Maintaining Strong Mental Wellness for Parents
Understanding parental stress and self-care strategies
Support parents’ mental wellness by managing stress and guidance for effective self-care.
Researched and presented by Amanda Graham MSc
It will be my privilege to guide you through the series and help you to become the parent you want to be. This Webinar will help parents feel more informed, confident, and less alone as they navigate the challenges of parenting an adolescent.
Requirements
There are no pre-requisites or required skills for this Webinar, parents are welcome to attend and listen or to actively participate with their questions.
What You Will Learn
Prioritise your own wellbeing so you can show up as the parent you want to be. This Webinar discusses the realities of parental stress—why it happens, how it affects daily life, and what you can do to manage it more effectively. You’ll learn practical, realistic self-care strategies that restore balance, build resilience, and support your long-term mental wellness. Perfect for parents who want to feel calmer, more grounded, and better equipped to navigate the demands of family life.
A Short Introduction from Amanda
This Webinar Includes
- Information based on up to date research and more than 30 years of family counselling experience
- Practical real-life examples discussed
- Ask questions anonymously before or during the Webinar
- Hear what other parents are experiencing
- Toolbox Tips that can help immediately
- Full recording to access any time
Description
Parenting adolescents is often described as demanding, but that word rarely captures the full reality. This stage of parenting requires constant emotional presence, flexibility, and regulation, often while parents are navigating work pressures, ageing parents, financial concerns, health changes, and their own emotional histories.
Many parents arrive at adolescence already tired. They may have spent years prioritising their children’s needs, adapting routines, and holding family life together. When adolescence brings emotional intensity, conflict, withdrawal, or worry, parents are often expected, implicitly or explicitly, to “cope,” “stay calm,” and “be the adult,” without space to acknowledge how taxing this can be.
This Webinar is different from the other Webinars in this series because it turns the focus towards you.
Not because your child matters less, but because your well-being is foundational to everything else. Research in family psychology consistently shows that a parent’s emotional state shapes the emotional climate of the home. When parents are overwhelmed, depleted, or chronically stressed, it becomes much harder to respond with patience, curiosity, and compassion, no matter how strong the intention.
Who This Webinar is For
- For parents of adolescents seeking helpful advice when conversations and family relationships are becoming difficulty.
- For parents needing easily accessible, immediate advice and support that can give you the skills, confidence, and perspective to reconnect with your teen and feel calm and capable again.
- For parents worried they are doing something wrong and losing their teens trust.
- For parents who want to re-open communication, feel calmer/confident and create a more supportive home.
- For parents who want consistent boundaries that are kind and handle emotional talks with empathy and firmness.
- For parents wanting quick conflict-reducing steps with visible progress without big time cost.
- For parents wanting a structured roadmap, practical scripts and confidence in difficult conversations.
- For parents who want to stay connected, support independence, reduce conflict and worry.
Part of the Parenting Adolescents Series
This webinar is part of the six session Parenting Adolescents Series. Each webinar can be booked individually, or explore the full series for broader support.
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My aim is to make family and adolescent therapy available to all without you having to wade through an over-demanding and limited system of help.
Ready to Join Me?
If this is the kind of support you have been looking for, I would be very pleased to welcome you to the live session.