Hi! I am Michelle McVittie

Child life specialist & Parenting coach

I help parents feel in control and confident with practical tips and parenting strategies.

Michelle is a child life specialist and parenting coach with over two decades of experience in pediatric medical and mental health. She has a B.A. in sociology and post graduate diploma in child life studies both from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

She specializes in collaborative problem-solving, emotion coaching, and guiding parents through the challenges of raising strong-willed children, ADHD, and anxiety in kids aged 5 to teens. 

 

Michelle’s Work and Life Experience

  • Closed custody support with young offenders.

  • Behaviour specialist in daycares providing parent coaching. 

  • Child life specialist for inpatient and outpatient populations: eating disorders, pre-operative clinic, medical wards,  intensive care units and supporting children of adult patients. 

  • Parenting coach for child and youth mental health program at children’s hospital. 
  • Private practice offering parenting support. 

Michelle’s Training

  • Family Check Up
  • Collaborative problem solving
  • Emotion coaching
  • Motivational interviewing
  • The Working Mind Mental Health Commission of Canada Facilitator Training
  • Integrated Foundational Autism and Mental Health Training
  • LGBTQ and Positive Space Training
  • Executive Functioning 
  • Selective Mutism

Michelle started her business to fill the gap in parenting support. She gives parents practical tips to support them in their parenting journey through 1:1 coaching, on-demand parenting programs and her FB parenting communities.

Children don’t come with a manual, her services are the next best thing.

Ready to calm the chaos at home and get your children to cooperate and listen? I’m here to support you. 

Click the link to learn how I can best support you. 

Connect with Michelle

Parenting… It is Complicated!

It can be so defeating to feel as though there is no break from the fight, from the difficult behaviours. Nothing seems to work… for long. They do not listen, they cannot explain why they act the way they do.

The hard days with your kids seem to outweigh the good. This is not what you thought motherhood would be like.

Can you relate?

You are not alone, I am here to help.

 

Picture This…

It is a Monday morning. Imagine waking up to a cheerful child who has already started some of their morning routine.
You are so proud of the independent and compassionate child you are raising. You cherish your time together and trust they are making good decisions when you are apart.

Children don’t come with a manual, our parenting show Life with Children is the next best thing. Each episode has a different expert panel talking about various topics, such as finding your joy again in motherhood, ADHD, equal parenting, getting your kids in the kitchen and much more!