How to be a Therapeutic Parent

As adoptive, foster, or even biological parents, we all tend to wonder how we could be doing better. How can I parent better? I can I support my child better? How can I be more present for my child? These questions led us to a fantastic blog by writer/author/ adoptive parent Lori Holden. She, along with another adoptive parent, Adi Tilford, share how to be a therapeutic parent. Thus creating a therapeutic home.

Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties and those who have experienced trauma. 

The three principles include addressing the following ideas:

• Do my children feel safe?
• Am I in a learner stance?
• Have I gone there first?

Click the link to dive further: https://lavenderluz.com/therapeutic-parent/