Brightside Family Services (Michael Loupis Counseling LLC) offers parent coaching services with personalized strategies and tools to help caregivers navigate family dynamics, build meaningful relationships with their children, and develop effective communication skills for the whole family.

Parent coaching is rendered by licensed clinicians who are also certified in the Nurtured Heart Approach® and commonly referred to as Nurturing Parenting providers (NPP). NPPs will work in close coordination with any assigned youth clinicians to ensure consistent communication regarding the families' needs and progress.

Parent coaches assist parents in developing practical skills to handle the issues they're encountering with their child/children. Parent coaches should first understand the parents' values; after those are articulated and defined, the parent coach can help them form practical goals and develop a framework for a parenting philosophy.

Unlike youth services, the parent coach is not tasked with clinically diagnosing the parent(s). The overarching objective is to empower caregivers to serve as their child’s first educator.  Our parent coaches rely on their experience and NPP training to craft a unique approach for the caregivers they are assisting.

Our parent coaches are all licensed clinicians. 

• Abril Lazaro, LCSW (Spanish-speaking)
• Catherine King, LSW
• Christian Cabrera, LSW (Spanish-speaking, male)
• Daisy Carrera, LCSW (Spanish-speaking)
• Ghalia Zelfo, LSW (Arabic-speaking)
• Ines Guvenc Lorencio, LSW (Turkish-speaking, conversational Spanish)
• Dr. Sarah Michalowski, LCSW

Age Groups	Children Adolescents Adults
Community Services	Employment / Training Life Skills Training Preparing for Adulthood Family & Support Services Adoption / Foster Care Divorce & Co-Parenting Immigration Trauma / Acculturation LGBTQ LGBTQ Parenting Parenting & Caregiving Pregnancy / Teen Pregnancy Racial / Social Justice
Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health ADHD / ADD Anger Management Anxiety Attachment Disorder Behavioral Conduct Disorder Depression Dissociative Disorders Eating Disorders Family Conflict & Distress Fire-Setting Grief / Loss Mental Health Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Personality Disorders Psychosomatic Self-Injury Substance Use Teen Issues Trauma / PTSD Womens / Mens Crisis / Safety Bullying Child Abuse / Neglect Crisis / Safety / Prevention Domestic Violence Suicide / Suicidal Ideation Intellectual and Developmental Needs Advocacy Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Communication Disorders Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Learning Disabilities Special Needs Medical Health / Wellness / Nutrition Meditation / Relaxation Techniques
Treatment Services	In-Community Services Behavioral Assistance Bio-Psycho Social (BPS) Needs Assessment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Intensive In-Community (IIC) Services Parent Coaching / Mentoring Substance Abuse Evaluations Treatment Settings Home In Community Telehealth
Payment Options	Free System of Care (CSOCI Medicaid / FlexFunds)
Language Spoken	Arabic Spanish Turkish
Areas Served	Bergen County

Last Updated: 03/25/24