In addition to her master’s degree in counseling, Jamie has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a teaching certificate for grades K - 8. Prior to her counseling career, she taught preschool and elementary children for over 12 years. She is currently completing her doctorate in Counselor Education. Jamie works as a school behavior specialist on an intervention team, speaks to local PTO groups about parenting, and sees children individually to deal with issues including anxiety, divorce and loss, self-esteem, and social skills (as related to autism). She also teaches the Beech Acres’ parenting class, “Helping Children Cope with Divorce.” Jamie is the mother of a young adult and an elementary aged child. She laughingly says she has lived through the teen-aged years with her oldest and is preparing to do it again! She welcomes the opportunity to join parents on the journey of raising their children.

Nancy has a master’s degree in social work. Through her school social work experience, Nancy has helped children work through intense emotions, peer conflicts, and classroom challenges. Nancy conducts conflict resolution and anger management classes in elementary schools, allowing children the opportunity to discuss these important life skills in a group setting. She conducts and facilitates parenting workshops through community schools. Nancy has worked with children who have cancer and their families to help them manage their emotions, and to coordinate resources to deal with the challenges as effectively as possible. Nancy has also worked with grief and loss as a breast cancer support group facilitator and a grief group facilitator.

When coaching parents, Nancy believes her most important experience comes from being a parent herself. As she coaches and raises her own children, she feels a connection with parents in experiencing the joys and challenges of parenthood. She sums up her parenting philosophy with a quote from parenting expert Barbara Coloroso: “There is no one way to raise our children, but a path that we must find.” Nancy’s approach to coaching is to make the most of strengths while working through challenges. Often, she says, the greatest learning experiences lie in the challenges.

In addition to his Master’s degree, Scott has a Bachelor’s degree in Individual and Family Studies from Miami University, and has worked extensively with children and adults who have intellectual and other developmental disabilities. He has created a variety of programs that have assisted individuals with disabilities in becoming more connected and active participants in their communities. For the past several years, Scott has shared his knowledge and experience through the development and delivery of customized training programs and seminars to a wide variety of audiences.

As the father of three children, each with very different personalities, Scott has learned that parenting is a flexible and fluid process, and is more of an art than a science. His passion is helping parents develop a vision for themselves as parents, as well as a vision for their children. What brings Scott joy is supporting parents in applying simple and practical skills that enhance the relationship parents have with their children and to see them grow and develop into responsible, loving young adults.

Scott believes it is the small changes we make as parents that have the greatest impact on our children, and children blossom when we recognize who they are as people and the gifts they bring to the world.