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8 Weeks Get-A-Grip Groups

Managing Anxiety, Depression and
Emotional Dysregulation (“M.A.D.E.”) – Adults (ages 18 +)

Release the chains holding you trapped in anxiety, depression and emotional dysregulation in this 8-week group. Each week you will learn a new, realistic, concrete strategy. During our 2-hour sessions, you will learn to reclaim your freedom from these often-paralyzing diagnoses, restore your confidence, and rebuild the life you have envisioned.

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Location: TBD (within the Peterborough area)
Group Dates – Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22

Managing Anxiety, Depression and
Emotional Dysregulation (“M.A.D.E.”) -Teens (ages 13 to 17)

From surviving to thriving, this 8-week group will provide tangible “power tools” to manage the feelings of being trapped and stuck in the symptoms of these common diagnoses. Change your social relationships, manage your daily worries, and envision the best version of you by taking control of your life! Go from victim to victor AND make some new friendships along the way! Let’s Go!

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Location: TBD (within the Peterborough area)
Group Dates:
September 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 28
October 6th, 13th, 20th, and 28th

Six Pillars Parenting Skills Building Workshop

Our proven E.N.G.A.G.E. Parenting Model will give you a deepened understanding of the parent-child relationship with techniques that will build roots through bonding experiences, emotional security, and an emphasis on independence within your family team! In this 8-week series, all six pillars of this model are entrenched in common sense that has been adapted for the modern family. Feel confident, whether you parent a toddler or teen! Build the most important relationships in your lifetime!

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Location: TBD (within the Peterborough area)
Group Dates:
November 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
December 3rd and 10th

4 Weeks Get-A-Grip Groups

Loving and engaged father and mother sit on the living room sofa with their affectionate elementary age son and daughter as they all cheerfully talk with one another.

The Blended Family – Navigating the Storms
in Your New Family System

We are wired for connection! As the composition of families has been changing for decades couples still hold hope for their new family system. Yet, they are met with challenges that the traditional family has not experienced. This can result in storms that threaten to upend the blended family. In just 4 weeks, learn ways to unify your differing parenting styles, set boundaries, respect loyalties of each family member, and build new traditions.

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Location: TBD (within the Peterborough area)
2027 Dates January 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

The Gray Divorce: Grief, Loss and Writing a Joy-Filled Next Chapter

Reclaim, Restore and Rebuild. These are the 3 main themes of this 4-week series built uniquely for people who have divorced after a lengthy union. Move from a sense of loss, to hope! Your vision may be different from the one you had 25 years ago, but it can be one filled with joy and fulfillment. Reclaim your power, restore your peace and rebuild your life. You’re worth the investment!

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Location: TBD (within the Peterborough area)
2027 Dates: Gray Divorce – Jan 7, 14, 21, 28

WISE Parenting In-Home Intensive Parent Coaching Services

Prefer to have some 1:1 coaching on your own turf and time? Our In-Home Intensive Parent Coaching service strives to engage with families who want to tackle common parenting dilemmas. With a complete understanding of today’s modern family and it’s competing demands, our seasoned clinicians will provide a thorough assessment, and work in a collaborative way to develop a customized parenting plan to meet your needs. Using the 6 Pillars Model, you will learn to set age-appropriate limits, build time to nurture parent-child relationships, divide responsibilities, and understand the role of natural consequences.

Choose from 3 affordable packages to suit your time and budget.

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“Reaching out for help took a lot of courage, but we are so glad we did. Our family had been struggling for a while and something needed to change. Stephanie’s approach helped us to move from a place of frustration and feeling incompetent, to feeling certain about our parenting values and excited to do things together as a family.”

R and S – Peterborough, Ontario

“When my parents split up, I felt lost. It felt like they had forgotten about me as they moved on to other relationships. I felt like I didn’t belong anymore and was a stranger in my own home. Stephanie helped me to sort out my feelings and find a way to reconnect with my parents. I had felt invisible and now they saw me as important to them. I was able to go off medication for depression and anxiety and plan a future that I (and they) could be excited about.”

James – age 15

“I contacted Stephanie due to my stressful work conditions. I was feeling trapped, not sleeping and in a constant state of worry. I was having physical symptoms of a heart attack, but I didn’t want to take time off work to see my doctor. Stephanie helped me to make some good decisions about my health, work stress, and to rethink the ways stress was hindering my life. I was able to let go of feeling guilty and ashamed of not being able to manage the load.”

Stan – age 47

“Our family was a mess. We were in a constant state of tension and on the verge of divorce. Stephanie taught us how to work as a team and take control of our destructive ways of communicating and acting with one another.”

C and F – City of Kawartha Lakes

“Stephanie has this talent of tapping into my sense of power and illuminating my long-forgotten talents and gifts. She is a gift. Her wisdom and compassion in her approach to counselling is unique. To top it off, she’s funny too.”

Marylynn – age 34