Parents

Dialectical Parenting Course

Open to ANY parents or caregivers of teens and young adults. Typically delivered in 90-minute group sessions across a 6-week program (Mondays 5pm - 6:30pm). Alternatively, the program may be completed in 45-minute one-on-one sessions at parent request.

Participants will learn the skills needed to:

• Identify behaviors that are typical versus cause for concern

• Understand the factors that prompt and maintain dysregulation

• Communicate with their children in a way that fosters reduced emotional intensity, increases communication, and reduces conflict in the relationship

• Learn to apply strategies designed to increase desired behaviors and reduce undesired behaviors

• Improve the quality of relationship with their children