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How do I know if my child needs therapy?  What is my role in my child’s therapy?  How do I know if therapy is working?  

Children develop in unique ways and there is a wide range of behaviors that may be normal for a given child. Some children are especially sensitive, others tend toward the more active, even aggressive side. Parents help children cope with negative emotions and learn to regulate their behavior. This is all part of typical child development and the challenges of being a parent At times, children’s difficulties managing their own feelings and their behavior may become more serious or they may last longer than a few weeks. If children are having problems in more than one setting (both at home and at school), if they appear distressed or upset for more than a few weeks, if your efforts to address the problem have not been successful and if their behavior is getting in the way of their normal activities, it may be time to seek guidance from a therapist.   

Therapy can make a positive difference for your child and for your relationship, especially when you know how to be an active and positive part of the process.

Parents of children with ADHD consistently report high levels of stress and frustration. This class will help you manage your own stress and increase your child's cooperation.

You don't have to go it alone. Being able to recognize the behavior as symptoms and having a clear plan about how to invite cooperation and respond to challenging behaviors will reduce your family stress and strengthen your child's positive behavior. Join with other parents facing similar struggles and create a plan that will work for your family.

You may have noticed that since the pandemic started, you and your kid are more stressed than ever before. Taking the time to think about what is really important when it comes to your child and learning some new ways to connect can help keep you both calm and happy.

This class will help you learn:

• How to talk and listen to your child in ways that build connection
• What you can do to help your child learn to stay calm and manage big feelings
• What to do when your child is acting out that will get more of the behavior you want and less of those you don’t.

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed or confused about your child’s struggles?  

Do you find yourself struggling to stay calm?  

Do strategies that worked with other kids seems to have no impact?  

You are not alone. 

This class will help you:  

• Recognize that your child’s challenging behaviors may be strategies to help him manage the world around him and handle his inner turmoil 
• Identify the nature of self-regulation and co-regulation and how these practices will support your child and strengthen your relationship with her

For most of us the answer is yes. But it helps to plan mindfully. 

One definition of a blended family is a family consisting of a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships. Sounds so simple, doesn't it? However, as 40% of US families know, it can be far more complicated. Not just how we spend Christmas, but day to day complications may arise associated with confusion and hurt feelings in both children and adults. 

This class will focus on raising your awareness about the kinds of internal and external struggles many blended families face and identify approaches that can ease the difficulties for both adults and children.

Each of us grows up in a unique family and when we come together as a couple, we don’t usually talk about our parenting beliefs until children are actually on the scene. The more intentional parents are about sharing their stories and values with each other, the more likely it is that you can agree on parenting approaches. 

Mothers often parent in ways that are different from fathers and those differences can be helpful to children, but only if you recognize the strengths of each other’s approaches.. “Marshmallows” often join with “Generals” because in some ways they need each other. But over time your differences can become more dramatic and problematic. 

This class will provide concrete tools to conduct productive conversations and respectfully reach some agreements to avoid conflict and decrease the polarization of parenting styles.

We all get stressed. It may surprise you to learn that stress can actually be good for our bodies and brains—if we know how to deal with it. Learn practical techniques to reduce your stress, in the moment and over the long term.

Human beings are built to reflect each other’s emotions. When children display intense feelings and behaviors, our brains naturally reflect those. We start to feel stressed, angry, fearful, or overwhelmed, just like our kids. The most helpful thing we can do is to develop a brain calming practice and make it part of our daily routine.

Sometimes we are struggling with issues that are invisible and yet deeply affect our relationship with children and our entire family. This class will help you recognize the yellow flags related to depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and substance abuse. We will consider the ways any of these challenges may be affecting your children more than you realize and steps you can take to address self-care more effectively.