Parenting coaches for behavior challenges

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Compare 64 parenting coaches who focus on behavior challenges. Besides behavior challenges, the most common focus areas are family communication, parents of neurodivergent kids, parenting teens and parenting young children. They most often work with parents, teens and women. Most charge $68 to $148 per hour or session.

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Angell Mortensen, parenting coach

Angell Mortensen

ADHD parent coach for moms of kids with ADHD · Online

Angell Mortensen is a certified life coach and ADHD parent coach who helps moms of kids with ADHD. She runs the ADHD Motherhood Mastery program. She is also a mom to a daughter with ADHD, and she built her approach after she learned ADHD, executive function and mindset. Her work focuses on parenting strategies and thought work. It helps moms move from constant meltdowns and yelling toward calm and connection at home.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challengesFamily communication
Ashley Radzat, parenting coach

Ashley Radzat

Parent and teen coach for families with preteens and teens · Online and in person

Ashley Radzat is a parent and teen coach who helps parents of preteens and teens, and young people ages 10 to 25. She has more than 20 years in education and is a former middle school teacher. She runs Radzat Consulting and wrote a book on staying connected through adolescence. She has coached thousands of families. Her work starts with the parent's own reactions, then builds calmer talks and stronger bonds.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges
Beth Hillman, parenting coach

Beth Hillman

Coach for parents of struggling teens and young adults

Beth Hillman is a life coach who works with parents of struggling teens and young adults. She is a certified life coach and an Arbinger Facilitator. She is also a mother of five boys. Her work centers on rebuilding family relationships through mindfulness, self-reflection, and emotional awareness. She runs a 24-week parenting program with weekly coaching. She also hosts the podcast Parenting Post-wilderness for parents whose teens are home, coming home, or in treatment.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges
Chantal Hewitt, parenting coach in New Zealand

Chantal Hewitt

Autism life and family coach for parents in New Zealand · New Zealand

Chantal Hewitt is an autism life coach and family coach in New Zealand. She helps exhausted mothers of Autistic children move out of survival mode. She has over a decade of professional experience with Autistic children and families, and a background in psychology and education. She is an AuDHD mother of three, including a son with PDA. Her work centers on connection over compliance and on calming the nervous systems of both child and parent.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challengesFamily communication
Dawn Friedman, parenting coach in Ohio

Dawn Friedman

Coach for parents of anxious children in Ohio · Ohio, United States

Dawn Friedman coaches parents of anxious children, teens, and young adults in Ohio. She has worked with kids and families for more than thirty years. Her focus is helping families get out of the trap of child anxiety. She holds a master's in clinical mental health counseling. She also trained in the SPACE program, which teaches parents how to respond to a child's anxious emotions, and in infant-toddler mental health and postpartum mood disorders.

$100 to $150 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges
Elisabeth Stitt, parenting coach

Elisabeth Stitt

Parenting coach for divorced dads and parents

Elisabeth Stitt is a parenting coach who helps parents, especially fathers going through divorce, build calm and connected homes. She founded Joyful Parenting Coaching after more than 25 years as an educator, mostly in middle school. She has supported hundreds of families and thousands of students. She is also the author of the book "Parenting as a Second Language." Her focus is skill-building, clear expectations, and emotional regulation.

$65 to $110 an hour
Co-parenting and divorceFamily communicationBehavior challenges
Gabriela Lavezzari, parenting coach in New Hampshire

Gabriela Lavezzari

Coach for parents of ADHD and autistic kids in New Hampshire · New Hampshire, United States · Online

Gabriela Lavezzari is an emotional wellbeing coach who helps parents of children with ADHD and autism. She founded Ankyra Coaching and works with working parents who feel stressed, overwhelmed and isolated. Before coaching, she was an executive in life sciences. She is also a certified Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor. She has a book for parents of neurodivergent kids. Her coaching starts with the parent's own emotional regulation and confidence.

$100 to $150 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsFamily communicationBehavior challenges

Gabriele Nicolet

Parent coach for parents of neurodivergent kids ages 3 to 12 · Online

Gabriele Nicolet is a parent coach and developmental speech therapist who helps parents of neurodivergent and highly sensitive children. She co-founded Raising Orchid Kids and hosts the Complicated Kids Podcast. Her work centers on helping parents understand what drives their child's behavior so they can change how they respond. She co-leads an 8-week class for parents of children ages 3 to 12 and offers support for parents of teens.

