More About Amy & FAQ's
Meet your Coach...
Amy Morrison, MS
Experience is an important teacher; I bring to my clients more than 25 years of diverse professional and educational expertise working with children and families, along with a teaching certificate, Montessori Diploma, Master’s Degree in Child Development, and a global certification in Parent Coaching. Being a mom to a soon-to-be eighteen year old, I'm living proof that you can survive toddlerhood AND the teen years.
Through my work in the education and homeschooling fields, I’ve noticed the growing pressures that children and parents are burdened with today. Modern-day demands and distractions have left families struggling to connect. Old-school tried-and-true child rearing techniques are no longer serving us and many parents feel like their days are spent in a downward spiral.
With my support, you’ll find new patterns to replace old behaviors, while gaining deeper respect, connection, and empathy for yourself and your child(ren). With compassion and gratitude, we’ll heal the parts of you that have been hurting and rebuild relationships from the inside out. You'll strengthen your parenting bond so that your relationship feels like a haven of safety, connection, peace, and presence.
FAQ's
What is the difference between therapy and coaching?
Coaching and therapy both work to create lasting change for our clients, however the approaches do differ. One analogy I like is comparing therapy to a whole house demolition and coaching to partial home renovation. In coaching, we upgrade one room at time, while keeping the structural elements in place. I should also note that coaches do not diagnose mental health concerns or mental illness. For some people, parent coaching is something they add in addition to therapy. For others, it's the step before therapeutic services.
Who needs a parenting coach?
Quite literally, anyone and everyone can benefit from working with a parent coach. People who work with children...people who have parents...people who have jobs...Since the core of this work is connection and relationship focused, there is really no limit to who might be helped! My speciality is the parent-child relationship because this is our very first bond and establishes so much that we bring forward into other partnerships.
How does this work? Do you work with the child or the whole family?
Because of my unique and extensive background in child development, I may request/honor a request to work with a family or a child. This would be an unusual circumstance, however. Parent Coaching work is typically "parent-centric", meaning that the work is primarily centered on the parent's journey, and through this awakening and empowerment, the parent-child relationship transforms and there is no need to work with additional family memebers.
Peaceful parenting seems very passive. Don't kids need to understand rules? I was raised in a house where you did as you were told and turned out just fine.
I love this question! There's too much to unpack in a simple answer, but we do explore this in detail during my Parenting Course. In short, yes! Children (People in general, actually) DO need boundaries and consequences. They help us navigate the perimeters of our relationship/job. There is a difference between punishments and consequences, however. We've used these terms synonymously and it has lead to a complicated understanding in parenting. I believe children and adults learn best through teaching of skills, not by delivering punitive tasks. I encourage rule-based parents to employ logical and natural consequences, while empowering passive parents to step-up, establish boundaries, and follow through with consequences.
