What is a Reprogrammed Parent?
Authenticity Above All
The Reprogrammed Parent has learned what they always needed and didn’t receive, has become the one to provide that to themselves moment to moment, and through this process has learned what their child needs to thrive. They do this work in front of their child, learning how to be safe in a feeling, and they are messing up, repairing, forgiving themselves, and creating a culture in their home where we ALL get to be human.
Wounds to Wisdom
The Reprogrammed Parent understands that the ways they are struggling in their present life show where they are wounded, not bad. They understand the basics of how the protective nervous system works, and how socially normalized parenting practices, being raised by emotionally immature parents, and not having their emotions accepted and supported has caused their nervous system to conflate their current experiences (including their child’s big feelings, healthy boundary-testing, and even playfulness and excitement) as a threat to their system.
In this Age of Information, there is a disconnect between what the brain can learn and what the body remembers. The Reprogrammed Parent understands this, knows how to proactively give their own nervous system messages of safety and support, knows how to attune to their emotions and move them through their body, and has integrated and healed their inner child so that they can access more play, presence, connection, and vitality.
Safety and Support
Hi!!! It’s me, Ann!
I am a licensed child therapist, a mother of two children under 10, and a cycle breaker.
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I received my Master's Degree in Social Work from UNC Chapel Hill in 2009 and am a licensed clinical social worker. I have worn many hats in my 20 years working with children and families, including community organizing and grant writing for a children's non-profit in Haiti, investigating child abuse and neglect for the county, working in community mental health, and now creating my own private practice working directly with parents to heal the patent-child relationship.
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My approach is a unique blend of somatic experiencing, nervous system healing, and inner child and parts work to address the implicit memory stored in the body from our lived experience. I support parents in understanding how this primal nervous system is meant to thrive, and how to take our power back by harnessing this physiology to send signals of safety and empowerment for our healing and then thriving.
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I've been researching and guinea-pigging myself for years to develop my methodology that moves families out of crisis into confidence. I'm always learning more for myself and my families. It truly is my favorite thing. That and Baked Cheetos.