Whether you’re navigating daily frustrations or wanting to strengthen your long-term relationship with your teen, this program offers tools and insights that can make a lasting difference.
Program Structure
7 x 2-hour group or individual sessions
Each participant receives a program manual with content, theory, activities, and weekly practice tasks.
Sessions include psychoeducation, roleplays, videos, and guided practice.
Parenting teens can be one of the most rewarding yet challenging phases of life. The Tuning in to Teens program supports parents and carers of children aged 10 years and over to strengthen connection, improve communication, and better understand their young person’s emotional world.
This evidence-based program builds on the foundations of Tuning in to Kids, focusing on the developmental needs of teenagers (11–18 years). Parents learn practical emotion coaching skills while also exploring how to:
Support and validate their teen’s emotional experiences.
Respond with empathy, even when teens push for independence.
Manage their own reactions during conflict or rejection.
Foster long-term connection and resilience in the family.
Research has shown that Tuning in to Teens can improve parent-teen relationships and support adolescent mental health.
Investment
Full program (7 weeks): $500
Per session option: $75 per session
Tuning in to Teens is a universal parenting program for parents of children aged 10 years and over. The program aims to increase parent-child connection by improving emotional communication in the family.
The program provides parents with a greater understanding of their teen’s emotional experiences while teaching specific skills that can assist in being supportive, empathic and staying connected with the young person. The program builds on the Tuning in to Kids program, which has been shown to have positive effects on young children. The program teaches parents and carers emotion coaching skills while focusing on the developmental needs of teenagers (11 – 18 years old).
There is a greater emphasis on acceptance/empathy and helping parents and carers to manage their own responses when adolescents reject or push them away as they seek greater autonomy.
Randomised control trials have shown that the program improves parent-teen relationships and adolescent mental health.
If you want to know more about the background, philosophy and research on Tuning into kids click here;
Parenting teens can be one of the most rewarding yet challenging phases of life.
This program will help parents and carers develop stronger emotional connections with teenagers and foster better communication.
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Testimonials from previous participants:
*It’s been great being more mindful and building awareness of my kids bid for connection. I feel the program is really changing my awareness of differ things in a whole new light. ~Jess
*I'm finding the sessions really helpful, and and I’m thinking and approaching situations in different ways. It's been much calmer at home and I'm feeling better in myself. ~ Sophie