Parenting & Family Counselling
Understanding how to best support your child or your family can be challenging at times.
Supporting healthy homes, strong connections, and emotionally resilient kids.
Parenting Comes With Pressure — You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
Modern parenting is filled with questions, stress, and self-doubt. If you’ve ever wondered:
Am I responding the right way when my child has a meltdown?
Why do I feel so triggered by my child’s behaviour?
How do I help them without losing myself in the process?
…you’re not alone.
At Empowered Solutions Counselling, we offer Kelowna parent counselling that’s grounded in child development, nervous system regulation, and real-life parenting experience. You don’t need to wait for a crisis. Sometimes the most powerful change starts when a parent says, “I want to understand what’s really going on.”
Parent-Focused Support for Early Childhood Challenges
With over a decade of experience as an Early Childhood Educator — and now as a trauma-informed therapist — Kimberly Castle specializes in helping parents navigate the emotional world of children under 12.
We’ll work together to help you:
Understand your child’s developmental and emotional needs
Respond to meltdowns and big emotions with confidence
Set boundaries that are both kind and clear
Break intergenerational patterns that aren’t serving you
Support your child’s anxiety, anger, or behavioural challenges through connection — not control
What Therapy Looks Like for Parents
You won’t be handed a list of things to “fix.” Instead, you’ll gain insight, tools, and emotional support to help you regulate yourself so you can co-regulate with your child.
Some of the approaches we may draw from:
Parent coaching & attachment theory
Somatic and nervous system regulation tools
CBT and psychoeducation for mindset shifts and daily strategies
Art- or play-informed tools you can use at home (even if your child isn’t in therapy)
Our work together helps you move from reactivity to reflection, so you can parent with more clarity, calm, and confidence.
What Tools Do We Use in Parent & Family Therapy?
Every parent and family is unique — and so is our approach. Rather than offering cookie-cutter advice, we work collaboratively to tailor strategies that fit your goals, values, and lived experience.
Here are some of the tools we may integrate in our work together:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): For reframing thoughts, shifting perspectives, and building healthier parenting habits
Somatic & Nervous System Regulation: Learn how your body reacts under stress — and how to stay grounded during your child’s big emotions
Attachment-Informed Support: Build secure, connected relationships that foster trust and resilience
Psychoeducation: Understand how development, trauma, and emotional regulation affect your child — and your response
Parent Coaching & Communication Tools: Develop scripts, boundaries, and co-regulation techniques for everyday situations
This work isn’t about perfection — it’s about presence, attunement, and growth. When you feel supported, your child does too.
Heart to Heart with Kim
“Working with children and families has been part of my story for more than 15 years. Before becoming a therapist, I spent a decade as an Early Childhood Educator — so I understand child development deeply.
But I also understand what it’s like to be a parent who wants to do better and doesn’t always know how. I bring both structure and softness to this work. My job isn’t to fix your family — it’s to help you reconnect, regulate, and move forward with more compassion.”
— Kimberly Castle, M.T.C., R.C.S
In-Person or Online Family Counselling in Kelowna
Whether you're navigating meltdowns, power struggles, bedtime battles, or just the emotional rollercoaster of parenting, we're here for you. Sessions are available in-person at our Lower Mission clinic or online via secure video.
Interested In Exploring Your Counselling Options?
In-person in Lower Mission or Online across BC