$60 to $100 an hour
Parenting young childrenParents of neurodivergent kidsParenting teens
Heidi Allsop, parenting coach

Heidi Allsop

Parenting coach for moms of teenage boys

Heidi Allsop is a parenting and life coach who helps moms of teenage boys stop arguing and build a closer bond with their sons. He is a mother of five sons and has spent more than 30 years raising boys. He has coached more than 1000 women. He hosts the Raising Boys, Building Men podcast. His clients leave with a clear, personal parenting plan.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges
Joey Mascio, parenting coach

Joey Mascio

Confidence and social skills coach for middle schoolers and their parents · Online

Joey Mascio is a confidence and social skills coach for middle schoolers and their parents. He is a middle school teacher and a certified CBT coach. He teaches kids life skills, habits, and mindset through online programs, live events, and a bestselling curriculum. He has helped thousands of teens and parents. He also hosts a podcast called Secrets for an Awesome Life and offers a free Bullyproof parent training.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting teensBehavior challengesFamily communication
Kathleen Young, parenting coach

Kathleen Young

Coach for parents of neurodivergent children, child psychiatrist

Kathleen Young is a child psychiatrist and certified life coach who coaches parents of neurodivergent children. She helps families who have tried many strategies and still feel stuck. She teaches parents to read their child's behavior through a neurodivergent lens. She is also the parent of a neurodivergent child. She offers a free video series, consultation calls, and a parent group. She also hosts a podcast on parenting and relationships.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challengesFamily communication
Kristin Her, parenting coach

Kristin Her

Parent and family coach for children's emotional regulation · Online and in person

Kristin Her is a parent and family coach who helps parents reconnect with their children and manage big emotions. She spent 15 years at Child Protective Services and has over 20 years of experience with children and families. She holds a Master's in Mental Health Counseling and an ICF life coach certification. Her practice, Elevate with Her Coaching, also serves families with autistic children, teens, and kids facing minor mental health struggles.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting young childrenParenting teensFamily communication

Lisa Candera

Coach for autism moms focused on calm and self-regulation

Lisa Candera is The Autism Mom Coach. He coaches mothers of autistic children on staying calm and leading with confidence. He is a solo mom to a teen with severe autism and OCD, and he has 18 years of experience in autism parenting. He is also a practicing attorney and a certified life coach. His work centers on the parent, not on fixing the child. He hosts The Autism Mom Podcast and runs a community called The Solid Circle.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsFamily communicationBehavior challenges

Mindy Goodman

Parent coach and therapeutic consultant serving families in Maryland and nationwide · Reisterstown, Maryland, United States · Online and in person

Mindy Goodman is a parent coach and independent educational consultant who helps families choose therapeutic and educational options for their children. She runs New Chapters Consulting & Coaching in Reisterstown, Maryland. Before this work, she had a career in accounting and business. She helps families find residential placements and school options, and she coaches parents of children and young adults with emotional, behavioral, educational or mental health challenges. She serves clients in Maryland, Delaware, nationwide and online.

$100 to $150 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challengesFamily communication

Sheila Carroll

Parent coach for weight and metabolic health in kids and teens

Sheila Carroll is a pediatrician and weight coach who helps parents support kids and teens with weight struggles. She is a board-certified pediatrician and an obesity medicine diplomate. Her work focuses on changing the home food environment, not putting the child on a diet. She teaches that real food, sleep, daily movement and emotional regulation skills matter most. She lived with childhood weight struggles herself and later parented a child with extra weight.

