Parents are the most important people in children's lives!
There is a reason why we as therapists would suggest ‘play’ as a means of dealing with children’s difficulties. Play is the primary way that children learn about their world and themselves, to express themselves and develop skills.
In this 10 week parent group program, you will learn the ‘best’ language to use to communicate with and relate to your children and observe how it strengthens and enhances your parent-child relationship, supporting your child to develop confidence, greater self control and resilience. Whilst we sometimes think play is trivial, in actuality it is one of the strongest supports for mental health, intellectual development, creativity, problem solving, flexibility and productive activity (Risë VanFleet, 2022).
You will achieve this through a powerful play method that has changed the lives of so many families we have worked with that were stressed, struggling and helpless.
But this is no ordinary play we are talking about. This is a 30 minute, once a week very special kind of play, based on the widely researched, highly effective educational and skill development program for parents/caregivers called Filial Therapy (Latin word for parent-child). We use some of our ‘tools of the trade’ that play therapists adopt in their play therapy sessions to help children who are struggling emotionally express and process their troubled feelings that may be as a result of stress or stressors in their life and develop their emotional intelligence skills accordingly.
What you get
This experiential learning greatly benefits caregivers because they will be taught to better understand their child’s feelings, motives and development, learn firsthand the importance of child centered play, and expand the ways they communicate with their children too. These amazing life skills can also be applied to everyday parenting and relationships. All of these things will lead to deeper connection and openness in your relationship with your children, reducing frustration, conflict and negativity relationship dynamics.
- Interactive Learning: Engage in hands-on activities that empower you as a parent.
- Effective Communication Techniques: Learn to communicate with empathy and understanding.
- The Power of Play: Discover how play can be a tool for emotional expression, regulation and growth.
- Enhance Parent – Child Bond: strengthen your parent child relationship
- Building Resilience: Equip your family with tools to navigate challenges together and bring about positive change to your parent-child relationship dynamics
Benefits
Children communicate most easily through their play and not words. Children will show their inner thoughts and feelings including any worries and concerns over confusing or distressing events.
- Develop a strong, connected secure relationship with your child/ren
- Support your child’s developmentally appropriate expression of thoughts and feelings
- Support your child/rens development in self awareness, interoception and emotional regulation (feelings are experiencing in the body)
- Develop your attunement and co regulation skills to your child/ren’s feelings and needs
- Support your child/rens speech and language development
- Enhance your child/rens sense of self and confidence
- Enhance your child/rens imaginative and problem solving skills
Who benefits
For families with children aged 2 -12 years old experiencing family challenges in the form of moderate difficult patterns around conflict and negativity in the household. But it’s also for families who simply want to find a new way of connecting and understanding their children.
All of these things lead to less frustration, greater connectedness and more cohesive familial relationships.
The types of families and children who can benefit from a 16 week group fillial family therapy course:
- children with anxiety problems
- neuro divergent children
- children with cognitive deficits who are exhibiting moderate emotional problems
- fostered children
- children who are late adopted
- children who have been maltreated and NOT currently at risk
- Small intimate group of no more than 8 parents
- 11 weekly meetings every wednesday evening (8pm) for 90 minutes
- Bonus 4 fortnightly group coaching sessions on Saturday mornings (9.30am) for 60 – 90minutes post training course
- Payment in full $1800 (Valued at $5440) or Pay 15 weekly payments of $120
- NDIS claimable.
- Live attendance required for the duration of the 11 weeks training course.
Investment
- Small intimate group of no more than 8 parents
- 11 weekly meetings every wednesday evening (8pm) for 90 minutes
- Bonus 4 fortnightly group coaching sessions on Saturday mornings (9.30am) for 60 – 90minutes post training course
- Payment in full $1800 (Valued at $5440) or Pay 15 weekly payments of $120
- NDIS claimable.
- Live attendance required for the duration of the 11 weeks training course.
Course Guide
Testimonials
This was a great way to learn how to improve my relationship with my children, whilst being supported to identify and talk through triggers that continually prevented me from having the ability to self regulate, sometimes making connection a challenge during parenting. I noticed improved capacity within myself. This course gave me invaluable insight into the benefits of making time to do some weekly special play time with my child and was supported beautifully by Helen who nurtured our “mistakes” reframing them as learnings for self growth and expansion.
Helen is nonjudgmental and knowledgeable in her experience of understanding the dynamics that have evolved between adult and child, and she helps support parents in the group to, “be with” their child in a totally different way to the usual parenting/teaching style that many of us expect of ourselves as parents. This created a safe container for reflection and exploration and increased self awareness in the group. We could witness that when our child feels seen, heard and validated this starts (or continues) to open up a deeper connection between the parent and child. I noticed beautiful movement with the other participants, as they began to grow in confidence whilst feeling safe and able to be vulnerable. I would highly recommend this course to any parent wanting to deepen their understanding of both themselves as a parent and their child, so that they can give them the opportunity to process and integrate life’s experiences and connect in more intentional and healthy ways, sustaining and improving the family unit. (Sofia, March 2024 Participant)
Flourishing Families, Building Resilience and Connectedness through Play (Online Program)
$800.00
