The Heart & Science of Parenting - 9 session course

This nine session pilot program* integrates practices grounded in neurobiology, modern attachment theory and emotional regulation taught alongside the relationship-based, communication skills framework of the Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) program. 
"P.E.T. gives parents simple skills for authentic parenting and good family relationships, from toddlerhood through to the teenage years and beyond"
~ Dr Sarah J. Buckley, author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering

For parents and caregivers 

Through practicing the skills learned in this course you will:

• Repair ruptures, cultivate and nourish love and connection in your parent-child relationship. 
• Create lasting change and emotional resilience.
• Support yourself and your child through emotional storms. Learn how to consciously co-regulate in challenging moments.
• Enhance self-esteem and problem-solving abilities.
• Better understand attachment and developmental needs.
• Foster trust, empathy, and open communication, leading to a stronger and more fulfilling relationship with your child.
• Find your children will feel comfortable to discuss their problems with you and you will be able to effectively help them through active listening.
• Become a more confident, assertive & empowered parent, having your needs met too.
• Resolve conflicts and problems in your family so that everyone's needs are met.
• Support development of self responsibility, self discipline and self motivation in children.
• Create meaningful and influential relationships with your children. 
• Join a supportive community of parents: This program brings together a vibrant community of parents who share a common goal of empowering themselves and their children. You'll have the opportunity to connect, network, and learn from fellow participants, exchanging experiences, insights, and successes.

Details

9 x Thursday nights: August 10th, 17th & 24th, September 7th & 14th, October 5th & 12th, November 2nd & 9th. 

TLC Birth & Beyond, Upper Ferntree Gully. 

6.15pm - 9.30pm. 

Includes a short break with tea and snacks.

Cost *
A not-for-profit event. 

Choose your own ticket price, options from $80 to suit all financial situations. Any profits generated will be rolled into a scholarship fund for future courses.

Price includes workbook and text. 

We have a maximum class size of 15 to ensure each participant receives quality attention from the training and leaves the workshop feeling confident with their abilities. 

I value accessibility so a payment plan is available through Afterpay upon booking here or for an alternative payment/barter arrangement please contact me (Kate) via E: thishumanrelating@outlook.com or M: 0434 063 500. 

About your facilitator, Kate Horne 

I am a therapist and educator living and working in the Yarra Ranges for over twenty-three years. I'm an integrative psychotherapist in private practice and a certified Effectiveness Training instructor. 

I spend a fair chunk of time exploring ideas and practices to regenerate relationships, environment and economy, towards a transformation of culture. In service of relational regeneration, my focus is on helping people navigate uncertainty, and working within complexity, develop and realise their potential for flourishing relationships with themselves, their partners, children and community. 

I hold a degree in counselling & psychotherapy from the Ikon Institute and am registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). I've been facilitating humanistic communication and relationship skills training for parents, individuals and youth for fifteen years, since discovering it's profound beneficial effects in my young family when my second child was born and things really started to get interesting/challenging as a parent! Alongside and amongst the above mentioned explorations and private practice, I home educate my third and youngest child, and am also training in Integrative Attachment Therapy, a comprehensive approach to adult attachment repair. 

Testimonials

“So many good concepts I can apply to the way I communicate with and relate to my children. Kate teaches the material from a place of deep practice. She is authentic, compassionate and highly skilled.” - Indrani, Melbourne.

“I loved the connection with Kate & other parents. I loved the content, style of delivery and duration of the course. I loved active listening and the other tools and the framework it gave me for my life, parenting and relationships. My children react positively and I have more connection with my partner. Kate is wonderful, passionate, loving and warm.” - Leah, Mt Waverley.

“It should be a required course for everyone! This has been amazing to begin to understand communication on a whole other level. The sharing of stories in our little community has been excellent - knowing that you aren’t alone is very powerful. My communication with my kids is a lot better, hence our relationships are much stronger. Kate is an amazing communicator, with a calm and unflappable demeanor.” - Gareth, Melbourne.