Counseling vs. Consulting: Support for the Trauma-Informed Parent

At Moxie, we walk alongside parents doing the brave, often exhausting work of raising children impacted by developmental trauma. We offer both counseling and consulting—two powerful forms of support, each meeting different needs along the parenting journey.

Knowing the difference can help you get the right kind of help at the right time.

Counseling:
Healing You, So You Can Help Them

Counseling is a space for your healing—because parenting a child with trauma history often brings up our own pain, patterns, or unhealed wounds. Trauma-informed counseling helps you regulate your nervous system, process your emotions, and build the resilience you need to stay grounded.

Counseling can help when:

  • You feel constantly triggered or overwhelmed

  • You’re parenting from a place of fear, guilt, or shutdown

  • Your child’s behaviors are bringing up your own trauma

  • You need space to grieve the parenting journey you hoped for

  • You want a deeper emotional reset, not just quick fixes

Counseling is about healing from the inside out, so you can show up with clarity, compassion, and confidence—even on the hard days.

Angie is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina. If you are in need of counseling services and you live in NC, please reach out for a consultation.

Parent Consulting:
Practical Tools Rooted in Compassion

Consulting is focused on giving you concrete tools and trauma-informed strategies to help manage your child’s behavior. It’s about learning to decode what’s beneath the behaviors, and how to respond with regulation and connection—without losing yourself in the process.

Consulting is ideal when:

  • You need help with daily meltdowns, power struggles, or shutdowns

  • You want parenting tools that are rooted in attachment and neuroscience

  • You’re not sure what’s “normal,” what’s trauma, or what to do next

  • You want a plan—but not judgment

  • Consulting is action-oriented, and focused on helping you apply trauma-informed principles to your real, messy, beautiful daily life.

Angie offers parenting consulting sessions virtually, making her support accessible to families, no matter where they are.

Which Is Right for You?

  • If you’re emotionally depleted, reactive, or feeling stuck in old patterns, counseling may be what you need most.

  • If you’re looking for tools, structure, and a better understanding of trauma behaviors, consulting might be the best next step.

Either way, you don’t have to figure this out alone.
We’re here to meet you with compassion, expertise, and just the right amount of Moxie.

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