Circle of Security

Parenting Program

For the parents trying to give what they never got

You love your child. That’s never been the question.
But sometimes it feels like love isn’t enough to make sense of what’s happening between you.

Maybe your child’s big emotions overwhelm you.
Maybe you feel like you’re failing — or like you're swinging between being too much and not enough.
Maybe you find yourself parenting on autopilot, reacting in ways that feel eerily familiar... and not how you wanted to show up.

If you’ve ever thought:

  • “I’m trying to parent differently than I was parented, but I don’t know how.”

  • “I didn’t have a good model of what secure parenting looks like.”

  • “My kid only wants me, and I feel touched out and resentful.”

  • “My child’s behavior makes no sense and I don’t know how to help.”

  • “I worry I’m messing them up.”
    ...then you’re not alone. And you’re not failing.

You’re probably doing the best you can with the tools you were handed — and Circle of Security can help you build new ones.

What is Circle of Security?

Circle of Security (COS) is an evidence-based parenting program rooted in decades of attachment research. But more than that, it’s a map — a way of understanding your child’s emotional world and your own.

This isn’t a behavior chart. It’s not a “how-to” manual full of rigid scripts.
It’s a compassionate, shame-free space to:

  • Understand what your child’s behavior is really communicating

  • Reflect on your own triggers, reactions, and history

  • Learn how to be with your child’s emotions, not just fix or stop them

  • Practice being the safe base your child returns to again and again

  • Discover that you don’t have to be perfect to be a good parent

This group is for you, if…

  • You feel stuck in patterns you don’t want to repeat

  • You struggle to make sense of your child’s meltdowns, clinginess, or defiance

  • You feel pulled between loving your child deeply and wanting to run away

  • You carry guilt, shame, or grief around how you’re showing up as a parent

  • You want support that’s reflective, not prescriptive — rooted in connection, not control

What to expect:

This is an 8-week, small-group experience led by a licensed therapist.
We’ll meet weekly to watch Circle of Security video materials together and reflect on how they land. You’ll get time, space, and support to process what shows up — without judgment or pressure to get it “right.”

This group is not about telling you how to parent.
It’s about giving you a lens and a language that helps you show up more consistently, more securely, and with more self-compassion.

You don’t have to have had secure attachment to offer it to your child.

You just need the willingness to be curious, to reflect, and to keep trying.
We’ll help you do that — gently, together.

Dates of upcoming group (If these dates don’t work and you are still interested, please reach out so we can keep you informed about upcoming groups):

FRIDAYS FROM 9-10:30AM

SEPTEMBER 12, 19, 26

OCTOBER 17, 24, 31

NOVEMBER 7, 14

HELD VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM PLATFORM

OPEN TO PARENTS LOCATED IN PA, NJ, DE, FL, VT

COST: $520