Parent Trainings
We periodically host trainings led by one or more of our child psychologists that are designed to help parents better understand why their children are having specific behavioral or emotional challenges, and to equip parents with research-based recommendations on how to handle these challenges. If you would like to be notified when we have a new parent training scheduled, please subscribe to our newsletter or send us a message!
Fall 2026:
The Secure Start: Building the relationship that becomes their foundation
A 6-week parent group for parents of children birth through age 4.
Led by Dr. Karen Luley, Neurobiologist and Clinical Child Psychologist.
The Secure Start is a small, interactive parent group focused on the science of secure attachment and how to put it into practice in everyday parenting.
We’ll talk about the moments that actually make parenting hard—tantrums, separation, clinginess, big emotions, limit-setting, sleep struggles, new siblings, preschool transitions, and all the other situations that can leave you wondering, What does my child need from me right now?
Each week, we’ll introduce a few core principles from attachment science and child development, then apply them to the real situations parents in the group are navigating with their own children. Parents are encouraged to bring questions, challenges, and examples from home so that we can learn and problem-solve together.
Although the challenges change as children grow, the underlying principles of a secure parent-child relationship remain remarkably consistent. The goal is for parents to leave not just knowing what to do in one particular situation, but understanding their child—and the relationship—well enough to know how to respond when the next challenge comes along.
6 weekly group sessions | $395 per family
The Secure Start is offered as a 6-week series, with the same small group of parents meeting each week. The $395 fee includes all six sessions.
Interested? Join our no-obligation interest list.
We’ll form a small cohort once we have enough interested families and will contact those families first to determine the day and time that work best for the group. Joining the interest list does not commit you to participating. We look forward to seeing you there!
SUMMER 2024 SEMINAR SERIES:
- June 14 at 6pm (TCP Conference Room)
- Tech Time: Aims to educate on safe screen time usage and how to manage screen addiction
- For parents of children ages 0-18
- Presented by Kate Ammerman, LCMHC-A
- June 21 at 6pm (TCP Conference Room)
- Connected and Protected: Find out how children use social media, how it is impacting their mental health, and how to have an influence on your children's social media usage
- For parents of children ages 8-18
- Presented by Eleri Irish, LCSW-A
- July 12 at 6pm (TCP Conference Room)
- Digital Dangers: Learn what to do when your children see inappropriate content
- Recommended for parents of all ages
- Presented by Dr. Karen Luley, PhD, PsyD
- July 19 at 6pm (90 minutes; TCP Conference Room)
- Bring in your child's device to learn how to secure it, receive recommendations around parental controls, and find out how to continue monitoring their activity.
- Recommended for parents of children 2-14
- Presented by Kate Ammerman, LCMHC-A, Eleri Irish, LCSW-A, and Dr. Karen Luley, PhD, PsyD
Some of our rotating topics:
- How Littles Learn
- Supporting your child in their social-emotional and educational development
- Building Positive Relationships with Your Child
- The Parent-Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT) approach
- The Screen Time Saga,
- Navigating healthy screen time and setting screen time limits
- Executive Functioning Success
- Identifying and supporting Executive Functioning difficulties
- Body Safety
- Promoting safe body boundaries and abuse prevention
- Supporting Your Child Through Separation & Divorce
.... Stay tuned for more in our TCP Talks series!
- Please join our mailing list if you would like to be notified when we have more trainings scheduled!
Past Trainings
- Incredible Years - Summer 2023
- An evidence-based curriculum for parents that aims to reduce challenging behaviors and increase social and self-control skills in their children
- Time Management and Task Planning for the Family - Spring 2023
- ADHD/Executive Functioning Training for the Family - Fall 2022
- "'Kitchen Table Classroom': The Saga of Student Learning During a Pandemic" - October 14 & 18, 2020
- "Dealing With Emotional and Behavioral Challenges" - September 30, 2020
Parent Support Groups
Triangle Child Psychology is pleased to offer Parenting Support Groups for those parents who are interested in learning more about how to handle specific challenges with their child or children in a supportive group setting with one or more of our child psychologists and other parents. Parents have found these groups to be helpful in learning new parenting skills, problem-solving daily challenges with their children, and feeling supported by other parents as we discuss the struggles inherent in parenting. Please fill out the contact form HERE if you are interested in an upcoming parenting group and would like to be contacted when we have a new group scheduled!