Certified Aware Parenting Instructors
The following people have been certified by Aletha Solter to teach the philosophy of Aware Parenting described in her five books: The Aware Baby, Cooperative and Connected, Tears and Tantrums, Raising Drug-Free Kids, and Attachment Play.
All instructors must renew their certification every two years. Please contact them directly for information about Aware Parenting activities in their area (lectures, workshops, support groups, consultations, etc.).
The names with a red star indicate Level 2 instructors. These instructors are more experienced and have met additional requirements beyond the basic certification requirements. They are certified to offer workshops that meet the workshop requirement for people who wish to become certified.
Click here to see the requirements for becoming a Level 1 Aware Parenting instructor (basic certification requirements)
Click here to see the requirements for becoming a Level 2 Aware Parenting instructor (advanced certification requirements).
Please note that the instructors work entirely independently. Aletha Solter has given them permission to teach this approach to parents, but they are not employees or subcontractors of the Aware Parenting Institute. Their advice should be carefully evaluated for your personal situation. Aletha Solter and the Aware Parenting Institute shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any damage caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly, by any advice from these instructors. Furthermore, they have not been certified by Aletha Solter to give medical advice or to do therapy with adults or children, although some of them have additional credentials as medical professionals or psychotherapists. If you consult with them for anything other than Aware Parenting information and support, please check their credentials and references, as you would for any other professional.
- AUSTRALIA (Aware Parenting in Australia)
- NEW SOUTH WALES
- KATHRYN BALTROTSKY
- Tweed Heads
- 61 (0)416 598 984
- e-mail: katebaltrotsky@gmail.com
- NATALIE DANIELS
- Central Coast
- e-mail: info@ourconnectingplace.com.au
- website www.ourconnectingplace.com.au
- BRETT DARNESH
- Woolgoolga
- e-mail: connect@bettdarnesh.com
- website www.brettdarnesh.com
- MAIRA JORBA GALDÓS (speaks English and Spanish)
- near Byron Bay
- 61 (0)427 088 096
- e-mail: connect@mairajorba.com
- website mairajorba.com/aware-parenting.org
- DANIELLE GHOSN
- near Goulburn
- e-mail: danielleghosn@gmail.com
- EMMA MASON
- Sydney
- e-mail: oneinspiredheart@gmail.com
- HELENA MOONEY
- Manly, Sydney
- 61 (0)424 096 546
- e-mail: helena@parentingwithplay.com.au
- website: www.parentingwithplay.com.au/
- MARION ROSE
- Mullumbimby (near Byron Bay)
- e-mail: lovingbeing@iinet.net.au
- website: www.marionrose.net/aware-parenting-courses
- website: www.awareparentinginstructor.com
- LAURA SHAZ
- Near Lismore
- 61 (0)415 533 311
- e-mail: Ljspeace@gmail.com
- website: www.ljspeace.com/
- QUEENSLAND
- STEPHANIE FLEETON
- Toowoomba
- 61 (0)407 169 599
- e-mail: steph@spiritedhearts.net
- website: www.mamassacredcircle.com
- DACE FLYNN
- Gold Coast
- 61 (0)423 495 321
- e-mail: daceruza@hotmail.com
- DEVON HARRIS
- near Brisbane
- 61 (0)444 506 868
- e-mail: devon@theparentingarchitect.com
- SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- SHELLEY CLARKE
- near Adelaide
- e-mail: hello@shelleyclarke.com
- TASMANIA
- FRANCESCA REDDEN
- near Hobart
- 61 (0)400 582 872
- e-mail: francesca@francescaredden.com
- VICTORIA
- GEORGIE BANCROFT
- Melbourne
- e-mail: docgeorgie@gmail.com
- website: www.georgiebancroft.com
- CAROLINA VALENCIA COLEMAN (speaks English and Spanish)
- Melbourne
- 61 (0)492 992 868
- e-mail: nurtureandcherish@gmail.com
- EMMA ROGERS DUMAS
- Melbourne
- 61 (0)422 630 142
- e-mail: emma@expandingminds.com.au
- website: www.expandingminds.com.au
- ABBEY STANBROOK
- Shepparton
- 61 (0)434 641 406
- e-mail: abbeystanbrook@gmail.com
- LAEL STONE
- Melbourne
- 61 (0)411 660 884
- e-mail: learn@laelstone.com.au
- website: www.laelstone.com.au
- GERALDINE VAN BOXMEER
- Melbourne
- 61 (0)468 735 745
- e-mail: geraldinevb@hotmail.com
- DANNI WILLOW
- near Melbourne
- 61 (0)401 744 253
- e-mail: danni@thewayofthewoman.com.au
- website: https://www.thewayofthewoman.com.au
- WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- CHIARA ROSSETTI
- near Perth
- 61 (0)422 954 482
- e-mail: chiara_rossetti@hotmail.com
- JOSS GOULDEN
- near Denmark
- 61 (0)439 932 116
- e-mail: jossgoulden@hotmail.com
- AUSTRIA (Aware Parenting in Austria)
- ILLY BERNHART
- Innsbruck (also works in Germany)
- (43) 699 1424 0971
- e-mail: illy.bernhart@gmx.net
- ANCA IORDACHE
- Vienna (also offers workshops in Romania)
- (40) 729 12 14 32 (Romania)
- (43) 66 04 04 70 96 (Austria)
- e-mail: anca.iordache@parentship.ro
- website: www.parentship.ro
- HANNA NAPHEGYI
- Feldkirch (near the Bodensee)
- (43) 67 67 07 34 47
- e-mail: hanna.naphegyi@mac.com
- KATHARINA SOMMER
- Werndorf (near Graz)
- (43) 66 42 19 23 37
- e-mail: kathrin_lichtenegger@yahoo.de
- BELGIUM (Aware Parenting in Belgium)
- ANDRIES CORBIJN
- Koersel
- (32 473) 51.43.93
- e-mail: andriescorbijn@gmail.com
- ROB DANEELS (works in Dutch and French)
- near Brussels
- (32 487) 90.80.33
- e-mail: pazop@tutanota.com
- website: www.meerrustinhuis.eu
- HANNE DEMEULENAERE
- Langemark (West Flanders)
- (32 496) 24.08.82
- e-mail: hanne.demeulenaere@hotmail.com
- website: praktijkhannedemeulenaere.be/bewust-opvoeden/over-aware-parenting
- ANOUK DUBOIS
- La Louvière
- (32 497) 52.49.02
- e-mail: anoukdubois13@gmail.com
- NELE FLAMANG
- Bonheiden
- (32 476) 22.06.84
- e-mail: nele.flamang@gmail.com
- website: www.praktijkneleflamang.be
- LEEN HAAGDORENS
- near Leuven
- (32 484) 27.61.17
- e-mail: leenhaagdorens@fastmail.fm
- website: www.leenhaagdorens.be/aware-parenting
- CAMILLE DE MOOR
- Ghent
- (32 496) 23.09.76
- e-mail: camille@awareparenting.gent
- website: awareparenting.gent
- ANKE MULLER
- Berlaar (near Antwerp)
- (32 488) 79.01.09
- e-mail: anke.muller@gmail.com
- website: www.therapeutenhuis.be
- JÜRGEN PEETERS
- Vosselaar (near Antwerp)
- (32 498) 26.71.79
- e-mail: jurgenpeeters@deonderstroom.be
- website: www.deonderstroom.be
- PASCALE PIERRET
- Soye (near Namur)
- (32 477) 60.42.15
- e-mail: pascale.pierret@yahoo.fr
- LIZA PINSON
- Ghent
- (32 473) 79.85.93
- e-mail: info@lizapinson.com
- website: www.lizapinson.com
- FRANÇOISE SOMERS
- near Brussels
- (32 496) 92.82.54
- e-mail: francoise.somers@skynet.be
- website: http://accompagnementparental.be/coaching-parental
