Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

SPACE training:

Learn to best support your child with anxiety or OCD!

- Our group runs 2x per year. Sign up on the interest list here.

- Contact us to work 1:1 with one of our SPACE trained therapists

- Watch our free SPACE training video here

Backed by research

Research has shown that training parents how to respond to their child's anxiety is just as effective as the child attending therapy themselves (bonus if you can do both!).

Learn Effective strategies

By learning how to respond to your child's anxiety, you will be setting them up for SUCCESS in their future lives.

set your child up for success

If you have a child with anxiety, this is a MUST DO training to learn how to effectively support them.

space is limited, sign up today!

The cost is for 1-2 parents.

What will you learn?

Understand Anxiety in Your Child

Understand what anxiety actually is and what is going on in your Child's brain. Hint: it's not caused by parenting alone, but parenting can make a huge difference in the severity.

Understand How Parenting Patterns May Be Contributing to Anxiety

Loving parents often unknowingly contribute to their child's anxiety, primarily through overaccomodation. Sign up for our workshops to learn about overaccomodation and how to change this pattern.

Set Specific Goals to Respond to Your Child's Anxiety

You will be guided by the therapist to set specific goals to help your child overcome anxiety. You will implement the strategies week after week and report back during group meetings about obstacles faced.

Feel Empowered Moving Forward

After completing the group, you will feel empowered moving forward knowing how to respond when your child feels anxious to guide them through their emotions and reduce the intensity of their anxiety overtime.

SPACE Group Information

Dates: TBD

Time: TBD

Place: Virtually on Zoom (Link provided the week of the training)

Host: Lisa Johnson, LAC

Cost: $600 per family unit (1-2 parents) for all 8 weeks ($75/group)

Also known as "SPACE" - this group teaches parents how to support their children in overcoming anxiety.

This is a psychoeducational group designed to help parents recognize opportunities to empower their children to overcome anxiety, and to work through challenges, leading to stronger, more independent youths. It is a great class to improve outcomes of individual therapy your child is already involved in or as a stand alone resource. SPACE training is also helpful in parenting young adults who are experiencing failure to launch.

This is an 8-week program. You will be provided a link the week of the training to attend the group via Zoom.

The cost is per family unit - and includes the attendance of 1 or 2 parents from the same family.

Here is the outline for each week:

Week 1: Setting the Stage. Understanding anxiety, personal boundaries, and support in the context of the program.

Week 2: Charting Accommodations. Understanding the role of accommodations and charting their use.

Week 3: Choosing a Target Problem and Informing the Child.

Week 4: Formulating a Plan. Formulating a concrete plan to reduce accommodation while resisting avoidance.

Week 5: Reducing Accommodation: Continued. Discussing child’s reactions to changes and reinforcing progress.

Week 6: Additional Target Behaviors: Preparing Parents to Take the Lead.

Week 7: Additional Target Behaviors: Continued.

Week 8: Summary, Review, and Planning for Future Challenges.

This group will be led by our child & teen therapist, Lisa Johnson, LAC.

Please contact us with questions.

Free SPACE Training Video

Want to learn more about the SPACE approach? You can sign up for our email list to receive a link to watch the free SPACE training video and download the free workbook today.

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