Parenting Support and Family Therapy in Hopkins, MN

Parenting support to build regulation, strengthen connection, and support healing.

“I want to support my child without everything turning into a power struggle.

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Parenting support in Hopkins, Minnesota can help if you experience:

Constant stress during everyday routines like mornings, meals, and bedtime

Uncertainty around how to best support a neurodivergent child

Feeling unsure how to respond to big emotions or challenging behaviors

A sense of disconnection within the family despite wanting closeness

Exhaustion from trying to keep everyone regulated and on track

Feeling blamed, judged, or like you’re “doing it wrong” as a parent

Difficulty setting and holding boundaries without guilt or escalation

Frequent meltdowns, shutdowns, or emotional overwhelm with unclear triggers

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Are you ready for family dinners to feel less stressful and more connected?

𑁍 Greater calm and emotional regulation
Everyday moments begin to feel more manageable, with less overwhelm and reactivity.

𑁍 Stronger connection and communication
Relationships feel more supportive and less tense, with fewer power struggles and more understanding.

𑁍 Increased confidence and clarity
You feel more capable responding to emotions, setting boundaries, and making decisions.

𑁍 More ease in daily routines
Transitions and routines feel less exhausting and more predictable.

𑁍 Deeper understanding of your child’s needs
You begin to recognize what behaviors are communicating beneath the surface and respond with greater empathy and intention.

𑁍 More connection after difficult moments
Repair becomes easier after conflict, helping both you and your child feel safe, understood, and supported in the relationship.

In Parent Support sessions we will: 

Work from a nervous-system-informed lens.
We focus on understanding how stress, attachment, and past experiences shape regulation, behavior, and connection within the family system.

Begin where support is most effective.
Many families start with parent sessions or individual support for a child or teen, allowing space to build insight, skills, and emotional safety.

Include family sessions when appropriate.
As regulation and trust grow, family sessions may be introduced thoughtfully to strengthen connection, communication, and repair.

  • “Anna is meant to be your therapist if you value whole-hearted feedback and support. I highly recommend her for the treatment of developmental and birth trauma, neurodivergence, somatic healing and attachment challenges!“

    Melissa

  • “Anna brings a calm, compassionate presence to her work with clients who feel dysregulated, anxious, and overwhelmed. She is an expert in working with families and clients who have experienced birth and developmental trauma, as well as neurodivergence.“

    Meghan

  • “Anna has a calm, grounding way of being that helps dysregulated, anxious, and exhausted families feel less alone. She works thoughtfully with teens and parents through a somatic, developmental-trauma lens, creating real safety and connection.“

    Sophie

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This is how you get started with parent support therapy in Hopkins, Minnesota:

Schedule a consultation and share what challenges you’re noticing at home and what support you’re hoping for.

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Explore your child’s emotional and nervous system needs, along with the patterns affecting your family dynamics.

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Learn practical tools to respond to big emotions, support regulation, and create more calm and connection at home.

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Parenting Support

If daily routines feel chaotic, power struggles are constant, or you’re unsure how to support your child’s big emotions, you’re not alone. Family therapy and parenting support help bring clarity, regulation, and connection back into family life, helping parents feel more confident and supported while creating more calm, understanding, and steadiness in everyday family interactions.

Transforming Touch® (TEB)

If you feel constantly on edge, disconnected, emotionally overwhelmed, or like your body has a hard time slowing down, you’re not alone. Transforming Touch® is a gentle, body-based approach that supports nervous system regulation, safety, and healing through therapeutic touch, co-regulation, and connection.

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Somatic Therapy

When stress or trauma feels stored in the body and talking alone hasn’t brought relief, somatic therapy can help. Transforming Touch® (TEB) is a gentle, body based approach that supports nervous system regulation through safety, attunement, and connection. This allows healing to unfold without force and at a pace that feels supportive, steady, and respectful of the body’s natural process of integration and regulation.

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Play Therapy

If your child is having frequent meltdowns, anxiety, or emotional shutdowns, play therapy can help. Through play, children explore emotions, build coping skills, and strengthen their sense of safety and autonomy in a way that feels natural and supportive. Play therapy also allows children to express experiences that may be difficult to put into words while developing confidence, emotional understanding, and regulation skills.

Attachment Trauma

If relationships feel difficult, emotions feel overwhelming, or you find yourself people pleasing, shutting down, fearing abandonment, or struggling to feel safe with others, attachment trauma therapy can help you heal these patterns and build more secure, connected relationships.

Anxiety Therapy

If your mind feels like it never slows down, you struggle with overthinking, overwhelm, or constant worry, you’re not alone. Anxiety therapy helps support nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and coping skills while creating greater understanding, steadiness, and ease in daily life.

Have questions about parent support therapy in Hopkins, Minnesota?

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Q&A
  • This type of therapy can benefit families who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to support their child’s needs. This work is helpful for navigating big emotions, anxiety, neurodivergence, and everyday stressors, offering support that builds connection, regulation, and confidence over time.

  • No. Sessions are flexible and may include parents only, a child and caregiver, or the full family depending on what feels most supportive. We decide together what will best meet your family’s needs.

  • Sessions focus on understanding current challenges, exploring family dynamics, and supporting regulation and connection. The work is collaborative, trauma-informed, and paced to feel supportive rather than overwhelming.

  • Free Flow Healing is a private-pay practice.

    My fees for parent support are:

    • 50–60 minute session: $185

    My fees for family therapy are:

    • 60-minute session: $225

    • 90-minute session: $285

    I am a out of network mental health provider.

    Superbills are available upon request. A Good Faith Estimate will be provided as required under the No Surprises Act.

    *I do accept HSA/FSA/HRA cards for payment as well.

    Why you should consider working with an “out of network” therapist:

    • No limitations on sessions. We can meet for as long as you need without having to worry if insurance will cut us off, or end coverage, which could abruptly end your care.

    • Allows me to offer you more flexible, personalized, and intentional care.

    • Helps me keep your information completely confidential, without needing to share diagnosis or notes with insurance companies.

    • Allows us to avoid surprise billing issues, which can lead to lapses in treatment.

    • Lets us focus on what’s best for you, not what insurance says is best for you!

Find more answers about parent support and family therapy here, or fill out a contact form. I would be happy to answer all your questions.

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