Parenting Support

Are you a parent who is struggling?

Are you experiencing one or more of these symptoms?

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  • Feeling overwhelmed or constantly stressed

  • Frequent arguments or conflicts with children

  • Difficulty managing children’s behaviour or discipline

  • Experiencing burnout or exhaustion from parenting duties

  • Feeling unsupported or isolated in parenting responsibilities

  • Struggling to balance parenting with other life demands

  • Increased irritability or frustration

  • Feeling guilty or inadequate as a parent

  • Difficulty communicating effectively with children

  • Experiencing anxiety or depression related to parenting

We are here to help you navigate parenting challenges with compassionate and judgement-free guidance and support.

Meet our therapists

“Parenting is one of the most important jobs, if not the most important job someone will ever have.”

Amelia Larson

MSW, Registered Clinical Social Worker (RCSW), Approved Clinical Supervisor

With over 17 years of experience, Amelia understands the challenges that many parents face today. Creating a supportive and judgement-free environment, she helps you to recognize relational patterns and explore strategies that can assist in improving your connection with your child. Her honours degree in human development and family relations, alongside her Master of Clinical Social Work, informs her approach backed by research and attachment-focused best practices.

Being a parent and former foster parent, Amelia has learned first-hand how to navigate diverse parenting challenges, providing parents with tools and techniques from a deep level of awareness. While supporting couples through co-parenting challenges, Amelia helps to bring together two perspectives into one that is cohesive and united, aligning with your family’s unique values, needs, and circumstances. She also supports families with children who live with neurodivergence.

Learn more about Amelia.

“Therapy provides the unconditional care and presence that is needed for healing.”

Amber Jerome

Registered Clinical Counsellor, CCC

Amber has worked extensively with families and parents supporting them through life challenges in a variety of settings. She has helped parents and single moms through experiences such as separations, domestic violence, coercive control, and the early stages of pregnancy, as well as helping to repair broken relationships with children and partners.

Having taught parenting classes and experience in a crisis nursery, Amber brings a breadth of knowledge about child development, healthy parent-child relationships, discipline, family routines, intense emotions, childhood adversity, resiliency, neurodiverse parenting strategies, and raising healthy teens. She believes that therapy provides a safe and judgement-free space for positive connection that is essential to find a way forward and overcome difficulties.

Learn more about Amber.

Addressing Parent Overwhelm

“Frequently feeling tired, stressed, and overwhelmed are common among parents today,” says Amelia.

A client case study

Life was very busy for Laura. Between being a mother, spouse, employee, and caretaker of an ill family member, her plate was more than full—she felt overwhelmed. Having her attention pulled in many directions, Laura was not the parent she wanted to be with her six-year-old son. When addressing challenging behaviours, she often reverted to how she was parented as an authoritarian—impatient, irritable, and short when enforcing rules. This was contrary to how she wanted to parent, to be present, attuned, and attentive to her child. She noticed that her son was less interested in talking to and spending time with them, even though it was expected at his age. Instead, he was more interested in playing by himself. Laura had always wanted to be a parent, but it was not what she imagined it would be.  

“Parents today often face many challenges that impede them in becoming the parent they want to be,” says Amelia Larson, Registered Clinical Social Worker and Approved Clinical Supervisor at As You Are Therapy & Consulting. “At the foundational level, our atomized culture diminishes the societal support systems that are needed for families to thrive.”

When parents lack support from extended family, friends, neighbours, or community, they feel isolated and must bear the full brunt of responsibilities. Raising children takes a lot of time, energy, attention, and resources, which is often more than what parents alone can provide…

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How can parenting support help?

  • Improve communication between you and your child

  • Develop effective discipline and behaviour management strategies

  • Reduce stress and prevent burnout from parenting responsibilities

  • Enhance parenting skills and confidence

  • Provide support during major life transitions (e.g., divorce, relocation)

  • Address and manage your child’s special needs or chronic illnesses

  • Strengthen the bond and emotional connection you have with your child

  • Help you work together more cohesively in co-parenting situations

  • Offer strategies for balancing parenting with other life demands

  • Provide tools to cope with grief, loss, or trauma within the family

Read more about our therapy services for parents.

