Parent Coaching & Support Therapy in NYC
Compassionate, Evidence-Based Support for Parents Navigating Stress, Behavior Challenges, and Childhood Anxiety
Parenting can be incredibly rewarding — and incredibly overwhelming. At Evoke Psychology, we provide parent coaching and parent support therapy for caregivers who want guidance, tools, and emotional support as they navigate their child’s needs, behavior, or emotional difficulties.
Whether your child struggles with anxiety, emotional dysregulation, OCD-related behaviors, ADHD, ASD symptoms, or challenging behaviors, or you simply want a more peaceful, balanced home, our evidence-based approach helps parents feel empowered, confident, and supported.
What Is Parent Coaching or Parent Support Therapy?
Parent support therapy at Evoke Psychology is a collaborative, skills-focused, evidence-based approach designed to help caregivers understand their child’s behaviors, respond effectively, and regain a sense of confidence and calm.
Parent coaching focuses on giving caregivers tools to:
Understand emotional or behavioral patterns
Respond calmly and effectively to challenges
Reduce conflict and increase connection
Support a child struggling with anxiety, OCD, ADHD, or ASD
Create consistent, healthy routines and boundaries
Support a child engaged in therapy like DBT-C, CBT, ERP, or SPACE
Unlike child therapy alone, parent support empowers caregivers to create change within the family system, which research shows is often a key factor in long-term improvement.
Who Is Parent Coaching For?
Our parent support therapy is ideal for caregivers who:
Want guidance responding to anxiety, OCD, or avoidance
Need tools for difficult behaviors or emotional reactivity
Are navigating ADHD or ASD-related challenges at home
Feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in unhelpful patterns
Want to support their child’s therapy (CBT, ERP, DBT-C, or SPACE)
Need help responding to school stress, transitions, or peer challenges
Want to strengthen the parent–child relationship
Hope to create more structure, calm, and consistency
Parent support is effective for parents of children, teens, and even young adults, depending on the family’s needs.
Evidence-Based Parenting Approaches We Use
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SPACE is a highly effective, evidence-based treatment that focuses on helping parents support children with anxiety and OCD — without requiring the child to participate directly in therapy.
Through SPACE, parents learn how to:
Reduce behaviors known as accommodations (actions parents take to help a child avoid anxiety)
Increase supportive responses that help their child build independence and coping skills
Communicate confidence and warmth while setting healthy boundaries
Foster long-term resilience and reduce anxiety over time
SPACE is ideal for children and teens experiencing:
Separation anxiety
School avoidance
Social anxiety
OCD and ritualistic behaviors
Panic symptoms
Generalized anxiety
Avoidance that disrupts daily functioning
SPACE empowers caregivers to create meaningful change even if the child is unwilling or unable to participate in therapy directly.
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For children ages 7–12 participating in DBT-C, parent involvement is essential. Our DBT-C–informed coaching focuses on:
Reinforcing emotion regulation skills at home
Encouraging distress tolerance and mindfulness practice
Responding constructively during high-emotion moments
Creating consistent, validating family communication
Reducing escalation and behavioral reactivity
Parents learn DBT skills alongside their child, creating a structured, emotionally safe environment that supports lasting progress.
Our clinicians at Evoke also provide DBT-Informed Parent Support for teens older than 12. Often helping teens and parents manage:
technology and phone use
school avoidance
managing high risk, defiant, or oppositional behaviors
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PMT is a behavioral intervention that supports parents in managing:
Tantrums and emotional outbursts
Defiance or noncompliance
Aggression or impulsive behaviors
ADHD-related behavior challenges
Household routines, structure, and expectations
Caregivers learn behavioral tools to reinforce positive behaviors, decrease disruptive behaviors, and build a calmer home environment.
