Parent Group
Our psychologists and counsellors offer a parent-based treatment program for children and teens with anxiety and/or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The focus of this approach is on changing parental behaviour to reduce children and youth's symptoms of anxiety and OCD and is based on the Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Beahviours (SPACE) model developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz at the Yale Child Study Center. SPACE has been found to be efficacious in helping children and youth with separation anxiety, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, specific fears and phobias, panic disorder and agoraphobia, and OCD.
Benefits of Parent Groups
- Parents learn how to identify anxiety and/or OCD symptoms.
- Parents learn how to respond when their children are struggling with anxiety and/or OCD.
- Parents gain tools that they can use if their child has recurring anxiety and/or OCD in the future.
- Children who do not want to attend therapy themselves can still benefit from treatment.
- Parents can gain tools to use to supplement their child's treatment (if children are attending therapy).
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) Rational
SPACE focuses on reducing family accommodations, which refer to changes that parents make in their own behaviour in an effort to help their child/teen avoid or reduce their anxiety or their distress related to OCD. This behaviour usually helps reduce children's distress in the short term, but it has been shown to lead to greater symptoms severity (i.e., higher anxiety or distress from OCD) in the long term. Research has shown that reducing family accommodations is a key factor in reducing anxiety in children and youth.
Upcoming Parent Group
Dates: March 30 - May 4, 2023 (6 weeks)
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Location: Virtual Group
Cost:
$150 per week for one parents ($900 total)
$225 per week for two parents ($1350 total)
Payments can be made weekly. Insurance may cover all or a portion of these costs. Please check with your insurance provider.
Facilitators: Presenters have been trained directly by Dr. Eli Lebowitz (Yale Child Study Center)
Please complete the online contact form to register for our next group.
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Location: Virtual Group
Cost:
$150 per week for one parents ($900 total)
$225 per week for two parents ($1350 total)
Payments can be made weekly. Insurance may cover all or a portion of these costs. Please check with your insurance provider.
Facilitators: Presenters have been trained directly by Dr. Eli Lebowitz (Yale Child Study Center)
Please complete the online contact form to register for our next group.
