Parenting Groups
Get the support you need
As parents, we sometimes want to offload the big feelings we have, and what better way to do that than with other parents who get it?
My parenting groups offer a safe and confidential setting to vent, share, and get the support you need, along with new strategies to add to your parenting toolbox.
Join a parenting group
Join one of my parenting groups and find compassion, share mutual wisdom, and learn specific tools you can use right away.
You will discover new parenting strategies and a deeper sense of connection with your child/ren. (Big sigh of relief!)
I am currently conducting groups via Zoom.
Form a group: choose your own group members, and receive a discount. Contact me and let’s make it happen.
“Elana is a master at bringing a diverse group of people together and helping them find a common language and shared experience in the wild world that is parenting. I loved some of the very digestible concepts and concrete suggestions for things to work on week to week. The experience of learning in this group was truly transformational and empowering. Thank you!“
- F.C., mother of four
“Yesterday, [my son] asked me about Mommy Group and I told him: ‘Mommy group is the best thing that ever happened to you.’”
- K.J., mother of a teen
“I just can't help it. I have to tell you how much you and our group have supported me all these years. I’m continually amazed and grateful to you for opening up and deepening this part of my life! You created such a beautiful container of curiosity, trust, love, strength and comfort. And just knowing you are here, for me personally, brings so much gratitude. You are such a gifted teacher and leader, Elana. Thank you for sharing it.”
- R.F., mother of two
“I count myself as incredibly lucky to have been a part of one of Elana's parenting groups for over 6 years. In that time, she has helped me navigate elementary and middle school with my boys, as well as a divorce. She not only teaches skills, she helps the group members practice those skills with each other with lots of exercises. Coaching is a great model, and Elana has a gift for it.
Because of the trust in the group, we disclose the difficult things that often keep us feeling isolated or scared as parents. It's not group therapy though; we examine our challenges through the lens of the deep well of parenting skills that Elana has developed over many years. She compassionately guides us to approach each parenting challenge with the concepts that we have been learning, and asks us how we'll implement those concepts, with specificity, to address the challenge. We bring back our experiences, good and bad, and talk about what worked and what didn't, learning from Elana and each other, to feel supported.
I thank Elana for helping me be a better parent. I owe much of my insights and actions to her and our group.”
- T.A., mother of two