$90 to $135 an hour
Behavior challenges
Skylar Anderson, parenting coach

Skylar Anderson

Child life coach for children with special needs

Skylar Anderson is a child life coach who helps children build confidence, manage emotions, and handle daily challenges. Skylar is a Registered Behavior Technician and a Certified WISDOM Coach, and owns Enchanting Hearts, LLC. Skylar has over seven years of experience with children in foster care and children with autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities. Programs are built on the Adventures in Wisdom framework and use stories, projects, and activities.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges

Take it Outdoors Parenting

Parenting coach using outdoor sessions, based in San Jose · San Jose

Take it Outdoors Parenting is a coaching practice that helps parents set boundaries and repair their relationship with their children. The coach spent over 25 years in law enforcement as a School Resource Officer, Domestic Violence Detective and Hostage Negotiator. He has also taught parenting classes for over 10 years. Sessions often happen outside, on a hike, a walk or a seat in a park. He works with parents of strong-willed children and teens, and also with first responders.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting teensBehavior challengesFamily communication
Daryn Friedman, parenting coach in New York

Daryn Friedman

Family, relationship and life coach in Lower Manhattan, New York · New York, New York, United States · Online and in person

Daryn Friedman is a life, family and relationship coach in Lower Manhattan. He helps children, teens, parents, couples and adults who deal with anxiety or ADHD. He holds an LCSW and an advanced degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, and he builds custom action plans using behavior modification. He grew up with a stutter, ADHD and anxiety, and he draws on that with clients. He meets people in person and online.

$350 to $400 per hour
Parenting young childrenParenting teensBehavior challenges
Francini Estes, parenting coach

Francini Estes

Christian life coach for moms, including moms of children with special needs · Online

Francini Estes is a Christian life coach for mothers, including moms of children with autism and special needs. She helps moms who feel drained, anxious, and stretched too thin. She is a certified weight and life coach and a foster and adoptive mother of three. She runs Mom Mental Gym, an online membership for Christian moms, and offers an 8-week tailored one-on-one coaching program.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges
Kristin Escalera, parenting coach in Wildomar

Kristin Escalera

Christian parenting coach for moms of kids ages 4 to 10 · Wildomar, California, United States

Kristin Escalera is a Christian parenting coach who helps moms raise kids ages 4 to 10 with calm, connection, and biblical consistency. She runs Raising Disciples Mom from Wildomar, California. She is a Positive Discipline Parent Educator and a Certified Life Coach. She has homeschooled her five children for more than nine years and serves in her church's children's ministry. She helps parents move away from yelling, nagging, and time-outs.

$100 to $150 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challenges

Laura Solomon

Special education consultant for families in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Dr. Laura Solomon is a special education consultant who helps children with special needs and their families. She has run Special Education Services for over four decades. She serves families in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. She specializes in diagnostic and educational testing and explains the results to parents. She works with school teams to set goals, including IEPs and 504 Plans. She also recommends alternative schools when needed.

$90 to $140 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges
Michelle Holdeman, parenting coach in Hays

Michelle Holdeman

Parenting coach for families with big emotions in Hays, Kansas · Hays, Kansas, United States

Michelle Holdeman is a parenting coach in Hays, Kansas. She helps parents and caregivers who face big emotions, power struggles and behavior challenges at home. She founded New Connections Mental Health, a group practice. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist with over 10 years of work with children, teens and families. Her practice offers a 10-week play-based parent coaching program called Child-Parent Relationship Training.

$90 to $150 an hour
Parenting young childrenParenting teensBehavior challenges
Rachel Beck, parenting coach in Copenhagen

Rachel Beck

Positive parenting and dyslexia coach in Copenhagen, Denmark · Copenhagen, Denmark · Online and in person

Rachel Beck is a positive parenting coach in Denmark who helps parents with tantrums, transitions, screen time, sibling rivalry and teenage pushback. She also works as a dyslexia coach and sleep coach. She has over 25 years of experience in early childhood education, family support and neurodiversity inclusion. Her work rests on three ideas: Calm, Connection and Confidence. She meets clients online or in their homes in the Copenhagen area.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting young childrenParenting teensFamily communication
Wendy Schofer, parenting coach

Wendy Schofer

Parenting coach and pediatrician for family food, weight and body image

Dr. Wendy Schofer is a pediatrician and parenting coach who helps parents raise healthy eaters without shame or dieting. She runs Family in Focus and works on food, weight and body image for the whole family. She has worked with thousands of parents. She used to give families weight management plans, then decided they were just restriction. Now she teaches parents to build trust and connection around food.

