Therapist in San Marcos helping Parents who Struggle with Anxiety.

Lately, you have noticed how you’re “losing it” with your kids, especially over little things. You love them but they are getting on your very last nerve. You’re not trying to be critical, but so many things seem so difficult. You just want to be a good parent, do things right, and raise happy, healthy kids.

But you find yourself in daily power struggles over what they eat or don’t eat, how they dress, or how they participate in school. It can be a small issue, but your brain takes it and runs with it to a bad outcome where your child is doomed to fail in life. Something as simple as teeth brushing turns ugly.

You told yourself you would never parent that way.

With all the endless worries, you’re becoming a nervous, on-edge parent. Repeating patterns you wish you could stop. You remember what it was like to have a parent worried about everything you did and didn’t do. Remembering your parent’s frustration with you brings back so many feelings. Now as a parent, you just want to parent a different way, with less fear and more connection with your child.

My name is Tami and I’m a licensed therapist providing therapy in San Marcos, CA. I help parents whose anxiety is the driving force in how they parent. I help them with the fears that their child will get hurt or worse, or their child won’t do well in school or be liked.

The fears go on and on like a never-ending loop in your head.

Your brain plays these bad movie trailers about the future of your life and the life of your child. I help parents to become more confident, slow down their thoughts, and respond more calmly so they no longer have to be exhausted and burdened.

Together, we can identify goals for therapy and you can work toward becoming a parent who is able to enjoy parenting and be more present for your children. You can learn to be in charge of how you parent, rather than letting anxious thoughts take control.