Our Services
Parenting Therapy & Coaching
Raising children doesn't come with a manual — you don't have to figure it out alone.
You Don't Have to Parent Alone
Parenting is one of life's most rewarding experiences, but it can also be one of the most challenging. Every child is unique, and what works for one child may not work for another. Many parents find themselves feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, frustrated, or unsure of how to respond to difficult behaviors, emotional struggles, or family conflict.
At Catherine Cundy & Associates, we believe there is no such thing as a perfect parent. Our goal is not to help you become perfect — it is to help you become more confident, connected, and effective in your parenting.
Through parenting therapy and coaching, we help parents understand their child's behavior, strengthen family relationships, improve communication, establish healthy boundaries, and create a home environment where both parents and children can thrive.
Whether you are parenting a strong-willed child, navigating ADHD, struggling with co-parenting after separation, or simply looking for more effective parenting tools, we are here to support you.
Parenting Is About More Than Behavior
Many parenting programs focus solely on stopping unwanted behaviors. While behavior matters, we believe effective parenting begins with understanding what is driving the behavior.
Children communicate through their actions. Defiance, emotional outbursts, withdrawal, anxiety, aggression, and attention-seeking behaviors often signal underlying needs, developmental challenges, stress, emotional dysregulation, or unmet connection needs.
Our therapists help parents look beyond the behavior to understand the child while also providing practical tools that create structure, accountability, and healthy family functioning.
Our Parenting Philosophy
We integrate evidence-based parenting approaches that emphasize both connection and accountability. Our goal is to help parents create relationships built on trust, respect, emotional safety, and healthy boundaries.
Love and Logic®
Building Responsibility Through Empathy and Natural Consequences
Love and Logic is a practical parenting approach that helps parents raise responsible, resilient children while reducing power struggles and conflict. Rather than relying on constant punishment, lectures, or arguments, Love and Logic teaches parents to respond with empathy while allowing children to experience the natural or logical consequences of their choices whenever possible.
Parents learn how to:
- Set firm and loving limits
- Reduce arguing and power struggles
- Encourage responsibility and independence
- Teach problem-solving skills
- Foster accountability without shame
- Remain calm during challenging situations
One of the core principles of Love and Logic is that children learn best when they are allowed to experience the consequences of their decisions within safe and supportive boundaries.
Triple P – Positive Parenting Program
Practical Skills for Raising Confident, Healthy Children
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) is one of the most extensively researched parenting programs in the world. It focuses on helping parents build positive relationships while developing effective strategies for managing behavior.
Parents learn how to:
- Promote emotional development
- Strengthen positive behaviors
- Set clear expectations
- Respond consistently to challenges
- Increase confidence in their parenting
- Reduce family stress
Triple P strategies can be adapted to children of different ages and developmental stages, making it a flexible and effective framework for many families.
Gottman Emotion Coaching
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children
Based on the research of Dr. John Gottman, Emotion Coaching is a parenting approach that helps parents become aware of their child's emotions — and their own — and use emotional moments as opportunities for connection, teaching, and growth. Dr. Gottman's research found that children who are emotion-coached by their parents develop stronger emotional intelligence, better self-regulation, healthier relationships, and greater resilience compared to children raised in homes where emotions are dismissed or punished.
Parents learn how to:
- Recognize and validate their child's emotions
- Stay calm during emotional moments
- Empathize without excusing misbehavior
- Set limits while acknowledging feelings
- Help children label and understand their emotions
- Problem-solve collaboratively with their child
Gottman's research identified five steps of Emotion Coaching: (1) Be aware of your child's emotions, (2) Recognize emotional moments as opportunities for connection, (3) Listen with empathy and validate feelings, (4) Help your child label their emotions, and (5) Set limits while problem-solving together. Emotion Coaching does not mean permissiveness — it means teaching children that all feelings are acceptable while guiding them toward appropriate behavior.
Adlerian Parenting Principles
Encouraging Connection, Belonging, and Mutual Respect
Adlerian parenting is based on the belief that all children have a fundamental need to feel connected, capable, and significant within their families. Rather than asking, "How do I stop this behavior?" Adlerian parenting encourages parents to ask, "What is my child trying to accomplish through this behavior?"
Parents learn how to:
- Mutual respect
- Cooperation
- Emotional connection
- Responsibility
- Encouragement
- Problem-solving skills
Adlerian parenting emphasizes teaching rather than punishing and helping children develop a sense of belonging and contribution within the family system.
Specialized Parenting Support
We offer targeted support for some of the most common and challenging parenting situations families face.
Co-Parenting Therapy
Helping Parents Work Together for Their Children's Well-Being
Parenting after separation, divorce, or relationship conflict can be incredibly challenging. Even when parents care deeply about their children, differences in parenting styles, communication difficulties, unresolved hurt, or ongoing conflict can make co-parenting difficult.
- Improve communication
- Reduce conflict
- Create consistent parenting approaches
- Develop effective boundaries
- Make child-centered decisions
- Navigate transitions between households
- Minimize children's exposure to adult conflict
Our focus is not on resolving the former romantic relationship but on helping parents build a healthier co-parenting partnership that supports their children's emotional well-being.
Parenting the Strong-Willed, Oppositional, or Defiant Child
Looking Beyond the Power Struggles
Many parents of oppositional or defiant children feel exhausted and discouraged. Constant arguments, refusal to comply, emotional outbursts, and ongoing conflict can create significant stress for the entire family. We help parents understand that oppositional behaviors often reflect deeper struggles involving:
- Emotional regulation difficulties
- Anxiety
- Sensory sensitivities
- Executive functioning challenges
- Trauma or attachment concerns
- Power and control dynamics
- Developmental needs
Our therapists work with parents to develop strategies that reduce escalation, strengthen connection, establish healthy authority, and create more effective responses to challenging behaviors.
Parenting Children with ADHD
Understanding the Brain Behind the Behavior
Children with ADHD often struggle with skills rather than motivation. Difficulties with attention, impulse control, emotional regulation, organization, and executive functioning can create challenges at home, school, and in relationships. Many parents become frustrated because traditional parenting approaches may not work consistently with ADHD-related behaviors.
- How ADHD impacts the brain
- Executive functioning challenges
- Emotional regulation difficulties
- Impulse control and motivation
- School-related concerns
- Strategies that support success at home
Our goal is to help parents move from frustration and confusion toward greater understanding, connection, and confidence while helping children develop the skills they need to thrive.
Parent Coaching vs. Parenting Therapy
What's the difference?
Parent Coaching
Often focused on practical solutions, skill-building, and behavior management strategies. Coaching can help parents implement effective tools, improve consistency, and address specific parenting concerns.
Parenting Therapy
Goes deeper by exploring family dynamics, attachment patterns, relational challenges, parental stress, childhood experiences, and emotional factors that may impact parenting.
Many families benefit from a combination of both approaches.
Common Parenting Concerns We Help With
Our Goal: Stronger Families, Not Perfect Families
Parenting is not about controlling children — it is about guiding, teaching, connecting, and helping them develop the skills they need to become healthy, capable, and resilient adults.
Every family experiences challenges. Seeking support is not a sign of failure; it is a sign of commitment to your child, your family, and your growth as a parent.
At Catherine Cundy & Associates, we partner with parents to create practical solutions, strengthen family relationships, and help children and parents thrive together.
Ready for Support?
Whether you're navigating daily parenting challenges, struggling with a strong-willed child, co-parenting after divorce, or seeking new tools for parenting a child with ADHD, we're here to help. Together, we can create a parenting plan that fits your family's unique needs.