Katie Malinski, LCSW-
Welcome
Nothing is more important to parents than their relationship with their children – and nobody wants to spend their precious family moments together in conflict. As a parenting coach and family therapist, I help parents effectively shape their kids’ behavior while strengthening their relationship. Every family goes through rough patches. I offer positive insights and practical tools for getting back to a smoother, happier path.
Coaching & Therapy
Whether you’re tackling a specific behavior obstacle or facing a larger life issue, I provide nonjudgmental understanding, unique observations & valuable techniques to help your family get through it together.
Workshops & Speaking
I present workshops & speak on a broad spectrum of parenting & family topics – from managing behavior in young children to communicating with teenagers, from talking with kids about sex to keeping them safe.
Services For Therapists
I also offer classes for other private-practice therapists, featuring straight talk & relevant information on topics like HIPAA compliance, best practices, & building & marketing your practice.
Recent Posts
Up & Moving: Parenting Hacks that Work
It’s late January, and the outside temperature at 6:30 this morning was in the 30s. Our thermostat inside says the house is 71 degrees, but even I didn’t think that getting out from under the covers sounded like… Read More
Sex Ed is a Human Right
I discovered on the World Health Organization’s website some years ago a page that (broadly) included Sex Ed as a human right. The idea makes absolute sense to me, and I’ve said that phrase many times ever since. … Read More
Finding and Choosing a Therapist for Yourself or Your Child
Finding and Choosing a Therapist for Yourself or your Child: Way More than You Ever Wanted to Know Finding a good therapist who is a match for you and your particular needs can be frustratingly difficult. I often help… Read More
The Arc of the Tantrum–resources
Imagine that we can plot a tantrum on a graph… The “x-axis” is “level of tantrum” and the “y-axis” is “time.” The tantrum shape is a bell curve, divided into stages. The first stage: there’s no tantrum, but… Read More
The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways
I snapped a picture of this quote on the wall at the Magellan International School the other day, and posted it on Facebook. A week or so later, it had been shared by 68 people, and viewed by… Read More
If not punishment, then what?
I don’t spend much time advising parents on how to punish more effectively. In fact, I tend to tell parents that I am not a big fan of punishment at all. A parent rightfully asked me the other day: “Well then, if not punishment, what DO we do?
My Office
1704 W Koenig Lane
Austin, TX 78756
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