Certified parenting coaches
243 parenting coaches list a coaching credential or degree, 65% of all parenting coaches. Certified parenting coaches charge $75 to $160 an hour.
Key numbers
- 243 parenting coaches list a credential (65% of parenting coaches).
- 8 hold the ICF's PCC or MCC credential.
- Certified parenting coaches: $75 to $160 an hour.
- Parenting coaches with no credential: $65 to $140 an hour.
Credentials parenting coaches hold
| Credential level | Coaches (n) |
|---|---|
| Other coaching certification | 210 |
| Graduate degree | 25 |
| ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | 8 |
Most common credentials
| Credential | Coaches (n) |
|---|---|
| Certified Life Coach | 21 |
| Certified life coach | 15 |
| IECA Professional member | 8 |
| Certified Professional Life Coach | 6 |
| MBA | 5 |
| CTA Certified Life Coach | 5 |
| Certified through The Life Coach School | 5 |
| NLP Practitioner | 5 |
| Certified Parent Coach | 4 |
| M.Ed. | 4 |
What certified parenting coaches charge
| Group | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|
| Credential listed | $75 to $160 |
| No credential listed | $65 to $140 |
Certified parenting coaches to compare
Abbe Feder
Abbe Feder is a fertility coach who supports people dealing with infertility and women who want to get pregnant. She founded InCircle Fertility after her own struggle with infertility and pregnancy loss. She holds a BA in Behavioral Science. Clients work with her from anywhere in the world. She offers unlimited text and Voxer support with a response within 12 hours. Her signature package runs six months and can continue into pregnancy after infertility.
Amber Titensor
Amber Titensor is a life and parent coach who works with teens and with their moms. She helps moms who feel overwhelmed reconnect with their teen and parent with more calm and confidence. She helps teens build emotional resilience and trust themselves. Amber is a mother of seven and holds dual certification in life and parent coaching. She runs a teen program called Teen FLAME and a parent program called FLAME for Moms.
Angell Mortensen
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.
Ashley Radzat
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.
Beth Hillman
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.
Bonnie Lyman
Bonnie Lyman is a family and life coach who helps women change their relationships with their adult children. She works with women who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and coaches with LDS values. Her clients often feel disrespected, unloved, sad, or resentful. Bonnie helps them find the root cause of their pain and learn to feel peace, love, and relief. She works only online and holds an advanced certification through Jody Moore.
Carol Madden
Carol Madden is a separation and divorce coach in New Zealand. She helps people who are going through divorce or have come out the other side. Her main focus is women who have been divorced for a while and still feel lost. She is a certified coach with added training in trauma. She went through her own divorce at 37 while raising young children. She also offers a free mini course called After The Divorce.
Chantal Hewitt
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.
Charlene Fernald Moynihan
Charlene Fernald Moynihan is a mindset and parenting coach in Maine. She specializes in transition coaching for people with acquired disabilities and their loved ones. She also coaches parents of children and adults with disabling or potentially disabling conditions. She spent 44 years working in human and social services, mostly with people with disabilities. She retired in 2016 due to disability, so she knows life with a disability firsthand. She is a Resilience Strategist.
Crystal Wagner
Crystal Wagner is a life and homeschool coach who helps homeschool parents and goal-oriented women calm the chaos in their days. She has homeschooled her two daughters for over 13 years. Before coaching, she worked as an auditor, in planning and forecasting, and as a church business administrator. She has published homeschool resources and spoken at conventions. She runs Triumphant Learning and works from Oklahoma.
Daryn Friedman
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.
Dawn Friedman
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.
Erica Jourdan
Erica Jourdan is an adoption coach and parent coach who helps individuals and families who want to adopt or foster. She has over two decades of professional experience in foster care and private adoption systems. She holds an MSW and a BA in Psychology. She is also an adoptive parent of three children. She supports clients from deciding if adoption is right, through finding an agency and assessing matches, to life after placement.
Erica Karek
Erica Karek is a life and health coach who supports mothers through pregnancy, postpartum, and the years of parenting that follow. She runs EK Coaching & Wellness in Wisconsin. Erica is a family nurse practitioner and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. She has specific training in perinatal mental health and offers frequent screening and care for Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders. She is also a mother of three.
Francini Estes
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.
Gabriela Lavezzari
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.
Gabriele Nicolet
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.
Heidi Allsop
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.
Hina Pitroda
Hina Pitroda is a health and wellness coach who helps mothers move from stress and overwhelm to calm and connection. She runs Bloom and Belong, where she works with multicultural mothers at every stage, from new moms to empty nesters. She holds a Master's degree in Health and Wellness Coaching and is a board certified coach. Her work centers on MUMTA, her own framework built on awareness, compassion, and connection. She has lived in 3 countries.
Jennifer and Mitch Firestone
Jennifer and Mitch Firestone are a married couple who run Staying Joyful. They coach youths, families and working adults who want more joy and better relationships. Jennifer spent 30 years as a social worker and educator. Mitch has spent over 20 years in education and has a psychology background. Together they bring 50 years of combined experience. They also sell aromatherapy and color therapy candles in their shop.
Joey Mascio
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.
Kanwal Akhtar
Dr. Kanwal Akhtar is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and Islamic life coach. Kanwal helps Muslim mothers raise independent, emotionally healthy autistic children. Kanwal's work starts with the mother. Kanwal teaches moms to calm their own nervous system so the home feels safe for the child. Kanwal blends neuroscience, psychology and faith in Allah into one parenting framework. Kanwal also speaks and teaches to mothers around the world.
Karen Stockham
Karen Stockham is a family, relationship, and life coach who helps adults, couples, and families. She focuses on family estrangement, couples repair, and stress and anxiety. She is a licensed psychotherapist in New Mexico and a Certified Clini-Coach®, with over 30 years of experience. Her sessions are calm and focused, and each one ends with one practical next step. Coaching is open to clients nationwide, while her therapy services are limited to where she is licensed.
Kathleen Young
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.
Keira Brown McMullin
Keira Brown McMullin is a certified life coach who helps moms raise differently wired kids. She works with mothers who feel overwhelmed and alone after their child gets an autism or ADHD diagnosis. She also works as a substitute teacher and lives on a ranch. Her sessions use short lessons and help moms apply them at home.
Kristin Escalera
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.
Kristin Her
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.
Lauren Gordon
Lauren Gordon is a certified coach who helps working moms balance their careers and family lives. She spent nearly two decades in a corporate job, including sales, business development and leadership roles. She later ran Global Executive Recruiting at her company. She has been a certified coach since 2014 and earned a second coaching certification in 2019. She also facilitates groups for women-owned organizations and coaches working moms one-on-one.
Lisa Candera
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.
Meg Kuhnle
Meg Kuhnle is a coach for moms of teens who feel worn down by the mental load of home life. She runs MegaThrive Coaching and blends life coaching with personal training and nervous-system aware movement. She is a mom of 3 teens herself. Her work helps women feel calmer, stay steadier in hard moments, and make space for themselves. She offers virtual sessions and small-group support.
Common questions
How many parenting coaches are certified?
65% of parenting coaches list a coaching credential or degree.
Do certified parenting coaches charge more?
Certified parenting coaches charge $75 to $160 an hour, compared with $65 to $140 for parenting coaches with no credential.
What is the top parenting coach credential?
The International Coaching Federation's MCC is the highest coaching credential, followed by the PCC and ACC.
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Last updated September 2026.