Parent Counseling Services
Counseling Partners of Los Angeles (CPLA) is dedicated to improving the lives of students attending schools in underserved areas of Los Angeles. Our team of highly committed and compassionate counselors provides school-based counseling services for elementary and high school students throughout the school year.
We are very pleased to announce that CPLA is providing Parent Counseling services for parents and caregivers for our elementary school communities.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] if you would like someone to call you to speak about how we may be able to help you and your family. You can also complete one of the referral links below:
Parent Counseling and Coaching Services (English)
Parent Counseling and Coaching Services (Spanish)
We are very pleased to announce that CPLA is providing Parent Counseling services for parents and caregivers for our elementary school communities.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] if you would like someone to call you to speak about how we may be able to help you and your family. You can also complete one of the referral links below:
Parent Counseling and Coaching Services (English)
Parent Counseling and Coaching Services (Spanish)
Meet our dedicated Parent Counselors:
Erika Navarro, LMFT*
Ilusion Millan, LPCC#18709*
Ivana Gomez Del Campo, AMFT*
Rita Guerrero*
Marina Vega
*Clinicians are Spanish speakers.
Erika Navarro, LMFT*
Ilusion Millan, LPCC#18709*
Ivana Gomez Del Campo, AMFT*
Rita Guerrero*
Marina Vega
*Clinicians are Spanish speakers.
Marina Vega: Get to know one of our parent counselors!
Marina began her career as an educator, training to be a special education teacher at San Francisco State University, before pivoting to the therapeutic world as a result of the 1:1 work she did with children and young adults on the autism spectrum and their families. After over a decade abroad, Marina returned to her native Los Angeles to pursue a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy specialization, from Mount Saint Mary's University. She spent her entire second year of grad school as a teaching assistant, in addition to completing her practicum with CPLA. Marina is passionate about bridging the gap in communication, supporting individuals in learning how to feel at home within themselves, and to sit with the discomfort that may arise, utilizing a holistic, trauma-informed, person-centered lens. She looks forward to serving parents and families in the Parent Counseling and Coaching Services!
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CPLA Counselor, Erika Marin describing
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More information on Parent Counseling
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What is Parent Counseling?
Parent counseling is a type of counseling where the goals are to improve your relationship with your child and strengthen your family bond. Being a parent is a joyful and challenging job. Parents are people too with worries and struggles. Most parents find that raising children stirs up feelings of love, fear, frustration, guilt, shame, and much more. Parent counseling helps parents identify, heal and learn from past experiences and present situations as these may be affecting the way they connect with their children. When a parent has the help, support, and knowledge of how to resolve their own issues and how they impact their children, they can be better able to handle the challenges their children bring to their family. A parent counselor will work with you to identify ways to reduce stress and help you better connect and interact with your children. Parent counseling will also help parents find a way to better communicate with each other about parenting issues. |
What Happens During Parent Counseling?
At the beginning of your time together, a parent counselor will get to know you and how your family works. Together you will decide what you want to accomplish: there may be different ways of handling things, stopping to do things and ways to keep calm. You may also learn how to prevent arguments and build a stronger connection with your children. A parent counselor will help you develop tools you need to confront your fears, improve your communication, cope with stressful situations, resolve conflicts and successfully parent your child. Your parent counselor may assign "homework" to help you apply what you learn in sessions to your home life. In addition, your counselor will assist you in working as a team with your child’s teachers, responding to any unhealthy or self-destructive behaviors, effectively communicating with your child, managing your child’s moods, and coping with stressful situations. You will improve your parenting skills, set achievable goals, and be better able to balance your parenting and work commitments. |
Please see below to download the Parent Counseling Brochure (English/Spanish)
| Parent Counseling & Coaching Services Brochure (English/Espanol) |
