Parenting is a privilege but can be one of the most challenging roles we have in life. Parenting struggles can lead to feelings of guilt, sadness, frustration, discouragement, self-doubt, and even self-hatred. Our counselors are here to support parents of young children, adolescents, and even parents who are navigating parenting their adult children. Personalized parent consultations are offered as well as parenting groups called CPRT (see below).

Child-Parent-Relationship (C-P-R) Training is an evidence-based parenting course where caregivers learn how to use some of the same skills at home that professional play therapists use in the playroom for social, emotional, and behavioral problems. Parents are trained in unique, therapeutic ways of responding to their children.

Each group session includes parenting principles, handouts, and homework assignments. During most training sessions, there is a time of demonstration and role-playing. After the 2nd group meeting, each family begins purchasing and acquiring specific toys for their filial therapy toy kit. After the 3rd group meeting, each participant begins conducting weekly, 30-minute special playtimes at home with his/her child of focus. Participants take turns debriefing and showing video clips of their play sessions in order to receive personalized guidance.

Extensive research has confirmed what our experience has shown, that these specific times of bonding among parents and their children and the therapeutic skills learned in these CPRT parenting classes typically result in significantly less unwanted behaviors, less parental stress as well as an increase in self-confidence and self-control for the participating adults and their children.

In addition to general populations, this CPRT model of filial therapy has successfully been used with
incarcerated parents, immigrant parents, single parents, grandparents, parents of chronically-ill children, parents of children with learning difficulties, non-offending parents of children who have been abused, moms in domestic violence shelters, Head Start teachers, teachers of the deaf, undergraduate teachers in training, as well as foster & adoptive parents.

In order to ensure a personalized experience, each CPRT group is limited to 8 adult participants.

When possible, it is ideal to have both parents participate together in the CPRT group training. In order to encourage participation of both parents, our counselors have chosen to provide the services pro bono for the 2nd parent when both parents of a family attend the same group.

A non-refundable pre-payment of $350 is required upon registration to enroll, and a commitment to participate in the entire course is required to join the group. The remaining $350 is due on the 1st day of the course. Make-up sessions are charged at the counselor's individual rate.

Classes at Restoring Hope Counseling & Consulting, PLLC are currently taught by
Mendy Landreth, Allison Moore, or Allison Hayes.

Call to inquire about our upcoming groups!
817-873-2305