Dr. Amber | Psychologist

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Maybe your emotions are not the problem… But as parents, we often have so many expectations for our emotions that simply are not realistic. Emotions don’t disappear just because we intellectually understand something about our child. Just let them be! P.S. I talk all about this and more in Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) 🌱. It is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be. ⬇️ Visit mt website to learn all the details for how to join us in January 2027!

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You were probably raised one of two ways: 🔹 Too strict 🔹 Too soft But now you are raising your own kids. It’s clear: Your kids don’t need harsh control. AND they don’t need zero boundaries. 👉🏾 They need clear expectations + genuine connection with YOU. This is what I like to call “Just Right Parenting”. It’s FIRM, CALM. and always LOVING. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be consistent. My favorite thing about millennials parents is how deeply we care about getting this right AND….when it becomes FEAR, we have a bigger problem. I’m so grateful to guide the parents in this 1st cohort of Becoming The Parent You Needed 🌱 This topic came up last week in our group and I’m so glad it did! So much more to come for these parents now that we are addressing how to move fear out of the way ❤️ P.S. I talk all about this and more in Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) 🌱. It is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be. ⬇️ Visit my website to learn all the details for how to join us in January 2027!

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Maybe your emotions are not the problem… But it’s your inability to have them and just let them be! A lot of parents come into therapy believing they need to feel LESS. Less overwhelmed, less irritated, less anxious. But eventually we start to learn something different ➡️ It’s not the emotions themselves that are causing the most distress. It’s what happens when those emotions are: ❌ ignored ❌ suppressed ❌ pushed aside ❌ dismissed Emotions don’t disappear when we avoid them. They find other ways to show up: → irritability → anxiety → withdrawal → disconnection So the work isn’t to get rid of your emotions. It’s to learn how to recognize, process, and express them, EVEN when it feels uncomfortable. 😮‍💨 Because when emotions have somewhere to go, they don’t have to come out sideways. 🌸 Does this resonate with your experience? If you want a deeper understanding of your emotional patterns, my book 📖 ‘A Parent’s Guide to Self-Regulation’ is a good place to start. #parenting #psychologist #emotionalregulation #therapy #consciousparenting