Support for Parents Facing Emotional, Behavioural or Developmental Difficulties
Parenting is one of life’s most rewarding roles—but it can also be incredibly challenging. Whether you’re dealing with toddler tantrums, teen defiance, emotional overwhelm, or parental burnout, it’s normal to feel stressed, confused, or out of your depth at times.
At The Three Seas Psychology, we support parents in navigating the complex emotions, responsibilities, and relationship dynamics that come with raising children. Our psychologists offer evidence-based strategies and compassionate support to help you strengthen your parenting approach and your wellbeing.
When to Seek Support for Parenting Challenges
All families experience ups and downs, but if parenting is leaving you feeling emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or constantly at odds with your child, therapy can help.
We work with parents and caregivers experiencing:
- Difficulty managing child behaviour or emotional outbursts
- Stress related to parenting young children, tweens, or teens
- Challenges setting boundaries or following through with discipline
- Co-parenting conflict or separation-related parenting struggles
- Feelings of guilt, shame, anxiety or anger as a parent
- Burnout or emotional overload from balancing work, family, and personal needs
- Worry about your child’s development, social skills, or school performance
We understand that no two families are the same, and that parenting challenges can show up in many different ways depending on your child’s age, temperament, neurodiversity, and family circumstances.
How Therapy Can Help Parents
Working with a psychologist can give you a clearer understanding of what’s going on, why it’s happening, and how to respond in a way that builds connection rather than conflict.
Through therapy, you can:
- Develop practical parenting strategies tailored to your child
- Learn how to regulate your own stress and emotional reactions
- Improve communication with your child or co-parent
- Build stronger parent-child relationships
- Set boundaries that are firm, respectful, and consistent
- Work through your own past experiences or triggers that affect your parenting
We aim to help you parent with more confidence, calm, and compassion.
Our Approach to Parenting Support
At The Three Seas Psychology, we take a holistic and non-judgemental approach. Whether you’re parenting solo, as part of a couple, or in a blended family, we provide tailored support that respects your values and goals.
We integrate therapeutic approaches such as:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for managing parenting stress and reactivity
- Schema Therapy for exploring how your own upbringing affects your parenting
- Emotion-Focused Therapy for building connection and emotional attunement
- Behavioural strategies for consistent, positive discipline
Parenting Support Available In-Person and Online
We offer face-to-face parenting therapy in Melbourne as well as online sessions via Telehealth, so you can access support in a way that suits your schedule and lifestyle.
Book an Appointment
If parenting is becoming overwhelming and you’re unsure where to turn, we’re here to help. You don’t have to do it alone.
Call us today or book online to speak with a psychologist who has extensive experience in helping with parenting challenges.