$90 to $135 an hour
Behavior challengesFamily communication

Susan Soares

Coach helping parents navigate their child's behavioral health care

Susan Soares is a coach who helps parents find their way through the behavioral health system for their child. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Advanced Certified Life Coach with 33 years in behavioral health. Her clients learn to understand diagnoses, weigh treatment options, and handle appointments and paperwork. She also pays attention to the parent's own well-being while they advocate for their child.

$90 to $135 an hour
Behavior challenges
Toni Rozzi, parenting coach

Toni Rozzi

Parenting and life coach for families raising neurodiverse children

Toni Rozzi is a parenting coach who helps families raising neurodiverse children. Toni works with kids from age 8 through adulthood. Toni has a background in childhood development and worked as a special education teacher. Toni is also a Licensed Behavior Analyst and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Services include parent coaching, executive function coaching, social skills instruction, early intervention coaching, and behavior interventions.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challengesNew parents
Jenni L'Eon, parenting coach

Jenni L'Eon

Parent coach for adoptive, foster and caregiving families

Jenni L'Eon is a parent coach who helps adoptive families, foster families and caregivers. She has spent decades working with vulnerable children. She holds a Master of Arts in Varying Exceptionalities and is a Certified Parent Coach. She is also a foster and adoptive parent with 7 adopted children, including transracial adoptions and sibling groups. Her focus areas are trauma and attachment.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges

Julia Rocque

Parenting coach for moms of teenagers

Julia Rocque is a parenting coach who helps moms of teenagers. She works one on one with mothers who feel disconnected from their teens and worn down by overwhelm. Julia raised teens through a hard stretch herself, including a daughter who struggled with mental illness. She found coaching after therapy did not give her the results she wanted. Her work centers on mindset, managing emotions, and building a stronger bond with a teen without needing the teen to change first.

$60 to $110 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges
Crystal Haitsma, parenting coach

Crystal Haitsma

Connection-based parenting coach for parents of calm, confident kids

Crystal Haitsma is a certified life coach and parent coach who helps parents raise calm, confident kids. She teaches shame-free, connection-based parenting. Her focus is on turning parenting ideas into daily action, so parents follow through in real moments. She works on emotional awareness, handling big feelings, and partner alignment. She runs a group program called Parent School and offers coaching through Voxer voice messages.

$90 to $135 an hour
Family communicationBehavior challenges
Daphne Vélez-Cortés, parenting coach

Daphne Vélez-Cortés

Parent and life coach for overwhelmed moms

Daphne Vélez-Cortés is a life coach who helps overwhelmed, stressed-out moms parent with more calm and build a balanced life. She is a former school counselor with a master's degree in Counselor Education. She works with parents on positive discipline, closer bonds with their kids, simple family routines, and sticking to their own health and personal goals. She also raises two boys, and builds daily systems for her own family.

$60 to $100 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challengesFamily communication

Meg Thomas

Homeschool coach for mothers who want calmer, more confident homeschooling · Online

Meg Thomas is a homeschool coach who helps mothers build confidence and stay calm while teaching their children at home. He is a mother of seven with more than a decade of homeschool experience. He runs Mama's Members, a coaching program with weekly calls, lesson plans and a No Yelling Course. He also hosts the Called to Homeschool podcast. His work draws on his Christian faith.

$60 to $110 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challengesFamily communication
Megan Whitesides, parenting coach

Megan Whitesides

Parenting coach for moms of teens who want to stay calm

Megan Whitesides is a life coach who helps parents, mainly moms of teens, build better relationships with their kids. She teaches parents to stay calm and stop yelling. She is certified through the Life Coach School. She also spent two and a half years coaching new e-commerce business owners and coached in the Next Level and 2CCX programs. She has taught preschool in her home for 16 years.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges

Mel Peirce

Parenting coach helping parents handle big feelings and daily challenges

Mel Peirce is a parenting coach who helps parents handle meltdowns, big emotions and school issues. She gives parents a set of research-backed tools they can use right away. Mel is a Certified Professional Coach. She also speaks, runs workshops and writes a weekly Mindful Parenting column for Macaroni Kid of North Shore, MA.

$90 to $135 an hour
Behavior challengesFamily communication

Melissa Cave

Parenting and calm coach for overwhelmed moms

Melissa Cave is a certified life coach and mentor who helps overwhelmed moms stay calm and feel good about their parenting. She runs Rethink Motherhood. Her work focuses on yelling, guilt, and mental overload. She teaches science-backed tools and explains what happens in a mom's brain and nervous system. She is a mom of two and works one-on-one with moms to build a clear plan and make time for themselves.

