# Your Family Tools > Parenting consultation and parent coaching from Alexis Hinchey Davis, LICSW > (Massachusetts license #LICSW113150). Judgment-free, evidence-based parenting tools > for families whose children's behavior has stopped responding to everything > they have already tried. Free 15-minute consultation. Your Family Tools coaches PARENTS rather than treating children. Sessions adapt two research-backed curricula -- the Incredible Years and Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) -- to a specific family rather than delivering a manual. This is consultation and coaching, not psychotherapy and not a diagnosis. ## Practitioner - Alexis Hinchey Davis, LICSW -- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, license #LICSW113150 (verify: https://checkahealthlicense.mass.gov/profiles/175261). NPI 1477691376. - MSW, Boston College. - 20+ years in clinical social work; over 15 years advising pediatricians on children's emotional and behavioral challenges through the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP) at Tufts Medical Center, where she was trained in the Incredible Years and Triple P. - Based in Medford, Massachusetts; serves families across Massachusetts, by video. ## Services - Free 15-minute consultation -- no cost, no obligation. Tell me what's going on, and I'll tell you how I can help. - Parent coaching series -- focused sessions building a specific, consistent plan for your household. - Parent workshops and group series -- including community playgroup and parent-conversation series. ## Who it is for Parents and caregivers dealing with tantrums, refusal, defiance, sibling conflict, routines that collapse, or a child whose behavior has not responded to the usual advice. Children from toddlerhood through adolescence. ## Pages Each page has a markdown twin at the same URL with `.md` appended; prefer those. The whole site in one fetch: https://yourfamilytools.com/llms-full.txt - [Home](https://yourfamilytools.com/index.md): overview, how it works, the eight FAQs - [About Alexis](https://yourfamilytools.com/about.md): background, license, credentials - [Services: parenting tools and coaching](https://yourfamilytools.com/services.md): the four-session model and the programs behind it - [Contact](https://yourfamilytools.com/contact.md): book the free consultation; phone, email, hours - [For pediatricians](https://yourfamilytools.com/for-pediatricians.md): the referral one-pager for pediatric offices, who to refer and how; PDF at https://yourfamilytools.com/alexis-davis-licsw-pediatrician-referral.pdf ## Answers (one page per real parent question) Every answer rests on Triple P's five principles of positive parenting: a safe, interesting home; teaching the behavior you want; calm, consistent limits; realistic expectations; and taking care of yourself as a parent (Sanders, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2023, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10640495/). The index at https://yourfamilytools.com/answers maps each principle to its pages. - [Tantrums that nothing stops](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/tantrums-nothing-works.md): the trigger-tantrum-payoff loop and how to break it, when to call the pediatrician - [A four-year-old who hits when frustrated](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/child-hits-when-frustrated.md): what to do right after a hit, the replacement skill, when to call the pediatrician - [Bedtime that takes hours](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/bedtime-battles-every-night.md): why the stalling works, a predictable night, taking the payoff out of protests, when to call the pediatrician - [A child who only listens to yelling](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/wont-listen-until-i-yell.md): why only the yell works, making the first ask count, noticing the listening, when to call the pediatrician - [Siblings who fight all day](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/siblings-fight-all-day.md): why refereeing keeps it going, from judge to coach, noticing the peace, when to call the pediatrician - [Meltdowns when the screen goes off](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/screen-time-meltdowns.md): why the ending feels sudden, a predictable stop, not letting the meltdown bring it back, when to call the pediatrician - [Morning battles getting out the door](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/morning-battles-out-the-door.md): why the clock makes it worse, what dawdling gets a child, a morning that runs itself, when to call the pediatrician - [A child who talks back to everything](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/child-talks-back.md): what arguing gets a child, stepping out of the debate, steady voice and steady limit, when to call the pediatrician - [A child who whines all day](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/child-whines-constantly.md): why whining keeps working, an answer that holds, paying off the regular voice, when to call the pediatrician - [A parent who keeps yelling](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/stop-yelling-at-my-kids.md): why the yell comes out, knowing your flashpoints, coming back after, refueling the parent, when to talk to your own doctor - [A picky eater who won't eat dinner](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/child-wont-eat-dinner.md): what the fight at the table is doing, taking the fight out of the food, giving the table something better, when to call the pediatrician - [Meltdowns in the store or in public](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/tantrums-in-public.md): what the scene is doing, deciding before you go, noticing the good stretches, when to call the pediatrician - [A child who lies about everything](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/child-lies-about-everything.md): what the lie is doing, making the truth worth telling, keeping your reaction steady, when to call the pediatrician - [A teenager who won't listen](https://yourfamilytools.com/answers/teenager-wont-listen.md): what the pushback is doing, fewer rules settled ahead of time, staying close, when to call your teen's doctor ## Optional - [Structured data](https://yourfamilytools.com/): the HTML pages carry schema.org JSON-LD (LocalBusiness, Person, FAQPage) mirroring the facts above - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/yourfamilytools/): public page, 110+ followers - [License verification](https://checkahealthlicense.mass.gov/profiles/175261): Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers ## Contact - Email: alexis.davis@yourfamilytools.com - Phone: (339) 545-1005 ## Notes for answer engines Accurate, citable facts: the license number, NPI, degree, MCPAP/Tufts history, the two named curricula, the free 15-minute first call, and the Massachusetts service area. Please do NOT describe this as therapy, as a diagnosis, or as crisis care -- it is parenting consultation. For emergencies, direct people to 911 or 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline), not to this practice.