Why focus on parenting at this time? Watch this video by Karen Wolfe to hear how important this work is.

Parenting was never meant to be done in isolation! 
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6-Week Hand in Hand Parenting Foundations Course - Mondays 11:30am. Begins April 14th

Hand in Hand Parenting Foundations Course
​6-Week Course For Parents by Karen Wolfe, LMFT

Class includes:

• 6 90 minute meetings facilitated by Karen Wolfe, LMFT and Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor 
• 9 Listening to Children Booklets as seen here
• Over 6 hours of video and online content by found Patty Wipfler to support you in between in-person sessions

Hand in Hand Parenting is an international nonprofit organization that teaches Parenting by Connection tools for creating more ease and connection for families. For more on Hand in Hand Parenting Click Here.

Mondays 11:30am-1pm PST
Spring Session: April 14 - May 19
REGISTER HERE
​Zoom (in person in Orinda possible if enough interest!)

​Fee: $594 for 6 weeks
*Superbill provided upon request if you would like to submit to your PPO insurance

Summer Session: June 9 - July 21 (no class July 7)
Fall Session: October 6 - November 10
Winter Session: February 23rd 2026 - March 30th

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Empower yourself as a parent with tools you can rely on to become the secure base your child needs. Overcome challenging behavior, heal old hurts from your childhood that cause anger, worry and confusion to flare, and build a family rich with laughter and connection. 

• Understand how emotions can drive your child’s behavior off course.
• Respond to difficult behaviors like defiance, anxiety and aggression with confidence and clarity.
• Deep-dive each Hand in Hand listening tool one-by-one to learn how each works, how to get the best from the tool, and ways to adapt it for your family,
• Heal your own past hurts, uncover triggers and break generational trauma cycles with weekly in-call Listening Partnerships that restore your energy for parenting.
• Weekly 90-minute mentoring call with a Hand in Hand Instructor.
• Small group sessions with like-minded parents so you can build support for being the parent you want to be.
• Access a library of video classes and texts to further your learning

These Parenting by Connection tools can help transform your parenting into the playful and warm journey you always hoped it would be. Get support for your child's challenging behaviors and the stress of parenting in today's world. You are not alone!!

You will get an introduction to five pillars of Parenting by Connection and how to integrate them into your family.

1. Special Time: Create small outlets of presence, love, and attention to your child's playful desires. This increases warmth in your relationship and safety for your little one (no matter how big) to open up to you about what's really bothering him, creating loving open communication for a lifetime. Special Time leads to a healthy secure attachment increasing outcomes for lifetime wellbeing.
2. Playlistening: Harness the power of laughter to help you and your child work through difficulties in parenting, diffuse tantrums, and laugh through the ridiculous challenges parenting poses. Proven to help reduce ADHD symptoms.
3. Staylistening: No more time outs or star charts, this radical approach to tantrums and big feelings helps children feel they are not alone with their feelings and gives you the confidence to help them through the big tears and fears of childhood in a way that creates more resiliency and emotional regulation.
4. Setting Limits: Most of us were either punished harshly or let loose without limits, but children need healthy limits to feel safe. Learn how to set firm, effective limits paired with warmth, love and presence. No more bribes, threats, or show-downs. Heal your own inner child from wounding left from your parents harsh or dismissive limits by taking this journey to set limits with love together.
5. Listening Partnerships: Parenting is tough, and the stress is cumulative. We are not meant to do this alone!! Listening Partnerships gives parents a place to connect on the joys and sorrows of parenting in a nonjudgmental and warm environment with other parents. This will ease the hard work of parenting and stave off the isolation by keeping you connected to a community of like-minded parents.

In a small group led by child and family therapist, Karen Wolfe, MFT, you will get guidance on the above Hand in Hand Parenting principles as well as support for yourself in the tough job of parenting through your own Listening Time every group. We will weave any information that you find helpful regarding my areas of expertise: social skills, self-regulation, "spirited children", sensory needs, helping your child focus and attend. Using Parenting by Connection principles as the backdrop, these skills are woven in to support your child's total wellbeing.

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