Family Support – Lunch and Learn
Re-starting in Nov. 2025 — A weekly lunchtime program designed to equip families with practical communication tools and emotional coping strategies from DBT! A different theme each month.
Details:
– Dates: Wednesdays (weekly, 4 sessions at a time)
*IMPORTANT NOTE* Due to the winter holidays, there will be no session on Wed. Dec. 24 or 31, instead there will be a session on Monday Dec. 29.
– Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
– Location: ONLINE
This program offers both education and support, helping families develop healthier relationships and a stronger sense of well-being.
Upcoming topics include:
– Understanding BPD through the biosocial model
– The role of validation in supporting a loved one with BPD
– Setting boundaries without damaging relationships
– Radical acceptance: coping with the reality of BPD in the family
– Navigating intense emotions as a caregiver or family member
– Interpersonal effectiveness skills for families
– Coping ahead: preparing for crises and difficult conversations
– Mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity in family interactions
– Balancing self-care with caregiving responsibilities
– Building a life worth living as a family
Sign up using the links below!
November 2025 – Understanding BPD
December 2025 – Validation Matters
January 2025 – Healthy Boundaries
Individual Family Sessions
If you would like to work as a family more one on one/two/three book a free consult below. We do work with families more individually if this makes sense for your family. We can also book sessions with you if you have particular issues you want help with for example:
- Writing nurturing contracts with your loved one that may less likely trigger them (using softer, more dialectical language)
- Coming up with boundaries and documenting and implementing them (Boundaries like; financial, space, tone, expectations etc.)
- Dealing with an upcoming family get together and having a plan (Using the DBT skill of Cope Ahead)
- Changes in circumstance for example a loved one moving in or out and putting in place expectations, boundaries and criteria
- Family crisis event happened and you need help with picking up the pieces and getting back to living more peacefully
