Rising Tide Solutions by
Dr. Miriam Mansour
Parent Coaching FAQs — Rising Tide Solutions, Sand Lake, MI
What is parent coaching?
Parent coaching is practical, forward-looking support for parents of teens and preteens. At Rising Tide Solutions in Sand Lake, Michigan, Dr. Miriam Mansour helps parents understand what's happening in their teen's brain, respond instead of react, and rebuild connection at home. Sessions focus on real situations — shutdowns, blowups, phone battles, school struggles — and on exact words and routines parents can use the same day.
How is coaching different from therapy?
Coaching is not therapy or medical treatment. Therapy diagnoses and treats mental health conditions; coaching works on communication, routines, boundaries, and connection. Rising Tide Solutions offers coaching only. If a teen is in crisis or needs treatment, coaching is not the right first step — call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed therapist.
Who is Dr. Miriam Mansour?
Dr. Miriam Mansour is a child and adolescent psychiatrist turned parent and teen coach. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Michigan State University / Western Michigan University and her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she was chief fellow. She founded Rising Tide Solutions in Sand Lake, Michigan, to coach parents of teens using what adolescent brain science actually says: their brains are still wiring, until about age 25.
What ages do you work with?
Rising Tide Solutions coaches parents of kids ages 7–18 — preteens through older teens. The most common work is with parents of teens dealing with shutdowns (a teen who won't talk), blowups, phone and boundary battles, school avoidance, and morning struggles.
Where are you located? Do you offer online coaching?
Rising Tide Solutions is based at The Pearl, 59 E Lake St, Sand Lake, Michigan 49343, and offers parent and teen coaching in person there — or online by video from anywhere. Distance is never the barrier: coaching is not state-licensed like therapy, so parents outside Michigan can work with Dr. Mansour online.
How much does parent coaching cost?
A single 60-minute coaching session is $125. Most families start with the Starter Pack — 3 sessions for $340, with your time slot held for all three. The first step is free: a 30-minute connection call with Dr. Mansour, bookable at https://www.risingtide-solutions.com/book-online
What happens in the free connection call?
The free 30-minute connection call is a conversation about what's going on with your teen and what you're hoping changes. Dr. Mansour will tell you honestly whether coaching fits, and if it doesn't, she'll say so. There's no pressure and no obligation to book.
Why does my teenager act like they hate me?
Almost never because they do. The teen brain is still wiring — the emotional centers run hot years before the braking system (the prefrontal cortex) finishes developing around age 25. Distance, one-word answers, and closed doors are usually overwhelm and a still-developing brain, not rejection. Coaching helps parents respond in ways that reopen the door instead of escalating the shutdown.
Why does my teenager stay in their room all day?
Retreating to their room is one of the most common teen regulation strategies — it's often how a still-wiring brain recovers from a day of social and school overload. It becomes a concern when it's paired with dropping grades, losing friends, or a flat mood that doesn't lift. A coach can help you tell the difference and find low-pressure ways back into connection.
Why won't my teenager talk to me?
Timing and format matter more than most parents realize. Teens often open up late at night, side-by-side (in the car, on a walk) rather than face-to-face, and in short bursts. Coaching gives parents specific approaches — including exact opening lines — for the teen who answers everything with "fine."
Do you work with teens directly, or only parents?
Both. Rising Tide Solutions offers 1:1 parent coaching, 1:1 teen coaching, and a moms support group, all led by Dr. Mansour in Sand Lake, Michigan, or online.