Dr. Neufeld’s Parenting Philosophy
Dr. Gordon Neufeld is a developmental psychologist with over 45 years of experience with children and youth and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development, Dr. Neufeld is an international speaker, a best-selling author with Gabor Maté on a book called Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers, and a leading educator of the developmental attachment paradigm. His work focuses on the importance of attachment in children’s lives and how it shapes their development and relationships.
Is your child or adolescent experiencing any of the following?
- Strong alpha traits — i.e., a child who has become bossy and domineering — and you are not sure how to gain your parenting power back
- Aggression and behavioral challenges
- Significant life changes such as trauma, divorce, relocation or loss and it’s effecting their emotional well-being and resulting in them having a hard time adjusting or coping
- Symptoms of depression and/or anxiety
- Struggling to express their emotions or feelings in a healthy way
- Resistance, opposition and defiance
- Trouble adhering to discipline or consequences
- Difficulty with being vulnerable
- Attaching more to their peers than to you
Are you, as a parent, struggling to know how to repair your relationship with your child? Do you feel a loss of connection?
Helping you navigate parenting challenges.
A parenting consulting session will emphasize the significance of a secure attachment, which will help you foster a healthy parent-child relationship. Through our session together, I will provide you with insights, tools and strategies to help you understand your child’s emotional and psychological development. We will delve into your child’s deep inner world, helping you further understand their behaviours, which can help you learn how to respond more empathically to their needs.
Whether you’re in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Squamish, the Lower Mainland or online, I will empower you as a parent to learn how to support your child’s maturing process and teach you how to raise a resilient child.
For parents who are going through a separation, I will help you navigate the separation with care and sensitivity. Separation can be a challenging time for both parents and children. My guidance includes education and support to help your family through this transition, ensuring your children’s emotional well-being remains the top priority.
I am highly trained in Dr. Gordon Neufeld’s attachment paradigm and bring extensive experience in supporting families through various challenges. I have almost two decades of experience working with children and youth.
Parenting Courses and Certifications Based on Dr. Neufeld’s Work
I’m certified in 10 of Dr. Neufeld’s courses and I facilitate parenting education courses and shorter presentations year-round. These courses include:
- Power to Parent series:
- The Vital Connection
- Helping Children Grow up
- Common Childhood Challenges
- Making Sense of Adolescence
- Making Sense of Anxiety in Children and Youth
- Making Sense of Aggression
- Bullies: Their Making and Unmaking
- Making Sense of Counterwill (Resistance)
- Making Sense of Discipline
- Alpha Children: Reclaiming our Rightful Place in Their Lives
What a parenting consulting session looks like.
It’s a tailored 90-minute session to address your specific parenting concerns and can offer ongoing support. I understand the complexities of parenting and offer a judgement-free space for you to share your concerns and learn effective strategies and insights.