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Expert Support for Parenting Middle Schoolers

Real tools and real talk from a licensed therapist who has spent 25 years working with middle schoolers and the parents who love them.

Making the Middle™ is the online toolkit I created based on 25+ years working with families through the middle school years. It's not therapy. It's the parenting education I wish every family had: practical tools, clinical insight, and real-talk guidance for the developmental stage when the strategies that worked when your child was 8 stop working at 12.

Whether you're trying to understand the changes in your kid, navigate the changes in your relationship, or just survive the next few years with your sanity intact, Making the Middle gives you a foundation.

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 You don’t need to have all the answers.

You just need the right guidance.

Real tools and real talk to help parents make the most of the middle school years and raise capable tweens and teens.

For schools, parent organizations, and community groups

Making the Middle is also available to schools and parent communities through institutional licensing. If you'd like to bring the masterclass to your community as a resource for the families you serve, reach out to discuss licensing.