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Dr. Amber Thornton

Clinical Psychologist & Author of ‘A Parent’s Guide to Self-Regulation’ | www.dramberthornton.com

07/31/2026

Sounding like the parent you never wanted to become to be scary 😩 Trust me, I’ve had that moment too

BUT I promise we can turn that around.

All you need to do it begin understanding and managing your own emotions so you can show up as the parent you actually want to be.

And I’ve finally created the parent program that will help you do all of this.

⭐️ Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be.

Becoming the Parent You Needed isn’t about becoming a perfect parent.

It’s about doing your own emotional work so you can show up with greater awareness, regulation, connection, and intention for the children you love most.

💙COMMENT BPYN below If you’re interested in learning more about Becoming the Parent You Needed, ⬇️ and I’ll send you all the details.

07/30/2026

Everything was all good…. UNTIL THOSE KIDS CAME 😩

Becoming a parent exposes EVERYTHING you were able to hide or tuck away.

It may even catch you by surprise how unhinged you started to feel and all the new ways you might still need to heal certain parts of you.

But as we know….

🌟 Parenting isn’t just about raising your child. It’s also about healing the parts of yourself that show up along the way.

➡️ Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be.

⬇️ Comment BPYN below, and I’ll send you all the details.

07/26/2026

➡️ In 2023, I wrote ‘A Parent’s Guide to Self-Regulation’ during one of the most emotionally intense seasons of my own parenting.

I thought I was writing it for emotionally dysregulated parents but it actually ended up being the book I needed 😩!

What came out of that time is the framework I now teach to thousands of parents every day.

The PCR Framework isn’t about controlling your child.

It’s about understanding and managing your own emotions so you can show up as the parent you actually want to be.

I’ve done that work through my book, ‘A Parent’s Guide to Self-Regulation’ 📖

And now…I’m finally creating the parent program I’ve always dreamed of.

⭐️ Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be.

Becoming the Parent You Needed isn’t about becoming a perfect parent.

It’s about doing your own emotional work so you can show up with greater awareness, regulation, connection, and intention for the children you love most.

💙 If you’re interested in learning more about Becoming the Parent You Needed, comment BPYN below ⬇️ and I’ll send you all the details.

07/24/2026

For years, I worked almost exclusively with children.

Parents would bring them to therapy hoping I could “fix” what was happening.

But over time, I realized something that completely changed the direction of my career…

The child was rarely the whole story.

Children don’t develop in isolation. They develop within relationships, family systems, and emotional environments. And while I absolutely wanted to help children, I couldn’t ignore the truth that the greatest opportunity for lasting change was often through the parents.

That’s the work I’ve felt called toward for years.

I’ve done that work through my book, ‘A Parent’s Guide to Self-Regulation’ 📖

And now…I’m finally creating the parent program I’ve always dreamed of.

Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be.

Becoming the Parent You Needed isn’t about becoming a perfect parent.

It’s about doing your own emotional work so you can show up with greater awareness, regulation, connection, and intention for the children you love most.

💙 If you’re interested in learning more about Becoming the Parent You Needed, comment BPYN below ⬇️ and I’ll send you all the details.

07/22/2026

For years, I worked almost exclusively with children.

Parents would bring them to therapy hoping I could “fix” what was happening.

But over time, I realized something that completely changed the direction of my career…

The child was rarely the whole story.

Children don’t develop in isolation. They develop within relationships, family systems, and emotional environments. And while I absolutely wanted to help children, I couldn’t ignore the truth that the greatest opportunity for lasting change was often through the parents.

That’s the work I’ve felt called toward for years.

And now…I’m finally creating the parent program I’ve always dreamed of.

Becoming the Parent You Needed isn’t about becoming a perfect parent.

It’s about doing your own emotional work so you can show up with greater awareness, regulation, connection, and intention for the children you love most.

Over the next several weeks, I’m going to take you behind the scenes as I build this program, share the ideas that inspired it, and give you a glimpse into the conversations we’ll be having together.

I’m so excited to bring you along for the journey.

💙 If you’re interested in learning more about Becoming the Parent You Needed, comment BPYN below ⬇️ and I’ll send you all the details.

07/21/2026

The context matters and for many of us, it really is that deep.

Long standing patterns of parenting aren’t random. They all begin somewhere and I’m excited to support more parents in better understanding what’s theirs to keep emotionally and what they can’t safely let go of in parenting. 🖤

Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be.

⬇️ Comment BPYN below, and I’ll send you all the details.

07/19/2026

You want to stop yelling but it’s so much bigger than the yelling, and I can help you get there ‼️

Becoming the Parent You Needed (BPYN) is an 8-week experience designed to help you understand your triggers, regulate your emotions, and become the parent you want to be.

⬇️ Comment BPYN below, and I’ll send you all the details.

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