SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)

What Is SPACE And How Can It Help?

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a structured, evidence-based program that helps parents support children who struggle with anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Rather than focusing on changing the child’s behaviour directly, SPACE empowers parents to respond differently; fostering calm, confident leadership and reducing anxiety-based patterns at home.

How SPACE Works: Helping Parents Support Without Over-Accommodating

Together, we identify where anxious behaviours are being unintentionally reinforced and introduce new ways to respond with empathy and confidence. Parents learn communication tools that promote independence and resilience, helping the child and parent feel empowered.

Who Benefits From SPACE?

✔ Parents of children or teens with anxiety or OCD
✔ Families caught in cycles of accomodations or avoidance
✔ Caregivers wanting evidence-based parenting support
✔ Parents feeling helpless or unsure how to help their child cope

It’s a way for parents to help their children with anxiety — without needing the child to go to therapy themselves.