About
"The parent-child relationship is the most powerful mental health intervention known to humankind." – Bessel van der Kolk
These Peace At Home Parenting workshops equip families with the knowledge and tools to support children’s emotional well-being—no clinical background required. When parents understand how to recognize signs of stress, anxiety, or depression, and respond with calm, connection, and confidence, children are more likely to thrive. Whether you're supporting families in a school, workplace, or community organization, these workshops offer practical strategies that strengthen relationships and build resilience where it matters most—at home.
Interactive Workshops
Child Mental Health: Essential Knowledge and Skills for Parents
When kids are struggling inside, it can show up as acting out, shutting down, or withdrawing. This workshop helps parents recognize the early signs of mental health challenges and gives them the tools to support their child with empathy and action.
Teen Mental Health: Essential Knowledge and Skills for Parents
Teen moods can be unpredictable—but when changes in behavior or attitude persist, they may be warning signs. This workshop helps parents build strong relationships, recognize mental health red flags, and create a supportive environment where teens feel safe and understood.
Teen Mental Health and Substance Use
Substance use and mental health challenges often go hand in hand. This workshop gives parents insight into early warning signs and how to start difficult conversations. They will learn what really supports teens—and what unintentionally makes things worse.
Everyday Connections to Protect Your Kids’ Mental Health
When life gets busy, it’s easy for everyday connections to fall through the cracks—but consistent connection is exactly what helps protect kids' mental health. This workshop offers simple, science-backed strategies that build trust and emotional safety, even in the smallest moments. Parents will learn why these everyday interactions matter and how to use them to support well-being, cooperation, and resilience.
Keep Calm and Pass It On: How to Help Your Child Deal with Stress
Kids absorb stress from the adults around them. This workshop teaches parents how to manage their own stress in healthy ways—and pass on powerful coping strategies their children can use for life.
Support Your Anxious Child: What Really Helps?
Many working parents are navigating the challenges of raising a child with anxiety. This workshop offers practical, research-based strategies to help caregivers respond effectively—making it a valuable resource for supporting employee well-being and family life.
Depression and Anxiety in Children and Teens
Mood swings, irritability, or pulling away may be signs of more than just growing up. Participants in this workshop are able recognize how depression and anxiety show up in kids and teens—and apply action steps that help.
Stress and Trauma in Children: How Parents Can Help
Stress and trauma don’t always look like what you expect. This workshop teaches parents how to recognize signs of distress and respond in ways that promote healing and safety. Attendees learn how to be a child’s safe harbor in difficult times.
Help Your Child Cope with Grief and Loss
Loss shows up in children through tears, silence, acting out—or all of the above. This workshop offers compassionate tools to support grieving children and help them feel less alone in their pain.
My Child is in Therapy: What's my role?
When a child begins therapy, parents often wonder how involved they should be. This workshop helps caregivers understand their role in the treatment process and how to support progress at home in collaboration with their child’s mental health team.
Parenting for Mental Health: Why Individual Therapy Probably Isn’t Enough for Your Child
Therapy can be helpful—but it’s not a fix-all without strong support at home. This workshop explores how family dynamics impact healing and how parents can take an active role in supporting mental health beyond the therapy room.
Stress and Your Reaction: Make Personal Changes for More Peace at Home
Stress is contagious—when parents are overwhelmed, kids feel it too. How we respond to stress shapes the emotional climate at home and that climate powerfully impacts your child’s wellbeing. This workshop helps parents recognize their own stress patterns and make small, powerful changes that bring more calm to themselves and their families.
Parent Burnout and Kids’ Mental Health: What Really Matters?
When parents feel depleted, it's harder to stay present and responsive with kids. This workshop offers support for overwhelmed caregivers and explores the deep connection between adult well-being and children’s mental health.
Misbehavior or Mental Health Issues? How to Spot the Difference
Not all defiance or withdrawal is a choice—often it’s a sign of distress. This workshop helps parents distinguish between typical misbehavior and possible mental health challenges. They will gain tools to respond compassionately while still setting limits that matter.
The Power of Mindfulness to Transform Your Stress
Mindfulness isn’t about doing more—it’s about pausing with intention. This workshop offers practical ways to integrate mindfulness into daily parenting, helping both adults and kids reduce stress and build emotional resilience.
Support Your Teen's Social-Emotional Health
One moment teens are grounded and focused, the next they’re flooded with emotion. This workshop helps parents better understand adolescent development and respond in ways that build trust, safety, and emotional strength.
Perfectionism and Your Family: Find Calm, Connection and Cooperation in Letting Go
Perfectionism can feel like the pressure to always “get it right”—for both parents and kids. This workshop explores the roots of perfectionism, how it impacts mental health, and how families can release unrealistic expectations and make space for growth and connection.
Navigate Change: Support Your Child Through Seasons of Transition
From changing schools to shifting family dynamics, transitions can leave kids feeling anxious or unsteady. This workshop offers tools to help children—and their caregivers—navigate big changes with resilience, grace, and connection.
Help Your Child Feel Safe in an Unpredictable World
Our children are growing up in a world filled with turmoil and fear. They are also experiencing episodes of crisis or violence. In the face of these challenges children need reassurance and structure to feel safe. This workshop gives parents language, tools, and emotional grounding to support kids through fear and uncertainty—while honoring their own emotions too.
Supporting Your Child, Sustaining Yourself: Parenting Through Mental Health Challenges
When a child struggles with mental health, the whole family feels it. This workshop helps caregivers find their footing, build a support network, and maintain their own well-being. It’s a lifeline for parents navigating the emotional ups and downs of caregiving.
Spanking: Is it Culture or Trauma? A Safe Space to Consider the Impact of Slavery on Parenting Today
Discipline practices often have deep cultural and historical roots. This workshop invites reflection on how trauma, including the legacy of slavery, has shaped beliefs about parenting—and offers affirming, research-backed alternatives that nurture cooperation and emotional safety.
Cultivate Gratitude and Spirituality with Kids of All Ages
Gratitude is more than saying “thank you”—it’s a mindset that helps kids thrive. This workshop explores how to nurture appreciation, purpose, and joy in your child’s everyday life. Parents will learn simple ways to foster gratitude and build deeper family connections.
Help Your Child Make Friends: When to Lean In and When to Let Go
Friendships are essential to kids' well-being—but when they struggle socially, it’s hard not to jump in. This workshop helps parents support social development without overstepping. They will learn when to coach, when to comfort, and when to let their child figure it out.
