Information Regarding
Parent Skills & Education Groups
We offer several different group formats, including time-limited and ongoing groups. These groups are intended for parents whose teen and adult children struggle with struggle with or have a history of suicidality and other severe emotion dysregulation difficulties and/or problems related to emotion dysregulation. Each group is based on a specified curriculum, with more details on each groups page and linked below. We strived to meet the needs of families and offer discount for couples and a sliding scale is available for all groups.
Time Limited Parenting Group
This time-limited group will be semi-structured, including both education and skill teaching/learning and individualized applications to parents’ own families. The overall goals are to help parents manage their stress and burden better and to help parents build, or rebuild, loving and effective relationships with their children.
Ongoing Parent Group
The comprehensive curriculum covers parenting material over a period of six months or more and includes skills to help parents: a) reduce their own burden, emotional suffering and emotional distress (sadness, fear, shame & guilt, anger); b) manage attention effectively; c) reconnect with their teenage and young adult children through non-judgmental understanding and validation; d) find ways both to observe limits and to collaborate in problem solving; and e) self-validate and accept difficulties that can’t yet be resolved
4-Week Special Topic Group
These special topic groups will be an in-depth group on a selected parenting topic such as: validation, reality acceptance, collaborative problem solving and more.