Scope
What I do, and what I don't
I'm a family coach. I work with parents on how their household runs - routines, meals, household rules, independence, and the parents' own time.
I am not a therapist, psychologist, physician or dietitian. I don't diagnose or treat anything, and I don't give medical or nutritional advice about your child.
What I work on
The shape of your weekday
and the five-to-eight window in particular
The structure of family meals
when, where, who cooks what, what stops being negotiable
The small set of household rules
and how you hold them when you're depleted
Age-appropriate independence
what your child takes over, and in what order
Division of labour
and mental load between two adults
Screen policy
as a written household rule rather than a nightly argument
Protected adult time
evenings, the couple, friendships
Transitions
a new school, a new baby, a move, a return to work
Getting two parents
to agree on one set of rules
What I don't touch - and where I send you
| If this is what's happening | Who you need |
|---|---|
| Your child's growth, weight, eating volume, or a diet that is narrowing over time | Paediatrician, then a registered dietitian |
| Sleep in an infant, or any concern about breathing at night | Paediatrician |
| Behaviour clearly outside the ordinary range for the age, or a suspected developmental or attention difference | Paediatrician, then a licensed evaluator |
| Anxiety, low mood or distress - in your child or in you | Licensed mental health professional |
| The postpartum period, for either parent | Your physician |
| Conflict in the couple that is really about the couple | Licensed marriage and family therapist |
| Separation, custody, or anything legal | An attorney - and an LMFT for the family side |
| Anything involving a child's safety | Emergency services, immediately |
If you're not sure which column you're in, write to me and I'll tell you.
Being sent elsewhere costs you nothing and can save you months.
On credentials, plainly
I don't hold a degree in child psychology and I don't claim one. What I have is a French upbringing, an American household, my own children, and years spent professionally redesigning how organisations actually run - which is closer to this work than it sounds.
I'll tell you where an idea comes from. I won't dress up my own experience as research, and I won't tell you something is proven when it is simply how it's done where I'm from.
The rules I hold myself to
- I never give individualised advice about a child's diet, weight, portions or calories. Ever.
- I never use clinical language for a non-clinical situation.
- I refer early rather than late, and I say why.
- I work with the parents. I don't work on the child.
- If you're already working with a licensed professional, they lead and I fit around them.
Nothing on this website is medical, psychological or nutritional advice, and nothing here is a substitute for care from a licensed professional.