Ellegis Parent Coaching was founded on a straightforward belief: families shouldn't have to wait until things fall apart before they get real, developmentally grounded support. Dr. Giselle built this practice to make evidence-based guidance accessible earlier — before patterns become entrenched and stress escalates.
The goal of Ellegis () is simple: to help parents build calmer homes, emotionally resilient children, and steady, confident parental leadership — grounded in the same developmental science used by researchers and school systems at the national level.
At Ellegis, we're not chasing perfection. Children thrive when the adults around them are calm, consistent, and developmentally informed — not flawless. Every coaching engagement is built around helping parents respond with clarity and intention, not react out of stress or exhaustion.
"After years of working inside school systems, I saw how often parents were struggling long before support ever reached them. Ellegis exists to change that."
— Dr. Giselle Farrell
Our work is grounded in the understanding that when adults have the right developmental framework, everything changes — the stress decreases, responses become more effective, and the home becomes steadier for everyone in it.
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Ellegis is led by Dr. Giselle Farrell, a doctoral-level school psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with children, families, and school systems. Her background spans early childhood intervention, school-based consultation, and national-level research with organizations including Pearson, WestEd, and Sesame Workshop.
Full Bio & CredentialsIf you're here, you're probably trying to figure something out about your child, about your relationship with them, or about your own role in the middle of it all. Maybe it's a specific behavior you can't crack. Maybe you just feel overwhelmed and you need someone to help you think it through. Maybe the child you're raising isn't biologically yours, but you love them like they are. Or maybe your kids are grown, and you're still trying to figure out how to show up for them in this next chapter.
Whatever brought you here, you're in the right place.
And if I'm being honest, the reason I built this goes back further than I expected.
I didn't start Ellegis because I had all the answers. I started it because I spent over fifteen years watching the same thing happen, over and over again — parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers who were clearly trying, clearly pouring themselves into the families they were holding together, and still feeling completely lost. And the systems around them weren't set up to actually help them. Schools pointed to home. Home pointed back to school. And families fell through the gap in between.
That gap is exactly where I've spent my career. And if I'm being honest, it's also where I've found myself as a mom.
I have three kids of my own. Which means that even with a doctorate in school psychology and years of working with families professionally, I have stood in my own kitchen, exhausted, second-guessing myself, wondering why what I know isn't translating into what I'm doing. That experience didn't make me less credible. It made me a better coach, because I understand that the hardest part of parenting isn't a lack of love or effort. It's a lack of a clear, practical framework for the moments that actually matter.
That's what most people in a parenting role are missing. Not information — there's no shortage of that. What's missing is grounded, structured support that makes sense of what you're experiencing and helps you figure out what to do differently.
My background is in school psychology — I hold a doctoral degree (PsyD) and advanced certification in the field — but my work has never lived neatly inside one lane. I've sat at IEP tables and in living rooms. I've been in research offices analyzing developmental frameworks and in classrooms working alongside teachers and kids. I've supported families through early intervention, trained clinicians and educators on standardized assessment tools through organizations like Pearson and WestEd, taught graduate-level counseling coursework at Seton Hall University, and contributed to social-emotional learning research with Sesame Workshop. I also currently provide parent coaching through Maven Clinic, working directly with families navigating everything from behavioral challenges to emotional overwhelm to simply needing a steady, knowledgeable person in their corner.
What I've seen across all of it is consistent: people in caregiving roles aren't lacking effort or love. They're lacking support that meets them where they actually are — not where a checklist says they should be.
So I built Ellegis to bridge that gap — not with generic advice or overwhelming information, but with structured, practical support tailored to where your family actually is right now.
Ellegis exists to be something different. A space where the science is real, the support is practical, and you are treated as the expert on your own family — because you are. My job isn't to tell you who your child is or how your family should look. It's to help you understand what you're experiencing, make sense of what's underneath it, and respond in ways that actually lead to change — so you can feel more confident, more grounded, and more connected to the people you're raising.
You don't need to have it all figured out to start. You just need the right framework and the right support to move forward with clarity.
That's exactly what I'm here for.
"Families don't need a perfect parent. They need one who understands what's actually happening — and has the tools to respond with intention."