About Beth Root

First and foremost, I am a mom and a grandma who believes in the power of mindful, connected parenting. As a single mom, I learned early on that the modern-myth that mothers "can do it all," is just that; a myth! Families need support systems that sustain them inwardly and outwardly, which is why I am passionate about assisting parents on their attachment and parenting journey.

In college, with my daughter in-tow, I studied counseling psychology believing I was on the path to become a marriage and family therapist, until I realized that Frederick Douglas was right, “It IS easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” With that realization, I completed my undergraduate and graduate study in Human Development, and learned what vital supports children need for their early development. 

My passion deepened while writing my master’s thesis; blending my love for somatic and energy therapies with developmental theory. I knew as a mother and an attachment researcher that love and connection are felt in the body, and children need this lived experience of safety in order to develop into healthy adults.

I later deepened my learning of early development as a post-graduate fellow for Infant Mental Health, becoming endorsed as a Transdisciplinary Infant Early Child Mental Health Practitioner. Yet, in my work leading children’s programs and working with thousands of children and their parents, it became apparent that children were suffering with more foundational challenges. The effects of their pre and perinatal development at their primary foundation, were rarely examined. I enrolled in a life-changing program, studying pre and perinatal development, often referred to as “Birth Psychology,” with Dr. Ray Castellino. I had come home and traveled full circle! Expanding my learning that somatic (not always traumatic) imprints live in our bodies and have a profound impact on our lives. Most importantly, these experiences are not out of reach for healing and integration at any age.

As a transdisciplinary practitioner, my role is to support parents and caregivers become the calm in the storm for their children. This starts and ends in the adult’s body as the container for their child(ren). Thoughts, beliefs, stressors and unprocessed experiences ripple from adults to children, often unconsciously. I help caregivers engage in mindful presence with their young children, while also learning developmentally appropriate parenting skills, and deconstructing fad, ineffectual and often misleading parenting concepts that only frustrate families.

As a practitioner of early attachment and early development, I am passionate about helping individuals explore relationships with themselves and their children. My practice draws on traditional as well as non-traditional approaches, integrating the whole person to include body, mind and spirit. Though I am trained in clinical approaches by licensed therapists, I am not a licensed therapist as my work includes healing modalities outside of the scope of practice of traditional psychotherapy. Instead, I am here to coach care-givers discover authentic attachment and bonding with their child(ren). I look forward to working with you.