Affordable, Expert Parenting Support When You Need It!
Offering Online Parent Coaching & Consultations
We serve parents across the U.S. and English-speaking clients worldwide.
No long-term commitment. Only pay for what you need.
50 minutes - $125
Affordable payment options available. Click here to send us a message and we will send you more information.
Here's what you can expect.
Support you can trust, without the wait.
This means you'll have guidance from a pediatric parenting specialist (see coach info. below). It's easy to schedule your video session and simple to sign up. Whether you’re at home or at work on your lunch break, schedule a time that’s convenient for you. Appointments available usually within 2 business days.
What We Offer
Parent Coaching
Tackle common parenting challenges and tough topics.
Parent coaching is your go-to resource for quickly getting specific strategies and skills to handle various parenting situations. Whether you're facing challenges with communication, boundary-setting, screen-time or homework battles, school issues, behaviors, or empowering and supporting your child through a current situation, we can help.
Based on the principles of positive, mindful, and connected parenting, our parenting coaching sessions are a great way to elevate your parenting and add to your parenting toolkit. You'll come away from our sessions armed with mindful tips, scripts, and effective strategies and solutions to confidently understand and resolve common parenting struggles. You'll be able to apply them right away, in your everyday interactions with your child and begin to welcome more joy and harmony intro your parenting journey.
Parent Consultations
When you're feeling stuck or you want a new perspective.
Parent Consultations provide quick, problem-focused solutions. Gain targeted support for a specific parenting challenge or question. Consultations are ideal for getting resources, or for gaining quick insights on particular issues, guidance on finding services, determining what help your child or family might need, getting expert feedback on how you're addressing a particular issue, or help on preparing your child for something new.
Not sure which one you need?
That's okay, just schedule your appointment and we can figure it out together.
Let's meet.
We're here to support you. Let's connect and get started.
Meet your parent coach. Michelle Rigg, LCSW, RPT Parent Consultations and Parent Coaching sessions are scheduled with Michelle Rigg, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist. She has over 30 years of experience working with kids, teens and their families. She has held diverse roles, including Social Worker, Caseworker, Play Therapist, Psychotherapist, State Adoption Director, Vocational Rehab Worker for youth/adults with disabilities, Residential Treatment Director, Parent Educator, and Parenting Coach. She has guided hundreds of families through a wide array of unique circumstances and challenges. |
How to Get Started
1 First, contact us HERE to schedule your session. In preparation for your initial session, we'll send you a questionnaire you can fill out online to help us learn more about your needs. | 2 Next, we'll meet virtually at your scheduled time. During our 30-minute online session, we'll discuss your questions and provide you with support for your parenting concerns. | 3 Schedule additional sessions as needed. If you want to meet again, it's super easy! We love working families and helping them meet their parenting goals. |
Discover Ways To:
Increase cooperation
Strengthen connection with your child and in your family
Encourage strong emotional skills
Cultivate resilience
Lay the foundation for good mental health
Weather the storms when times are tough
Talk about tough topics with your child
Foster mindfulness in your child and your parenting
Nurture your child's self-esteem, navigate tantrums, foster empathy, and more!
Common Parenting Concerns
You Decide How You Want to Spend Your Time
Here's some of the questions we get from other parents.
Parent consultation sessions can help you figure out things like:
Parent coaching sessions can support you on issues related to:
Decreasing Challenging Behaviors
Find ways to improve cooperation with your child or teen. Learn practical techniques to handle tantrums, defiance, and communication issues. Receive easy-to-follow guidance on building better relationships and reducing conflicts at home.
Tackling Tough Topics
Get essential parenting guidance to navigate challenging conversations with your kids. Whether it's addressing anxiety, bullying, divorce, grief, or other sensitive subjects, we're here to provide the support and resources you need. You'll learn effective strategies for communicating with your children about difficult topics and meeting their specialized needs with confidence and compassion.
Boosting Your Child's Mental Health
Discover tools for nurturing your child's mental wellness. From cultivating a growth mindset to practicing mindfulness, you'll have resources that promote resilience and help your child or teen develop good mental health. During your sessions you can learn how to equip your child with the skills and mindset needed for strong mental health and overall well-being.
Nurturing Parent-Child Connection
Building a strong bond with your child is essential for their mental health, emotional well-being and your relationship. Discuss practical strategies and techniques to nurture and strengthen the parent-child connection. From fostering open communication to creating meaningful rituals and special, playful moments together, you'll find ways to understand your child's needs, validate their emotions, and create a safe and supportive environment where they feel valued and understood. Build a deeper connection with your child at any age-from infants to toddlers, teens and in-between.
Supporting Sibling & Family Relationships
Family and sibling relationships play a crucial role in a child's development, shaping their social skills, emotional intelligence, and sense of belonging. Parent coaching can provide you with the tools and guidance you need to nurture thriving relationships among your children and within your entire family. We will help you cultivate strong and harmonious connections within your family.
Guidance for School-Related Issues
Find assistance for various school-related challenges, including motivation, low academic performance, difficult behaviors in the classroom, homework battles, and school refusal. We offer practical guidance and strategies to help your child thrive academically and socially. Explore our resources to empower both you and your child to overcome obstacles and achieve success.