$90 to $135 an hour
Behavior challengesFamily communication
Annie Treml, parenting coach in Wisconsin

Annie Treml

Parenting coach for families with unconventional kids in Wisconsin · Wisconsin, United States

Annie Treml is a parenting and family coach who helps parents of unconventional children. She works with families who want less struggle and more enjoyment at home. Annie uses what she calls a "no stink eye" approach. It teaches parents uncommon and counter-intuitive strategies that respect each child's differences and protect mom's sanity. Before coaching, she worked as a school psychologist, a counselor and a college instructor. She works from Wisconsin.

$110 to $175 an hour
Behavior challengesFamily communication

Harmony Heslop

Coach for parents of autistic, ADHD or PDA kids

Harmony Heslop is a coach for parents of autistic, ADHD or PDA kids. She helps parents who feel worn down by guilt, shame and constant advice about what they should do. Her coaching is PDA-affirming and does not use behavior plans, blame or pressure to fix a child. She is a parent of a son with ADHD and autism, so she knows the daily strain. She is not taking new clients now and keeps a waiting list.

$60 to $110 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challengesFamily communication
Nicole Ellis, parenting coach in Utah

Nicole Ellis

Success life coach for dads in Utah · Utah, United States

Nicole Ellis is a life coach in Utah who works with dads. She helps men who do well at work but feel stuck at home. She built the "STOP the FIGHT!" Coaching Program just for dads. It is customized for each client. She teaches 4 Foundational Principles and adds her own tools. Dads learn parenting strategies for their child, reconnect with their spouse, and take control of their own emotions and priorities.

$110 to $175 an hour
Family communicationBehavior challenges
Tina Su, parenting coach

Tina Su

Coach for parents of children with autism and ADHD · Online

Tina Su is a coach who helps parents of children with autism and ADHD. He is the mother of a son who was once diagnosed with level-2 autism, ADHD, epilepsy and auditory processing disorder. Tina focuses on speech, eye contact, tantrums, sleep and picky eating. He offers programs and a membership, and he is active on Instagram.

$60 to $110 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges

Amy Webb

Parenting coach with a PhD in child development · Leland

Amy Webb is a parenting coach who helps parents of young children make choices based on child development research. She holds a PhD in Human Development from the University of Texas at Austin. She founded The Thoughtful Parent, a newsletter with more than 13,000 weekly subscribers. She has also written research-based content for Lovevery and BYJU'S. Her coaching blends science with parental intuition to support a child's emotional growth.

$60 to $100 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challenges

Bianca Hellenga

Attuned parent coach for parents, caregivers and teachers

Bianca Hellenga is an attuned parent coach who helps parents understand their own needs and their child's emotional and developmental needs. She is certified through the Jai Institute For Parenting. She also has training in meditation, EFT Tapping and somatic therapy methods. She offers a 12 week program and individual sessions with weekly support. She also works with caregivers, grandparents and teachers.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting young childrenFamily communicationParents of neurodivergent kids

Rima Elahi-Syed

Parent coach for moms of toddlers to teens, working online · France · Online

Rima Elahi-Syed is a parent coach in France who helps moms raising kids from toddlers to teens. She works with moms who are worn out by power struggles, yelling and guilt. She teaches a 6-step method called PAUSE, based on conscious parenting. Rima is also a pediatric physical therapist. She has lived abroad for 26 years and made more than 10 international moves, so she knows what it is like to parent far from home.

$90 to $135 an hour
Parenting young childrenParenting teensFamily communication

Rob Owen

Coach for dads of teenage boys and for teen boys

Rob Owen is a relationship and life coach who helps dads reconnect with their teenage sons. He also works directly with tween and teenage boys. Rob has spent 25 years working with neurotypical and neurodiverse teens as an educator, school founder, author, and mentor. He founded a nonprofit middle school and wrote two books. His methods draw on martial arts, Zen practice, mindful movement, and somatic awareness. He is not a therapist.

