For Parents
How is it that being a parent can make life so meaningful at one moment, and yet at another be so upsetting? Most parents experience significant struggles with their raising their children at different periods in life. Unfortunately, children don’t arrive with their own instruction manual and many parenting books assume that if you do what the book says, their child will comply. Sometimes that isn’t enough. Counseling can help parents be more like the parent they want to be. 
Parents consult with Kent Campbell to talk about practical techniques for guiding children through the hurdles of development. He helps parents consider options for how to effectively discipline children and promote their growth. Children crave both structure, limits and predictability as well as loving acceptance. Most of us as parents find we are more comfortable providing one or the other. Talking with Kent can help clarify your strengths as well as areas where you can improve your parenting skills.
Parents consult with Kent Campbell to talk about practical techniques for guiding children through the hurdles of development. He helps parents consider options for how to effectively discipline children and promote their growth. Children crave both structure, limits and predictability as well as loving acceptance. Most of us as parents find we are more comfortable providing one or the other. Talking with Kent can help clarify your strengths as well as areas where you can improve your parenting skills.At a deeper level, parenting a child can also stir up painful issues the parent experienced as a child or earlier in life. In this case, the parent entering into therapy can help address these feelings, memories, and expectations that hinder healthy development of their own children. Parents doing their own work in therapy is often the most helpful change for the family; it is also a way to make it more likely that the child will be secure in his or her emotional attachment.
Parents also gain value from talking about ways to keep their marriage alive and well, while giving so much time and energy to their children. Many parents find that they give so much to the children that there is not much time or effort left for the couple relationship. Talking with a therapist can help create a space to talk about communication, making time for one another, and looking at what might be getting in the way of the couple’s relationship.
Kent Campbell, MFT
1210 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 114, San Jose, CA 95128
(408)757-7323 & www.KentMFT.com
Kent Campbell, MFT © 2010
Counseling adults, adolescents, and children for the communities of San Jose, Santa Clara, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Campbell, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Los Altos.
