Parenting Is Hard,

But You're NOT Alone

Awareness

How does your own history influence the way you see your children? Learn to see the needs beneath behaviors.

Connection

Learn how to develop a secure relationship with your children based on trust, connection and felt-safety.

Empowerment

Empower yourself and your children to recognize and manage your own needs, feelings and thoughs.

As caregivers, we can find ourselves drowning...

Amid feelings of frustration and self-doubt, we often find ourselves sinking, overwhelmed and exhausted. For those of us parenting children with sensitive nervous systems and backgrounds of trauma, loss, abuse, or neglect, this journey can feel even more daunting. Without a conscious and mindful approach, our parenting strategies may foster distance rather than connection. The conventional parenting techniques many of us grew up with can result in conflict and frustration, creating endless power struggles and ultimately leaving us with fractured and distanced relationships with our children.


But, Hope is on the horizon!


No matter what your relationship with your child(ren) looks like right now, I want you to know THERE IS HOPE! My mission is to meet parents and caregivers in the treacherous, deep waters of parenting and help them rise towards hope and healing. By using science-based, trust-centered, attachment-focused and developmentally respectful caregiving strategies we CAN find hope and healing for ourselves and our children.

Hello! I'm Michelle Ammerman

I am a biological, adoptive and step-parent to 8 amazing kids and I have spent the last 16 years working with vulnerable children and families in and around the U.S. child welfare system. 


I became a Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) Practitioner and a Jai Certified Parenting Coach because I want to be in the business of healing relational trauma, and not creating it.


Once I discovered that it was possible to build secure, healing relationships with children based on safety, connection and trust I became deeply passionate about supporting other biological, foster, adoptive and kinship parents in this life-changing work.


I believe all children deserve to be mentored and loved by caregivers who are invested in becoming the best version of themselves possible. If you’re reading this, I believe that you must be one of those invested caregivers who longs to develop an attuned, meaningful and connected relationship with your children. I can’t wait to join you on your journey!

Traditional parenting strategies just aren’t working

Traditional parenting strategies based on threats, punishment, shame and control create conflict and relational wounds. They leave us feeling like we are spending all of our time fighting with our children, and we find ourselves drowning in frustration and self doubt. Soon, we find ourselves overwhelmed with the fear that we’re just not doing a good job as a parent. 


When we parent children without working through our own history, we are destined to repeat painful patterns we ourselves experienced as children. I believe that in order to begin the healing process we must start by taking a look at the patterns that have been ingrained in us from our own childhoods. Once we are able to shift the lens we use to view our children, we will be able to show up as the parents our children need.


I know asking for help as a parent is tough—I’ve been there. However, reaching out is the first and hardest step toward hope and healing for you and your child(ren). You don't have to journey alone! When you contact me, you'll find understanding and non-judgment. Together, we can create a supportive, effective plan to guide you from challenging times to a place of hope and healing.

"It was comforting to know why or how I have come to the place of parenting I was in and that it could be changed and overcome and made better. It was incredibly helpful to analyze it and not just study it academically. I really enjoy the brain science behind all of this."


-Parent Coaching Client

"The most helpful part of the training was knowing that there is hope for struggling children and parents/siblings."


-TBRI® Training Participant

"I am so happy that I am learning new ways to interact with children, learning that I need to use all the engagement strategies, to give them choices, and to compromise. Thank you so much for changing my ways!"


-TBRI® Training Participant

How Coaching Works:

Phone

When you schedule a call with me, we’ll sit down together and talk so I can get a sense of what’s going on for you and your family and where I can offer support.

Chat

I’ll explain my approach and the options we have for working together. You can ask any questions you have and see what type of support would be the best fit for your life and schedule.

Directons

If it feels right to you, we can book our first session and get started.  If it’s not a good fit, I will do my best to offer alternative resources or suggestions for support, wherever possible. There’s no pressure of any kind, simply an opportunity to see if we are a good fit to work together. 

Let's Connect!

Ready to shift your experience of caregiving to connection, empowerment and healing? Set up a time for us to chat, so that together we can explore the first step on your journey...

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