A crucial aspect of the support we offer parents is helping them identify internal triggers that are activated when their children behave or express themselves in certain ways. What exactly is a trigger? It’s an internal, often uncomfortable experience triggered in the present moment but stemming from a past memory, typically associated with an unmet need.

For instance, imagine your child begins to scream because they want to watch more TV, despite your refusal. Your internal reaction might be: “I’m not being heard; my voice doesn’t matter; I’m not being respected.” In that moment, your child is just expressing a need or a want, but your internalized experience resonates from childhood, when you felt unheard or unimportant. As a parent today, your response may echo how you reacted as a child in similar situations, or how you wished you could have responded but couldn’t. Typically, when parents’ triggers are activated, their reactions tend to be quite intense—they either explode or shut down. After the activation has occurred, it’s common for them to experience feelings of guilt or shame.

Children have a knack for pressing these trigger buttons within parents, sometimes seeking a reaction, while other times acting without understanding why. We believe the system presents these challenges so parents can integrate their past and move forward in life.

In this therapeutic environment, we encourage you to identify the internal triggers that arise within you, to explore their origins, and to meet those needs from an adult perspective, enabling growth and progress. Additionally, we take a systemic approach to understanding these triggers, recognizing that some may be connected to similar experiences within your family system.

If this resonates with you, then this is the right space for your journey.

Fee:

$165 1hr