11/12/2025
Want to more effectively support your child through their anxiety? Seek out Val in our office as she has specialized training in SPACE.
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is an evidence-based approach developed at the Yale Child Study Center. SPACE focuses on helping parents support their child in managing anxiety and related challenges by making thoughtful changes in their own responses, rather than placing all the pressure on the child. In Val's work, she guides parents to gently recognize and reduce patterns that may unintentionally accommodate anxiety, while fostering warmth, confidence, and calm within the family. This compassionate, empowering approach strengthens the parent–child relationship and helps children grow braver, more independent, and more at ease in the world around them.
We will soon be offering SPACE workshops for parents! Keep an eye out for more info.
SPACE stands for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions and is a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems.
