The communication advice you gave at the WEB, (Women Entrepreneurs of the Bay Area) talk on October18, 2013 was very helpful and I immediately applied it to my daily interactions with my daughter. The quality of our conversations has improved and she openly shares things with me without being requested to do so. Actually, the funny thing is that she seems to have picked up the style herself… Is that possible?? She says things like “Mom, I understand how frustrated you may be when I don’t do my chores… etc.” I am amazed! She acknowledges my feelings the same way you suggested we should do. So I wanted to really thank you for sharing your experience and your advice. You are changing how people communicate and are making them better listeners. That is awesome!  

Cynthia has been a very supportive and effective parenting resource for me as a single father of three young children. Over 10 months, I was instructed weekly by Cynthia to learn how to discard ineffective parenting habits and learn mutually respectful effective habits. I started my transformation by learning new parenting perspectives in private sessions in her office or over the phone. After seven months, Cynthia came to my home and directed my interactions with my children on the spot because in the moment, I had a tendency to fall back into old bad habits. My learning curve jumped drastically with Cynthia in the home for 10 weeks in a row. I needed less direction with time because I was learning how to implement effective discipline by myself.

Thank you Cynthia for offering a Continuing Medical Education program to the Sutter Health Group pediatricians. Your presentation yesterday was great!  Educational, fun,  interactive, and understandable.   It is easy to see that teaching is your first love. Kathy McGarey, Sutter Health

Thank you for speaking to the Lamorinda Moms. We all thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. You are an engaging and dynamic speaker and everyone gained great ideas from your discussion. We look forward to staying in touch and would love to have you speak again.

Cynthia helped me to see my patterns of communication with my adult daughter. I went from having no clue as to “what went wrong?” to understanding my daughter’s side of our relationship. I gained valuable insights into how to move forward in an authentic and positive manner. Cynthia is passionate about her work and about helping parents. I’m happy that I found her now, and I think she can really help heal families where the bonds have been strained.

I have always wanted to be a good Dad for my daughter. What I value the most in working with Cynthia is that I am learning a way of communicating with my daughter that helps her know her own feelings and what is important to her. This openness and trust that we are creating together is so satisfying. Cynthia’s coaching is helping me make into it a reality what I always wanted — to be a good Dad.

“Middle School Mom” Cynthia Klein does a marvelous job of breaking down the barriers that start to form as our children turn into preteens and all the drama that goes with it. Definitely a time of joy and sorrow for most parents”

Cynthia is a great speaker and  has a very interactive, colorful presentation.  She is a confident speaker with a lot of energy; entertaining too!  She doesn’t sugar coat things and always pauses in her presentation to address an attendees’ question, which is always appreciated by the group.  In the “Supporting Your Teen” session, I was reminded that the connection with your teen needs to happen or the door shuts.  And, attitudes and actions can build or break the connection.  Today, I learned about the 3 Step Solving Process.  I will continue to practice and perfect the steps – “Stopping the Blocking” is the hardest step for me but I can’t move to step 2 without learning how to stop blocking. I’m determined to make the effort and practice, practice!

I particularly want to thank Cynthia Klein for presenting “How to Support Friends and Children During Hard Times.”  It was a wonderful presentation with many, many take-away concepts and interventions! It was also great to learn more about your book “Ally Parenting: A Non-Adversarial Approach to Transform Conflict Into Cooperation.”  What a wonderful resource…and congratulations on your first publication!

Take care,

Adrienne Cane Llang, MFT 

Thank you for a great presentation for the Foster City Family Enrichment Series.  To date, your workshop brought in the most people so we definitely struck a nerve with the parents in our community.  You were engaging and the information you presented was spot on, Your information was essential for parents today. I look forward to inviting you to speak again next year.

You have really finessed your speaking to an art!

Hi Cynthia, I took your 2 session  Parenting Your Teen class  at Stanford University recently. Thank you so much! I went home and talked to my son about all the stuff we talked about in your class. Boy did we have fun! I am glad to have you as a resource as the years come (he’s 12) I am always open to learning (and re-learning). You’re great! Carol

The class was really great! It was well thought out and presented. I had a great time learning strategies that will help me handle my kids’ feelings better. Cynthia’s class was precise and got to the point right on. Easy to apply to daily life. She provided ways to eliminate getting stuck  in old thinking patterns.

We hit the jackpot when we invited Cynthia Klein to speak to 40 therapists at our monthly Silicon Valley California Marriage and Family Therapists meeting. Her presentation was interactive, engaging, and gave everyone amazing information to use in their own lives as well as to share with their clients. Cynthia has the desire to find the best in everyone and everything. The audience was so impressed with her expertise that almost everyone signed up for her newsletter to continue learning from Cynthia’s parenting wisdom. Thank you Cynthia.

Cynthia has been a contributing writer to Parenting on the Peninsula for the last year and a half. Her column is “Middle School Mom” and she gives parents of middle school children some fabulous insights into their child’s development as well as solutions and strategies for improving behaviors and family communication. What I like about Cynthia is that her columns are informative as well as realistic. Parenting on the Peninsula is proud and grateful to have an expert like Cynthia Klein on our team.”

One night, during a moment of extreme duress with my 12 year old son, I called Cynthia for help. She was a great support and provided guidance on how to approach my son so I could keep communication open. Based on her expert suggestions, I listened in a way that made my son comfortable and trusting so we could arrive at a mutually respective solution. I didn’t know how to handle the situation and Cynthia was there to guide me.

The Self-Sufficiency Program at HIP Housing provides a housing subsidy, case management, and monthly workshops to low-income parents who are in school to increase their earning power and become self-sufficient.  Cynthia presented a workshop on parenting to our clients, and did a nice job of making it accessible, interactive, and useful to a diverse group.  Cynthia told great stories about her own journey as a parent and connected the material to the lives of the clients in the room.  Thank you Cynthia for an inspiring workshop!  

Cynthia has a good heart and amazing insight into understanding what I am going through. She finds the words to identify and explain the root causes of my challenges with my daughter. Through her wisdom and advice I have experienced many “Ah-Ha” moments of clarity and understanding about myself and how to improve my family situation.