Reparenting While Parenting in Sacramento
and Virtually Throughout California
Do you ever notice yourself reacting to your child in ways that don’t feel like you?
Maybe you hear your parent’s voice coming out of your mouth—or feel triggered by your child’s big emotions because no one was there to support yours growing up.
What Is Reparenting While Parenting?
Parenting doesn’t just challenge your patience, it can also stir up old wounds you didn’t expect. You may find yourself reacting in ways that surprise you, or notice that your child’s big feelings bring up memories of times when your own needs weren’t met. This can feel confusing and even overwhelming, leaving you wondering: Why am I so triggered? Am I repeating patterns I swore I’d break?
This is where reparenting while parenting comes in. It’s the process of healing your own inner child while raising your children, so you can show up with more presence, compassion, and clarity. At Insightful Roots Therapy, we help parents understand their triggers, rewrite old stories, and create the kind of family connection they’ve always wanted.
How Therapy Helps with Reparenting While Parenting
At Insightful Roots Therapy, we’ll focus on both your role as a parent and your relationship with yourself. Through therapy, you can:
Heal your inner child. Understand and tend to the parts of you that still carry unmet needs, hurt, or fear.
Break generational cycles. Practice responding to your child with empathy and boundaries, instead of repeating patterns that harmed you.
Parent with more calm and clarity. Learn tools to regulate your own emotions so you can meet your child’s big feelings without losing yourself.
Build self-compassion. Shift from guilt and shame to understanding that healing while parenting is a strength, not a failure.
Why Reparenting Matters as a Parent
When you’re raising children, unresolved wounds from your own childhood often surface. Without realizing it, you might:
Feel overwhelmed when your child cries, melts down, or pushes boundaries
Struggle to set consistent limits because you weren’t modeled healthy boundaries
Overthink every parenting decision, worried about “messing up”
Feel guilt or shame for not being the kind of parent you wish you were
Slip into people pleasing with your kids, partner, or extended family
Reparenting gives you the chance to heal your story while writing a new one for your family.
Common Challenges
Many parents come to therapy feeling stuck, frustrated, or unsure how to navigate their triggers. You might relate to some of these common challenges:
Feeling triggered by your child’s emotions. Your child’s crying, frustration, or big feelings can bring up old wounds from your own childhood.
Overthinking every parenting choice. Constantly questioning whether you’re “doing it right” or fearing you’ll repeat past mistakes.
Difficulty setting boundaries. Struggling to balance kindness with limits—both for your child and yourself.
Guilt or shame about your reactions. Feeling like you’re failing as a parent when old patterns emerge.
Balancing self-care with parenting demands. Wondering how to tend to your own needs without feeling selfish.
Understanding these challenges is the first step toward change. Therapy provides a space to process these struggles, build new skills, and step into parenting with more clarity, calm, and confidence.
How Insightful Roots Therapy Can Help
Our approach to therapy for parents is rooted in empathy, understanding, and personalized care. We offer a safe and nurturing environment where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
Heal your inner child:
Tend to unmet needs from your past so triggers in parenting moments feel less overwhelming.
Identity and Self-Care:
Explore your evolving identity and find ways to maintain a sense of self. Prioritize self-care and develop routines that nurture your well-being.
Parent with clarity and confidence:
Build tools to regulate emotions, set limits, and show up authentically for your child without guilt.
Need a Little More Info Before Reaching Out?
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We support individuals navigating the emotional, relational, and identity shifts that come with parenthood. This includes overwhelm, anxiety, postpartum depression, identity loss, guilt, burnout, difficulty bonding, and challenges in co-parenting or setting boundaries. Whether you're a new parent or years into the journey, we’re here to help.
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While many of our clients identify as mothers, postpartum support is available to any caregiver navigating the emotional complexities of raising children—including fathers, non-binary parents, step-parents, and guardians.
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You’re not alone. Many clients come in feeling unsure or overwhelmed. Our therapists create a gentle, judgment-free space where your thoughts and feelings can unfold at your own pace. Therapy can help you name and understand what’s beneath the surface.
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Yes. We provide trauma-informed care for those experiencing postpartum anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, birth trauma, or emotional disconnection. We also offer EMDR therapy for deeper healing when appropriate.
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While rooted in the same foundation, parenting-focused therapy considers the unique relational, hormonal, and identity-related experiences of caregivers. We often explore how your own upbringing, nervous system, and unmet needs shape your parenting style—and help you make aligned, empowered shifts.
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Absolutely. Many parents carry silent shame or guilt, especially when their reality doesn’t match what they thought parenting would feel like. We believe healing starts when we can tell the truth in a safe space. You will never be judged here.
Begin Reparenting While Parenting
You don’t have to carry the weight of your past while raising your kids. With support, you can heal old wounds, break cycles, and parent with the clarity and confidence you’ve been longing for. At Insightful Roots Therapy, we offer a compassionate space to explore your own story while building the tools you need to show up differently for your family. We offer in-person sessions in Sacramento and online therapy across California.
You deserve the freedom to parent as your authentic self—without guilt, shame, or fear.
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