Attachment Parenting
Hosted by Masha Feldman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Brighton, MA 02135
Parenting...Better Group
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 ...
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 ...
Virtual Caregiver DBT Workshops
Psychoeducation surrounding adolescent mental health, self injury and emotion dysregulation. Learn the fundamentals of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and how to have more effective interactions with your teens. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavior therapy that is recognized as ...
Hosted by Alexa Ventresco
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Middleborough, MA 02346
Psychoeducation surrounding adolescent mental health, self injury and emotion dysregulation. Learn the fundamentals of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and how to have more effective interactions with your teens. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavior therapy that is recognized as ...
Adjusting to Motherhood: A Therapy Group for Moms
This group offers a supportive, validating, and welcoming community for women to discuss the unique challenges of adjustment to motherhood. The group uses cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal principles to develop effective coping skills to manage maternal anxiety and stress, learn parenting ...
This group offers a supportive, validating, and welcoming community for women to discuss the unique challenges of adjustment to motherhood. The group uses cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal principles to develop effective coping skills to manage maternal anxiety and stress, learn parenting ...
Complex Family Therapy
I offer intensive family therapy for families at all stages. Families with adult children as well as families with young children will benefit from our team approach. Creating space for authenticity, respect and honest sharing we work to improve communication ...
Hosted by Margo Davis, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Great Barrington, MA 01230
I offer intensive family therapy for families at all stages. Families with adult children as well as families with young children will benefit from our team approach. Creating space for authenticity, respect and honest sharing we work to improve communication ...
diabetic support group
Support for parents of children/ adolescents coping with type 1 diabetes
Hosted by Allfree Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, MA 02474
Support for parents of children/ adolescents coping with type 1 diabetes
Parenting Challenging Children
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 ...
Hosted by Sarah Keniston
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Waltham, MA 02451
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 ...
Parenting a child with Autism
"Parenting a child with Autism" is a 6 week Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy group therapy structured to support 8-10 parents focus on wellness and sustainability. Talking with parents that are living with shared experiences is a great way to learn ...
Hosted by No Stones Thrown Counseling Services Inc.
Counselor, MEd, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Boston, MA 02122
"Parenting a child with Autism" is a 6 week Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy group therapy structured to support 8-10 parents focus on wellness and sustainability. Talking with parents that are living with shared experiences is a great way to learn ...
Parent Skills and Support Group
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, ...
Hosted by Triad Adolescent Services
Treatment Center, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lexington, MA 02420
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, ...
SPACE Parent Skills Group 6 weeks Jan 11 - Feb 15
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (Yale Child Study Center, https://www.spacetreatmen t.net/) skills group for parents of children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and other related disorders. This group is for parents who: Frequently reassure their child about things they ...
Hosted by Dr. Julie Heim Jackson
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Littleton, MA 01460
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (Yale Child Study Center, https://www.spacetreatmen t.net/) skills group for parents of children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and other related disorders. This group is for parents who: Frequently reassure their child about things they ...
Parenting with Back-to-School Butterflies: online
Hosted by Jessica R Sullivan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Boston, MA 02128
Adolescent Parenting/Support Group
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 ...
Hosted by Timothy William Leahy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Waltham, MA 02451
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 ...
Parent Coaching Skills Group
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 ...
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 ...
The Life Workshop, Inc.
Meeting all clients where they're at, our team supports folks during the reproductive, perinatal, & parental periods in their journey toward feeling holistically well. With sub-specialties in pre-conception, trying to conceive, pregnancy and infant loss, trying to conceive & pregnancy ...
Hosted by The Life Workshop
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Springfield, MA 01108
Meeting all clients where they're at, our team supports folks during the reproductive, perinatal, & parental periods in their journey toward feeling holistically well. With sub-specialties in pre-conception, trying to conceive, pregnancy and infant loss, trying to conceive & pregnancy ...
Helping kids with medically traumatic procedures
(Please contact Atkinson Family Practice in Amherst for more information and to register.) This 5-week class will be co-taught with a doctor at AFP this November, 2023. We will look at how kids experience medical procedures in potentially traumatic ways, ...
Hosted by Evan Shopper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Amherst, MA 01002
(Please contact Atkinson Family Practice in Amherst for more information and to register.) This 5-week class will be co-taught with a doctor at AFP this November, 2023. We will look at how kids experience medical procedures in potentially traumatic ways, ...
Girl's Group: My sibling is on the Autism Spectrum
While the child with ASD often gets a lot of support and resources, I am particularly empathetic to the siblings that are impacted by ASD. I would love to provide a group setting where girls (of various ages) can come ...
While the child with ASD often gets a lot of support and resources, I am particularly empathetic to the siblings that are impacted by ASD. I would love to provide a group setting where girls (of various ages) can come ...
Parenting Classes
This class educates parents on the developmental stages of childhood, and the effect of environmental factors on their child’s development. Parents receive concrete strategies for establishing appropriate and realistic expectations; responding to and managing their child’s needs and behaviors; and ...
Hosted by Parenting Classes and Evaluations
Counselor, MFT, LSW, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Brockton, MA 02301
This class educates parents on the developmental stages of childhood, and the effect of environmental factors on their child’s development. Parents receive concrete strategies for establishing appropriate and realistic expectations; responding to and managing their child’s needs and behaviors; and ...
My Mama Tribe
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! ...
Hosted by Sondra Watson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newton, MA 02466
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! ...
Struggling with Oppositional Behavior in Children
Join us in talking about different strategies to de-escalate your child's big emotions in the moment right along side any big emotions you are managing in the moment as well. Please note this group meets virtually via Zoom.
Hosted by You Have A Village
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, MSW, MPH, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newburyport, MA 01950
Join us in talking about different strategies to de-escalate your child's big emotions in the moment right along side any big emotions you are managing in the moment as well. Please note this group meets virtually via Zoom.
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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.