The answer isn’t becoming a tougher parent. It’s learning better tools.
Hi, I’m Dr. Scott Sells.
For more than 30 years, I’ve helped parents navigate some of the hardest teen behavior and family struggles. When ordinary parenting tools stop working, families do not need more guilt — they need better tools and a cleaner plan.
For parents facing lying, outbursts, shutdowns, screen battles, broken trust, or constant power struggles.
30+ Years Helping Families
Decades of hands-on experience helping parents and teens through extreme behavior, emotional pain, and family crisis.
Author of Three Practical Books
Step-by-step books that give parents practical tools to restore connection, authority, and hope.
Founder and Model Developer
Creator of the evidence-based PLL, Parenting with Love and Limits model, used in multiple state.
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A Life’s Work Helping Families
Scott P. Sells, PhD, MSW, LCSW, LMFT, is a clinician, educator, author, and international speaker. His life’s work is restoring broken families and giving parents practical tools that work.
- Former tenured Professor of Social Work at Savannah State University and Associate Professor at UNLV.
- Author of three best-selling books and over 20 publications in the areas of trauma, resilience, and adolescent mental health.
- Founder and model developer of the evidence-based PLL, Parenting with Love and Limits model.
- Creator of an evidence-based model used in juvenile justice and child welfare systems in over 14 states and in Europe.
Why This Work Is Personal
I’m not only a clinician, teacher, and author. I’m also a father. I know how painful it is when the child you love is struggling. Your family is not beyond hope. You may just need a stronger plan.
Three Books.
One Mission:
Helping Families Heal.
Dr. Sells’ work over the past 30 years has helped thousands of parents, therapists, and agencies use practical tools to restore connection, authority, and hope.
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