$60 to $100 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges

Emily Brown

Catholic homeschool life coach for homeschooling mothers

Emily Brown is a Catholic homeschool life coach who helps homeschooling mothers stay calm and enjoy their kids. She runs Fiat Life Coaching and got certified through The Life Coach School. She is a homeschooling mom of 7 children, and one has already graduated. Her work centers on ending yelling, building connection at home, and keeping faith at the center of the homeschool day.

$90 to $135 an hour
Behavior challengesFamily communication

Nikky Plunkett

Parenting and confidence coach for parents of challenging children · Wisconsin, United States · Online

Nikky Plunkett is a parenting and confidence coach in Wisconsin. She helps parents who raise challenging children make parenting choices with more confidence. She holds a communications degree with a psychology minor and is certified through the Fearless Living Institute. She raised 3 children who each faced mental health challenges. Clients know her as The BUT Lady because she helps them reduce the BUTs that hold them back as parents. She coaches online through New Beginnings Life Coach LLC.

$100 to $150 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges

Nola Peacock

Family coach and parent educator in Calgary, Alberta · Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Nola Peacock is a family coach in Calgary, Alberta. She helps parents build their child's confidence, ease their child's anxiety, and create a calmer, more nurturing home. She is also a parent educator, certified facilitator and speaker. She writes articles on topics like helping an older child sleep in their own bed, guiding kids through a move, and how well parents listen to their children.

$90 to $150 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challengesFamily communication

Sharon Klinger

Relationship, family and fitness coach in Auburn, Pennsylvania · Auburn, Pennsylvania, United States

Sharon Klinger is a relationship, family and fitness coach in Auburn, Pennsylvania. She helps people with behavior issues, family relationships, autism, ADHD and social challenges. She also coaches clients on fitness, mobility, weight loss and moving without pain. Sharon is a Pennsylvania Licensed Professional Counselor and behavior consultant. She is also a massage therapist, fitness trainer and yoga teacher, so she can combine mental health topics and physical health in her coaching.

$90 to $200 per hour
Family communicationBehavior challengesParents of neurodivergent kids

Fern Weis

Family, relationship and life coach in Wayne, New Jersey · Wayne, New Jersey, United States

Fern Weis is a family, relationship and life coach in Wayne, New Jersey. She helps parents raise confident, capable kids by parenting from clear principles. She also works with people who want to strengthen relationships, reach goals and balance a busy life. She is a certified coach and a New Jersey Highly Qualified Teacher. She writes about teens, rules, and staying calm when a teen pushes a parent's buttons.

$100 to $150 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges

Esther Mbabazi

Parenting coach for mums who want to stop shouting at their children

Esther Mbabazi is a coach for mums who snap, shout or lose control with their children, even when they know how they want to respond. She runs a program called The Yell Less Formula. Her work looks at what happens inside a parent before the shouting starts, including the thoughts the brain adds in stressful moments. She also helps mums recover after a bad moment without spiraling into guilt.

$60 to $110 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challengesFamily communication
Belinda Norton-Smith, health coach in Australia

Belinda Norton-Smith

Bioenergetic educator and fitness trainer for women and parents in Australia · Australia

Belinda Norton-Smith is a bioenergetic educator and fitness trainer who works with women and parents on health, habits, and family routines. She has 26 years in the wellness field and has written nine books, including Fit Mama. She writes on fitness for Wellbeing Magazine and presents on Wellbeing TV. She created The Humanness Method, a skill-based program on body function, routines, and lifelong habits. She also offers one-on-one sessions and parenting support.

$75 to $165 an hour
Behavior challengesParents of neurodivergent kidsFamily communication

Jill Freestone

Anxiety coach for teens, adults and moms of anxious kids

Jill Freestone is a life coach who helps teens and adults deal with anxiety, stress and strong emotions. Her main focus is moms with anxious, emotional kids and teens. She began coaching by teaching her piano students to manage performance anxiety. She is certified through The Life Coach School and holds an elementary education degree. She teaches skills clients can use in the middle of a panic attack. Sessions are weekly.

$80 to $150 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges
Brian Crisp, admissions consultant in Fuquay Varina

Brian Crisp

College admissions consultant and parenting coach in North Carolina · Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, United States

Brian Crisp is an independent educational consultant who helps students with college and graduate school admissions and coaches parents. He founded Crisp Consulting + Coaching in North Carolina in 2009. He has worked in schools, universities and churches in the United States, Italy and Germany for over thirty years. He once served as a curriculum consultant in the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. He also advises nonprofits, churches and companies.

