I participated in parent counseling from an Adlerian theoretical perspective while completing a clinical internship with Bethesda Youth Services (now Silver Spring YMCA Youth and Family Services Division).  I went on to train with the agency to become a parent educator, leading and co-leading 'Parenting Teens', 'Encouraging Your Child,' and 'Family Anger Issues' for the YMCA and the City of Rockville.  I continue to work with parents about their concerns and issues arising from parenting, and from parenting difficult children.