A monthly call with a licensed clinician who knows your family — your nanny or au pair can join — plus every Care Map system and guide.
You choose a nanny, and then she starts doing things differently than you asked. Your child settles into daycare, and then bites another child. The au pair arrives, and homesickness hits in week three. Preschool goes fine until it suddenly doesn't.
Childcare isn't one decision. It's years of them, and most families face each new one alone, at night, searching the internet. Childcare Expert Access means you have a clinician who knows your family on call for all of it.
Most childcare problems are relationship problems: expectations that were never said out loud, a conversation everyone is avoiding, resentment building quietly on both sides.
So your monthly call can include your caregiver. I work with you both together — naming what's not working, clarifying expectations, and agreeing on what changes. It's the conversation most families never manage to have, with someone who's had it thousands of times guiding it.
Tammy Gold, LCSW, spent years matching families with nannies before writing Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer (Penguin). Today she works beside families, and their agencies, as a neutral expert: defining the job, interviewing candidates, checking references and setting up the first 30 days.
Deciding what kind of care your child needs.
Choosing the nanny, daycare, au pair, or preschool.
Getting the first months right.
Keeping it working as your child grows.
Most families need all four, over time. That’s why this is ongoing rather than a single session.
Childcare Expert Access is coaching and guidance, not therapy and not emergency support. It's available nationwide. If your child is in danger, call 911. If you're looking for psychotherapy, I also practice as a licensed therapist in California, New Jersey, and Oregon — ask about that separately.
$150 / month
New to the Care Map Method? Many families start with a one-time $189 Care Map call.
Questions? Text (818) 308-1358 or email info@caremapmethod.com