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Susan P. Epstein, LCSW, is
a life coach,
parent coach,
teen life coach, family coach,
and couples coach.
She practiced psychotherapy
for 23 years before becoming a coach, writer, and
speaker on topics of family and parenting.
Susan’s Parent and Family Coaching Has Helped People
Like You . . .
Parents who want
their children to be more respectful, listen better, and
get along better.
Parents who are
overwhelmed with work and family obligations.
Children who are
experiencing behavior problems associated with ADD,
ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, and Anxiety.
 As a
teen life coach,
Susan works with teenagers
who struggle with limits, boundaries, authority, peer
pressure, identity, and future goals. Read the
teen life
coaching FAQs.
Families and Individuals
who are experiencing Depression, Eating Disorders, and
other anxiety-related disorders.
Families and individuals
confronted with separation, divorce, and loss,
including those who would be helped through loss by a
grief coach.
Couples. As a
couples coach,
Susan enjoys helping couples to rediscover joy.
A Recent Rave Review
I couldn’t be
happier!
Susan was a huge gift at a very critical time.
A coach helps to cut to the chase with out all the
emotional attachment. They can quickly see
what we don’t (or choose not to). A coach
holds you accountable. If you mess up, well
big deal- they are your goals anyway… but if
someone is there saying- are you sure about that
choice? You said you wanted blank, blank,
blank… and can say it in a very nonjudgmental way-
wow – it can really help you get on track!
I am very thankful for all Susan has taught me!
-- Debbie Kelly
Rutland, Vt
Read more of this
parent
coaching testimonial
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Education and Training.
I graduated from Clark University in Worcester, MA
in 1980, where I earned a B.A. degree in Sociology and Spanish with a minor in
Psychology. I worked for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children until I moved to California in 1984, where I pursued my M.S.W. from
the University of California at Berkeley School of Social Welfare. I am a
certified (BSFT) Brief Strategic Family Therapist and trained with Olga Hervis,
PhD at the Family Therapy Institute, at the University of Miami. I completed
training in 2003 with the internationally accredited Coaches Training Institute.
I am bilingual in English/Spanish, which has enabled me to work with different
cultures throughout my career.
Live Seminars and Tele-Seminars
• “No I Won’t and You Can’t Make Me!” How to Handle Power Struggles with Your
Child.
• Who Else Wants Well Behaved Kids? Stopping Negative Behaviors
• Tired of Nagging? Getting Kids to Cooperate
• How to Gain Control of Your Wild Child & Have a Peaceful Home.
• How to Gain Respect and Take Back Your Parenting Powers
• Homework Hassles and What to do About Them
• Taking Control of the School Year
• Balancing Career and Family
Related Helping Experience.
I worked and consulted at the Child & Family Agency of Southeastern,
Connecticut, the Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, the Old Lyme Youth Service
Bureau, Pfizer Global Research & Development, and United Behavioral Health, and
Community Solutions Inc. (providing in-home services for families of court
mandated juveniles.) I have served as an expert consultant for a Social Policy
Research firm in New York City.
I volunteer for the The Cove of Southeastern, CT;
The Cove is a safe place for kids to come together with other grieving kids and
their families to share their stories and their feelings with others.
Philosophy and Style.
I believe that all families are capable of helping
themselves by tapping into their own strengths, creativity, and resources. I am
highly attuned to family process and interaction and have the expertise to point
out the origins of your stress and frustration.
My unique blend of therapy and coaching combine to make me a powerful catalyst
for change when working with parents. Through thoughtful and sensitive
exploration and perspective, my clients learn to trust their intuition, confront
their fears, plan effectively, and step into their families and out into the
world to claim their lives and dreams.
Publications.
The Take Back Your Parenting Power System: Get Control of Your Kids in 30 Days
or Less: The Secret Formula to Powerful Parenting, is a hands on manual
that presents real issues parents face with children and adolescents in today’s
plugged-in, fast paced society. (Shining Star Publishing Company; Copyright
2007, ISBN 978-0-9800364-2-8).
"Spanking Doesn’t Have to Be an Option," Op Ed, The New London Day, December,
2007.
"Laughter in the Laundry" was published in The Bank
St. Magazine, in New London, August, 2005.Connecticut.
The Cat That Lost Its Meow, a children’s tale about recovering from loss
and grief is pending publication.
Featured in:
New York Magazine, September 25, 2006.
Personal:
My husband Michael and I live in New London, CT, where we were both born and
raised. My grown children, Sarah, 18 and Daniel, 22, are attending college and
pursuing their dreams in sunny southern CA.
Articles by Susan:
See
Susan's Coaching Blog
Life Coach
Family Coach: Six
Tips to Less Stress at Home
Grief Coach: Advice
on Helping Children Grieve the Loss of a Family Member:
Step I
The Making of a Teen
Life Coach
Teen Life Coach
Riffs on the College Homesick Blues
Teen Life Coaching Workshop
Teen Life Coaching:
Drugs and Alcohol
Teen Life
Coaching FAQs
Parent Coaching
Testimonial
Family Coach: Six Tips
for Enjoying Your Kids While Working From Home
Adolescent
Coaching: Through the Generation Gap
Parent Coach
Parent Coaching
Parenting
Coaching in the Fast Lane (workshop)
Parent Coaching
Workshops
Parenting Coach:
Attention Parents! No More Yelling!
Parenting Coach:
Attention Parents! No More Yelling! (part 2)
Family Coach
Couples Coaching:
Rediscover the Joy
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