Look, you’ve already tried the DIY route. You’ve consumed more parenting content than you care to admit: the Instagram reels, the expert-recommended book lists, the group chat threads where everyone seems to have it figured out. And yet, here you are. Still stuck. Maybe the advice contradicts itself. Maybe you know what to do but can’t access it when your kid is melting down at bedtime and your nervous system is shot. Or maybe you’ve been so laser-focused on your child’s behavior that you haven’t stopped to look at what’s driving the whole dynamic.
That’s where we come in.
We built Therapie with a specific kind of person in mind: someone who’s sharp, self-aware, and used to performing at a high level. Our therapists aren’t generalists who happen to see parents on Tuesdays. Every clinician on our team is licensed in Minnesota, holds a graduate degree, and earned their spot through a vetting process we take seriously. We set that bar high because the families walking through our door in Uptown Minneapolis deserve someone who actually knows what they’re doing, not someone winging it with a worksheet.
How We Work With Parents
We welcome parents at every stage, whether your kid just started crawling or just started driving. Our Uptown office sits in the MoZaic building on Lagoon Avenue, easily accessible from Lyn-Lake, Whittier, South Minneapolis, and the broader metro. We also offer virtual sessions throughout Minnesota for parents who can’t always make the drive (because let’s face it, finding a sitter to go to therapy about parenting is peak irony).
Whether you come in as an individual or you and your partner want to work on your parenting dynamic together through couples therapy, we’ll tailor the process to fit your life. No cookie-cutter programs. No rigid scripts. Just a grounded, personalized approach that actually moves the needle.
Everything we do starts with three core questions: What’s happening (and why)? Where do you want to go? And how do we get you there? Those questions shape your experience from the very first conversation through to the work we do together in session.
What Actually Happens In Parenting Counseling
We draw on evidence-based, attachment-focused methods and blend them with real, individualized insight into your specific situation. The goal isn’t to hand you a parenting manual. It’s to help you build the internal skills to navigate the chaos with more confidence and less reactivity. Here’s some of what that looks like:
Learning to come back after a blow-up: You’re going to lose it sometimes. That’s not a failure; it’s being human. What matters is what happens next. We’ll help you develop genuine, effective ways to repair the connection with your kid after a rough moment, so ruptures become opportunities instead of shame spirals. (Bonus: you might reconnect with some of your own younger parts in the process.)
Getting fluent in emotions: Yours and theirs. When you can name what’s actually happening inside you, and help your child do the same, everything shifts. Discipline stops feeling like a battle and starts looking more like guidance. We’ll help you hold structure and empathy at the same time, which sounds impossible until it clicks.
Slowing your roll: Reactivity is the enemy of good parenting, and most of us default to it under stress. Through mindfulness-based skills, you’ll learn to create a beat of space between the trigger and your response, so you’re parenting from intention, not from your amygdala.
Handling the meltdowns: The toddler ones, the tween ones, and honestly? Your own. As your emotional awareness deepens and you develop a more reflective approach, you’ll have concrete strategies for de-escalating even the ugliest moments without losing yourself in the process.
We’ll meet you wherever you are, no judgment, no parenting philosophy lectures, no side-eye about screen time. Whether you’re white-knuckling through the toddler years, enduring the eye-rolls of middle school, or trying to stay connected to a teenager who barely speaks to you, there’s a way through. And that joy you fell in love with when they were born? It’s still in there. Parenting coaching at Therapie can help you get back to it.
