Parenting


The parenting of young children, pre-teens, and adolescents can be difficult to navigate. Many parents often feel frustrated and unsure of how to better understand and address their child’s behaviour, as well as the underlying developmental and emotional needs that impact behaviour. Many parents report that the frequent use of methods such as 'time-outs', rewards, consequences, explaining, lecturing, and demanding are often ineffective, provide only a temporary 'fix', or ultimately fail to enhance the development of their child or teenager.

I have a strong interest, and training, in teaching effective parenting skills that, in addition to helping behaviour concerns, also help parents understand the important developmental, emotional, and neurobiological needs of their child. Through consultation sessions, parents learn how to respond to their child in ways that not only have positive and long-lasting behavioural results, but also enhance the emotional and psychological development of their child. In addition, these methods help parents to build healthier and more secure relationships with their child, something research is showing is essential for promoting healthy psychological functioning, and positive behaviour in children and adolescents.

Through parenting sessions, you will learn to:
  • Enhance the behavioural and emotional development of your child
  • Communicate more effectively with your child
  • Address aggression
  • Respond effectively to resistance, counterwill, and ‘tantrums’
  • Re-set parent-child boundaries
  • Implement effective and attachment-safe discipline methods
  • Build a better parent-child relationship

For more information about parenting consultation sessions, please call 519-936-5542.


For New Mothers

For new mothers needing in-home post-partum support, counselling, and parenting consultation, please visit www.mothercarelondon.com.



Parenting…One of the greatest builders of the brain, mind, and self of a child.