Boulder, Colorado - Virtual Nationwide
Practical help for the hard moments.
For parents of babies through teens. Anxiety, big emotions, routines, siblings, school, devices, and the weeks that wear you down.
Audra Trask
Parent Coach
Listens first
Your situation, and what makes this family its own.
Develop a plan
A strategy built with you, for your child and your family.
The child
Autism, anxiety, teens, a new baby. Each one needs care that fits.
From parents
In their words, before you ever book.
Parents Audra has coached, in their words.
“Our experience thus far has been very enlightening for my wife and I. We are learning new approaches to parenting our child, and seeing changes each week.”
“This last month has been extremely difficult. My son had stopped going to school, was refusing therapy, and was really struggling. Audra went above and beyond to support us through all of it.”
“Very pleased with the support, tools, and discussion. It has had a measurable impact for our family, mostly by helping us adapt our style as parents in a way that gets the most out of our daughter.”
“Audra is very attentive and helpful. She took the time to read more about autism and give specific recommendations to support my son.”
“So practically helpful to brainstorm approaches. We put practices in place for the hardest times of each day and are seeing progress.”
“It has helped to talk through scenarios and implement strategies, and to make sure my husband and I are on the same page. Audra is super personable, relatable, and warm.”
“Working with Audra has been very helpful. She is a very good listener and I always walk away from our sessions with practical things to try. It helps me to have parental strategies that I might not have tried otherwise.”
“We have developed strategies for the more difficult behaviors. I still see signs of anxiety and possibly ADHD, and we have more tools for supporting her.”
Approach
Research, translated into tools you can actually use.
Together, we co-create what the week actually needs: a new possibility, a technique that works, and a solution you can keep using.
I ask questions meant to bring out the best in your situation. They nudge, and they steady you. They turn your attention from the struggle in front of you toward what can come out of the work we do together.
What I help with
Do you wish you had more tools for the stress, chaos,and emotional ups and downs of being a parent?
Worry and big feelings
4 areas
Anxiety and avoidance
Support for when worry or fear is shrinking your child’s world or running the family schedule.
Big emotions and meltdowns
Guidance for when feelings escalate quickly and leave everyone dysregulated.
Separation and new situations
Support for anxiety around drop-offs, travel, school, or changes in routine.
Confidence and negative self-talk
Help when kids get stuck in harsh thoughts about themselves or shut down easily.
Cooperation at home
4 areas
Power struggles and defiance
Ways to reduce constant pushback and get more cooperation without escalating the fight.
Routines that actually stick
Bedtime, mornings, meals, and transitions that feel more predictable and less exhausting.
Sibling conflict
Practical support for reducing the arguing and building better interactions between kids.
Clear, kind leadership
Support for setting boundaries that feel warm and firm instead of reactive or inconsistent.
School, focus, and screens
3 areas
ADHD and daily friction
Help with focus, follow-through, and the everyday challenges that turn into constant battles.
School and homework battles
Help with resistance, avoidance, or stress around school demands.
Media and devices
Support for screen-time limits, phone use, and the conflicts that come with technology.
Teens, and you
2 areas
Teen challenges
Guidance for anxiety, motivation, boundaries, and the shifting dynamics of the teen years.
Parent overwhelm
Strategies for staying steady when the hard moments pile up and you’re running on empty.
Parents leave sessions knowing what to try next with their own child — not with a generic tip sheet.
How it goes
Working together.
Each session is an hour. It is for the parent, or both parents if you come together. Children are not in the room.
- 1
A fit conversation
A free 20-minute introduction, after a short note and a time you choose. You and Audra decide whether to work together. Sessions are $125.
- 2
Once a week
Sessions are an hour. Most families meet once a week. More often is available if you ask, or if the week needs closer support.
- 3
Then room to practice
After the first three, stay weekly or move to every other week. Many families feel a lasting change by the end of eight to ten sessions.
“It’s been the best honest advice we received anywhere. And we’ve hired potty training consultants, read tons of books, paid for programs, even had a behavior health therapist. Audra has been a greater experience than anything we’ve had.”
Joey · Jul '26
Questions
Before our initial conversation.
Coaching is not the same as therapy. While cognitive therapeutic models typically focus on the past to heal old wounds, coaching deploys current strengths as the foundation for a future-facing, action-oriented approach. If at any point during our work Audra feels you or your child could benefit from therapy or other diagnostic work, you will discuss options and possible referrals together.
Inquire
A 20-minute conversation.
Send a short note: your name, email, your child’s age, and the main issue. The next step opens Audra’s calendar on this page so you can choose a 20-minute time.
The call is free. It is an introduction, so you can get to know Audra and she can see whether coaching is a fit for your family. She shares how she works. She does not try to solve the problem, or give advice, on that call.
If you continue, sessions are $125. Nothing is booked until you pick a time.
About Audra
Babies through teens. The hard, everyday moments.
I’m a Certified Child Life Specialist, I’ll be certified by the Parent Coaching Institute in March 2027, and a Parenting Specialist with Trekwise, a pediatric behavioral health company. I help parents of babies through teens, ages 0–18, navigate the moments that don’t come with a script.
For more than 18 years I’ve worked with children and families in hospital settings — emergency, surgery, and pediatric units — and in the community. That work showed me how much parents shape a child’s ability to handle stress, change, and big emotions. Parent coaching is that same practical focus, outside the hospital.
I work directly with families on behavioral and emotional challenges: anxiety, ADHD, big emotions, routines, sibling conflict, device struggles, and the shifting needs of the teen years. We look at what is actually happening in your home and build clear strategies you can use right away.
I teach parenting classes at Boulder Community Health, the JCC, and local day cares. I live in Boulder with my husband and three children. Parents do their best work with practical tools and real support, not another reminder to stay calm.
Training
Practice
- Certified Child Life Specialist
- Parent Coaching Institute — certified March 2027
- Parenting Specialist, Trekwise
Recent study
- Child and adolescent anxiety, PESI, 2026
- Attachment-centered play therapy, PESI, Nov 2025
- Child and adolescent grief specialist, PESI, Oct 2025
Where it started
- 400-hour child life internship, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 2006
- B.S. Early Childhood Education, 2005
- Children’s Disaster Services, 2016
- Perinatal support groups, Simkin Center, 2014
- Resolve Through Sharing bereavement — pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and newborn death, 2009