Katherine Endy, PhD, LCSW is a parenting researcher, educator, and coach. She holds a PhD from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, where she studied parenting stress, emotion regulation, self-compassion, and mindfulness. Katherine has been working with children, families, and early childhood educators for nearly 20 years, incorporating conscious discipline and neuroscience into her teaching.

She is the founder of The Family Life Coach which aims to help parents heal their emotional wounds so they can show up for their kids with calm, confidence, and compassion, and break the cycle of trauma for the next generation.

She specializes in supporting parents of neurodivergent children (and is the parent of two!). Katherine offers an individualized Parenting Breakthrough program (incorporating Neuro-Linguistic Programming therapy), 1:1 Coaching with parents, and a group container: the CALMER Parenting Program.

In addition to her work with parents of young children, Katherine provides professional development to early childhood professionals. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her husband and three teenagers.