based on his/her developmental and emotional stage of life.

Technology Boundaries That Work for Your Family

In today's digital world, one of the most challenging aspects of parenting is navigating screen time, social media, gaming, and device usage. You know boundaries are important, but every attempt to set limits seems to end in conflict, tears, or a battle of wills that leaves everyone frustrated.

You're not alone in this struggle. Many parents feel caught between wanting to protect their children from excessive screen time while also respecting their growing independence and social connections. The rules that work for one family might not fit yours, and generic advice often misses the nuances of your child's temperament, age, and specific needs.

Through parenting consultations, we can work together to create a technology plan that feels right for your family. We'll explore age-appropriate boundaries that make sense developmentally, discuss how to introduce and maintain these limits in ways that preserve trust and connection, and develop strategies for navigating the inevitable pushback without damaging your relationship with your child. Whether you're dealing with a toddler transfixed by tablets, a tween wanting their first phone, or a teenager gaming late into the night, we can create a framework that balances safety, development, and family harmony.

Let’s Explore The Issue Together

I’d love to discuss whatever your particular issue is and help you identify the solutions that exist for your current child and family make-up. Click here to schedule your free 15-minute phone consultation for parenting consultation sessions in Palm Desert. My other specialties include pregnancy, pregnancy loss, postpartum, infertility, and hypnotherapy.