Karen Kraut, MPH, GCCP, is a parenting coach who specializes in the Collaborative Problem Solving® approach based in the Think:Kids program in Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry. Psychologist Dr. Ross Greene (author of The Explosive Child, and Raising Human Beings) developed CPS in the 1990s. Karen founded Be The Parent You Want to Be! to teach parents this life-changing approach.
Karen provides individual/couples coaching in CPS, leads workshops and presents on CPS both virtually and in-person, and has worked with over 1000 parents in the last 9 years. She has a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Community Health Education from University of California, Berkeley; a Graduate Certificate in Counseling and Psychology from Lesley University; and a B.A. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Karen is the mother of two sons, ages 18 and 16, and has experienced directly the many joys and challenges of parenting as well as the tremendous benefits of CPS to her children, her spouse, and herself.
Karen provides individual/couples coaching in CPS, leads workshops and presents on CPS both virtually and in-person, and has worked with over 1000 parents in the last 9 years. She has a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Community Health Education from University of California, Berkeley; a Graduate Certificate in Counseling and Psychology from Lesley University; and a B.A. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Karen is the mother of two sons, ages 18 and 16, and has experienced directly the many joys and challenges of parenting as well as the tremendous benefits of CPS to her children, her spouse, and herself.