$150 to $225 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challenges
Carol Boersma, ADHD coach

Carol Boersma

ADHD parent coach and pediatrician for moms · Online

Carol Boersma is a pediatrician and parent coach who helps moms raise kids with ADHD and emotional dysregulation. He runs The Coaching MD, a 10 week virtual program called Coaching for Calm & Connection. It mixes weekly one-on-one sessions, online video modules and optional couples' sessions. Carol is also a mom himself. His work centers on staying calm in hard moments and rebuilding the bond between parent and child.

$100 to $175 an hour
Behavior challengesParenting young children
Jennifer Bernardi, ADHD coach in Minnesota

Jennifer Bernardi

ADHD coach for overwhelmed adults and parents in Minnesota · Minnesota, United States

Jennifer Bernardi is an ADHD coach who works one-on-one with overwhelmed adults and parents. She founded A New Way to ADHD in Minnesota. She taught in a classroom before she became a coach. She was diagnosed with ADHD in her late 30s, so she coaches from her own experience. She helps clients with executive function, burnout, and family friction. She also runs a program for young adults who need systems to launch into independence.

$110 to $150 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challengesFamily communication

Milton Little

Educational and therapeutic placement consultant in Durham, North Carolina · Durham, North Carolina, United States

Milton Little is an independent educational and therapeutic placement consultant with Burke-Little & Associates in Durham, North Carolina. He helps families find the right school or treatment program for a child, teen or young adult who is struggling. The practice has offices in Durham, Richmond and Nashville. It has worked with families across the country and abroad for thirty years. It takes no payment from the programs it refers to.

$170 to $310 an hour
Behavior challenges
Rebekah Jordan, admissions consultant in Salisbury

Rebekah Jordan

Educational consultant for boarding school and therapeutic placement · Salisbury, Connecticut, United States

Rebekah Jordan is an educational consultant who helps families find the right school or program for a child, teen or young adult. She is a partner and founding consultant at Crossbridge. She has spent 25 years in education as a teacher, head of school, tutor and consultant. She created The Peak School in Frisco, Colorado, for students who learn differently. She has helped close to a thousand students and families.

$170 to $310 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges

Lucy Pritzker

Boarding school and therapeutic placement consultant in Pittstown, New Jersey · Pittstown, New Jersey, United States

Lucy Pritzker is an independent educational consultant who helps families place children, teens and young adults in the right school or therapeutic program. She founded Elm Street Placements in Pittstown, New Jersey, and serves as its senior consultant. Her team travels the country to visit boarding schools, wilderness programs, residential treatment centers and assessment centers. That gives them first-hand knowledge of each program they recommend to families.

$130 to $295 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges
Danielle Mary Vaughn, life coach

Danielle Mary Vaughn

Life coach for marriage and family life · Online

Danielle Mary Vaughn is a life coach for marriage and family life. She helps clients heal from a difficult childhood, work through anxiety, and build a life and family they are proud of. She has worked with hundreds of clients. She is also a multidisciplinary musician and singer/songwriter. She hosts the Dare Greatly Podcast and runs a free online women's circle for wives whose husbands face mental health challenges.

$80 to $155 an hour
Family communicationBehavior challenges

Roseanne Dabbs

Accountability and Christian life coach in Alabama · Alabama, United States

Roseanne Dabbs is an accountability coach and Christian life coach in Alabama. He helps parents, married people, and people going through divorce, separation, or other life changes. He has worked as a postpartum doula, a lay mental health advocate, and a minister to incarcerated women. He also took counseling and crisis intervention classes with internships. He chose not to get formal coaching certification so he can stay independent.

$90 to $150 an hour
Parenting young childrenParenting teensCo-parenting and divorce

Chris Kocurek

Educational consultant for school and college planning in Austin, Texas · Austin, Texas, United States · Online and in person

Chris Kocurek is an independent educational consultant in Austin, Texas. Chris helps students and parents with boarding school and private school admissions. Chris works with Academic Answers, a national firm started in 1998 that also offers therapeutic consulting, academic coaching, college counseling and parent coaching. The firm's team has over 200 years of combined experience. Chris is a professional member of the IECA.

