Living With Teens

This program is designed for parents and carers learning to manage some of the challenges that can come with parenting an adolescent. It will encourage stronger relationships, communication and problem solving through this stage of their life.

Overview

Who It's For

This program is for adults coping with and responding to challenges associated with parenting an adolescent, or who want to prepare for this stage of their child’s life.

How We Help

Experienced facilitators offer practical strategies to help maintain a supportive relationship with your teen during the highs and lows of the teenage years.

What to Expect

Our online sessions offer a supportive environment for six to eight participants to share experiences of life with a teen. Facilitators offer the opportunity to pose questions, receive feedback and consider a variety of strategies for communicating with and supporting your teenagers.

Program

Two sessions, over two weeks
Two hours per session

Price

Fees are determined based on your income at a level affordable to you. No one is turned away because of an inability to pay.

Delivery Options

This group workshop is available face-to-face or online if it's suitable in your circumstances.

What you’ll learn

This program is designed to help you to understand:

How it feels to be an adolescent

The stages of development in adolescence

How to approach situations involving conflict with your young person

Expectations that are placed on teens and how this impacts their behaviour

How your interactions with adolescents can strengthen their relationship with you

“The program showed me I was not alone. So many parents were suffering the same issues and we were given methods to solve problems at home.”

- Living with Teens participant

“The course provided a deeper understanding of my teen and my own emotions. I learned to use emotion coaching as a style of parenting and there is so much less conflict between us.”

- Living with Teens participant

How to Enrol

Enquiry Form

Complete the enquiry form below.

Phone Call

Our team will call you for a short, private conversation to determine if the program is right for you.

Booking

If it’s a good fit, we’ll book you into the next available group.

Waitlist

If our upcoming program is full, we’ll place you on our waitlist and contact you as soon as we have availability in another group.

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FAQs

Are group workshops right for me?

Our group workshops are perfect for those looking to build their relationship skills in a safe, supportive and collaborative group environment, led by our expert facilitators. We cover a huge range of topics, from parenting techniques to developing mental wellbeing practices – and offer groups throughout the year, both online and face-to-face.

What happens if I am unable to attend one of the workshop’s sessions?

If you’re unable to attend a session, please contact our client services team by calling 1300 364 277 or emailing us, and we will let your Group Leaders know. Please note – for those who’ve been court-ordered to attend one of our group programs (such as our Men’s Behaviour Change program), participants must attend at least 80% of the workshop’s scheduled sessions in order to receive a statement of attendance.

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