Mom’s Group Therapy is an online group therapy specifically designed for adoptive, foster and permanent mom’s and facilitated by Andrea Chatwin.  

The group content will focus on the following topic areas:   

• Explore the impact of secondary trauma on ourselves and how to process these experiences.  

• Identifying our own triggers, finding empathy and ways to care for ourselves.  

• Understanding how to set and hold boundaries with hurting children. 

• Protecting our own wellness, attending to our dreams, and using our gifts while parenting.  

• Creating routines, practises and schedules that honour our children’s needs AND ours.  

• Experiencing our child’s intensity while staying connected to ourselves and safe in our bodies.  

• Creating our own narrative about ourselves while we are in this difficult season. 

Dear Mom’s, 

I have taught many parenting workshops over the years and observed in the Q & A and feedback that I have received, an overwhelming need for moms to receive more direct support for themselves. What I heard these mom’s asking for was an opportunity to share the truth about the struggles and pain they are experiencing while raising children with trauma. I also heard the need for a different way of thinking about and responding to the difficult circumstances they find themselves in every day so that they can be well and live full lives while parenting. 

As an adoptive parent, I have been down this road myself. And as a therapist I have had the privilege of walking alongside many foster and adoptive mom’s as they navigate their own complicated journey of being fully committed to their child AND wanting to care for themselves. I look forward to sharing what I have discovered that is helping moms to find more confidence, peace, and balance in their lives. The beautiful thing about a therapy group is that you will also find comfort, acceptance and new ideas amongst a group of other mom’s who really ‘get it.’ 

Sincerely, Andrea  

This group will be offered online, and registration is open to any Canadian mom, maximum 10 participants.

The sessions will NOT be recorded to ensure everyone’s privacy.

Participants will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement about information shared within the group.  

Bi-Weekly on Mondays from 10:00am - 11:30am

Dates: September 23, October 07 & 21, November 04 & 18 & December 02