Grace McDonald Counselling

01/18/2024

register now for our next one!

12/12/2023

You will become more informed and more equipped on meeting your child's needs at every stage.

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11/08/2023

Next meeting December 6th

Our parent consultation group explores specific topics, current research and tools, and general questions & answers. All parents are welcome to join, and we encourage the additional attendance of our parenting workshop. We are of the belief that ongoing support grows parents into who they want to be..

Grace & Mindy are Certified Advanced Imago Clinicians and Imago Parenting Presenters. They both work in private practice and help couples and parents have more connected relationships. As supportive parent consultants, their primary
goal is to provide a safe environment for learning, in the service of
personal growth and the expansion of parenting skills. Each group meeting, every parent will have the opportunity to share their experiences AND listen and learn from other parents in the group.

Register now to save your spot, link in bio. Please share with other parents!

Be a good enough parent: more informed, more equipped, and less reactive.

11/08/2023

Our parent consultation group explores specific topics, current research and tools, and general questions & answers. All parents are welcome to join, and we encourage the additional attendance of our parenting workshop. We are of the belief that ongoing support grows parents into who they want to be..

Grace & Mindy are Certified Advanced Imago Clinicians and Imago Parenting Presenters. They both work in private practice and help couples and parents have more connected relationships. As supportive parent consultants, their primary
goal is to provide a safe environment for learning, in the service of personal growth and the expansion of parenting skills. Each group meeting, every parent will have the opportunity to share their experiences AND listen and learn from other parents in the group.

Register now to save your spot, link in bio. Please share with other parents!

Be a good enough parent: more informed, more equipped, and less reactive.

10/13/2023

10/11/2023

This a parenting principle that we will explore at the workshop. Taking time to deeply reflect on all your stuff helps you to be your best self as a parent. The more aware you are of how your past influences your present parenting, the more intentional you can be with you kids.

10/06/2023

Save your spot for the upcoming parenting workshop!

09/27/2023

Register for the upcoming parenting workshop, link in bio.

09/16/2023

Do you want to...

* Feel more connected to your kids?
* Communicate and set limits with confidence?
* Raise your kids to become competent, resilient adults?

Save your spot now to register for
Connected Parents, Thriving Kids!

Connected Parents, Thriving Kids (CPTK) is a Parenting Program that uses Imago Relationship Therapy and the latest research on neuroscience and child development. The program emphasizes that a connected parent-child relationship leads to the child’s ability to have healthy adult relationships.

CPTK Parents will learn the following:

· Use effective communication tools to facilitate deep listening.

· Validate your child’s experience to support self-efficacy.

· Empathize with your child’s feelings to support emotional development.

· Set limits to support cooperation and resilience.

· Be aware of how your own childhood influences your current parenting.

· Understand how reactivity leads to disconnection with your children.

· Stay grounded and respond to your child's needs.

Aim to be a good enough parent:
more informed, more equipped, and less reactive

03/20/2023

Imago Parenting Principle #4

Understanding your child's perspective is vital.

Parent validation supports the child's development of a strong sense of self. When parents validate their child's perspective, the child believes that what they think, feel, and experience makes sense and is important.

On the other hand, when a parent dismisses, argues, or minimizes their child, (which a lot of us are not realizing our impact) the potential wounding is the child feels crazy, insecure, and/or alone.

A strong sense of self is especially important when the child's perspective is different from someone else's. A parent's consistent validation helps the child maintain their sense of self with other people, where they don't get easily thrown off, feel diminished, or give up who they are.

A strong sense of self helps children to trust their internal experience when something happens or in making decisions. Trusting their internal experience and feeling confident to make their own decisions will greatly benefit them throughout their life. They will be more likely to listen to themselves about what they want to do, how they want to respond, and what decision is in their best interest. They will also be better able to validate themselves without needing external validation. A child's ability to self-validate helps them in making decisions that lead to their own happiness, purpose, and well-being. It also helps them in situations that are dangerous, unhealthy, and dealing with peer pressure.

You will learn how to provide consistent validation to your child at my parenting workshop! Register now, link in bio.