Parent Group is a therapy group, where all the members are parents. Discussion ranges from practical strategies to exploration of our own experiences and how they inform our parenting. I have previous experiences co-leading parent groups at Parenting Journey and Community Therapeutic Day School.
I currently have openings in my parent group launching in March 2025, as well as in my adult interpersonal group.
In my work I follow the needs and interests of the client. This can take us in many directions, from interpersonal patterns or relating, to practical management of challenges, to taking a deeper look at formative experiences and patterns.
The online SPACE group serves parents/caregivers raising children and adolescents with OCD, anxiety, or related issues. Parents learn supportive communication, how to handle difficult emotions, and specific, effective strategies so that they may encourage brave behavior in their children. Group runs for 6, 90-minute sessions, time/date TBD. Cost is $600 for six sessions; one or two parents may attend. ? Group Leaders are recognized SPACE providers.
I use evidence-based treatments, such as CBT, Exposure and Response Prevention, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavioral Activation, and behavioral parenting and approaches.
It is hard to ask for help, although it can feel impossible to cope with anxiety and OCD on your own. What most people don't know is that with a skillful, experienced clinician, evidence-based tools, and consistent practice, most people can overcome fears and worries faster than they realize.
Please don't wait! If you are feeling anxious and stuck, please reach out. I have been privileged to treat many children and adults with OCD, anxiety, and related issues, for nearly 25 years. I focus on creating a nurturing space in our sessions and carefully individualize treatment. I am honored to help my clients build lives that they love.
The inevitable challenges associated with parenting a learning disabled child may be rich opportunities for personal growth. We explore these opportunities in a structured, and supportive group environment. Participation in a parent support group provides three forms of support: 1) Time/space for reflection; 2) Supportive feedback from other parents who have had similar experiences; 3) Essential information (e.g., how do I set limits with my child, how can I support my child with her reading difficulties?). Parent support groups are semi-structured, with guided activities and time for focused conversation. Meetings are held on site or via Zoom.
My expertise is working with children, adolescents, and adults who struggle with some aspect of learning or who have learning disabilities. Is your child struggling to learn to read? Does your child struggle to work up to her potential? Does your child struggle to complete his school work in the allotted time? Is your child smart, yet, he does not seem to be engaged in school? Does your child struggle to pay attention in school, or when completing homework? Does your child need help in school, but you have been told that she does not qualify for services? Are you in disagreement with the school's evaluation of your child?
A group for parents of failure to launch offspring will provide supplemental support to parents that I work with individually in a highly effective behavioral model. This collaborative coaching model that I have been using for the past 10 years helps parents identify meaningful leverage, and supports them in implementing this leverage to promote more adult behaviors in their offspring.
I understand the importance of developing resilience-to-change in order to effectively cope with major life transitions (marriage, birth of a child, retirement, new job). Without such resilience, life can feel overwhelming, self esteem becomes precarious, and mood can dip dramatically. Through my warm, direct, highly interactional approach (elaborated at www.marshavannicelli.com), I collaborate with clients to address behaviors that continue to cause pain. My books, teaching and supervision have provided training for 100s of other clinicians to help their clients to feel more empowered in relationship and to fulfill their potential
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Ongoing, confidential support group for women+ who are contemplating divorce or who are navigating the process of divorce. Group meets weekly in Arlington on Wednesdays from 6:00 until 7:15 p.m. Please call for more information or to schedule a screening interview at 617-232-8971 or email oonametzlicsw@gmail.com. For more information, visit my website oonametz.com.
I work with clients on a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, sexuality, divorce, step- parenting, trauma, loss and grief.
It is of the utmost importance to me that we create a space that is safe for you to explore and challenge yourself. My style is honest, engaging and direct with a good dose of humor at the right times. I want you to feel comfortable enough to explore and uncomfortable enough that you are challenged just the right amount.
As a parent of a challenging child, would you and your family benefit from: Learning techniques to avoid and deescalate tantrums? Teaching your child to deal with frustration? Receiving support from others in similar situations? If so, join our parenting group therapy for a chance to gain support while learning to make real changes.
My clients include people who are struggling with job stress, school stress, parenting, and relationships.
If you are anxious, depressed, overwhelmed or experiencing panic attacks, and wish you could start enjoying your life, I can help. As a therapist, I take an active role and will not only listen carefully but will also offer feedback and suggestions. I respect that you will know what suggestions to accept, and will help you to find the patience to try things a few ways if that is what it takes. I offer a supportive, caring environment where I will take the time to fully understand what you are struggling with so that together, we can find your strengths and change the patterns or situations that have been causing you to be unhappy.
Join us as we tackle the challenges of creating our personal identity and growth, roles as women and mothers, parenting, work/life balance, and more. Together we will encourage and support one another in our journeys in healing, growing, and thriving! Here you will build deep connections and relationships, receive therapeutic support from a Licensed Therapist, enhance your personal insight and self-awareness, and work on skill-building.
