Parenting with PTSD
***NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO COVID-19*** Parenting with PTSD is a group for people with PTSD who feel that their symptoms negatively impact their parenting. The approach is a combination of psychoeducational, psychotherapeutic, and skill building activities. Clients will learn about the symptoms of PTSD and how they impact their relationships with others, especially their children and co-parents. We also discuss children's developmental stages and how parent symptoms can interact with child development. We work on using and developing personal social, emotional and thinking intelligence skills, along with acceptance, effort, optimism, and understanding to improve parenting skills and parent child/co-parent relationships.
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406 Linwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
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406 Linwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
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Religious Trauma Survivors
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