Growing Together: Helping Children Manage Big Emotions

Event Description:
Group for parents to help their child(ren) with emotional regulation by learning strategies for it and gaining insight into their and their child's emotional experience.

Target Audience:

Parents who want to help their child(ren) with emotional regulation

Dates & Times:

Week 1: Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Week 2: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
Week 3: Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Week 4: Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Week 5: Thursday, November 13th, 2025
Week 6: Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Location:

This group will be help via our HIPAA compliant telehealth platform.

Pricing:

$30 per parenting/caregiver set (2 people) for the entire 6 week series, due upon registration

Facilitator Information:

This group will be led by Lucy Katter and Marshall Campbell, student therapists at Fortis.

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Week 4:

Session Focus:

Education on emotions, give out emotion wheel, explain “name it to tame it” and primary vs secondary emotions

Session Purpose:

This session introduces strategies for expressing feelings with words rather than actions.

Both parents and children will gain practical tools to name emotions, reduce conflict, and create more understanding and meaningful conversations at home.

Session Objectives:

By the end of this session, participants will:

• Learn ways to grow emotional communication and awareness