Empower your children
Build agency, confidence, and responsibility.
Positive parenting
with a plan.
The first job of parents is to love their children. The second is to teach, form, and guide them to live as responsible, happy adults. We give you the structure to do both.
- Proactive, not reactive
- Boundaries, choices, consequences
- The waVe families program
We help parents:
Parenting is the hardest job there is. We help you:
Manage defiance
Respond to oppositional behavior calmly and consistently.
Teach agency and communion
Balance independence with connection to the family.
Build a positive family culture
Create cohesion and warmth that everyone wants to be part of.
Parents are the executives of the family.
Parents provide leadership through rules, roles, and structure. Proactive rather than reactive parenting is the key to success, and the investment you make in structure pays dividends over the years.
The family is the first place children learn about boundaries, choices, and consequences. Families that do this well set their children up for success in the world.
“When families are at their best they are supportive, caring, and empathic.”— Alira Family Therapy
waVe families: with a Vision we all excel.
Too often children see parents as the only obstacle to their happiness. With waVe families, the rules and the obstacles change.
Set a shared vision
Parents and children agree on what the family is working toward.
Build the structure
Clear rules, roles, and routines that support the vision.
Work together
Children become partners in the family’s success, not opponents.
Turn your parenting from a battle into a blessing.
Questions about parenting support.
We support parents of children and teens. For school struggles, see academic performance for teens.
It helps when caregivers are on the same page, but you can start on your own.
We are not an emergency service. Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, free and available 24/7. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.
Parenting doesn’t come with a manual.
But it can come with a plan. Let’s build yours.
Emily Brown, Client Care CoordinatorSchedule a consultation with Emily to be matched with the right therapist or coach for your needs and your timeframe.Parents & families · In person in Los Gatos and by telehealth