What Others Are Saying

Mercedes is very professional, is patient and has good pointers to help us parents help our children. She talks in a manner that is calming and makes sense.

Mercedes is a warm, positive, and encouraging person that I would recommend to anyone. She is always positive and clear in her messages and I value her input greatly.

It is with great respect, admiration and gratitude that I write this unsolicited recommendation. Despite my background, I recently found myself in an emotionally challenging crisis that I just could not navigate through on my own. Mercedes reached out to me, asking nothing in return. Mercedes very powerfully combines therapeutic and educational techniques in an empowering and effective manner. Her knowledge and resources enabled me to embrace the situation and obtain the professional resources that were needed. Her approach and technique led me out of an emotionally charged state of mind and into a proactive, productive one. Her skill in providing 'coping mechanisms' and education are effective and empowering. Anyone who has the honor of working with or under Mercedes will surely benefit. I am privileged and honored to have received her guidance and will continue to seek it in future endeavors.

Our family can't recommend Mercedes Samudio highly enough. We had parent coaching sessions with her to address some issues with our teenage son. Her ability to connect to him and get him to open up was incredible. Her patience, kindness and ability to understand the great kid underneath the surly teenager was amazing. And she helped us to remember that kid too! She helped us, as parents, to gain tools for understanding and communicating with our son and brought a fresh perspective to our parenting. We all went from being frustrated and angry to learning a whole new way of interacting with each other. We have reshaped the way our family works and its all thanks to Mercedes. She has truly made a difference in our lives and we are very grateful!

Mercedes helped us with some parenting advise for our toddler (almost 3) who cried a lot. She advised that we 1) determine his triggers, 2) ask him how he's feeling and 3) establish a "cry spot". I just wanted to tell you that those tools have been SO helpful...almost completely curbing his constant crying while giving him new words to identify his feelings ("I feel sad, Mommy!"). Sometimes, he elects to go to his cry spot and I'll sit with him...sometimes, he refuses the cry spot and just wants me to talk with him.  Obviously yelling "STOP CRYING" wasn't working and now I feel like [my husband] and I have a plan that we can repeat over and over! Your words also let us off the hook of feeling like we're the ONLY parents who have "the crier". I was feeling so self conscious about his crying and you reminded me that he may always be emotional and it's not a bad thing, just something that we need a plan to manage!   Thank you so much for your helpful tips and reassuring approach!

Mercedes was so helpful for me and my son. She has such a warm, compassionate approach when it comes to kids. She focused on helping me build a healthy connection in a way I felt good about. Her approach is so honoring to children (and in my case teens) and I especially appreciated that all of her suggestions were to foster respect instead of the typical consequences method. It's a refreshing approach that I absolutely LOVE!!

I read your posts about parent shaming (I may not always hit the like button but I read them) and when this happened it really hit home. And I felt that your posts gave me strength to advocate for my child. Please continue to be an advocate! Thank you and I appreciate you.

I've had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Mercedes Samudio! She has so much heart! I was blessed in our conversation, and feel more equipped for those "talks" I will have with my almost-15-yr-old niece.

"I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Mercedes. She has helped me make significant changes in the way I parent my children that has benefited our entire family. She gave me the practical, hands on ideas to be able to try right away after meeting with her. When I had difficulty executing them, she spent time fine tuning the strategies to make them work for my life and my family. She was also very in tune with my emotions and picking up on patterns in our family. I looked forward to each time I spoke with Mercedes and hung up feeling energized and ready to take on the new ideas we discussed. Her positvity and energy helped me find the bright side of challenging situations. What I learned has also spilled over to where I work and helped me in that environment as well. I highly recommend Mercedes if you are looking to make some changes in your parenting and form stronger connections with your family."

I've had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Mercedes Samudio! She has so much heart! I was blessed in our conversation, and feel more equipped for those "talks" I will have with my almost-15-yr-old niece.

I read your posts about parent shaming (I may not always hit the like button but I read them) and when this happened it really hit home. And I felt that your posts gave me strength to advocate for my child. Please continue to be an advocate! Thank you and I appreciate you.

Mercedes was so helpful for me and my son. She has such a warm, compassionate approach when it comes to kids. She focused on helping me build a healthy connection in a way I felt good about. Her approach is so honoring to children (and in my case teens) and I especially appreciated that all of her suggestions were to foster respect instead of the typical consequences method. It's a refreshing approach that I absolutely LOVE!!

Mercedes helped us with some parenting advise for our toddler (almost 3) who cried a lot. She advised that we 1) determine his triggers, 2) ask him how he's feeling and 3) establish a "cry spot". I just wanted to tell you that those tools have been SO helpful...almost completely curbing his constant crying while giving him new words to identify his feelings ("I feel sad, Mommy!"). Sometimes, he elects to go to his cry spot and I'll sit with him...sometimes, he refuses the cry spot and just wants me to talk with him.  Obviously yelling "STOP CRYING" wasn't working and now I feel like [my husband] and I have a plan that we can repeat over and over! Your words also let us off the hook of feeling like we're the ONLY parents who have "the crier". I was feeling so self conscious about his crying and you reminded me that he may always be emotional and it's not a bad thing, just something that we need a plan to manage!   Thank you so much for your helpful tips and reassuring approach!

