A parenting model based on 30 years of research . Specifically for Parents who wish to increase positive attachment their children . Circle of Security is a reflective group parenting model that will increase your child's ability to feel safe , secure , and therefore navigate the tough roads ahead . This parenting model is also helpful for newly forming families , be it through adoption , kinship care , foster care or newly blended families .
Hosted by Child and Family Pathways
Registered Psychotherapist, CYW, RP
Group meets in Burlington, ON L7M
As well as parent coaching to support behaviours related too; ADHD, ODD, ASD, Anxiety and OCD.
My specialties include but are not limited to : Helping parents understand and manage their child's more complex diagnosis, supporting teens with there high school experience and complex emotions. Supporting Parents with fostering positive attachment (Circle of Security Parenting Course).
Supporting young adults with transitioning into adulthood.
Dr. Anthony Hutchinson is an award-winning community leader who is a Clinician, Professor, Epidemiologist, Author, and Conference Presenter. Dr. Hutchinson is regarded as an expert/authority across Canada on matters related to positive youth identity development. As a past Consulting Clinical Director to Peel Children's Aid (CAS) and a current Doctor of Psycho-Social Clinical Practice, Dr. Hutchinson specializes in clinical-based support strategies focused on optimizing positive youth/adolescent/teenage development. Dr. Hutchinson is a highly-competent cross-cultural practitioner who effectively supports parent-child conflict due to immigration/ cultural disconnects faced by Newcomer families.
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The SPACE Program (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a theory-driven intervention for the symptoms of childhood anxiety and by the biology of mammalian parental behaviour. SPACE teaches parents to recognize their accommodating behaviours, and to implement specific plans for reducing the accommodation while maintaining an empathic and supportive attitude towards the child. The treatment also includes tools for: Increasing parents' ability to work cooperatively together; coping with responses to the reduced accommodation, including anger and distress; and for enlisting the support of family and friends in what can sometimes be a difficult process.
As a parent of five children, I know first-hand how challenging it is to watch your child struggle with mental health issues.
I have spent over 15 years supporting children, adolescents, emerging adults, and parents in the area of mental health and well-being. As a registered clinical social worker, I adopt a client-centred approach utilizing various treatment modalities, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), DBT skills, Narrative Therapy and Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT). I work with children, teenagers, and young adults struggling with issues such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), and social behavioural challenges (emotional regulation, and ADHD symptoms).
Group therapy offers a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space to help process and normalize the postpartum experience. It offers connection with others and the reassurance that you are not alone as you adjust to life as a new mom. This is a cost effective alternative or supplement to individual therapy. The weekly virtual group is a 4-week program for expecting moms and parents.
Hosted by Kristen Drozda Pace Counselling Pregnancy Postpartum Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, CCC, PMH-C, CYC
Group meets in Mississauga, ON L5N
In addition to individual therapy, we offer support for children and adolescent mental health, couples therapy, family therapy, and parenting coaching.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, I specialize in women’s mental health, supporting clients through life transitions such as pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause. Using a holistic approach, I help women address core challenges while fostering emotional well-being and resilience.
This 9-session weekly group is designed to help parents find new ways to integrate faith into every day parenting moments, plus create an environment where they can shoulder burdens together, celebrate breakthroughs, and relate to one another’s day-to-day parenting journey. This group will help families strengthen and transform their relationships, specifically how to establish Christian values in their home by focusing on four crucial elements in their children's lives: Identity, Character, Relationships, and Mission. The goal is to give your children a foundation they can build upon for the rest of their lives.
Clients of all ages come to me with a range of concerns, such as marital problems, mood disorders, relationship challenges, parenting struggles and other disturbances.
I use a client-centred, solution-focused approach, combined with other methods that aid in personal growth and awareness. I work mostly with adolescents and adults individually, and have training and experience in marriage counselling and group therapy. I most often draw upon CBT techniques, as well as Emotion-Focused and Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
Focuses on EMPOWERING and helping parents to UNDERSTAND THE GOAL of the behaviour/s being displayed.LEARN STRATEGIES to eliminate the behaviour/s and HELP the child to replace negetive behaviour/s with POSITIVE, PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR/S. Children need to be empowered within their place as children. When both parents and children are appropriately empowered then there is harmony.A parent who feels helpless/powerless due to their child's negative behaviour has a child who has power that does not belong to them. " PARENTING THE STRONG WILLED CHILD" is a group that will help both parents and child achieve harmony.
Hosted by Little Black Rose Family Services
Registered Psychotherapist
Group meets in Brampton, ON L6X
Parenting is another challenge.
30 yrs working with families,individuals and children providing counseling, parenting, therapeutic work with autistic children,attention deficit and other special needs.Behaviour modification program for children with challenging behaviour. I facilitate social skills/anger management group for children ages 5-7. ALSO COUNSELLING FOR WSIB AND MVA VICTIMS.