$150 to $225 an hour
Behavior challenges
Jean Gibson, ADHD coach

Jean Gibson

ADHD, career and child life coach for young people and professionals

Jean Gibson is a coach who works with children, young people and professionals, with and without ADHD. She has a long background in human resources and began coaching as a career coach. She now also coaches adults with ADHD in the workplace and runs a life skills program for children and teens. She holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and a Diploma in Personal Performance Coaching.

$110 to $150 an hour
Behavior challenges

Kristin Kajer-Cline

Independent educational consultant for boarding and private school in Issaquah · Issaquah, Washington, United States

Kristin Kajer-Cline is an independent educational consultant in Issaquah, Washington. She helps parents and young people find boarding schools, private schools and therapeutic programs. She works through Educational Connections, a team of therapeutic consultants. In the last 20 years, the team has served more than 1,000 families. Clients range from ages 10 to 32, and most are ages 13 to 23. She is a professional member of IECA.

$170 to $310 an hour
Parents of neurodivergent kidsBehavior challenges
MyTeenLife Coach, life coach

MyTeenLife Coach

Life coach for teens, young adults and parents

MyTeenLife Coach is a coaching practice that helps teens, young adults and their parents through school, career and life changes. The team has 30+ combined years of experience. Founder Liezel has coached teens for over thirty years and is also an award-winning dance teacher. Sessions cover resilience, stress, time management, tech overuse and ADHD. Parents and teens can both get support.

$80 to $150 an hour
Parenting teensFamily communicationBehavior challenges

Kim Callaway

Relationship, parenting and life coach in Missouri · Missouri, United States

Kim Callaway is a relationship and life coach in Missouri who also coaches parents of young children. Kim is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience working with individuals and families. Kim's relationship work centers on attachment patterns, unresolved shame, and conflict and repair. Kim also helps adults with low self-worth and anxiety. Kim runs Rooted Earth Counseling.

$100 to $180 an hour
Parenting young childrenBehavior challenges

Robert L. Cummings Sr.

Life, relationship, parenting and career coach with in-person and remote sessions · Online and in person

Robert L. Cummings Sr. is a life coach who works on relationships, parenting and careers. She is a retired U.S. Army Vietnam veteran with 26 years of service. She served as the NBA chaplain for the Los Angeles Clippers from 2004 to 2011. She also teaches anger and domestic violence classes for Riverside County court providers. She has been free from drug addiction for 43 years and draws on that story in her coaching. Sessions are in person, by phone, or on Zoom for international clients.

$90 to $175 an hour
Behavior challenges
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CoachFocusHourly rate range
Angell MortensenParents of neurodivergent kids and Behavior challenges$90 to $135 an hour
Ashley RadzatParenting teens and Family communication$90 to $135 an hour
Beth HillmanParenting teens and Family communication$90 to $135 an hour
Chantal HewittParents of neurodivergent kids and Behavior challenges$90 to $135 an hour
Dawn FriedmanParents of neurodivergent kids and Behavior challenges$100 to $150 an hour
Elisabeth StittCo-parenting and divorce and Family communication$65 to $110 an hour
Gabriela LavezzariParents of neurodivergent kids and Family communication$100 to $150 an hour
Gabriele NicoletParenting young children and Parents of neurodivergent kids$60 to $100 an hour
Heidi AllsopParenting teens and Family communication$90 to $135 an hour
Joey MascioParenting teens and Behavior challenges$90 to $135 an hour
Kathleen YoungParents of neurodivergent kids and Behavior challenges$90 to $135 an hour
Kristin HerParenting young children and Parenting teens$90 to $135 an hour
Lisa CanderaParents of neurodivergent kids and Family communication$90 to $135 an hour
Mindy GoodmanParents of neurodivergent kids and Behavior challenges$100 to $150 an hour
Sheila CarrollBehavior challenges$90 to $135 an hour

Common questions

How much does a parenting coach for behavior challenges cost?

Most parenting coaches charge $68 to $148 per hour or session.

What else do these parenting coaches help with?

Common focus areas include family communication, parents of neurodivergent kids, parenting teens and parenting young children.

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