Parent Counselling

Supporting parents through parenting challenges

Parenting can be deeply rewarding, and at times, incredibly hard. Many parents seek parent counselling when they feel unsure, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns that don’t feel helpful for them or their child.

Living Counselling offers online parent counselling for parents who want space to reflect, gain clarity, and feel more confident in how they respond to their child’s needs. This is a supportive space where you don’t need to have all the answers, just a willingness to explore what’s going on.

Common parenting challenges I support

Parents often seek counselling for parents when they are experiencing:

  • Ongoing parenting challenges or self-doubt
  • Difficulties with parent-teen communication
  • Concerns about their child’s emotions or behaviour
  • Therapy for anxiety in their child
  • Struggles with boundaries, routines or consistency
  • Feeling overwhelmed, reactive or emotionally drained
  • Uncertainty about how to best support their child

Parent counselling is not about judging your parenting, it’s about offering parenting support that helps you feel more grounded, informed and supported.

How counselling supports parents

Parent counselling focuses on supporting you to:

  • Better understand your child’s emotional world
  • Strengthen parent-teen communication
  • Respond to behaviour with greater clarity and confidence
  • Set boundaries that feel calm, consistent and sustainable
  • Reduce stress, guilt and self-blame

Through counselling, parents often gain deeper insight into understanding your child, while also learning how to care for themselves in the process.

how it works

All parent sessions are offered via online parent counselling, making it easier to access support around busy family life.

Online counselling allows you to:

  • Attend sessions from home or another private space
  • Fit support around work, school and family commitments
  • Reflect and talk openly without interruptions
  • Access consistent support regardless of location

Sessions may involve parent-only support, or may be integrated alongside child, teen or family counselling, depending on what best supports your family.

Who parent counselling is suited for

Parent counselling may be helpful if you are:

  • A parent feeling overwhelmed or unsure how to respond
  • Parenting a child or teen who is struggling emotionally or behaviourally
  • Wanting support to strengthen your relationship with your child
  • Seeking guidance, reassurance and practical strategies
  • Looking for calm, professional parenting support

You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from parent counselling. Many parents seek support early to build confidence and prevent challenges from escalating.

Getting started

If you’re considering parent counselling, online parent counselling, or counselling for parents, you’re welcome to get in touch.

Support for parents matters, and seeking help is a strong, thoughtful step.

Enquire or book an online parent counselling session today.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Not always. Parent counselling can be parent-only, especially when the focus is on understanding your child, strengthening communication, or building confidence in your parenting approach.

In some cases, parent counselling may sit alongside child, teen or family counselling, depending on what best supports your family.

No. Parent counselling is not about judgement or blame.

It’s a supportive space to reflect, understand patterns, and explore what might help you and your child feel more connected and supported. Many parents find it reassuring and empowering rather than corrective.

Yes. Parent counselling can still be very helpful, even if your child or teen is not ready to engage. Supporting parents often has a positive flow-on effect within the family and can improve communication, boundaries and emotional safety over time.

Yes. Sessions balance emotional support with practical guidance. We can explore communication, boundaries, responses to behaviour, and ways to better understand what your child may be expressing through their actions or emotions.

Not always. Parent counselling can be parent-only, or alongside child, teen or family counselling, depending on what’s most helpful.

No. Parent counselling is supportive and non-judgemental. It focuses on understanding, confidence and practical support.

Yes. Supporting parents often leads to positive changes at home, even if a child or teen isn’t ready for counselling.

Yes. Sessions offer both emotional support and practical guidance around communication, boundaries and understanding your child.