  • Testimonials

    “I've been working with Amelia as I navigate a new world as a single mother during and after my divorce. She's helped me rediscover my truth and is helping me live authentically and present to the world the woman I see when I look in the mirror.”

    — Amanda, Alberta

  • Testimonials

    “The counselling I’ve received from Amelia has been incredibly helpful and I would highly recommend her services. She has helped me to overcome significant challenges in my personal and work relationships, reduce my overall stress and better understand how to approach deep-seated issues I have had with depression, anxiety and chronic pain. Her positive motivational approach makes it easier to address changes in my life and I frequently leave my appointments feeling more grounded and confident.”

    — Kellen, Surveyor & Visual Artist, Alberta

  • Testimonials

    “I started seeing Amelia during what I would label as one of the most difficult times in my life. Amelia has seen me through transition after transition. She has helped me to grow into a person I would never recognize three years ago. For the first time in my life I am able to consciously enjoy small moments, and let myself feel happiness. She is always there to ride the wave alongside me when things become difficult. Amelia is detail oriented and makes you feel seen and heard. I am eternally grateful for Amelia, for helping me take back my life from the sadness and anxiety I was once overcome by, and for helping me feel like the best version of myself.”

    — Chelsea, Canada

We are accepting clients residing in Canada.

Our Rates

Amelia Larson (M.S.W., R.C.S.W., Approved Clinical Supervisor) 

$175 (55 min)

Amber Jerome (Registered Clinical Counsellor, CCC)

$160 (55 min)

Insurance plans cover Amelia’s designations. Amber’s designations may or may not be covered by your insurance plan.

Your therapy experience will be unique to who you are, your goals, and needs. Drawing on various forms of therapy ensures we can tailor your experience to best suit your needs. One size does not fit all.

Therapy FAQs

  • We work with emerging adults, adults and couples who are experiencing life transitions, symptoms of anxiety, depression, challenges with relationships, stress, trauma and struggles with parenting/co-parenting.

  • We offer a free 15 minute consultation session for you to explore if we are the right fit for you–your goals, your needs, and your style.

  • We do not work with children under the age of 15. We do not support individuals experiencing active psychosis.

  • Sessions are 55 minutes in length.

  • This can be directed by you if that feels right. We will often share a bit about who we are, explore your goals for therapy, answer any questions you have, and give you an opportunity to explore if we are the right fit for you.

  • We do not bill insurance companies directly. After each session you will receive a detailed insurance receipt via email.

  • Therapy can help you explore how past, current, and future experiences impact your behaviour, thoughts, and emotions. It can unpack how to show up as the best version of yourself in relationships and throughout contexts in your life. It can help you better manage how you cope with life stressors to enhance your daily functioning.

  • We are client-centered which means, we take our cues and direction about how therapy unfolds from you. At times, therapy will be uncomfortable and this is where growth happens. We believe in being real and transparent, this will sometimes include some laughs and hearing the hard things.

  • Your first session is an opportunity to know each other better and explore how to reach your goals, or we can dive right into why you came to therapy in the first place. It’s up to you!

  • Our hope is that every therapy session will provide valuable insight, resources, and tools to help you get closer to reaching your goals in life.

    Depending on the goals you have and the challenges you are navigating, some people will be in therapy regularly for a longer period of time, some may check in infrequently, and some may feel like they have what they need after a few sessions.

    Our goal is never to have people in therapy every week forever, we want people to gain skills and practice them in the world without us and come back when they need support.

  • We offer both virtual and in-person walk and talk sessions. We want you to be in your own safe space while working through the ‘tough’ stuff. For local clients (Calgary and Chestermere), there are options for walk and talk sessions. These sessions occur in nature (parks, walking paths, trails etc.) where we conduct a therapy session while walking together. Some people find this to be an easier way to work through their tough stuff. These sessions are weather dependent.

  • You are free to contact us after hours, however, please do not expect a response outside of the business day.

  • We have a limited number of sliding scale sessions available.

  • We accept credit card payments, e-transfers, and NIHB funding.

  • Either book your free 15-minute consult today, book yourself in for a session, or Contact Us with your questions.

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A therapeutic connection is an intimate and meaningful partnership. We offer a 15-minute complimentary phone consultation to determine if As You Are Therapy is the right choice for you.