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Sheena Hill

Parenting Coach and Holistic Sleep Expert

Sheena Hill is a Responsive Parenting and Holistic Sleep Coach based in Pikesville, Maryland. With nearly 20 years of experience, Sheena empowers and educates families through workshops and consulting services, specializing in gentle discipline, co-parenting and building family emotional intelligence. She has experience supporting biological, adoptive, and step-parents, LGBTQ+ families, grandparents, and other caregivers, to navigate through challenges like birth, death, family blending, divorce, and other adjustments. Sheena has masters degrees in Social Work and Education.

Education

  • BA, Psychology, Antioch College
  • MS, Family Studies and Social Work, Miami University
  • MA, Education, Towson University

Professional Achievements

  • Has almost a decade of working with parents in non-profit family services and has been in private practice for 15 years
  • Works with families all over the world, and her expertise has been used in the creation of many family resources, including consulting on the development of the EQ app, The Happy Child
  • Releasing a workbook for grandparents and families, The "Grandparents' Guide to Responsive Childrearing Tools", in Nov. 2025 (R&R Publishing)
  • Has been a passionate CPST for 15 years and has helped thousands of families install and use car seats safely and correctly

Certifications & Organizations

  • Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) certified
  • Hand in Hand Parenting
  • Parent-Child Care (PC-Care)
  • Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST)
  • Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) parenting
  • Strengthening Families Program (SFP) and Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP)
  • NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
  • Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Polyvagal Therapy (PVT)
  • Play Therapy
  • Neuroscience

Favorite Piece of Advice

When parents understand that behavior is communication, they can resist the urge to take it personally and offer support that is actually helpful. Set yourself up for success by starting with identifying and meeting the child's needs and then distinguishing between follow-through tools, which help the child experience regulation and meet expectations in the moment, and the follow-up, where parents can support skills practice once everyone is regulated and ready to learn.

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