Parent Coaching Foundational Workshop

The Be Center is presenting our new Parent Coaching Foundational Workshop aimed at helping parents who are struggling with effectively responding to their child/adolescent’s emotions or behaviors. This course will help you gain a better understanding of how these problems may have developed and are maintained, begin to develop skills to re-connect with your child/teen in a meaningful way, and create change in your family environment.

In the Foundational Workshop you will explore the core Parent Coaching concepts that we at The Be Center believe are essential to build a stronger relationship with your adolescent/young adult. The program is based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) principles and taught by experienced DBT clinicians.

During this 2-day program you will:

• Understand how conflict and chronic problems are developed and maintained in families

• Learn key concepts to help you understand how you can help your child and your family

• Learn how to identify and connect with your parental values and engage in parenting decisions that are consistent with those values, even in difficult times

• Learn how to identify and problem solve what is getting in the way of change in the home environment

DATES: Dec. 17 & 18

TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm

COST: $500 (one parent) or $800 (couple)

The deadline for registration and payment is TBD.

Managing and Responding to Difficult Behaviors

The Be Center is presenting our new workshop Parent Coaching: Managing and Responding to Difficult Behaviors. This 5-week advanced course is aimed at helping parents who are struggling with effectively responding to their child’s/adolecent/young adult difficult behaviors. This program focuses on two core components of our parent coaching program: AIM and CONNECT.

Aim focuses on skills to help parents problem solve, create behavior plans and focus on changing problematic behaviors. This set of skills emphasize change strategies grounded in behavioral principles to help parents understand and choose effective ways of responding to their child’s behaviors.

Connect focuses on skills to help parents attend to their relationship with their child, including strategies to communicate, understand and validate effectively. This set of skills emphasize strategies to help parents re-connect and improve their relationship with their child.

Together, these skills offer parents a balanced approach to effectively manage and respond to their child’s behaviors. The program is based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) principles and taught by experienced DBT clinicians.

This is an advanced course. Prerequisite includes our Parent Coaching Foundational Workshop or have prior learning of DBT skills. This program is an excellent fit for parents whose children have been in DBT programs and want to increase their own skill use.

DATES: TBD

TIME: TBD

COST: $625 (one parent) or $1,000 (couple)

Validation Bootcamp

Validation is the acknowledgement of another human's experience. When we feel heard and understood it can help us connect and move forward in difficult situations. Validation is one of the core skills for getting through conflict, helping a loved one through painful moments, building relationships, and problem solving. In this 2-part, intensive workshop parents will take an in depth look of validation skills and how to validate in even the most challenging situations. During the workshop, parents will:

• Learn validation skills and practice validation in a variety of situations, including de-escalating conflict and increasing engagement when your child “shuts down”.

• Identify and problem solve links on the parent's own chain that may be making validation difficult or ineffective.

• Identify common pitfalls and situations where families may be inadvertently invalidating, despite their attempts to be helpful.

• Identify targets of validation and learn how to respond when your child is not communicating effectively.

• Differentiate validation of valid experiences vs. invalid, problematic behaviors

• Learn how to respond when your child feels invalidated, even if you believe you are being validating.

The Validation Bootcamp is recommended for parents who have completed our Parent Coaching Foundational Workshop, or parents who have learned DBT skills and are looking to improve their skills. 

The workshop is designed to be hands on and experiential, with heavy emphasis on practice and role plays. Parents should ensure they have a private space for full participation.

DATES: TBD

TIME: TBD (via ZOOM)

COST: $500 (one parent) or $800 (couple)

Transitions

Adolescents and young adults who struggle with emotion dysregulation can often experience a variety of challenges during periods of transition. Whether transitioning to college, back to school or out of a residential program, it is important for parents to understand how they can best support their child during times of change.

During this 3-week DBT skills based workshop, parents will:

• Create a cope ahead plan for possible difficulties during times of transition

• Learn when to step in to help or when to step back to allow your child to problem solve

• Discuss how to help your child find the structure they need to be successful in the transition 

• Identify and problem solve links in parent’s own chains that can facilitate change

• Manage your own distress and cope with your child’s distress during transitions

The Transitions Workshop is recommended for parents who have completed our Parent Coaching Foundational Workshop, or parents who have learned DBT skills and are looking to improve their skill use.

DATES: Fall dates TBD

TIME: TBD

COST: $375 (one parent) or $600 (couple)