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
Divorce & Teens
I had the pleasure today of being interviewed by my friend and colleague Barb Steinberg. She’s a teen life coach, and asked me to speak with her about parenting teens through divorce. You can watch the interview (just… Read More
Divorce-related resources on this blog
There are several articles, a video, and a webinar on this blog, created specifically to help parents through the divorce process. They are collected below for easy access. How to tell the kids When to tell the kids… Read More
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
The Arc of the Tantrum–resources
Imagine that we can plot a tantrum on a graph… The “y-axis” is “level of tantrum” and the “x-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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