- ANNICK THOMAS
- Mont-sur-Marchienne
- (32 495) 35.37.27
- e-mail: norbert.jates@scarlet.be
- LAURIEN TIELENS
- near Leuven
- (32 472) 87.13.94
- e-mail: laurientielens@hotmail.com
- NIKI VANHAMEL
- Ghent
- (32 479) 59.31.26
- e-mail: nikivanhamel@gmail.com
- website: http://www.daddycation.be
- GERALDINE VAN BOXMEER (lives in Australia but travels frequently to Belgium)
- near Melbourne, Australia
- 61 (0)468 735 745
- e-mail: geraldinevb@hotmail.com
- KATRIEN VAN DEN BULCK
- Pelt (Limburg)
- (32 465) 02.22.52
- e-mail: katrien@levenvoorjezelf.com
- website: http://www.levenvoorjezelf.com
- CANADA (Aware Parenting in Canada)
- ONTARIO
- GWEN DUNLOP
- Bracebridge, Ontario
- (1 705) 645-5284
- e-mail: gwen_dunlop@yahoo.ca
- website: http://gwendunlop.ca/aware-parenting
- CHILE (Aware Parenting in Chile)
- CHRISTINE KACHADOURIAN
- Santiago
- Telephone: (56 9) 9222 4850
- WhatsApp: +56992224850
- e-mail: kl.christine@gmail.com
- KARINA VÉLIZ
- Santiago
- Telephone: (56 9) 9519 2060
- e-mail: karina.veliz@gmail.com
- CHINA (Aware Parenting in China)
- LIA WONG
- Hong Kong SAR
- e-mail: lia@raisingorion.com
- website: www.raisingorion.com/awareparenting
- ENGLAND (See UNITED KINGDOM)
- FRANCE (Aware Parenting in France)
- AGNÈS PETIT
- Tincques (near Arras)
- (33 6) 83 63 18 58
- e-mail: agnes.petit932@orange.fr
- website: aptherapie.fr
- GWENAËLLE RUELLA
- Nice
- (33 6) 09 74 16 82
- e-mail: gwenaelle@placedesemotions.org
- website: www.placedesemotions.org
- JANIE SPENCER
- Paris
- (33 6) 38.81.52.92
- e-mail: janie@placedesemotions.org
- website: www.placedesemotions.org
- GERMANY (Aware Parenting in Germany)
- ILLY BERNHART
- Ingolstadt (near Munich) (also works in Austria)
- (49 172) 6024123
- e-mail: illy.bernhart@gmx.net
- ULRIKE BOGEN
- Balingen
- (49 7433) 385683
- e-mail: ulrike@bogens.de
- website: www.kinderstube-balingen.de
- JENNIFFER EHRY-GISSEL
- Darmstadt
- (49 157) 50353280
- e-mail: hallo@bindungsorientierte-elternberatung.de
- website: www.bindungsorientierte-elternberatung.de
- ANKE EYRICH
- Die Wiege
- Sulz (Kreis Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg)
- (49 7454) 92329
- e-mail: see website
- website: www.awareparenting-institut.de
- website: www.diewiege.com
- CHRISTA FRIEDRICH
- Hüfingen-Mundelfingen (Kreis Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg)
- e-mail: christa.f@t-online.de
- NICOLE KIKILLUS
- near Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg)
- e-mail: kiki@gluecksknirpse.de
- website: www.gluecksknirpse.de/bewusste-liebevolle-erziehung
- STEPHANIE WEH
- Sonthofen, Bayern (östlich vom Bodensee)
- (49 8321) 7802120
- e-mail: steffi@heldeneltern.de
- website: www.heldeneltern.de
- TANJA WELKER
- near Munich
- (49 173) 8080877
- e-mail: tanjawelker@googlemail.com
- GREECE (Aware Parenting in Greece)
- VENIA DELIKATERINI
- Athens
- (30 6944) 359538
- e-mail: info@followyourtree.gr
- website: www.followyourtree.gr
- KONSTANTINOS KOSTAS
- Athens
- (30 6977) 730107
- e-mail: konstantinoskostas76@gmail.com
- website: www.followyourtree.gr
- HONG KONG (See CHINA)
- ISRAEL (Aware Parenting in Israel)
- SHELLY YANNAI
- (972) 545 898 660
- e-mail: awareparentingil@gmail.com
- ITALY (Aware Parenting in Italy)
There are not currently any instructors in Italy.