This is a 5 week series of infant- parent classes focused on how to use safe touch, incorporating infant massage techniques, to support your infant’s emotional well-being while supporting your own well-being through discussions focused on attachment, attunement, bonding, sleep, and emotional health.
Investment is $100 for the series ($20 per class)
I provide evidence and nurture-based information to support you in your parenting choices and children in enhancing their emotional wellness, which is often connected to working through worries and bringing their confidence to the forefront.
I specialize in working with women and children who want to feel more relaxed and comfortable in these deep and meaningful conversations. Parents have access to a lot of information and often only get snipits of it via social media. We can untangle that information together to find what aligns best with your life, your children, and circumstance.
So many parents are questioning their abilities or struggling to meet their children’s needs. The ATTUNED VILLAGE is a safe space where parents come together to ask their questions, receive support, make connections with like-minded parents, increase their knowledge and competency as parents and come to realize the rewards of building healthy relationships in their families. Join Julia Swaigen MSW, RSW and a lovely group of parent peers. You will also have access to a digital course, Getting Through To Your Kids: How to influence your kids values, choices and behaviour through relationship.
We provide evidence-based therapy for Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, Behavioural Problems, Parenting Support, and Emotional challenges.
Prevention, Early Intervention and Innovation. Our commitment is to help families find connection, parents find peace and children thrive. We draw on various research based methods, tailored to your needs. At Attuned Families client care is our top priority. Call us anytime to ask your questions and find out how we can help.
Parent Support Sessions are held monthly and provide moms/parents with effective tools to help support parents with the difficulties that being parents brings. You will learn some parenting hacks, get effective tools to help you parent more effectively and learn about new resources. Sessions are informal, everyone is welcome no matter what age your child is we all struggle with being parents and all the added stress and responsibilities this entails. These groups aim to give a voice to moms/parents who want to feel supported and validated with their concerns.
I also offer a monthly Parenting Support Group .
I can help you by bringing a compassionate approach with kindness. Through counselling I can provide insightful guidance by fostering a safe space to explore, grow and develop tools to navigate challenges. I am skilled in trauma and abuse issues as well as dealing with general everyday struggles. My Parent Support Group offers a place to learn new skills.
At times all parents feel lost about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened. Learning Objectives COSP: •Understand your child’s emotional world by learning to read the emotional needs •Support your child’s ability to successfully manage emotions •Enhance the development of your child's self esteem •Honour your innate wisdom and desire for your child to be secure
Parenting is difficult at the best of times.
The way you parent has not caused your child's struggles. It can, however, help lead them through their challenges. I will not ask you to do more; I understand the exhaustion and burnout of trying to hold everyone together. Focusing on small, manageable shifts can make a world of difference for everyone involved. We'll figure out together where to start.
Join Rochelle at Fireside Haven in Cambridge for group therapy sessions all about motherhood. We will be reading the book Mothershift by Jessie Harrold. This book provides a roadmap for traversing the changes that motherhood brings. Motherhood is so beautiful, but it comes with a lot of change. Many moms feel lost as they say goodbye to the previous version of themselves and learn to embrace their new identity. We will be exploring matrescence and learning how to support our mental health in this turbulent time. Register by May 23, 2025! Group starts May 29, 2025.
Hosted by Rooted Thistle Counselling
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Group meets in Cambridge, ON N3C
You deserve to feel whole and have your own identity while also being a parent.
Do you feel overwhelmed since becoming a mom or dad? Putting everyone else's needs before your own can make you feel lost. Balancing family life with work, friendships, and things you enjoy is tough. Learn new strategies to manage the mental load and reconnect with yourself. I offer individual counselling to people experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, interpersonal conflict, and more. Together we can identify your goals and come up with a plan to support you in whatever stage of life you are in. If you have been putting yourself on the back burner now is a great time to reach out. What are you waiting for?
This is an eight week psycho-educational program consisting of once-weekly, two-hour sessions. The group is suitable for those co-parents with minimal to moderate conflict in their relationship. The course can be taken by one or both parents. Upon completion of the program, you will get a court approved certificate of attendance.
We specialize in individual counselling (depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD), Child and youth counselling, couple and family counselling, indigenous counselling for youth and adults, counselling for refugees and veterans, career counselling, anger management co- parenting, and online counselling and etc.
We specialize in individual counselling (depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD), Child and youth counselling, couple and family counselling, indigenous counselling for youth and adults, counselling for refugees and veterans, career counselling, anger management co- parenting, and online counselling and etc.
