Our Parent Workshop Series is an ongoing opportunity for parents to receive guidance and education around mental health challenges and treatment options for their children and adolescents. These workshops are offered virtually on select Wednesdays from 12-1pm, and are free of charge.
2025-2026 Parent Workshop Series
Depression 101
January 21st, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for Depression 101: A Parent Workshop, designed to help you understand the signs and symptoms of depression in children and teens. Grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), this session will provide practical tools to support your child’s emotional well-being and foster healthy coping skills.
Bonus January Workshop: Intro to Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C)
January 23rd, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for Intro to Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C): a parent workshop that will describe the major components of DBT-C, an evidenced based treatment expanded from traditional Dialectical Behavior Therapy to meet the needs of kids between the ages of 7 and 12 who struggle to manage intense emotions. Topics will include behavior change and reinforcement, supersensers, validation, and mindfulness. Parents will gather an understanding of the core principles of DBT and how DBT-C can help parents feel more confident in parenting their kids with strong emotions and intense behavioral reactions.
Anxiety 101
February 11th, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for Anxiety 101: A Parent Workshop, where you’ll learn how to recognize signs of anxiety in children and teens, understand what drives it, and discover practical tools to support your child using evidence-based strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This session will equip you with simple, effective techniques to help your child manage worry and build resilience.
Typical vs. Atypical Adolescent Behaviors
March 18th, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for Typtical vs. Atypical Adolescent behaviors. In this workshop, we will explore some ways to distinguish between normal teen behaviors and those that warrant concern. We will also explore how parents can discuss their concerns with teens, set limits, and utilize skills to parents manage their own reactions to their teen’s behavior.
Coping Ahead For Summer
April 15th, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for Coping Ahead for Summer: A Parent Workshop, where we’ll explore common emotional and behavioral patterns that arise for kids and teens during the summer months—such as changes in routine, increased screen time, and social challenges. Learn how therapy can support healthy structure, emotional regulation, and resilience during this transition, and walk away with practical strategies to help your child thrive over the summer break.
Relationship Building
May 13th, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for Relationship Building, a workshop focused on strengthening the parent-child relationship as a foundation for emotional regulation, cooperation, and overall well-being. You will learn evidence-based strategies to increase positive interactions, reinforce desirable behaviors, and build secure attachment through consistent, attuned responses.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) 101
June 17th, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for DBT 101: A Parent Workshop, an introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy and how it can support children and teens struggling with intense emotions, impulsivity, or relationship challenges. You’ll learn more about the core modules of DBT — mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness—and how they can help youth build healthier coping and communication. This workshop will also provide an overview of DBT treatment in general.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) 101
July 15th, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for CBT 101. This educational workshop introduces parents to the core principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), one of the most effective, evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, and other emotional and behavioral challenges in children and teens. Parents will learn how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact, and how CBT helps children build coping skills, challenge unhelpful thinking patterns, and develop healthier behavioral responses.
Shaping Behaviors for Back-to-School
August 19th, 2026 | 12-1pm
Join us for a Shaping Behaviors for Back-to-School, a discussion of behavioral strategies that can help influence your child’s behaviors to support them with the transition back to school. By focusing on reinforcement, validation, and consistent responses to behaviors, parents can foster emotional regulation, resilience, and smoother routines during this often stressful period.
Previous Free Parent Workshops in the 2025-2026 Series Included:
- What to Expect for your Child’s Therapy
- Intro to Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)
- Your Child’s Executive Functioning Challenges
- School Avoidance Workshop
- Validation Strategies