Skill-Building to Prepare Your Kids for Life
We are empowering parents with the knowledge and tools to raise resilient, capable, and independent children. Intentional parenting goes beyond just meeting the immediate needs of your children; it involves equipping them with essential life skills that will serve them well into adulthood. Discover practical strategies, proven techniques, and expert guidance to foster skill-building and independence in your children.
Enhancing Social-Emotional Development
Social-emotional skills are essential for building healthy relationships, managing emotions, and thriving in various life situations. Find resources, actionable strategies, and expert advice to help your child develop strong social skills, emotional intelligence, and resilience. From fostering empathy and communication to teaching self-regulation and coping strategies, we can provide the tools and techniques to support your child's holistic development and prepare them for success.
Taking Care of Yourself
We're committed to supporting parents in prioritizing their own well-being amidst the demands of parenthood. As a parent, it's easy to prioritize the needs of your children and neglect your own self-care. However, taking care of yourself is essential for maintaining physical health, emotional well-being, and overall happiness. Parent coaching can help you identify practical strategies, and receive expert guidance to help you prioritize self-care, manage stress, and nurture your own physical, emotional, and mental health. From establishing healthy boundaries to practicing mindfulness and practicing self-compassion, to managing anxiety, and reparenting, parent coaching sessions can provide the tools and techniques to help you thrive as a parent and role model self-care and mental wellness for your children.
Have More Questions About Parent Coaching or Consultations?
Check out the FAQ section below or contact us.
Can I bring my child to parenting coaching sessions?
The type of coaching provided is designed to work with parents directly and promote positive behavioral change while nurturing a strong parent-child connection. As such, these sessions are usually not meant to involve your child but to help you cultivate practical, successful strategies that you can use with your child or teen at home and school.
Can I use parent coaching or consultation time if my child or myself are in crisis?
Parent coaching and consultation is not for dealing with emergencies or a family crisis. Instead, it's about giving parents tools to handle everyday situations better, promoting ongoing growth and strengthening the family. For mental health emergencies, call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest emergency room.
How is coaching different than therapy?
Coaching provides solution-focused support on specific issues and is present problems and solutions for the future. Therapy addresses mental health concerns and may focus on exploring present emotions regarding past events, and typically addresses symptoms related to a mental health diagnosis. If it's determined that you or your child would benefit from therapy, we can offer you referrals to therapists in your area.
I’m worried that even if parent coaching proves effective now, my child's behaviors will regress down the line.
Life is an adventure, filled with twists and unexpected turns. While you and your child or teen can get better at managing new challenges and experiences that come your way, you cannot predict the challenges you may face in their future. It is not possible to anticipate the most effective means for helping with every potential situation. Many families find that “check-ins” or “booster” sessions down the road can help them to adapt as their family's needs evolve as their child(ren) grow and encounter new challenges. We are here to support you as your child gets older and will work with you to target issues that may develop over time.
What is the commitment?
During your initial call we will talk about what's going on in your family, and what you're hoping to gain from your session. We will explore the ways in which we may be able to help. There's no obligation to continue.
The cost of this 50-minute virtual session is $125. If we decide to continue meeting, then you can schedule future coaching sessions in 50 minute increments. Payment is due at the time of session booking. Fees are non-refundable. Interested, but concerned about the cost? Click here to send us a message and we'll send you a link with affordable payment options.
How many sessions do I need?
Everyone is different. While the tips and strategies can be instantly implemented following a single session, most parents we work with tend to experience significant growth and improvement following several meetings, especially for more complicated situations, such as parenting an anxious child, adoptive cases, blended families, or significant behavioral challenges. In these situations, more sessions may be needed. For parents interested in 5+ parent coaching sessions, please ask us about session bundles and discount offerings.
How frequently would we need to meet?
If you choose to do more than one session, then you decide what frequency works best for you. It could be every week or every other week, or even once a month, depending on the extent of the issue and how much implementation time you want to have between sessions. In our experience, every week or every other week works best when you’re just getting started with coaching.
Can I use insurance for parent coaching or parent consultations?
Parent Coaching and Parent Consultations are typically not covered by insurance. Check with your insurance provider for more information.
Can I use my HSA card to pay for Parent Coaching or Parent Consultations?
Potentially. Every plan is different, so you would need to ask your provider directly. If you have an HSA, check with your provider to confirm if your HSA account can cover coaching costs.
Is parent coaching completely confidential?
Yes, we would only give out information if you specifically authorize us to do so or if there was a safety concern.
Do you offer parent coaching services in specific locations?
We offer parent coaching and consultations nationwide across all 50 states.
International coaching available in English.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
How do I prepare for a virtual parent coaching session?
Find a quiet/private place - ideally not at work. Don't be driving in a car, confirm a stable internet connection, and bring your questions.
Meet your parent coach. Michelle Rigg, LCSW, RPTCurrently, all Parent Consultations and Parent Coaching sessions are being scheduled with Michelle Rigg, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist. She has over 30 years of experience in social work, psychotherapy, and play therapy. She has guided hundreds of families through a wide array of unique circumstances. |
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