Single Parent Support Group
Group Type: Support Group
Goals of the Group:
- To provide a safe and supportive space for single parents to connect.
- To offer an outlet for individuals to share experiences and challenges.
- To foster a sense of community and reduce feelings of isolation.
Who Is The Group For?
- Single Dads and Mums.
- Those who are constantly taking on the roles of problem solver, fixer, and caretaker.
Discussion Topics:
- Holding space for the highs and lows of single parenting.
- Feeling isolated or misunderstood.
- Challenges in relationships with children.
- Balancing work and parenting responsibilities.
- Navigating co-parenting and communication with a former partner.
- Finding and maintaining a support system.
- Exploring hopes and dreams as parents.
- Carving out personal time and self-care.
- Getting through challenging times.
- Unique challenges and experiences of single parenting in different family structures (e.g., single parent by choice, single parent due to divorce or separation, single parent due to the death of a partner).
What Will We Talk About?
- Holding space for the highs and lows.
- Feeling isolated or misunderstood.
- Challenges in relationships with children.
- Balancing work and parenting responsibilities.
- Navigating co-parenting and communication with a former partner.
- Finding and maintaining a support system.
- Exploring hopes and dreams as parents.
- Carving out personal time and self-care.
- Getting through challenging times.
- Unique challenges and experiences of single parenting in different family structures.
Glimpse of the Session:
- Sharing personal experiences and challenges.
- Offering and receiving support from others in similar situations.
- Discussing strategies for overcoming common hurdles.
- Building a sense of community and camaraderie.
- Engaging in open and non-judgmental conversations.
Please note that the session topics, order, and other details may be subject to change based on the needs and preferences of the group members and facilitators.
Facilitator Bio:
Facilitator: Sheela Balan
Sheela is a practising counselling psychologist from Bangalore, India. Academically she holds a master’s degree in MSc Counselling Psychology. Sheela believes in individualized need-based interventions for each person seeking therapy. There can never be a ““one size fits all approach”” to understanding an individual’s inner world. To bring about a therapeutic change she makes use of Narrative therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and uses Trauma lens. A combination of approaches to address individual, marital, and family concerns.
Sheela was married for 10 years and has two young daughters. She has a lived experience of separation and divorce and is now a single parent to two amazing daughters. She is looking forward to hold the space for the group to unwind and share with each other.
Sheela is a practising counselling psychologist from Bangalore, India. Academically she holds a master’s degree in MSc Counselling Psychology. Sheela believes in individualized need-based interventions for each person seeking therapy. There can never be a ““one size fits all approach”” to understanding an individual’s inner world. To bring about a therapeutic change she makes use of Narrative therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and uses Trauma lens. A combination of approaches to address individual, marital, and family concerns.
Sheela was married for 10 years and has two young daughters. She has a lived experience of separation and divorce and is now a single parent to two amazing daughters. She is looking forward to hold the space for the group to unwind and share with each other.
