Transform Your Family’s Dynamic

  • Connect deeply with yourself and your family
  • Gain clarity on what’s most important to you as a parent
  • Confidently create the life you want for your family
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Transform Your Family’s Dynamic

  • Connect deeply with yourself and your family
  • Gain clarity on what’s most important to you as a parent
  • Confidently create the life you want for your family
Schedule a Complimentary Clarity Call

Become the Parent You Want to Be

As a parent coach, it’s my mission to help you build deeper connections, communicate more clearly, and actively create family dynamics you love.
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Amy was able to customize a program for me that fit my home and family
“With Amy Behrens as my parent coach, I have become more aware of my parenting, more positive in my interactions with my children and much happier about myself — something counseling and dozens of parenting books weren’t able to help with. Through her careful listening, empathy and coaching skills, Amy was able to customize a program for me that fit my home and family.”
Julie C., MD, Newton, MA, mother of two tweens
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Connect deeply with yourself and your family

Being a parent requires being a role model while balancing a dizzying array of responsibilities, often while sleep-deprived, hungry, lonely, and sometimes angry.

It’s hard to practice self-care when there is always someone who needs you and wants your attention. And yet, including your needs in the equation of parenting and living your life is essential for your well-being.

What to Expect

I help parents find ways to take good care of themselves and feel energized, which benefits the whole family.
Whether you are making sense of a new developmental phase or diagnosis, or feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and out of ideas, I can help you stop the spin.
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Together, we design simple ways to help you come back to center, connect with your family, communicate effectively, and feel confident as a parent and person.
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I needed personalized strategies…

“I was experiencing a host of communication challenges with my sweet and strong-willed 3 year-old son. Not only was I out of ideas, but I had also lost my confidence. I had read the parenting books, listened to a million parenting podcasts, etc. but I needed personalized strategies that were tailored to myself and my son.

From my first call with Amy, I instantly felt better! Not only did we strategize many different situations, but she was supportive, empathetic, affirming and just a pleasure to talk to. Over the course of our sessions together, we’ve developed a playbook that I can reference and I feel like my toolbox is full. Thank you, Amy, for helping me get my confidence back and giving me some fantastic parenting support and advice!”

Mackenzie H., North Reading, MA, mom of a 3 year old
Read more testimonials here.
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Perhaps you can relate to these stories

(from people just like you!)

Creating Family Peace

Communicating More Effectively

Understanding a New Diagnosis

Adapting to a New Baby

Connecting with My Teens

Read more stories here.

How Can I Get Started?

Parenting can be like embarking on a challenging hiking trail.

The right mindset, information, tools, and support make all the difference!
Schedule a Complimentary Clarity Call
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a parent coach.
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“I promise you A-ha moments of insight, connection with your inner wisdom, and practical road-tested strategies tailored to your family. You’ll enjoy more love, peace, and fun with everyone in your life.”
Amy Behrens, M.Ed. Harvard University, Parent Coach, Social Justice Educator, and mom of three
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Next Steps

Let's Talk

We’ll get to know each other and identify some next steps. You’ll walk away with ideas you can try right away!
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Easy Tips

Each blog offers valuable, easy-to-apply tips that can positively shift your mindset and inspire new approaches.
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Have questions? Send me an email at am*@********ns.com.

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Creating Family Peace

Amy helped us resolve the most painful parts of the day…

My friend referred me to Amy when I was feeling frustrated and overwhelmed with some negative dynamics going on in our home. After a few months of working together, I feel like my family is lighter and happier together. I have a toolkit of mindsets and strategies to go back to when I need support. Amy helped us resolve the most painful parts of the day so that now we can focus on the deeper work of getting along and supporting each other as a family. I learned to understand and honor my own needs so that I can parent more effectively. My communication with my family has improved and we have more fun together. The little shifts have made all the difference and I feel excited to keep working to know and understand my kids, myself, and my husband so that we can all thrive and feel happy together.

