Parent & Child Groups
Skills and Support Groups for Children and Families
These groups will cover a variety of topics for both children and parents/caregivers.
PARENT GROUP
Calm and Connected: A group for caregivers and parents of kids with big behavior & big feelings
An in person support/educational group for parents of kids with big behaviors.
THERAPIST LEAD : Molly Rush
DATES: Coming this spring!
MEETING DETAILS: In person at Bud to Bloom (with a virtual option)
COST: $400 per parent for the 8 week group
-
This group is for parents and caregivers seeking guidance, understanding, and practical solutions in a supportive community! We will come together to learn key concepts on parenting your child's brain and usable parent strategies to keep calm and connect with your child. This group will include information from Robyn Gobbel's Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors book, though this book is not required. This group would be a great fit for caregivers of kids with big behaviors, trauma, attachment challenges, ADHD and foster and adoptive families.
Parents will get to connect with other parents with similar struggles and will learn strategies to regulate and care for themselves.
Child care provided
CHILD GROUP
Playful Connections: Nurturing Connections and social skills
A playful group where we'll take on all the challenges of playing, learning, and growing with others; as big kids!
THERAPIST LEAD : Molly Rush
DATES: Coming this spring!
MEETING DETAILS: In person at Bud to Bloom
COST: $250 per child for 5 week group
-
Social skills group for 7-10 year old (in person group )
Does your child struggle to make or keep friends? Do their behaviors make it hard for others to connect with them? In this group we will use playful games and group activities to learn how to work together, solve problems, and take care of our friends and ourselves. This 5 week group will give your child the opportunity to practice helpful interpersonal skills like empathy, problem-solving, practicing calm in high energy spaces (emotion regulation), and the balance between following instructions and being a leader; all through using playful and fun activities! This group is open to all children ages 7-10 following a group evaluation call and would be a great fit for children with anxiety, big behaviors, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and other neurodivergences.
CHILD GROUP
Ready, Set, Bloom!: Kindergarten readiness group
An in-person group for children seeking to improve peer and social skills in preparation for starting Kindergarten
THERAPIST LEAD : Carmen Murphy
DATES: Tentatively July 9th-August 6th
MEETING DETAILS: Tentatively Wednesdays 3-4pm, In person at Bud to Bloom
COST: $300 per child
-
Is your child starting Kindergarten in the fall? Are you looking for a safe, supportive setting for them to increase their social skills and peer development? If so, our Kindergarten Readiness Group at Bud to Bloom would be the perfect fit!
Led by a licensed therapist, this social skills group will help children build positive social skills with peers prior to starting Kindergarten. Using play therapy skills, this group will allow children to explore healthy and positive peer development and help them to have a jump start into Kindergarten!
Caregivers will have the opportunity to meet with the therapist upon the end of the group and will receive individual insights regarding their child's time in group and any necessary support your child may benefit from.
CHILD GROUP
Growing Through Change: A Group for children of divorce and separation
A group for 3rd and 4th graders struggling to adjust to family change and transition due to separation and divorce.
THERAPIST LEAD : Claire Burkemper
START DATE: November 3, 2025
MEETING DETAILS: Mondays 5-6pm, In person at Bud to Bloom
COST: $500 per child
-
Has your family recently gone through a divorce and separation that your child is struggling to adjust to? If you have seen:
An increase in emotionality
lots of questions and concerns regarding the divorce or their other parent
an increase in tantrums/behavioral outbursts
silence or a resistance to talk about your family transition at all
This group may be the perfect fit for your child.
This 10-week support group for 3rd and 4th grade aged children will explore various aspects of family transitions, help children normalize the divorce experience, validate their emotions surrounding the divorce/separation, and will help them to develop coping skills to support them. A play based group to help normalize divorce and separation. A safe space for children to process the life transitions that come with divorce and separation
PARENT GROUP
Culture and Connection: Navigating Transracial Adoption Together
5 week group for adoptive and foster parents of transracial adoptees
THERAPIST LEAD : Jasmine Berger
DATES: TBD
MEETING DETAILS: TBD, In person at Bud to Bloom
COST: $250 per parent
-
If you are navigating the unique challenges and rewards of raising a child of another race and seeking guidance, connection, and practical support, Bud to Bloom is offering a new group designed to support you and your family's needs!
Culture and Connection is a 5 -week in-person group that will:
Explore the History of Transracial Adoption: Gain insight into the historical, cultural, social, and legal perspectives that shape transracial adoption and influence family dynamics.
Discuss the Impact on Parenting: Understand how transracial adoption influences parenting styles, family dynamics, and children's identity formation.
Provide Practical Skills and Tools: Learn practical strategies for handling common challenges, building stronger parent-child bonds, enhancing communication, and finding resources for advocacy.
Facilitate Conversations About Race: Develop the skills to engage in age-appropriate conversations about race and identity, helping your child understand and embrace their background.
Equip Parents to Address Racial Trauma: Learn ways to respond to and address racial trauma, fostering resilience and emotional safety for your child.
Encourage Reflection on Parenting Experiences: Share and reflect on your unique experiences, challenges, and joys as a parent in a transracial family.
Examine Personal Beliefs and Values: Gain self-awareness by exploring your own beliefs and values around race, encouraging personal growth.
PARENT GROUP
Playful Parenting: Strengthening parent child connection and building skills through play
An in-person educational group for parents and caregivers of children (ages 3-8-years-old) who are struggling with their child's big behaviors and are looking for tangible ways to reduce stress and build connection within the child-parent relationship.
THERAPIST LEAD : Claire Burkemper
DATES: TBD
MEETING DETAILS: TBD
COST: $480 per parent. Cost includes all materials needed for special play times and parent journal.
-
If you are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted with your child's big behaviors and unsure of how to move forward, there's a group that's starting at Bud to Bloom to help support you and your child's needs!
Playful Connections is an 8-week in-person group that will:
Connect you with other parents who are having similar struggles and provide a place of support and connection
Teach you basic play therapy responses that will help teach your child behavior regulation, build their self-esteem, increase emotional awareness, & build problem-solving skills.
Provide the weekly opportunity to incorporate a 30-minute "Special Playtime" with you and your child to practice skills learned in the group.
Include individualized feedback from the therapist to help you practice individually tailored skills to address your child's individual needs
You will be asked to have access to a phone or computer that can record videos and the ability to share these videos with the therapist running the group.
This group will be based of Garry Landreth's Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Model (https://cpt.unt.edu/what-child-parent-relationship-therapy) which is an evidence based group model that has been shown to increase parent-child connection and decrease behavioral outbursts in children.