Brooklyn Parent Therapy

Brooklyn Parent Therapy Therapy for parents who don't want their childhood history to become their parenting story. Offering online sessions to New York State residents!

💭 "My child came out to me and my husband a few years ago. We didn’t take it well, and now they’ve completely iced us ou...
06/10/2026

💭 "My child came out to me and my husband a few years ago. We didn’t take it well, and now they’ve completely iced us out. I’ve been reading more about it and I want to repair this with them and apologize, but I don’t even know where to start."

Using a synthesis of mindfulness, somatics, and Nonviolent Communication, this book offers simple yet powerful practices to develop healthy, effective, and satisfying ways of communicating.

✨ Brooklyn Parent Therapy recommends... Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer

The techniques in Say What You Mean will help you to:
👉🏽Feel confident during conversation
👉🏽Stay focused on what really matters in an interaction
👉🏽Listen for the authentic concerns behind what others say
👉🏽Reduce anxiety before and during difficult conversations
👉🏽Find nourishment in day-to-day interactions

✨ Let us know who you'd love to read these with or share your favorite communication tips below! ✨

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In my podcast episode “Nurturing your BIPOC LGBTQIA+ Child” I explored the power and resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ communit...
06/08/2026

In my podcast episode “Nurturing your BIPOC LGBTQIA+ Child” I explored the power and resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies, and share tips for ‘inoculating’ BIPOC LGBTQIA+ kids against the slings and arrows of growing up amidst the ‘viruses’ of the gender binary, heteronormativity, and white supremacy.

Check out the episode here: https://project-parenthood.simplecast.com/episodes/nurturing-your-bipoc-lgbtqia-child

As the end of Pride Month draws near, I invite you to consider this: when you show your child - no matter how they identify or how they present outwardly to the world - that they are loved, accepted, and respected by YOU - their most important adult - it’s like a vaccine for the challenges the world will throw at them for *simply being themselves*.

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🌈 Pride didn’t begin as a party. It began as a riot.And your parenting can carry that same fire - rooted not in rage, bu...
06/05/2026

🌈 Pride didn’t begin as a party. It began as a riot.

And your parenting can carry that same fire - rooted not in rage, but in fierce, liberatory love.
In my newest blog post, I offer tips for raising children who feel safe being themselves—while learning to stand up for others, too.

✨ Learn how to:
🌱Share LGBTQIA+ history in age-appropriate ways
🌱Create a Pride bookshelf that celebrates joy + resistance
🌱Model repair when you misstep
🌱Raise co-conspirators instead of bystanders.

This is respectful parenting, deeply rooted in justice.

✨ Tap the link in bio to read the full post.

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Can young kids be engaged in the process of solving the problems that affect their lives? Collaborative and ProActive So...
06/03/2026

Can young kids be engaged in the process of solving the problems that affect their lives? Collaborative and ProActive Solutions (Collaborative Problem Solving) can be a great tool in the problem solving process with very young children.

Caregivers do it all the time. We’ve always said that beyond the toddler years, it’s not chronological age that determines what it looks like for a child to participate in the problem solving process…it’s language-processing and communication skills.

Watch the video with Dr. Ross Greene, depicting fully capable children being engaged in the problem solving process and their parents and educators discussing their goals for their kids, the skills they think the kids will need to prepare them for life, and their biggest fears about the future…and where the CPS model comes into play.

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Are you really feeling your feelings?You might be aware of the emotion - but are you aware of the felt sense of that emo...
06/01/2026

Are you really feeling your feelings?

You might be aware of the emotion - but are you aware of the felt sense of that emotion in your body? The thoughts that go through your head while you’re feeling it - what you’re telling yourself?

Maybe you are, but then you’re berating yourself for not feeling some other way!

Instead, let your feelings flow, and send yourself some radical self-compassion.
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Do you let it go when your child is invading your space in ways you don’t like? You might be inadvertently teaching them...
05/27/2026

Do you let it go when your child is invading your space in ways you don’t like? You might be inadvertently teaching them to overstep other’s boundaries - or let others overstep theirs. Model doing what you would hope *they* would do if they didn’t want someone doing something to their body.

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"Grind culture disconnects people from their bodies. People are praised and rewarded for ignoring their body’s need for ...
05/15/2026

"Grind culture disconnects people from their bodies. People are praised and rewarded for ignoring their body’s need for rest and repair. People feel proud of coming to work despite illness, injury, or flagging mental health"- from Project Parenthood Podcast episode #710 "How to resist grind culture in your family"

What if we pushed back against the lie that we are “lazy” if we don’t want to work 24/7?
🌟 In honor of the call to get a little more rest, Dr. Nanika Coor shares insights from Tricia Hersey’s recent book, Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto. You’ll hear about the importance of slowing down and resting, rest as a political act of resistance, the harmful messages American parents inevitably ingest about rest, and how parents may unintentionally pass those messages on to their kids.

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'For example, a lot of parents ask, “How do I help my teen?”'Holding space for your child’s feelings is often easier sai...
05/13/2026

'For example, a lot of parents ask, “How do I help my teen?”'

Holding space for your child’s feelings is often easier said than done. When your child is struggling in some way it can be easy to fall into the trap of trying to cheer them up, solve their problem, or convince them that there’s nothing to be upset about. Using the 5 Secrets of Communication, a TEAM-CBT technique, is a great way to hold space for your child and strengthen your connection with them.

One of the humblest but most important and challenging tools in TEAM-CBT is the Invitation Step, the bridge from the E = Empathy phase of TEAM-CBT to the A = Assessment of Resistance.

Take a list or read up on how to use the Five Secrets of Effective Communication to listen and understand where your teen is coming from. Link in bio!

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05/11/2026

Black Mamas and birthing people deserve safety, dignity, and joy.
✨ The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that centers Black mamas and birthing people to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice.

Black Maternal Health “Rooted in Justice & Joy”
Healing Legacies. Honoring Black-Led Birth & Reproductive Justice.
🖤 Let's create a world where Black mamas have the rights, respect, and resources to thrive before, during, and after pregnancy.

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Sometimes Mother’s Day is complicated, not simply “happy”. Not every mother has children/partners/friends/family members...
05/10/2026

Sometimes Mother’s Day is complicated, not simply “happy”.

Not every mother has children/partners/friends/family members who are capable of (or willing to engage in) “spoiling” her, as we enourage folks to do for the mothers in their lives. Lots of mothers feel unsupported & isolated.

Lots of mothers feel ambivalent about the motherhood role, the loss of identity, the daily demands… and feel alienated by the pressure to experience motherhood as ‘joyful’.

LGBTQ+ families, chosen familes, foster & adoptive families & non-traditional kin-based families may not see their caregiving structures represented in mainstream messaging & feel unseen.

Not everyone feels warmly toward their mother or feels warmth coming from her. The cultural pressure to feel gratitude today might feel shaming or invalidating for those who experienced neglect, abuse or chronic misattunement.

There are plenty of people struggling with fertility issues who may be feeling a grief-filled longing today.

Not everyone has access to their mother - or their child - due to distance, death, estrangement, illness or dementia.

Lots of mothers get their hopes up that THIS mothers day will be the one where there will be recognition, rest, and care from loved ones, only to end the day feeling disappointed & invisible.

Lots of mothers are so burnt out that one day of cards & flowers don’t make up for the chronic exhaustion of emotional labor & keeping all the family “plates” spinning.

Whether your mothers day is happy, tender, complicated or overtly painful - I’m thinking of you all today!

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