About me
I'm Caitlin Risk, a licensed therapist, parenting coach, fellow parent and creator of The Parent Daughter Project. I have specialized in working with teen girls and their families for the past 10 years.
I help parents rebuild trust and reconnect with their teen daughters — especially when it feels like the bond has been stretched thin or completely unraveled.
As a therapist and a mom myself, I know how heartbreaking it can be when the daughter you once felt so close to starts pulling away. You try to talk, but it turns into an argument. You want to help, but she shuts down. You swing between walking on eggshells and raising your voice — and still feel like you're losing her.
I’ve worked with families in this same place — and I’ve seen the power of small, intentional moments to change the entire tone of a relationship. That’s why I created The Parent Daughter Project: to give you simple, science-backed tools that actually work in real life — even when things feel tense or emotionally charged.
My approach blends neuroscience, attachment-based strategies, and emotionally attuned parenting — not perfection, but presence. If you're ready to move from conflict to calm, from silence to softening, you're in the right place. Let’s rebuild the bond — one clear, compassionate moment at a time.
About the Parent Daughter Project
Tools for parents. Connection for daughters. Healing for both.
The Parent Daughter Project exists to help parents and teen daughters find their way back to each other.
We know how painful it can be when the connection between you and your daughter starts to fray — when the warmth turns to tension, conversations turn into conflict, and you begin to feel like strangers in your own home.
But disconnection doesn’t have to be the end of the story.
Founded by therapist and fellow parent Caitlin Risk, LPC, The Parent Daughter Project offers science-backed, emotionally grounded tools that help rebuild trust, strengthen communication, and restore the bond between parents and daughters — one moment at a time.
We believe:
Your daughter still needs you — even if she can’t show it.
Repair is always possible — no matter how long it’s been tense.
You don’t need to be perfect — just present.
Through digital resources, scripts, and guided support like The 15-Minute Connection Fix, we help parents shift from conflict to connection, from power struggles to emotional safety.
You don’t have to do this alone.
We’re here to help you reconnect — and stay connected — with the girl who still wants to be close, even when she pushes you away.
Mission Statement
At The Parent Daughter Project, our mission is to help parents and teen daughters repair, strengthen, and sustain their relationship through emotionally attuned, neuroscience-informed, and real-life tools. We believe that connection is the foundation of all lasting change — and that even in the hardest seasons, healing is always possible. Through digital resources, reflection tools, and support that speaks to both the heart and the brain, we guide families from shutdown and conflict toward trust, safety, and reconnection.
Because every daughter deserves to feel understood.
And every parent deserves a path back to closeness.
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