Dr. Cassidy Syer

Dear Parents,

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Imagine your child joyful, thriving, resilient, and compassionate toward others as well as to him or herself.

 

Now imagine yourself as his or her parent. You feel strong and confident in your ability to support your child in his development. Through your connected relationship, you meet his deepest needs, support his nervous sytem, and you strengthen his skills. In other words, you look underneath the behaviour, intense emotional reactions, and you use the strength of your relationship with him to connect and to coach him so that he can overcome a difficult developmental stage, transitional period, everyday challenge, or more significant issue.

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And along the way you get overwhelmed. It’s hard to stay calm in the presence of your child’s emotions hurled at you, and to know how to effectively respond to your own inner state or your child’s intense and difficult behaviour. You feel lost to help your suffering child. Comments on social media that what you are doing "should" work make you feel inadequate and shame. This is not failure, nor is it your fault. 

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Parenthood is challenging for everyone at different times. We usually enter parenthood unprepared for this extraordinary journey and we often go through it without strong support. When these challenges arise then, of course we often feel overwhelmed, especially when our child is struggling and showing difficult behaviours. But these challenges that we all face as parents, offer us the opportunity to grow. And we don’t need to go at it alone.

 

With parent support (a blend of parent coaching and individual psychotherapy), you can feel confident to support your child and yourself in a compassionate way using cutting-edge, scientifically-validated techniques and you can find delight in your child and in parenting again. You've got this. And I'm right here with you.

 

My name is Dr. Cassidy Syer and I am a licensed psychologist specializing in children and parenthood. I partner with parents whose children are experiencing difficulties related to anxiety, anger, and disruptive/explosive behaviour. My passion is working with families with children with highly sensitive, feisty, or more inhibited temperaments to help them blossom and thrive. I am dedicated to empowering children and parents with knowledge and skills so they find their best and thrive in their development and in their relationships with loved ones.

 

I honour you for being on this extraordinary journey of raising joyful, resilient, and compassionate children. I aim to support you and your child with acceptance, compassion, and nourishment.

 

With care,

 

Cassidy