Strengthen Your Parent-Child Connection

Build Deeper Understanding & Communication With Your Child

At Everyday Parenting, we believe the parent-child relationship forms the foundation for your child's emotional well-being and future relationships. Our parent-child connection services help you build stronger bonds, improve communication, and create more meaningful interactions with your child at every developmental stage.

Our Parent-Child Connection Services

How Relationship-Focused Therapy Works

Our approach to enhancing parent-child relationships combines evidence-based techniques with a deep understanding of attachment and development. We work with both you and your child to:

Identify patterns in your interactions that may be creating disconnection
Understand your child's unique emotional needs and communication style
Develop new ways of responding that foster trust and emotional safety
Create a secure base from which your child can confidently explore the world

Benefits for Parents & Children

For parents, our services provide:

Greater confidence in parenting decisions
Reduced stress and frustration in challenging moments
Deeper understanding of your child's behaviors and needs
More enjoyable and fulfilling family interactions

For children, the benefits include:

Increased emotional security and trust
Better ability to express feelings appropriately
Improved self-regulation skills
Stronger foundation for healthy future relationships

For All Ages & Situations

Our relationship-focused services are beneficial for:

Parents of infants wanting to establish secure attachment
Families navigating toddler independence and boundary-testing
Parent-child pairs experiencing conflict during school years
Families going through transitions (new siblings, divorce, moves)
Adoptive families building connection
Any parent wanting a closer, more satisfying relationship with their child

Our Approach

Communication-Centered Techniques

We emphasize active listening and responsive communication techniques that help parents and children truly hear and understand each other. Our specialists will help you:

Recognize and validate emotions without judgment
Use language that invites cooperation rather than resistance
Set boundaries with empathy and respect
Create space for authentic expression of feelings

Attachment-Based Therapy Principles

Our work is grounded in attachment theory, recognizing that secure parent-child bonds form the foundation for emotional health. We incorporate:

Circle of Security principles to help parents be a secure base
Attachment-focused play techniques that strengthen bonds
Reflection to increase parental sensitivity and responsiveness
Strategies to repair disconnections when they occur

Creating Meaningful Moments of Connection

We help you identify opportunities for connection in everyday life through:

Special play time techniques that follow your child's lead
Rituals and routines that strengthen family bonds
Mindful parenting practices that keep you present
Emotional coaching to navigate challenging feelings together

Why Choose Everyday Parenting?

Specialists in Family Dynamics: Our clinicians have extensive training in attachment theory, child development, and family systems

Experience with Diverse Family Structures: We work with traditional, single-parent, blended, LGBTQ+, adoptive, and multi-generational families

Practical, Applicable Strategies: Our focus is on real-world solutions you can implement in your daily family life

Whole-Family Perspective: We consider the needs and dynamics of each family member

Trauma-Informed Care: We provide sensitive support for families with histories of trauma or adverse experiences

Meet Our Specialists

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Layne Raskin | PsyD, MA, PMH-C, IMH-E®

Dr. Raskin is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialized training in perinatal mental health and infant-parent relationships. As a certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist and Infant Mental Health Specialist, she has spent years supporting parents and families through transitions and relationship challenges. Dr. Raskin uses a developmental, relational, and trauma-informed lens, integrating body-based therapeutic interventions to create an approach unique to each family. Her work helps parents understand how their own childhood experiences inform their parenting approach, creating space for more authentic and connected relationships with their children.

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Jeanette Sawyer Cohen | PhD, MPhil, MS, PMH-C, IMH-E®

Dr. Sawyer Cohen is a Columbia University-trained psychologist with extensive experience in parent-child relationships. Her approach draws from developmental, relational, and somatic interventions to help families build stronger connections. Following postgraduate training in dyadic therapies such as Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and DIR/Floortime, she specializes in helping parents understand their child's unique emotional profile. Endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Specialist at the Clinical Mentor level, Dr. Sawyer Cohen brings deep expertise in parent-child interactions and is particularly skilled at working with sensitive, reactive, or intense children and their parents.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everyday Parenting provides compassionate mental health care for families and individuals at every stage of life, specializing in maternal mental health, child development, family therapy, and individual care.

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Consider seeking support if you frequently feel disconnected from your child, find yourself caught in repetitive conflict patterns, notice your child is struggling emotionally, or if your family is going through a significant transition. Many families also benefit from preventative relationship-building work, even when there aren't obvious problems.
The timeline varies depending on your specific goals and challenges. Some families notice meaningful improvements after just a few sessions, while others benefit from longer-term support. We'll work together to establish clear goals and regularly assess progress toward them.
This depends on your child's age and the specific challenges you're facing. For parents of infants and very young children, sessions often focus primarily on the parent. With older children, we may alternate between parent-only sessions and joint parent-child sessions where we can observe and guide interactions directly.
While individual child therapy focuses primarily on your child's internal experience, parent-child relationship work centers on the interactions and patterns between you. Rather than viewing challenges as residing solely within the child, we consider how the relationship dynamic itself can be shifted to benefit everyone involved.
Absolutely. While it can be helpful to have all parents involved, significant positive changes can occur when even one parent engages in this work. As your relationship with your child transforms, it often has ripple effects throughout the family system.