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The strongest predictor of a child's wellbeing is a parent's self-understanding.

-Dan Seigel

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I help parents better understand what’s behind their child’s behavior, strengthen connection, and build real-life skills that last

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Parenting with

Means:

  • Understand the "why" behind your child's behavior.

  • Reduce power struggles, tantrums, and daily conflicts.

  • Build stronger connection, trust, and cooperation.

  • Gain practical, science-backed parenting tools.

  • Align parenting approaches and reduce family stress.

  • Parent with greater confidence, clarity, and intention.

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“I was extremely reluctant to ask for help. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve made as a dad...”

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School Communities

  • Improve classroom behavior and student engagement.

  • Develop effective, child-specific behavior interventions.

  • Increase staff confidence when managing challenging behaviors.

  • Build trauma-informed and regulation-focused support strategies.

  • Create greater consistency across classrooms and school environments.

  • Reduce disruptions and increase time spent learning.

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With more than 15 years of experience as a child therapist, I help parents and educators navigate challenging behaviors by leading playfully and confidently. My approach is grounded in the science of attachment and interpersonal neurobiology.

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  • The last two nights I was helping my son with his math homework and I was able to stay regulated. That felt like a huge accomplishment! Especially because he wasn't. It was interesting though when I was able to stay calm, it brought him back down and he even apologized for getting an attitude. It was nice and very different."

    — Mother of 7th grader

  • Kristi is marvelous at bringing families together and supporting both children and their parents. Our family was in a very dark place and Kristi was instrumental in helping us to navigate through it. We are SO grateful for her.

    — Dad of 4 Adopted Children

  • My husband and I came to Kristi when our youngest was struggling with intense anger and emotions. We thought we were coming to help him, but Kristi helped us become more regulated, capable parents so we could better support him. The work was incredibly transformative. He’s 16 now, and after years of struggle, it’s extraordinary how much we enjoy him and how proud we are of him—and ourselves. Kristi is stellar!

    — Mom of 2 teenage boys