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Crystal’s Constructive Corner
Hi! I'm Crystal Joy and I help busy Christian Parents of tweens/teens who feel emotionally exhausted due to the endless friction in their relationship. I help them learn how to nurture healthier interactions so they can stop the madness and start bonding, to not only love their teen but like them as well.
What is Parent Coaching?
Parent Coaching is a collaborative journey where I work alongside parents and caregivers to assess their parenting goals/desires, assisting them in taking the actions to help them get closer to those desires. In addition, I assist them in developing the tools and strategies are needed to ease the struggles. This can occur in a group setting with other parents experiencing similar challenges or one to one.
In both cases, you have decided that your relationship with your tween, teen or young adult deserves to change and you’re committed to do that work to enhance both of your lives.
Hi, I'm Crystal Lockett-Thomas
My therapeutic expertise comes from working in various settings including with at-risk youth, concentrating on assisting them in developing healthy perspectives and building high emotional intelligence. I have also worked for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department aiding juvenile offenders, specifically those who had committed violent crimes, fostering the process of building empathy and reducing recidivism.
As a Parent Coach, I have worked with parents on various ends of the spectrum including those who were at their wits end, ready to send their kids to live with the nearest relative just to have some peace. Sound familiar?
Based on my background, I understand how relationships that are in turmoil can take a toll on your well-being. Sometimes so much so that you feel it is just easier to pretend that everything is fine and just wait it out. But if you REALLY took some time to think about the current relationship you have with your child…Can it really wait? Or do you need to make some changes ASAPedly?!
Over the last 10 years as a Licensed therapist and Parent Coach, I have been a sought-after resource when it comes to helping parents understand their adolescents and has been featured on multiple pieces of training and panels to share my expertise. I have found success with my out-of-the-box techniques and have a reputation for being the “teen whisperer”. One question that I often get is “how do you know this stuff?, to which I credit my faith, can do attitude, and resourcefulness.
Ready to make a connection with your teen?
If your relationship is suffering this program is for you!
Typical Coaching issues include:
Building healthy parent/teen relationships
Parenting skills
Adulting
Life skills
Teen defiance
Understanding teen behavior
Teen taboo topics
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FAQs
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Coaching works to help you get unstuck & push your life forward while counseling works to put your life back together. Therapists focus on the why while coaching focuses on the how!
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A Coach provides insight into your current situation and assists you in developing a plan to transition towards the new path that you have always wanted. Coaches assist in transitions related to family, parenting, career, and life satisfaction and sometimes act as an accountability partner.
On the other hand, therapists are licensed by the governing body of their state and focus on issues you have endured from past experiences while helping to alleviate the inability to cope with them. Therapists also assist in the treatment of symptoms from mental health disorders.
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If you’re feeling stuck in life, sick of struggling w/the same thing and are having a hard time visualizing what is next for your parenting success, a Coach may be right for you. Coaches walk alongside you, providing you with tools to define new goals and reach for the forgotten ones. Together we will identify potential obstacles and create a plan to navigate them while generating positive outcomes.
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Coaching starts with the current reality you are facing where during the session you and your Coach will focus on a set of specific situations to identify a plan of action.