Our family can't recommend Mercedes Samudio highly enough. We had parent coaching sessions with her to address some issues with our teenage son. Her ability to connect to him and get him to open up was incredible. Her patience, kindness and ability to understand the great kid underneath the surly teenager was amazing. And she helped us to remember that kid too! She helped us, as parents, to gain tools for understanding and communicating with our son and brought a fresh perspective to our parenting. We all went from being frustrated and angry to learning a whole new way of interacting with each other. We have reshaped the way our family works and its all thanks to Mercedes. She has truly made a difference in our lives and we are very grateful!

It is with great respect, admiration and gratitude that I write this unsolicited recommendation. Despite my background, I recently found myself in an emotionally challenging crisis that I just could not navigate through on my own. Mercedes reached out to me, asking nothing in return. Mercedes very powerfully combines therapeutic and educational techniques in an empowering and effective manner. Her knowledge and resources enabled me to embrace the situation and obtain the professional resources that were needed. Her approach and technique led me out of an emotionally charged state of mind and into a proactive, productive one. Her skill in providing 'coping mechanisms' and education are effective and empowering. Anyone who has the honor of working with or under Mercedes will surely benefit. I am privileged and honored to have received her guidance and will continue to seek it in future endeavors.

Mercedes is a warm, positive, and encouraging person that I would recommend to anyone. She is always positive and clear in her messages and I value her input greatly.

Mercedes is very professional, is patient and has good pointers to help us parents help our children. She talks in a manner that is calming and makes sense.

Mercedes is a caring and compassionate clinician. She is diligent, intelligent, and thoughtful in her interventions. When we worked together, I was struck by her dedication and passion to supporting parents. Even when working with families with the highest level of need (special needs children, poverty, community violence, complex trauma, etc.), Mercedes stayed calm and focused on her mission to support effective parenting and healthy, happy children. She gives her best, no matter how difficult a situation may seem. I recommend her without reservation and feel confident in referring parents to her for coaching and parenting classes.

Mercedes a high energy, high focused businesswoman with passion, commitment and heart for her clients. She is highly skilled and experienced in her work as a parenting coach and it has been a pleasure to see her change the future of families in such positive and hopeful ways. If you are a frustrated parent in need of support from someone you can trust and depend on, then I highly recommend Mercedes Samudio to help you.

Mercedes is an accomplished professional whose basis for parent coaching is well grounded in her social work education and experience. Her business, The Parenting Skill, is where she coaches parents to achieve improved family relationships for both parents and children. Her commitment to this outcome and her abilities make it easy for me to recommend her. Mercedes is passionate about her work with families. She is a great advocate for her clients and has strong clinical skills. I recommend her!

Mercedes is passionate about her work with families. She is a great advocate for her clients and has strong clinical skills. I recommend her!

Mercedes is an exceptional person with a heart commitment to enhance the lives of children by stabilizing families. Mercedes takes initiative researching resources to make a complete thorough assessment to offer parents in an effort to empower the whole family dynamics. Upon minutes of meeting Mercedes, she impressed me with her knowledge, drive, compassion and awareness of her life plan to helping distressed families heal and thrive. Additional characteristics are timeliness, arrives to work early, agreeable, willing to take on ta asks, maintains case management notes, submits reports in a timely manner, and is communicative with the foster-adoptive child's team from parent, social worker, Wraparound coordinator, CASA advocate or the like to ensure the utmost care for all parties concerned. She understood the team dynamic as an individual and the collective. I highly recommend Mercedes Samudio as an employee, consultant or an expert. She has consistently exhibited high qualities of leadership in the Social Work/Services field.

Mercedes is an exceptional person with a heart commitment to enhance the lives of children by stabilizing families. Mercedes takes initiative researching resources to make a complete thorough assessment to offer parents in an effort to empower the whole family dynamics. Upon minutes of meeting Mercedes, she impressed me with her knowledge, drive, compassion and awareness of her life plan to helping distressed families heal and thrive. Additional characteristics are timeliness, arrives to work early, agreeable, willing to take on ta asks, maintains case management notes, submits reports in a timely manner, and is communicative with the foster-adoptive child's team from parent, social worker, Wraparound coordinator, CASA advocate or the like to ensure the utmost care for all parties concerned. She understood the team dynamic as an individual and the collective. I highly recommend Mercedes Samudio as an employee, consultant or an expert. She has consistently exhibited high qualities of leadership in the Social Work/Services field.

Mercedes is passionate about her work with families. She is a great advocate for her clients and has strong clinical skills. I recommend her!

Mercedes is an accomplished professional whose basis for parent coaching is well grounded in her social work education and experience. Her business, The Parenting Skill, is where she coaches parents to achieve improved family relationships for both parents and children. Her commitment to this outcome and her abilities make it easy for me to recommend her. Mercedes is passionate about her work with families. She is a great advocate for her clients and has strong clinical skills. I recommend her!

Mercedes a high energy, high focused businesswoman with passion, commitment and heart for her clients. She is highly skilled and experienced in her work as a parenting coach and it has been a pleasure to see her change the future of families in such positive and hopeful ways. If you are a frustrated parent in need of support from someone you can trust and depend on, then I highly recommend Mercedes Samudio to help you.

Mercedes is a caring and compassionate clinician. She is diligent, intelligent, and thoughtful in her interventions. When we worked together, I was struck by her dedication and passion to supporting parents. Even when working with families with the highest level of need (special needs children, poverty, community violence, complex trauma, etc.), Mercedes stayed calm and focused on her mission to support effective parenting and healthy, happy children. She gives her best, no matter how difficult a situation may seem. I recommend her without reservation and feel confident in referring parents to her for coaching and parenting classes.