Parent and Carer Wellbeing Programs

CatholicCare offers short, practical sessions for parents and carers, held at your school and timed to suit your schedule. Topics include Family Wellbeing, Understanding Anxiety, Emotion Coaching, and Families Living Well in a Cyberworld.
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Emotion Coaching

A relaxed, information session on how to identify and regulate your child's emotions. The session will include information and discussions on: 

  • Dr Gottman's Emotion Coaching for Parents
  • Developmental benefits of emotion coaching
  • Emotional regulation and examples

Children Experiencing Anxiety

In this session, we’ll explore practical ways to support your child when they experience anxiety or anxiety‑related emotions. The session will include information and discussions on: 
  • What is anxiety and the different types
  • Anxiety and the brain
  • Signs, symptoms and protective factors 

Family Wellbeing Session

Join us for a relaxed, engaging session focused on nurturing the wellbeing of your family. Together, we’ll explore practical ideas and strategies across the following themes:

Family Resilience
Discover what resilience looks like in individuals and families, and learn simple ways to strengthen resilience in yourself and your household.

Family Values
Explore the role of values in shaping behaviour and relationships. By identifying your family’s core values, you can deepen understanding, communication, and connection.

Family Connection
In busy family life, staying connected can be challenging. Learn why connection matters and explore practical ways to build or maintain meaningful family bonds.

Family Self‑Care
Understand the importance of self‑care and how looking after ourselves positively influences the wellbeing of the whole family.

Family Mindfulness
Learn what mindfulness is and how it can support calm, emotional regulation, and presence—for you and for your family.

Families Living Well In a Digital World

Technology helps society function at large, and this trickles down to impact the family unit and individuals in their day to day living. This program will provide support to parents, assisting them to understand "the pull" of technology in the present age, how it impacts parenting and child development. The program also explores healthy strategies to navigate the world of technology with your family, all whilst encouraging connection, enhancing communication, boundaries, balance and building healthy relationships.