EFFT & EFST workshop to give parents skills to feel confident managing big feelings and behaviours -Navigate your child's big feelings -Set limits, problem solve behaviours -Strengthen family relationships -Navigate your own emotions that often come up and get in the way of supporting your child -Trust your own intuition and feel more confident in your parenting -Great for supporting any diagnosis or no diagnosis
We provide evidence-based therapy for Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, Behavioural Problems, Parenting Support, and Emotional challenges.
Prevention, Early Intervention and Innovation. Our commitment is to help families find connection, parents find peace and children thrive. We draw on various research based methods, tailored to your needs. At Attuned Families client care is our top priority. Call us anytime to ask your questions and find out how we can help.
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A group practice of highly skilled clinicians who provide treatment to children, adolescents, families and adults, for a range of mental health and developmental concerns
My work has included clients coping with depression, anxiety, managing grief, trauma, eating disorders, OCD, behavioural problems, relationship concerns, parenting issues, stress, and the full range of developmental and learning isues (autism, ADHD, LD's, intellectual disabilities, language disorders).
I provide exceptionally comprehensive psychological assessments, as well as gifted assessments and diagnostic assessments. In therapy, while grounded in principals of DBT and CBT, the goals and the approach to treatment are individually tailored to the unique needs of the client,
The primary goal of EFST is to empower parents to feel confident as active, primary agents in guiding their loved one of any age through the behavioural, emotional and relational challenges of everyday living. It is a research-based model that has been clinically tested in supporting parents and caregivers of individuals facing a wide variety of
The Therapy Centre is a full service psychology practice. We offer services to children, teens, adults, couples, and families. We offer psychological and neuropsychological assessment and treatment services for a wide variety of issues listed below. All of our clinicians are well trained in empirically validated treatment models, including: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Relational Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and EMDR. Each of our clinicians has an area of expertise and tailors treatment to target therapeutic goals.
A seven to eight week parenting program to increase reflective capacity and positive relationships with your children. Attachment based theory
I have a unique background of over 30 years experience working with young children, adolescents and their families. I offer a variety of client centred psychotherapeutic services specializing in individual and family therapy. My relaxed play-based approach helps children explore difficult emotions and situations. I use a strength-based approach helping adolescents building their self confidence, self esteem and coping strategies. When parents feel capable and they are better able to understand their child's individuality the potential risks for mental health concerns decrease for every family member.
Our group sessions invite parents of children aged 3-7 to enhance their child’s emotional development and build parental confidence, especially in the hard moments. This is a 10-week group starting on February 23, held on Sunday mornings with Registered Psychotherapist, Preeti Rane. In a supportive environment with a small group of fellow parents, we’ll explore the foundations of secure attachment; effective communication strategies to connect with your child in ways they can understand and respond to more positively; and co-regulation skills that guide your child through big emotions by modelling calm and supportive responses.
Sedâ Psychotherapy consists of a team of therapists who are available to support you in navigating your individual and relationship challenges. In addition to our full-fee services, our student therapists offer lower-cost and pro bono therapy options. Our therapists provide virtual services to youth (aged 6+), adults, couples, and families in Ontario. Common concerns that we help clients with are anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, children's mental health, 2SLGBTQ+ experiences, identity exploration, perfectionism, sex and sexuality, life transitions, OCD, ADHD, disordered eating, and substance use concerns.
Use the Anxiety Management Method to IDENTIFY, DEESCALATE and TAKE CONTROL of anxiety in your home. This 6 module, online course is a self-paced, step-by-step blueprint that takes the guesswork out of supporting your anxious child.
Hosted by Liz Khalighi
Registered Social Service Worker, MA, RSSW, OAMHP
Group meets in Milton, ON L9T
Since 2004, Liz has had the privilege of helping adults and families accomplish their goals, and build on their personal strengths. Our philosophy when working with our clients is to create the most comfortable and judgement-free environment as possible. Engaging in counselling can bring some of the most difficult memories and emotions to the surface. Our approach is to treat the process like a partnership with each of our clients. In 2022, our practice expanded to meet the growing need for mental health services. Our dynamic and creative team has immediate availability for in-person and virtual appointments.
• Strengthen your relationships through better communication. • Improve communication skills to connect with your youths and effectively influence their behaviors. • Help your youths to develop leadership skills that will help them get recognized for their talents, strengths, and leadership qualities. • Help to cope with criticism and negative emotions in a diplomatic and tactful way. • Help your kids to develop positive thinking style.
Core Centre Inc. provides assessment, consultation and counselling for children, youth and adults. Through our platform we provide online consultations, counselling and therapy with registered psychologists, psychotherapists and social workers. They can assist with a variety of issues, including: learning/academic struggles, behavioural difficulties, developmental delays, autism and relationship problems, among many other challenges.
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Parenting Support Groups
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.