There are 5 primary benefits to working with a behavioral parenting consultant. These benefits are quite significant, and are in contrast to the primary modes of parenting help and advice available (e.g., recorded online courses, books, social media):

1. As opposed to nearly any other parenting advice you may encounter, working with a consultant means you get a holistic assessment of your family and your needs. This results in personalized feedback and solutions that are specific and relevant to your family.

2. A consultant can provide in-vivo coaching to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of making changes to your child’s behavior. This includes the opportunity to make changes and refinements to your approach.

3. You have the opportunity to ask questions about your specific kid(s) to a real-live expert.

4. You receive tangible support and guidance from a real person.

5. Commiting to working with a consultant prompts you to make real progress on the parenting challenge you are encountering, instead of putting it off until “later”.

Potential challenges to working with a behavioral parenting consultant include things like cost, making a time commitment, and how well you feel like the consultant understands and can help you.

How can you determine if you would benefit from working with a behavioral parenting consultant?

It really comes down to 3 factors: how you feel about the problem you’re facing, how effectively / efficiently you want to address the problem, and whether you have the funds / want to spend them on a consultant.

1. How you feel about the problem

   It’s tempting to think that only “severe” problems can benefit from consultation. In my mind, the “severity” of the problem is actually not nearly as important as how you feel about it. If any parenting problem has you feeling stuck, miserable, stressed, or similarly, it is worth learning more about how a consultant can help you. Your well-being as a parent matters!

2. Desire for effective / efficient problem solving

   Unless you are a parent who is right on the cusp of figuring out how to manage your parenting challenge and can get there just by reading a book or blog, you will almost certainly be able to solve your parenting challenge more effectively and efficiently with personalized solutions and dedicated time.

3. Funds

   As with anything you spend money on, you want to invest in quality services and products. If you’re going to invest in a behavioral parenting consultant, make sure they have the qualifications & experience to help you, are a good fit for you / your family, and your gut feeling is that you will benefit from working with them. If these things are all true, a consultant’s services are likely worth investing in.

If you have a parenting problem that makes you feel miserable and you want to fix it effectively and efficiently, strongly consider working with a behavioral parenting consultant. If you’re ready to see if we’d be a good fit working together, book your free intro call now!