SPACE Therapy
Helping Parents Support Their Anxious Children
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) Therapy is an evidence-based program that empowers parents to support children experiencing anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and behavioral challenges. Rather than working directly with the child, this approach equips parents with tools to change their responses to anxiety-driven behaviors.
How SPACE Therapy Works
Unlike traditional therapy models, SPACE focuses on empowering parents. Through structured sessions, caregivers learn how to reduce accommodations and establish healthy, supportive boundaries that promote resilience in their children.
By shifting their responses, parents can encourage greater independence and confidence in their child’s ability to manage anxiety.
Key Benefits:
- Supports children with anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and behavioral challenges
- Promotes independence in facing fears
- Equips parents with tools for supportive but non-enabling communication
- Reduces reassurance-seeking and avoidance cycles
- Clinically proven to decrease childhood anxiety symptoms
Reducing Parental Accommodations
Parents often accommodate their child’s anxiety by avoiding triggers, offering excessive reassurance, or modifying routines. Although these responses are well-intentioned, they can unintentionally reinforce anxiety.
SPACE Therapy guides parents through the process of gradually reducing these accommodations in ways that are supportive and sustainable, allowing the child to build essential emotional coping tools.
Parent Training & Support
Sessions are designed to help caregivers communicate effectively while maintaining healthy boundaries. This includes:
- Identifying and reducing anxiety-related accommodations
- Using language that acknowledges challenges without enabling avoidance
- Applying gradual exposure strategies to foster confidence
- Tracking progress and adapting strategies as needed
This parent-focused approach strengthens the caregiver-child relationship and builds long-term emotional resilience in children.
Ready to Help Your Child?
SPACE Therapy is a powerful, research-backed program designed to empower parents and support children with anxiety and behavioral concerns. Start building a stronger parenting toolkit today.