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Get expert support for your family, from personalized parent coaching and at-home strategies to finding options for therapeutic programs, residential schools for teens and young adults. Let's work together to get your teen, young adult and your family back on track.
Wondering what to do or try next? When nothing you’ve tried seems to be working, it’s time for a new approach. Through personalized parent coaching, I’ll help you discover why the approaches you’ve tried aren’t working and teach you the counterintuitive strategy that gets resistant teens to actually listen.
I’ll help you gain more clarity and explore new parenting strategies that address the root causes most parents overlook. My coaching for parents focuses on understanding your teen’s behavior patterns and developing therapeutic approaches that create lasting change.
As a therapeutic educational consultant and parent coach, I’ve dedicated my life to helping families find hope and break the destructive patterns that keep them stuck in the same fights, day after day. My parent coaching services help you adjust your parenting approach to meet and support your teen where they are now, providing clarity and direction regardless of the path you choose.
What makes my parent coaching different:
Working together, you will gain a deeper understanding of what drives your teenager’s behaviors and learn what you can do to create lasting change. Whether your teen needs therapy for troubled teens, has behavioral health issues, or requires specialized support, I’ll help you explore all therapeutic options.
After our consultation, you will find new hope, and we will explore the best path forward for your teen or young adult. Parents tell me that after the first coaching session, they feel more confident, and after two consultations, they start to feel more hopeful and gain a level of control.
The objective is to help your family begin the healing process. I help families explore all their options—from therapeutic boarding schools and wilderness programs to residential treatment centers.
I’ve been where you are as a parent, and I know there’s a way forward. Learn more about my journey, or let’s schedule a call to discuss your situation.
Parent coaching helps you adjust your parenting approach to meet and support your teen where they are now, providing the clarity and direction you need.
We will focus on understanding the root causes most parents overlook and guiding you to adopt counterintuitive strategies that actually get resistant teens to listen and engage.
My parent coaching approach includes:
I only recommend residential treatment or therapeutic boarding schools for teens and young adults when it’s clear that they need more than the treatments they’ve already tried.
As an independent educational consultant, I assess every situation and examine factors that most consultants overlook. We want your child to thrive, not just survive treatment.
Therapeutic programs I recommend:
Does your teen have anger issues, rebelliousness, depression, emotional or behavioral problems? Or do they need a little extra help? Whether your teen needs therapy for behavioral problems or a specialized teen therapeutic program, finding the right fit is critical for success.
Finding the right therapeutic program can be very challenging. With so many options available, how do you know which approach would work best for your teen or young adult?
As an educational consultant and therapeutic placement specialist with over 17 years of experience helping families find the best teen therapy programs for your child’s specific needs and your family’s specific situation.
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After saving my out-of-control teens, I devoted my life to helping families like yours save theirs. Let's work together!
Mary Warren
That’s a deeply important question, and often, the answer isn’t immediately clear. Through personalized parent coaching, we’ll assess your teen’s specific behaviors, triggers and unique needs to determine the level of support they need now.
Some teens really thrive with intensive individual or family therapy to address their struggles, while for others, the structured and supportive environment of a therapeutic boarding school or the experiential growth of a wilderness therapy program.
For example, a teen struggling with anxiety might benefit from outpatient therapy and skill development coaching, while a teen with severe emotional problems or who is practicing risky behaviors possibly needs a 24/7 structured environment.
My role is to help you recognize the warning signs, understand all the options, and make the most informed decision for your family.
That’s a question I hear a lot—from good, loving parents who just want to help their child and heal their home. The truth is, parent coaching and family therapy can be very helpful; however, they serve different purposes.
Family therapy typically involves every member of the family and focuses on diagnosing and treating relational or psychological issues. It’s often used when there’s trauma, a clinical diagnosis, or deep-rooted dysfunction that needs to be addressed by a licensed therapist.
Therapy provides us with the opportunity to explore our emotions, reflect on our past experiences, and understand how we got here; after all, everything in our lives is connected.
On the other hand, Parent Coaching is focused on the future and the actions you can take today to make significant changes. As a parenting coach, I come alongside you, not as a clinician, but as a guide and partner. I help you build insight, skills, and strategies for parenting your child more effectively in real-time.
We’ll talk about what’s happening now, what’s working (and what’s not), for example:
Think of it this way: Family therapy helps resolve the why. Parent coaching helps you with the how. And when your teen is struggling—especially with things like anxiety, defiance, or risky behavior—you don’t always need another diagnosis. You need support. You need clarity. You need someone who’s been there and gets what it’s like to wake up at 2 a.m., wondering what to do next.
That’s where parent coaching comes in. It’s practical. It’s personalized. And it’s deeply empowering.
Yes, there is—and it starts with you.
Before you make the big, often heart-wrenching decision to send your teen to a teen therapeutic program, it’s worth asking: Have I been given the tools, support, and perspective I need to parent through this season?
Because more often than not, what looks like a teen’s “problem” is really an indication that the whole family is under significant stress, and that means there’s still room for healing at home.
Parent coaching offers you a powerful starting point.
I work with families every day who feel like they’ve “tried everything”—therapy, school interventions, consequences, even tough love—and they’re still walking on eggshells. However, what they often haven’t had is someone to help them understand what’s really going on and how to respond in a way that builds connection and authority simultaneously.
I know it’s hard, but you need to understand that there’s no one to blame. What you need is a new way forward, having the tools to connect with your teenager. A new approach that is rooted in clarity, consistency, emotional safety, and boundaries that work in real life, not just in books.
Before choosing residential treatment, it would be good to consider:
Parent coaching to build your confidence and skillset
Family systems work to shift stuck patterns at home
Executive function support if school and motivation are part of the struggle
In-home strategies tailored to your teen’s behavior, not a generic checklist
If your teen is in serious danger or at risk, or if the situation is escalating beyond what’s safe, yes, a therapeutic program may be the right next step. But if there’s still a window to reach your child at home, let’s use it well. You don’t have to figure it out alone.
Be inspired by these parent stories of healing and profound transformation. Successful family restoration with teen therapeutic programs for mental health and behavioral issues.
"She is a Great Parent Coach. She Works Tirelessly on Our Behalf"
We were overwhelmed with all the wonderful websites of all the long-term RTCs around the nation. We started looking for an Ed Consultant. We interviewed two ECs before we came across Empower My Teen. Mary Warren doesn’t only have experience and knowledge in this field but is also empathetic without judgment for what our family has been through. ~MJK, Proud Parents
I didn’t know what to do or who to trust. It was the toughest decision to make. I found Mary Warren. 9 months later I got my daughter back and all my prayers were answered. She has been the most loving girl ever since she came back home. She is full of life and the house is full of laughter when she is home. I will forever be grateful that I found Mary to guide me ~ Marta Martinez, Thankful Mom
We would take one step forward in helping our son and five steps back until we realized he needed help we could no longer offer him. With the help of BILY, we found Mary Warren, an Independent Educational Consultant, who helped us find the right program for our son. He was failing his Freshman year and is now about to graduate high school a year and a half early. ~ Amy, Happy Mom