If you are struggling with challenges around communication, conflict, sex, intimacy, infidelity, parenting, infertility, trauma, grief/loss, and more… you have come to the right place.
Through a compassionate and supportive relationship, we will work to create the story you desire. Our meetings will not simply be a venting session, but together we will approach the underlying issues that have been holding you back, empower you with a fresh new outlook, embrace your strengths and skills, and work to create the future you desire.
Supporting a child with intense emotions presents unique opportunities & challenges. While these children can be exceptionally compassionate and persistent; they may also struggle with anxiety, physical and verbal outbursts, impulsivity, poor self-esteem, or even suicidality and self-harm. Effective parenting requires supporting the child's identification and understanding of their emotions; while using behavioral tools to coach and incentivize positive coping behaviors, and suppress/interrupt problem behaviors. In this 16-week course, caregivers will learn skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children to do just that. This course may be taken alone or with full DBT-C treatment.
While I specialize in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children and adolescents (including parent/caregiver coaching and family therapy) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), I believe in tailoring therapy to meet each individual’s needs and values.
I am also a Level 1 Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist, and work 1:1 with adults wanting to improve their own well-being.
Our Parent Skills and Support Groups are designed to work with parents who are looking for parenting support and guidance around contingency management, validation, mindfulness, self care, DBT skills and parenting resources. Our state-of-the-art curriculum features a multi-modal skills approach, drawing from DBT, CBT, behavioral principles and contingency management. Each 90 minute group is divided in half, with 45 minutes dedicated to teaching and 45 minutes for support and guidance. Individual parents and couples are invited to attend and you do not need to have a child in any other Triad group to be eligible.
We offer didactic and process oriented Parent Skills and Support groups designed to work with parents and families who have children, adolescents and young adults who are struggling with depression and anxiety, self injury and self worth.
The Parent Skills and Support Groups provide parent-specific and skill and support oriented groups for parents who are seeking skills and support for their adolescents and young adults that are struggling with self-harm, suicide, depression, anxiety and self-worth difficulties. Each group begins with a mindfulness exercise, review of the previous week's skill and teaching of a new skill, followed by parent and family support that helps parents with current difficulties, problem solving, and support with a compassionate group of parents who have adolescents and young adults that struggle in a similar manner. Group topics include, but are not limited to mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, behaviorism, establishing and managing effective contingencies, common parent dilemmas and approaches, self-care and self-compassion, problem solving and effective family communication. Groups are held weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays via Zoom.
Support for parents of children/ adolescents coping with type 1 diabetes
Hosted by Allfree Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LMHC
Group meets in Arlington, MA 02474
I have a creative background ;I have helped people with many issues ranging from relationship issues such as family issues, dealing with a serious medical diagnosis, , divorce, combined families, same sex couples, poly issues , and parenting, to depression, anxiety, trauma, and career planning, as well as, spiritual issues-finding meaning in life.
Clients who value growth through insight,emotional awareness and creativity, do well with me. By growth I mean moving towards being more mindful. Being more present in body,mind and,sprit. I am best suited to treating depression, anxiety,trauma,sexual identity issues, as well as relationship issues and issues of life purpose including career and relationships. I also specialize in working with people who have been diagnosed or their child has been Diagnosed with an illness such as Type 1 diabetes.
Learn how to sponsor emotional development in your children in a fun and interactive environment. Learn helpful practical parenting skills. We meet on zoom Times TBA.
I have many techniques to help people live happier more productive lives, and to communicate and parent more effectively.
My ideal client is someone looking for a guide and a listening ear with many years of practice and knowledge. I specialize in couples and family counseling. I help people change patterns created by trauma and life experiences by using my many tools to include talk therapy, cognitive restructuring, hypnosis, NLP, creative imagery and more. I help people to understand how their patterns developed and to learn to live with these patterns without pain and distress. I want to be a caring and supportive guide.
Ongoing, confidential support group for women+ who are contemplating divorce or who are navigating the process of divorce. Group meets weekly in Arlington on Wednesdays from noon until 1:15 pm. Please call for more information or to schedule a screening interview 617-232-8971 or email me at oonametzlicsw@gmail.com. For more information, please visit my website oonametz.com.
I work with clients on a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, sexuality, divorce, step- parenting, trauma, loss and grief.
It is of the utmost importance to me that we create a space that is safe for you to explore and challenge yourself. My style is honest, engaging and direct with a good dose of humor at the right times. I want you to feel comfortable enough to explore and uncomfortable enough that you are challenged just the right amount.
Connect with other new moms! Create art, learn baby massage, postnatal yoga, music and movement, self care for moms and a mom & baby photo session.Sign up at www.mysticopenstudio.com
I work with issues related to: grief/loss, depression, anxiety, dementia, caregiver support, relationships, infertility/ family building and postpartum/ parenting support.
