Meet Patricia
I am honored to assist parents awaken to the true needs within their families and implement techniques that meet those needs.
It is fulfilling to witness how skilled coaching can support parents in harnessing their unique knowledge and strengths towards a heartfelt and confident family life.
Parents and children thrive when they understand they belong and are an intrinsic part of a family.
The coaching process works to create a sustainable vision of family life by bringing to light the strengths, goals and energy within each parent.
Background
I first began supporting parents through my work as a midwife in the 1980s. For over 35 years I have been dedicated to both studying and sharing concepts in child development, family life and education. I have also worked as a teacher, a Camphill housemother, founded a high school exchange organization and worked as an administrator in Waldorf schools.
My work as a Parent Coach is also supported through my B.A. in Psychology, my graduate level certification course through Parent Coaching Institute and decades of professional development courses in education, personal development, art and medicine.
MY STORY
My “perfectly imperfect” journey as a parent began with the birth of my first daughter in 1984. I had worked as a midwife for several years by that time and the early phase of mothering seemed to be a good fit with my natural parenting impulses. The next few years brought divorce, remarriage and two more births – a second daughter and a son.
This was a time of fatigue, intense joy, overwhelm and satisfaction as we immersed ourselves in the nurturing of a young boisterous family life. As my children grew there were times of real searching and struggle, especially as their individual needs and personalities became more apparent.