- LATVIA (Aware Parenting in Latvia)
- DACE FLYNN (lives in Australia but also leads workshops in Latvia)
- Queensland, Australia
- 61 (0)423 495 321
- e-mail: daceruza@hotmail.com
- LITHUANIA (Aware Parenting in Lithuania)
- RŪTA BALTUŠNINKAITĖ-NAVICKĖ
- Kaunas
- (370) 61751364
- e-mail: ruta.navicke@gmail.com
- website: www.klauskpsichologo.lt/samoninga-tevyste
- LUXEMBOURG (Aware Parenting in Luxembourg)
- MARIANA FLOREA
- Luxembourg
- e-mail: mariana_florea@yesyoucan.be
- website: www.yes-you-can.be
- NETHERLANDS (Aware Parenting in The Netherlands)
- CHRISTINA MULLER
- Amsterdam
- e-mail: info@chrismuller.nl
- website: www.chrismuller.nl
- website: www.awareparenting.nl
- LAURA VERBOOM-BROUWERS
- Boekel (Southern Netherlands)
- (31 6) 42.01.65.26
- laura@knoeiengroeien.nl
- website: www.knoeiengroeien.nl
- ELINE WEIJERS
- Esbeek (near Tiburg)
- (31 6) 30.94.08.49
- e-mail: eline@ouderschapvanuitjehart.nl
- website: http://ouderschapvanuitjehart.nl
- NEW ZEALAND (Aware Parenting in New Zealand)
- KIRSTY FERNANDES
- Tauranga
- (64) 274053108
- e-mail: kirstymfernandes@gmail.com
- website www.honouringmamas.com/aware-parenting
- ROCHELLE GATES
- Auckland
- (64) 21858976
- e-mail: hello@rochellegates.com
- website www.rochellegates.com/parenting-1
- NORWAY (Aware Parenting in Norway)
- MARTE WILLUMSEN
- Trondheim
- e-mail: marte.willumsen@gmail.com
- website: www.mjuktliv.no
- ROMANIA (Aware Parenting in Romania)
- ELIZA BIRO
- Brasov
- (40) 763.63.84.92
- e-mail: elizebiro@gmail.com
- website: www.suntpitic.ro
- MIRABELA BUTIRI
- Bucharest
- (40) 722.30.72.73
- e-mail: mirabelabutiri@gmail.com
- DAIANA RALUCA COLCERIU
- Brasov
- (40) 727.22.09.59
- e-mail: daiana.colceriu@gmail.com
- website: www.daiana.org
- DELIA DASCALU
- Bucharest
- (40) 742.00.33.83
- e-mail: delia.dascalu@gmail.com
- EMANUELA DIACONU
- Curtea de Arges
- (40) 723.95.95.16
- e-mail: diaconuema@yahoo.com
- SANDA DUMITRU
- Hunedoara (Transylvania)
- (40) 744.88.64.79
- e-mail: dumitrusandaeudochia@gmail.com
- ALINA GALOIU
- Bucharest
- (40) 743.03.12.60
- e-mail: alina.coaching@gmail.com
- blog: aware-parenting.blogspot.ro
- ANCA IORDACHE
- Lives in Vienna, Austria, but also offers workshops in Romania
- (40) 729.12.14.32 (Romania)
- (43) 66.04.04.70.96 (Austria)
- e-mail: anca.iordache@parentship.ro
- website: www.parentship.ro
- MADALINA MARGA
- Bucharest
- (40) 728.30.78.70
- e-mail: madalinamarga@gmail.com
- blog: psihologieomuleti.blogspot.ro/
- BRINDUSA MILASAN
- Cluj-Napoca
- (40) 745.20.26.81
- e-mail: contact@brindusamilasan.com
- website: www.brindusamilasan.com
- ADRIANA MITU
- Bucharest and Pitesti
- (40) 769.42.56.43
- e-mail: contact@adrianamitu.com
- website: www.adrianamitu.com/
- RALUCA STEFAN
- Bucharest
- (40) 721.95.92.53
- e-mail: stefan.raluca@icloud.com
- IRINA STOICA
- Bucharest
- (40) 753.75.77.77
- e-mail: irinastoica.psy@gmail.com
- website: www.irinastoica.ro
- SOUTH AFRICA (Aware Parenting in South Africa)
- MEGAN CLINTON
- Cape Town
- e-mail: megan@gestalt-therapy.co.za
- website: www.meganclinton.net
- MARIANNE LITTLEJOHN
- Natural Childbirth Centre
- Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulunatal
- (27 65) 206.98.81
