offerings

parenting young adults circles

Parenting a young adult is an emotional journey. From worry to joy, grief to excitement, our Circles offer comfort and guidance for navigating this transitional phase.

details

Duration: 9 weeks

When: Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, September 19 - November 21 (no Circle on 10/31)

Where: Virtually via Zoom

Cost: $650
*limited partial scholarships available

Circle Keepers:
Ricka Robb Kohnstamm, MA, NBC-HWC
Amy Sutter, MA, NBC-HWC

Today's young adults face challenges their parents never encountered. Despite good intentions, parents and guardians are often left without a roadmap for connecting or communicating with the youth they love.

The Parenting Young Adults Circle provides a supportive space for participants to navigate the complex emotions, uncertainty, and evolving relationships that come with parenting adult children. Through shared stories and learning, participants can discover new ways to support both their adult children and themselves.

In this 9-week Circle, we will explore the complex emotions that come with parenting a young adult. In addition to sharing personal experience, participants will learn critical tools to use when communicating with your young adult, including boundaries, differentiation, and a path to connection.

Circle faqs

  • The Circle process is a relational practice used to bring a group or community together to explore important life events, to learn, to heal, or to resolve differences.  Using a circle in response to life’s challenges can be a powerful way to promote and support healing.

    In simple terms, it is a supportive space where you can share, explore, connect, and learn.

  • An expert moderator called a "Keeper" sets a structure for the group so that insight and collective wisdom can be safely, confidentially, and respectfully shared.

    In Circle, everyone has equal voice and speaks in turn, and no one speaks over the others.  The Keeper assists in creating brave space where participants are able to show up honestly and openly without disrespecting others. 

  • Our Circles are intimate, typically with no more than 10 people depending on the topic being explored.

Register

Please email me with your interest and any questions. I will be in touch shortly with registration details. We’re thrilled that you’re interested in joining us!