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Supportive Parenting for
Anxious Childhood Emotions
A 5-week parent-based program proven to reduce child anxiety
Parenting a child with anxiety can feel overwhelming.
We understand how anxiety and OCD can take over your entire family's life. And while it’s natural to want to protect your child, research shows that the more parents step in to “fix” or accommodate, the more anxiety tends to grow.
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What you’ll gain in 5 weeks:
All You Need to Know About Anxiety and OCD
A clear understanding of how anxiety works in kids, why accommodations backfire, and what keeps symptoms going.
Supportive Responses That Actually Help
Learn how to balance validation and confidence so your child feels supported while being encouraged to face fears.
How to Break the Cycle of Accommodation
Spot the daily routines and behaviors that feed anxiety, and choose your first realistic step toward change.
How to Stay Calm During Pushback
Practice introducing changes, holding your ground with warmth, and managing your child’s reactions effectively.
How to Build Your Child’s Independence
Support your child in becoming more confident and capable while reducing anxiety’s grip on the whole family.
A Plan to Keep Progress Going
Review your wins, create a long-term plan, and leave with tools to keep supporting your child’s independence and confidence.
Group Details:
What is the Parent Training for Children with Anxiety (SPACE) Group?
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) is a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems. This program was developed by Dr. Eli Leibowitz at the Yale Child Study Center. The goal of this treatment is for parents to learn skills and tools to help their child overcome their anxiety. What we know is that we can’t control other people’s behavior, so SPACE focuses on changing the parent’s behavior to help lessen the child’s anxiety.
This treatment gives the parents the tools and support to respond more supportively to their anxious child and reduce the accommodations that they have been making to their child’s symptoms. Although the children are considered the patients, the SPACE treatment takes a different approach in that the child or adolescent does not need to attend the treatment sessions.
Who is the SPACE Group for?
Our SPACE Group is tailored for parents of children and teens who may have a diagnosis of:
- Social anxiety
- Separation anxiety
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Specific phobias
- Avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
A diagnosis is not required to participate in the group.
When is the next group?
6 weeks, one-hour per week (virtually) starting October 16, 2025 at 12:00pm. We will open an evening group if there is enough interest. Please indicate your time preference on the form.
Who leads the group?
Groups are led by Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Kristin Edwards.
What is the cost?
Early Bird Fee is $650 per family (up to two caregivers). This fee includes the intake, 5 parent sessions, and comprehensive materials. The intake includes a comprehensive intake packet and a brief interview with the parents to assess fit and identify goals for the program. After October 10th, 2025, the standard fee is $850 per family.
Group fees are to be paid for the entire series upfront. We can provide a receipt for parents to submit for out-of-network reimbursement. The CPT code for group parent training is 90849-95. The parent attending the group must be the identified patient with a diagnosis for the receipt, which can be covered further during intake; we cannot use a child’s diagnosis.
What is the cancellation policy?
There are no refunds or makeup dates for missed classes. If you have an emergency, we will do our best to accommodate.
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