Services

The mission of The Parent Element is to provide effective and inspiring coaching sessions and workshops that catalyze your family to bridge the gap between what is and what could be.

Using the language of Appreciative Inquiry, we start from a positive place and build upon what is currently working well in your family. While counseling serves to heal past wounds, coaching begins where you currently are and moves forward from that point.

Our coaching services and workshops are incredibly personalized. What works well for one family, might not be effective for your situation. As parents, you know yourself and your family best. Consequently, our PCI Certified Parent Coaches® will not tell you what to do and what not to do. Instead we will ask a series of questions and, together as a team, co-create the best solutions for you and your family.

Coaching Services

Coaching services can be for individuals, couples, or small groups.

There are four phases of the coaching process, usually completed over at least six sessions, with ideally eight to twelve sessions to ensure sustainable changes.

Summary of the Phases

Phase 1 is a discovery process of what is and is not working in your current situation. This phase involves many questions about your day-to-day life with your family, especially related to how you're feeling about your experience as a parent.

Phase 2 is the time for articulating your preferred future for you and your family. Together we look at "what if", and realistically look at what your family's ideals would look and feel like.

Phase 3 is the time for taking action on the desired changes that move you and your family toward your preferred future. These changes, both small and large, are empowering and they serve as the outward signs of your desire to make positive changes within your family.

Phase 4 is the time for recognizing, celebrating, and adjusting to the changes that have taken place for you and your family. Our goal is long-term change, so we work to makes your well-earned changes sustainable and continuously beneficial.

Coaching Pricing

To effectively implement sustainable, long-term changes, it is recommended that clients complete at least six coaching sessions. However, this is only a recommendation, not a requirement.

Following the first free consulation, each coaching session is $70.00.

This cost includes a weekly or bi-weekly 50 - 60 minute phone conversation, a comprehensive summary of our call, and unlimited email access between calls.

Workshops

The following workshops focus on specific issues related to parenting. The timing is noted for each individual workshop, with each session being
1.5 to 2 hours in length.

Self-Care (2 sessions)
This workshop focuses on taking care of yourself so that you are better equipped to care for others. Exercises include time management, energy drains, and family stress.

Amplifying Strengths (2 sessions)
This workshop examines your distinctive strengths and how they apply to your parenting. We work towards appreciating the strengths and effectively utilizing them.

Goal Setting(2 sessions)
What does your "ideal" family look like to you?  This workshop takes the time to dream real dreams for you and and your family, and begins mapping out the necessary steps to reach those ideals.

Mindful, Purposeful Parenting
(1 session)
This workshop challenges the pace of our society and takes the time to examine our parenting strategies, looking for the benefits achieved through parenting with a purpose.

Media-Literate Families and Brain Compatible Parenting
(3 sessions)
Today's families are inundated with screen technologies. In order to preserve quality family time and promote healthy brain development, this workshop will help your family become media-savvy, self-regulated, and more aware.

Positive Education (2 sessions)
Our children's education serves as a major foundation for their future success. By enhancing parent/teacher communication skills, providing tips for homework, and nurturing a natural love of learning, this workshop helps to maximize the positive potential within the classroom.

Fostering Intrinsic Motivation (1 session)
An intrinsicly motivated child is self-motivated and internally fulfilled by doing what they believe is the right thing to do.  This workshop provides tips and strategies for encouraing the development of intrinsic motivation within your children.

Workshop pricing is dependent on the number of participants. Please call or email for more information.

(248) 854-3237 or emily@theparentelement.com