I provide a therapeutic space where clients can begin to look at relationships, beliefs, values and feelings in a safe, nonjudgmental setting. I approach the sessions with warmth and humor and my hope is that clients will feel comfortable and at ease.
Group focuses on the idea of growing with your adolescent. Learning more from the group leader and other parents about this diffcult developmental stage, and remembering and sharing experiences from your own teenage years. This focus helps to approach parenting from a perspective of empathy and understanding that most teens will respond favorably to. This way of relating to the young adult children living in your home will help with mutual respect, as well as, setting rules and expectations.
Hosted by Timothy William Leahy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Group meets in Waltham, MA 02451
These have included: adolescent transitions or parenting of troubled teens, separation in a relationship, divorce, habituated marital conflict, loss of a loved one, medical trauma or job/career related stressors.
I actively support individuals and couples find a way to adopt a positive attitude to life events and transform them into personal gain and growth. My practice includes: non-denominational pre- and post- marital Couples' Counseling.
The Parent Coaching Skills Group is a 90-minute, weekly group designed to provide parents with skills to be used in parent coaching sessions and in life. The Parent Coaching Group will help you to learn new skills and how to apply them with the support and feedback of group leaders and other parents each week. This group will take you past learning skills, and into how to apply them to your situation and family.
We are a telehealth parent-focused center dedicated to helping parents navigate the challenges of having a child or young adult who is struggling with behavioral and emotional issues.
Parent coaching is an innovative process of supporting parents in addressing the difficult issues brought on mental health challenges and emotional regulation struggles. We work with parents on behavioral interventions and the skill application to help guide families back to stability. Parent coaching will help with parent's own emotional distress and more.
This 60 minute daytime group focuses on teaching skills to help parents feel more effective in their parenting capacity, particularly for families that have preteens, adolescents and young adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and trauma. We know that adolescents get more out of treatment when parents are also receiving support and having a shared language through CBT and DBT skills provides a consistent framework for the home. This 16 week group includes parenting mindfulness, contingency management, relationship effectiveness, limit setting, validation, self care & compassion skills, among many other integral parenting tools.
We offer didactic and process oriented Parent Skills and Support groups designed to work with parents and families who have children, adolescents and young adults who are struggling with depression and anxiety, self injury and self worth.
The Parent Skills and Support Groups provide parent-specific and skill and support oriented groups for parents who are seeking skills and support for their adolescents and young adults that are struggling with self-harm, suicide, depression, anxiety and self-worth difficulties. Each group begins with a mindfulness exercise, review of the previous week's skill and teaching of a new skill, followed by parent and family support that helps parents with current difficulties, problem solving, and support with a compassionate group of parents who have adolescents and young adults that struggle in a similar manner. Group topics include, but are not limited to mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, behaviorism, establishing and managing effective contingencies, common parent dilemmas and approaches, self-care and self-compassion, problem solving and effective family communication. Groups are held weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays via Zoom.
Are you struggling with your child's behavior? Feeling lost and defeated? Take your power back as parents and learn effective parenting styles, communication skills, and ways to improve your family system. Gain support from other parents on this 6 week VIRTUAL group, held twice weekly: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00pm and Thursdays 6:00-7:00pm. You will leave feeling empowered with knowledge, and a toolbox of worksheets and parenting resources to guide you after the group ends. And if you desire one on one help, I offer individual sessions as well.
I also offer a Virtual Parenting Skills Group, as well as Art Therapy and Accelerated Resolution Therapy for those suffering from trauma.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, with a Bachelor's in Fine Art, Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Counseling, and a Certificate in ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy). I tend to combine CBT, DBT, and IFS in my practice. I believe in the mind/body connection, and have found this to provide success in clients suffering from trauma. Please inquire about ART, for those suffering from PTSD and the like. My approach is empathetic , solution focused and person-centered, as I believe my clients truly know what's best for them. Please only female clients inquire.
A skills-based and emotional support group for parents of young kids. Are you a parent of a young kid and feeling like you are 'doing it wrong'? Is your child anxious, irritable, worried, or having frequent meltdowns? Do you find yourself yelling or responding in a way you don't like? Come spruce up your parenting, add concrete Behavioral Medicine Skills to your toolbox, understand yourself as a parent more deeply, and find support from parents willing to talk about the things that are hard to share. 6 weeks, $350/program. Starts March.
She is an expert for NBC News’ parenting website (www.parentoolkit.com/expert/dr-bobbi-wegner) and a blogger for Psychology Today (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perfectly-imperfect- parenting), among others.
Dr. Wegner also speaks to schools and organizations about the importance of managing stress and anxiety and how to shift the culture in which we parent. https://aeispeakers.com/speakers/bobbi-wegner/
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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.