Family and parenting resources

Reliable guidance for the moments that feel hard.

A carefully selected starting point for parents, caregivers, foster and adoptive families, and families navigating conflict, trauma, or disconnection. Every link below leads to an established public or nonprofit resource—never an unfinished download or sales page.

Start with what your family needs

Information helps. Relationship-focused support can help you use it.

Articles and guides can offer language and perspective, but they cannot assess your family’s circumstances. If the same conflicts keep repeating, support may be most effective when parents and children are included in the work.

Family patterns

Family therapy

Work on connection, emotional safety, communication, and the relationship surrounding the problem.

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Parent leadership

Parent coaching

Develop practical responses to conflict, strong emotions, limits, repair, and parenting uncertainty.

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A first conversation

Not sure where to begin?

Use a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions and see whether Braxton’s approach fits your family.

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Parenting and child development

Trusted information for parents and caregivers.

American Academy of Pediatrics

HealthyChildren.org

Age-based guidance for parents—from school-age development and teen health to communication, behavior, media use, and emotional well-being.

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Trauma-informed guidance

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Resources for parents, foster and adoptive parents, grandparents, and other caregivers supporting children and teens affected by trauma.

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Trauma and behavior

Understanding child traumatic stress

A parent guide explaining common reactions, treatment considerations, and ways caregivers can support a child at home and school.

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Foster and adoptive families

Parenting after trauma

Accessible guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics for understanding how early trauma can shape a child’s reactions and needs.

Read the AAP guidance →

Nevada and Utah community help

Find practical support close to home.

These free, confidential directories connect individuals and families with community services such as mental health care, food, housing, health care, caregiver resources, and crisis support.

Nevada

Nevada 211

Search statewide family, behavioral health, housing, health care, and basic-needs services. You can also dial 211 or call 1-866-535-5654.

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Utah

Utah 211

Connect with free and confidential community-resource navigation throughout Utah, including health, family, housing, and crisis services.

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Immediate or crisis support

If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call 911. In the United States, call or text 988 for free, confidential crisis support 24 hours a day. This website, ordinary email, and the practice phone are not continuously monitored for emergencies.

Visit the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline →

Faith and family values

Faith-integrated counseling is available when you request it.

Christian and Latter-day Saint beliefs can be included in therapy when they are meaningful to the client or family. Faith is never assumed or imposed, and families of every background are welcome.

A note about outside resources: These links are provided for general education and community navigation. Their inclusion does not create a clinical relationship, replace individualized care, or constitute an endorsement of every statement or service on an outside website.

External websites control their own content and privacy practices. Please use your judgment when sharing personal information.

You do not have to sort through everything alone.

Begin with a brief consultation to discuss what is happening and whether attachment-focused family therapy or parent support may be a helpful next step.

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