Expert Coaching

Casey Ehrlich, Ph.D.

• Founder and CEO of At Peace Parents
• Pioneered a radically new, proven effective approach to bring PDA children and teens out of burnout, while prioritizing long-term well-being and putting parents’ agency and expertise at the forefront.
• Working on cutting-edge research that conceptualizes PDA as a nervous system disability with the University of Michigan medical school.
• Certification in Polyvagal Theory from the Polyvagal Institute.
• Ph.D. in social science methodology and political science.  
• Utilizes insights from personally working with 1,000s of parents of PDA children and teens.
• Mother of two sons, one of whom is PDA.

$8,000 monthly.

Casey offers private parent coaching and organizational consultations for therapy practices and schools. Please send inquiries to [email protected].

Casey also provides live teaching and coaching in our signature Paradigm Shift Program®. The 12-week program costs $1,300 monthly.

Donna Georgen

Donna’s passion for helping families comes from 26 years of lived experience and extensive training in PDA. She has raised two PDA children to the adult ages of 26 and 19. Donna also completed the PDA Society’s college-certified “Levels Program” in Pathological Demand Avoidance.

Donna was the first Support Group Coordinator for PDA North America - and in alignment with her own coaching objectives - she created dozens of PDA Parent Support groups in the United States that are still thriving. She is now thrilled to be part of the At Peace Parents team where she supports hundreds of families on their parenting journey. She is certified in the signature Paradigm Shift Program with At Peace Parents and trained by Casey Ehrlich, Ph.D. to provide specialized care and guidance unique to PDA families. Donna brings her genuine depth of understanding, compassion and care to each parent she works with.

$2,500 monthly.

Kendahl Damashek

Kendahl Damashek brings her unique experience as a PDA Autistic mother raising four PDA humans under the age of 10 to her work as a coach. She has an educational background in psychology and neuroscience and a B.A. from Amherst College. Kendahl was the lead research assistant on a project studying Therapeutic Alliance at UMass Amherst and worked with middle school children in San Francisco before focusing her energy and creativity on parenting and caregiving.

Kendahl specializes in supporting parents with "2E" PDA children (Gifted and PDA) and larger or more complex family dynamics. 

She brings her warmth, passion, and logical brain to her area of expertise: supporting parents to unpack the complexity of their situation with creative solutions and needle-moving insights.

$2,500 monthly

Juliana Carrillo

Juliana Carrillo, su experiencia tanto personal como profesional en el área de la psicología, con niños neurodiversos, le ha permitido aprender y aplicar todo tipo de herramientas para la construcción de capacidades y competencias en todos los planos del desarrollo psicológico (psicomotriz, cognitivo, psicosocial y psicoafectivo).

Psicóloga de la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Está certificada en el exclusivo programa Paradigm Shift de At Peace Parents y capacitada por Casey Ehrlich, Ph.D. para brindar atención especializada y orientación exclusiva para las familias de PDA. A través de la convivencia por más de dos años con un niño con perfil autista PDA y los múltiples años de experiencia en el campo de la psicología realizando investigaciones, programas de intervención y evaluación con niños neurodiversos y neurotípicos, le permiten trabajar de la mano de padres y especialistas para entender el cerebro desde una perspectiva donde se prioriza la acomodación del sistema nervioso y la autonomía.

$500 por mes