- e-mail: littlejohnmarianne@gmail.com
- SPAIN (Aware Parenting in Spain)
- ESTHER MÉNDEZ ALVAREZ
- Oviedo (Asturias)
- (34 647) 61 41 73
- e-mail: strmendezpsicologa@gmail.com
- website: www.awareparentingasturias.com
- ROSA COMELLAS CABEZA
- Barcelona
- (34 664) 06 84 90
- e-mail: rosacomellasca@gmail.com
- LAURA DÍAZ DE ENTRESOTOS BAJO
- Barcelona
- (34 687) 05 45 95
- e-mail: laura@educacionconsciente.es
- website: www.awareparenting.es
- NEUS SUREDA FERNANDEZ
- near Palma, Mallorca
- (34 699) 63 02 08
- e-mail: n.sureda.fernandez@gmail.com
- Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/educacioconscient
- DELFINA FERRER ROIG
- Castellón
- (34 616) 61 13 00
- e-mail: delfina12@yahoo.es
- SONIA RODILLA SANCHEZ
- Valencia
- (34 660) 09 99 55
- e-mail: sorosan5@hotmail.com
- SWEDEN (Aware Parenting in Sweden)
- SARAH FORSMAN
- Umea
- (+46) 768001054
- e-mail: sahfon@gmail.com
- SWITZERLAND (Aware Parenting in Switzerland)
- SUSANNE BALDINI
- Winterthur
- (41 52) 232.21.39
- e-mail: susanne.baldini@bluewin.ch
- website: www.susanne-baldini.ch
- SARAH SCHÄPPI
- Bern and Zurich
- e-mail: info@wurzelkind.ch
- website: www.wurzelkind.ch
- VIVIAN VIESTER
- Flumserberg (St. Gallen)
- (49 1590) 6746671
- e-mail: vivian_viester@hotmail.com
- TURKEY (Aware Parenting in Turkey)
There are not currently any instructors in Turkey.
- UNITED KINGDOM (Aware Parenting in the United Kingdom)
- MARU ROJAS
- London
- e-mail: maru.awareparenting@gmail.com
- REBECCA JASEENA SHEIKH
- London
- (44 7875) 48.86.71
- e-mail: flourishingchildhood@gmail.com
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/awareparentinglondon
- website: www.flourishingchildhood.com
- TOM WEBSTER
- Wales
- (44 7973) 73.25.01
- e-mail: tomwebster536@gmail.com
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Aware Parenting in the United States of America)
- CALIFORNIA
- KATIE GARIBAY
- Santa Barbara, CA 93110
- e-mail: katiegaribay2@gmail.com
- CHERYCE GUTZMER
- Soquel, CA 95073
- (1 831) 728-5256
- e-mail: gutzmercc@gmail.com
- CAROL MARKS
- Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
- (1 424) 272-7108
- e-mail: carolwmarks@gmail.com
- website: www.carolwmarks.com
- HEIDRUN MATTHIES
- Santa Cruz, CA 95061
- (1 831) 346-8083
- e-mail: hsmfun@yahoo.com
- HEATHER STEVENSON
- Santa Barbara, CA 93105
- e-mail: heather@heatherstevenson.com
- COLORADO
- JOSHA VAN BAALEN (speaks English and Dutch)
- Denver, CO
- (1 720) 454 4100.
- e-mail: joshavanbaalen@gmail.com
- IDAHO
- MARIELLA HOGAN
- Boise, ID 83712
- (1 208) 284-5273
- e-mail: dr.mariella.hogan@gmail.com
- website: www.drmariellahogan.com
- MASSACHUSETTS
- SWANSEA BENHAM BLEICHER
- near Northampton, MA 01012
- (1 413) 519-7394
- e-mail: awareparentingwma@gmail.com
- NORTH CAROLINA
- ELIZA PARKER (lives in Texas but travels frequently to North Carolina)
- Raleigh/Durham
- (1 919) 469-0519
- e-mail: eliza@consciousbaby.com
- website: www.consciousbaby.com
- PENNSYLVANIA
- GENEVIEVE BUSCH
- Philadelphia
- e-mail: gkb1687@gmail.com
- TENNESSEE
- ANGELA HILL
- Knoxville
- (1 865) 255-3834
- e-mail: kinnectome@gmail.com
- TEXAS
- ELIZA PARKER
- Austin
- (1 919) 469-0519
- e-mail: eliza@consciousbaby.com
- website: www.consciousbaby.com