Ashé Counseling & Coaching

Parenting Support Therapy in Chicago

No one hands you a manual. Therapy gives you a place to think clearly, steady yourself, and parent the way you mean to.

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River North · Logan Square · Virtual across Illinois

The hardest job you will ever love and resent in the same hour

You can adore your kids and still feel touched out, short-tempered, and quietly depleted. You can be doing a good job and feel like you are getting it wrong every day. Parenting asks you to regulate someone else's nervous system while running low on your own, and to keep showing up through the tantrums, the silence, the slammed doors, and the years that move too fast.

Parenting support therapy is not about being told what you are doing wrong. It is a space to understand your child, understand your own reactions, and build the kind of relationship that holds up under stress. Whether you are raising a toddler, navigating the teenage years, co-parenting across two homes, or trying not to repeat what was modeled for you, you do not have to figure it out alone.

Parenting can quietly wear you down

In your body

Exhaustion that sleep does not fix, a short fuse, tension headaches, dread before pickup or bedtime, and guilt that lingers long after the moment passes.

In the relationship

Power struggles, walking on eggshells, a teen who has gone quiet, conflict that escalates fast, or a connection that does not feel the way it used to.

In yourself

Reacting in ways you swore you never would, replaying your own childhood, losing yourself in the role, and wondering where you went in all of it.

Practical, compassionate, and rooted in your family

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We start with what is actually happening

The flashpoints, the patterns, the moments that keep repeating. We name what is hard without judgment and get specific about what you want to change.

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We make sense of the reactions

Your child's behavior usually means something. So does your response to it. We look at what is driving both, including the patterns you inherited and may want to break.

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We build tools you can use Tuesday at 6pm

Concrete strategies for communication, boundaries, repair after conflict, and staying regulated when your child is not. Practical, not theoretical.

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We tend to you, too

You cannot pour from an empty cup, and parenting burnout is real. Part of the work is making sure you are supported, not just your child.

What parents ask us

Does my child need to come to sessions?
Not necessarily. A great deal of meaningful change happens when a parent shifts how they respond. Some families do best with parent-only sessions, others benefit from including the child or meeting as a family. We will figure out the right format together based on your goals and your child's age.
Is this just for parents in crisis?
No. Plenty of parents come in because something specific is hard, and just as many come because they want to parent more intentionally before things reach a breaking point. You do not need to be in crisis to deserve support.
What if I am worried I am repeating my own childhood?
That awareness is a strength, and it is one of the most common reasons parents reach out. We help you understand the patterns you grew up with, decide which ones you want to carry forward, and build new responses that fit the parent you want to be.
Can both parents be involved?
Yes. We work with individual parents, partners parenting together, and co-parents across two households. The structure is flexible and built around what will actually help your family.
Do you accept insurance?
Yes. Ashé is in network with Aetna, Aetna Better Health, Blue Cross Community, BCBS IL PPO, Cigna, Meridian, Optum, UMR, and UnitedHealthcare.
Can we meet virtually?
Yes. Ashé offers secure telehealth across Illinois along with in-person sessions in River North and Logan Square, Chicago.

You can be a good parent and still need help

Let's build the relationship and the steadiness you are reaching for, together.

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River North — 40 E Huron St, Unit 4B
Logan Square — 2653 N Kedzie Ave
Virtual sessions across Illinois