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Parenting Through the Tough Years: Tweens, Teens & Mental Health

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Parenting teens and tweens with mental health challenges can be challenging—and it’s natural for parents to experience their own anxiety in the process. This group is a supportive, judgment-free space where parents can come together to build resilience, strengthen their connection with their children, and learn practical strategies to help manage things at home.

 

This group, based on the principles of Emotion Focused Family Therapy, combines psychoeducation with interactive discussions and exercises designed to help parents toward:

       

  • Cultivating Curiosity: exploring what gets in the way for us as caregivers in our relationship with our loved ones - what is preventing us from showing up as the caregivers we want to be?

  • Emotion Coaching: an advanced caregiving skill that supports emotion processing and regulation, and builds connection with your loved one.

  • Empathy and Emotional Regulation: uncovering the power of empathy and emotional regulation in interacting with our loved ones.

  • Therapeutic Apologies: offering a deeply validating apology to our loved one when we missed an opportunity to get it right.  An opportunity to learn about repairing ruptures in their relationships.

 

Dates/ Times: Mondays@ 5:30pm – 7:00 pm (4 weeks: May 25-June 15, 2026)

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Price:  FREE or by donation

 

This group is best suited for parents/caregivers of tweens/teens aged 11-18.

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This informative and supportive group is facilitated by: 

Ron Depner RCC Clinic Director Profile

Ron Depner RCC, MA

Ron is a Registered Clinical Counsellor at the Therapy Place. He has worked with families in a variety of settings, including community counselling clinics, hospital settings, youth centers, and treatment centres.  As the clinic director for The Therapy Place, he wears quite a few hats but is happy to be returning to running groups.​​

Anna van Tol Intern Portrait

Anna Van Tol Masters Clinical Intern

Anna is a Therapy Place Counselling Intern.  She is a mature student who has worked as a youth and family counsellor for nearly a decade.  She is in the final stages of her Masters, and is looking forward to joining the team full-time in coming months.

To register or to learn more, please contact The Therapy Place by phone or text at 250-616-3579 or feel free to book yourself in using this link:

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  Space is limited so book your spot today!

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