About Group parent sessions

When we are struggling with a situation where our child is struggling with life we can feel isolated and highly anxious. When we learn that other families are experiencing very similar things two things can change:
We stop blaming our selves
We start having self-compassion
Blame is one of the things that the brain does when we are pushed into our triggered “Fight Flight Freeze” zones. This is the Red Zone where our normal thinking compassionate problem-solving part is off-line.
In the groups we will learn some therapeutic mindfulness skills to help move us out of the Red Zone and back into the Green Zone where we can respond with curiosity, compassion and confidence to the challenges that we are facing.

Once out of the Red Zone we start to cultivate more self-compassion. This is vital for supporting our nervous system to stay in the Green Zone where we can be creative and curious about the problems that life has thrown up. When we are in the Green Zone we aren’t blaming ourselves or others. We aren’t ruminating about the past or terrified about the future. We are able to take care of ourselves and those around us from a calm connected place that supports everyone to come into their Green Zones too.