Are you parenting a child who has experienced early stress, has a vulnerable nervous system or displays puzzling behaviors?
Are you working so hard to be the safe space for your kids and realizing you, yourself, don’t have a soft place to land?
Welcome! I am glad you are here.
I am Jeri Lea. I am a therapist and my passion is supporting YOU, parents and caregivers of young children, and your relationships with one another! I am also a parent and am very much on this journey of growth and discovery with you.
My deepest desire is to support adults in creating healthy relationships with themselves and their children so that they can thrive and families can flourish.
While parenting today is challenging in the best of circumstances, parenting kids who have complex needs or vulnerable nervous systems involves a level of isolation and intensity that others may not understand. This isn’t because you or they are doing it wrong or are “broken” but largely because our world and systems aren’t designed to understand and support their needs.
Yet, compassionate, affirming care is available and there is so much we can do together to support understanding, well-being and healing NOW!
If you are looking for accompaniment and guidance on your journey:
to process your own past or present experiences of grief, overwhelm, or stress to move toward emotional and nervous system well-being,
to understand and address your child's behavior challenges to bring more ease and joy to your days and theirs or,
to build or repair a secure connection with your child.
I would love to talk to you further to see if we are a good match.
Services
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Parent Coaching
Parent coaching is a positive, proactive approach to addressing challenges and making meaningful change within your family...
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Safe & Sound Protocol
Nervous system support for humans of all ages! The SSP is a music-based intervention for retuning the nervous system toward greater felt safety…
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Family Therapy
Being a parent is never easy, but that doesn’t mean you have to navigate your family’s challenges alone…
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Parent Course -Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors
RKBBB is based on the science of being relationally, socially, and behaviorally human. This course will make your child’s behavior make sense- even the ones that don’t...
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Adoption Therapy
Therapy that supports the unique needs of adopted people, parents and the families that love them. Facilitated by a therapist who is also an adoptee and adoptive parent.
“I have known Jeri Lea for over 10 years as a collaborative mentor for the well-being of young children. I am a parent and an early childhood educator. Jeri Lea has acted as a consultant in my classroom to help me see a child’s situation through his/her eyes. She is concerned about providing tools and strategies that focus on the development of the whole child. Her suggestions are research-based, practical, and helps the child empower themselves to handle challenging situations. I value her expertise!
Jeri Lea’s calm and compassionate nature eases the stress that we all face at times with children. She makes the impossible become possible. Jeri Lea is dedicated to providing children, parents, and teachers with the best resources available to navigate what a child needs during a particular time in his/her life.
I would highly recommend Jeri Lea to families who may be feeling overwhelmed by a child’s unexplainable behavior due to a variety of reasons. Jeri Lea deeply cares and is dedicated to helping families and children.”
— Kim