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I’ve been working with children for years, and I understand many of the challenges parents face today. As the founder of Tessa Nussbaum Parent Coaching, my role is to help parents of young children gain clarity and confidence in their parenting experience. I use thoughtful questions and my expertise in early childhood development to better understand your parenting needs and to help you understand your child’s behaviors. Our sessions are energizing; each week, we co-collaborate to create valuable ideas. I take the process of helping you become a more fulfilled parent one step at a time. Each client creates their own service plan, and I recommend a minimum of 10 weeks to begin seeing the changes in your family life that you desire.

I am a former preschool director and teacher, and I have seven years of teaching experience in the elementary school classroom. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Human Communication from the University of Northern Colorado, and I’m a PCI Certified Parent Coach®. My coaching sessions are guided by more than 20 years of experience working with children and families, where I’ve honed my knowledge in nurturing parenting strategies, early brain development, and family communication.

My goal is to create a space for parents to be open and creative. I’ll support you to better trust yourself as a parent and build stronger family connections. 

Coaching services may include but are not limited to; 

  • creating a calmer home
  • developing a stronger parent-child connection
  • strengthening family communication 
  • creating routines 
  • understanding your child’s stages of development and early brain development
  • handling emotions
  • assisting you with identifying and living by your parenting priorities
  • taking care of yourself

Please visit my website to learn more about my coaching practice.

What Parents Say After Coaching With Me

I was very fortunate to have Tessa assist me with parenting through her parent coaching. I enjoyed that I was getting specific strategies pertaining to our family and our situation. Everything we talked about was geared specifically to us and we came up with ‘action plans’ to work through our ‘problem areas.’ One problem area that Tessa really helped us work through was de-escalating and dealing with tantrums. Tantrums are a part of our life, it is our children learning their feelings and how to express them. Tessa helped me work through tantrums including; why children have outbursts, how we can deal with them, how we let our children ‘feel their feelings’ and staying in control. Tessa really empowered me and gave me the confidence I needed to keep pushing on as I was very insecure that I was not parenting ‘correctly.’ Our lives have changed drastically after working with Tessa. We can de-escalate situations and tantrums with confidence. I can parent with confidence. And I can give my children the confidence they need as they grow and learn.
Makenzie Bemis Russo
Chandler, Arizona
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