Parent Support Groups · National · Via Zoom
You're not losing your teen.
But you might be losing the connection.
A weekly psychoeducation and support group for parents navigating disconnection, defiance, and withdrawal during adolescence — offered nationally via Zoom.
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"The door staying closed isn't rejection. It's a signal. And it can be answered."Daniel J. Ahearn, LMFT — The Way Back Home
What This Is
Not therapy. Not advice.
A framework for repair.
Something shifted. Maybe it happened gradually — the conversations got shorter, the eye rolls more frequent, the door staying closed longer. Or maybe it happened fast, and now you're on the outside of your teenager's life wondering what you did wrong and whether it can be repaired.
It can. But not through better consequences, more conversations, or trying harder at the same things that aren't working.
These groups are built on the attachment science at the heart of my book The Way Back Home and my decade of clinical work with adolescents and families. Each week we work through a specific piece of the framework — practical, structured, grounded in research.
This is psychoeducation, not therapy. It's a group of parents doing the same hard work at the same time, with guidance from someone who has spent years in the room with their kids.
- Feel shut out, pushed away, or frozen out of their teenager's life
- Have tried everything and nothing seems to reach them
- Want to understand the attachment science beneath the behavior
- Have a teen in treatment and want to do parallel work
- Have read The Way Back Home and want to go deeper with community
- Are ready to look honestly at their own part in the dynamic
What We Cover
Six core areas. One coherent framework.
Format & Investment
Simple structure. No long-term commitment.
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Is This Right For You?
Right fit. Wrong fit.
- You have a teenager between 13 and 19 who feels unreachable
- You want to understand what's happening beneath the behavior — not just manage it
- You're willing to look honestly at your own patterns, not just your teen's
- Your teen is currently in treatment and you want to work in parallel
- You've read The Way Back Home and want structured community to go deeper
- You can commit to showing up weekly and being present in the group
- You're looking for clinical therapy for yourself or your teen
- You want someone to tell you what consequences to use
- You're in active crisis and need immediate clinical support
- You're looking for a parenting class or general information
- You're unwilling to consider your own role in the relational dynamic
Your Facilitator
Attachment science. From inside the room.
I'm one of six certified Integrative Attachment Therapy (IAT) clinicians in the United States, trained directly with Dr. Daniel P. Brown and Dr. David Elliott since 2018 in the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol and its clinical applications.
I've worked with at-risk adolescents and their families for over a decade — first in residential treatment, now in private practice and as Director of Culture at Ascend Healthcare. I've sat across from hundreds of teenagers who didn't have words for what was happening inside them, and their parents who were desperate to reach them. The Way Back Home is what I've learned from all of it.
I'm also a father. I know what it's like to see your own attachment patterns show up in your parenting and have to do something about it. This work isn't theoretical for me.
Questions
What people usually ask.
Next Cohort Forming Now
The connection is still possible.
Groups fill quickly and are capped at 12 parents. Join the waitlist to be notified when the next cohort opens — or book a free call to ask questions first.
These groups are psychoeducational in nature and do not constitute clinical therapy or a therapeutic relationship.
For clinical services, visit the Services page.