Lara F., Colorado, mother of 3 boys ages 8, 13, and 15

Communicating More Effectively

Blended Family

I called Amy desperate for a way to help my family function because co-parenting with my husband (who was a new step parent) was not at all working. We had too many nights of arguments — both with the children and about the children — and everyone in the house was miserable. I carried a huge worry that I would have to choose between my second marriage and my kids. I spent most of my time at home tiptoeing around and running interference trying to make sure nothing would explode. I had read tons of parenting books, but none of them helped us harmonize our perspectives and form a single, positive path forward. It was clear that my husband and I didn’t have the collective skills to make our family what we wanted it to be — healthy, happy, and one which would bring joy to everyone involved.

Luckily for us, my husband and I found Amy’s services and were able to agree to try Amy’s parent coaching. Amy’s ability to pull out differing points of view and be non-judgmental in her assessment of what was going on (feelings, thoughts, worries, triggers, etc.), and to then offer solutions enabled us to better understand each other and the boys so that we could communicate and work as a family. The coaching tools Amy used to help us reflect before and after each session, as well as the coaching conversations themselves really helped us stay on the path of changing our family interactions.

Now, everyone in the house can breathe easier. While things are not perfect, they are improving and I have faith they will continue to do so. My husband and I are more aligned on how to address issues. I am able to relax and enjoy my boys more. My husband is too, which is an amazing thing. Most importantly, the boys are happier. They feel appreciated, and know we are both there for them. They now see my husband not as a threat, but as a big addition to their lives. It’s really wonderful to see. Parent coaching with Amy has been essential in this transformation. I have so much more confidence in our family unit now, and I am grateful.

Kate and Mark B, parents of two boys ages 12 and 13 in Acton, MA

Understanding a New Diagnosis

Daughter with ADHD

I sought out parent coaching with Amy because I felt frustrated daily and increasingly disconnected with my daughter who has been recently diagnosed with ADHD. I struggled to understand how she was thinking and felt like I didn’t know how to communicate with her effectively. I felt like I was failing her as her parent. After working with Amy, I feel like I understand my daughter much better now. I have so many new tools and resources to pull from. But most importantly, I have a new mindset. I’ve learned to respond differently to challenging situations and to be proactive to create more successful outcomes. I’m more curious and less judgmental. I’ve seen how creating more structure allows for more flexibility. These changes have boosted my daughter’s self-esteem and alleviated much of my tension.

I achieved my goal of improving my relationship with my daughter; we truly enjoy our time together and our home is a peaceful one. But I’ve also learned how to both support and empower her and I realize that is ultimately my job as her parent. Parent coaching has been one of the best gifts I’ve given myself — and my daughter.

Cindy E., Sudbury, MA, parent of young girl

Adapting to a New Baby

Survival Mode to Confidence and Peace
When in the throes of the pandemic at home with a 3 year old and infant, we felt utterly overwhelmed with the many behavior challenges that were developing in our toddler. When coming to Amy we felt like we were in survival mode. Yet after our first conversation we gained hope that we could take small steps towards changing patterns that were negatively affecting our family on a daily basis. She met us where we were at with approachable suggestions that both of us as parents felt comfortable with, allowing us to feel confident in making changes. Each week we would work on a new struggle and every time there was a positive result. It honestly felt magical seeing these struggles we dreamed of changing come to life. When our son began attending public school at age four and threw epic tantrums as he didn’t want to go into the building in the morning, we frantically contacted her and she was able to fit us in that day to have a session. She truly feels like a lifeline. Working with her is one of the best investments we have made for our family. We cannot recommend her enough!
Doug and Ashley J., Roslindale, MA, parents of two young children

Connecting with My Teens

Parenting Teenagers

I came to Amy to help me connect with my teenagers. She helped me work through interactions (past and future) while teaching me techniques to enhance my communications and situational analysis. I’ve learned a lot about what drives my reactions, and how I can be more mindful about timing and less reactionary to behavior that doesn’t match my expectations.

Amy helped me see how the kids really are expanding my world view — by the way they are and how they make their way through the world. I have reduced the feelings that I’m performing badly as a parent and increased harmony in the house by not pushing things at the wrong times or in the wrong ways — and by creating space for my kids to do what they need to (including alone time to recharge).

Michelle F, Arlington, MA, mom of two teens