Parent Coaching
What are your hopes and desires? What are your challenges and frustrations? What do you want to change? Parent coaching is the best way to make sure those changes actually happen in real life.
You don't have to do everything alone. I will walk right beside you. You just have to show up, ready and willing.
Real change for your family is
just a call or a click away.
With parent coaching, I'm often surprised by how little it takes to make significant progress. But sometimes it takes real and sustained effort - old habits can be stubborn, and your kids might have no intention of making this easy. That's OK. We work a little harder. The greater the effort, the greater the reward.
In every coaching session, we work on two levels: your immediate challenges, and building your Three-legged Stool. We play the short game and the long game at the same time. Solving today's challenges always serves your long-term goals - and your long-term goals always shape how you solve today's challenges. No effort is wasted.
We also work on developing essential parenting skills. Effective parenting involves a whole lot more than just acquiring the right information. It requires actual, real-life parenting skills.
Gaining those skills hinges on three simple, but not so easy, steps: knowledge, understanding, effective action. Without all three, our parenting will never be complete, and we will be frustrated.
Step one: knowledge. What do we need to know? As parents there are so many things we need to know. For example: Children need to be loved. Children need boundaries.
Step two: understanding. Knowing is not enough. We must also understand. Knowing children need love and boundaries will not help us if we do not have a good enough understanding of what those realities mean. Why do children need love? Why do they need boundaries?
Step three: effective action. Knowing and understanding are not enough. We must also be able to act effectively. Understanding our child’s love and relationship needs must become words and actions that actually meet those needs. Understanding the need for boundaries must become words and actions that successfully set and maintain those boundaries.
As your parent coach, I will walk with you through all three steps. That last step, effective action, is where the real step-by-step coaching happens. So, how does the three step process work? read more
Schedule a 20 minute free introductory call today and find out if parent coaching is for you. Free call
“I really can’t thank you enough for your help in getting us to a better place. Meeting one on one with you was so helpful. Our family is back on track and things are going great!”
Self-schedule, reschedule, and cancel online.
Phone or video call or *in-person near Raleigh NC
SINGLE SESSION OPTIONS
20 minute intro call - free
30 minute session - $45
60 minute session - $85
How online scheduling works. Click on any Scheduling button. Choose your appointment type and click “book.” Select an available time. Fill in your contact information and make a payment. It is as simple as that.
You can reschedule or cancel at any time as long as it is three hours or more before your session is supposed to begin.
MULTI-SESSION PACKAGES
10 (ten) one-hour sessions for $695 (save $155)
5 (five) one-hour sessions for $375 (save $50)
3 (three) one-hour sessions for $235 (save $20)
With multi-session packages, the online scheduler will keep track of how many sessions you have booked.
You can book a single session or multiple sessions at a time.
The biggest advantage of multiple sessions: getting into a rhythm. Every session ends with strategic and specific homework assignments - the one or two things you are going to work on before the next session. You work on those assignments with the reassuring comfort that you will be able to discuss what worked and what didn’t work at the next session. When we meet again, we start by reviewing the assignments and seeing what, if anything, needs tweaking. We also go over any new questions or concerns. And then we push forward into the next homework assignments. This rhythm of learning, practicing, and reviewing produces real change that lasts.
The most effective multi-session schedules:
Once a week: Best for high-urgency situations or parents who want rapid momentum.
Every other week: Best for busy schedules and giving families ample time to practice skills between check-ins.
If you do not find a time that works for you, send me an email with some times and dates that do work for you, and I will get back to you within two business days. No promises, but I will try my best to accommodate you.
james@lovingandeffective.com
*In-person coaching in the greater Raleigh, NC area
Your home: please email me and let me know how you would like me to contact you. I will contact you within two business days, and we can figure out what will work best for you. james@lovingandeffective.com (There will be an additional charge for my travel time.)