Attachment-based, Trauma-Informed Tools to Help Families Navigate
the Emotional Storms of Parenting…
Join Karen Wolfe, LMFT, founder of SF Bay Play Therapy Family Counseling Center for an engaging and insightful 90-minute workshop designed to equip therapists with effective, attachment-based, trauma-informed tools to support families amid the emotional challenges of parenting. This training explores the foundational principles of Hand in Hand Parenting, a gentle and strength-based approach that fosters secure attachment, promotes emotional resilience, and empowers parents to confidently navigate their children’s big feelings.
Throughout this workshop, participants will learn practical strategies to help families:
Build stronger, trusting relationships with their children
Manage stress and emotional storms with empathy and understanding
Incorporate trauma-informed practices that honor children’s inner worlds
Enhance their therapeutic interventions with attachment-focused techniques
Whether working with anxious, defiant, or overwhelmed children and their parents, this workshop offers valuable insights and actionable tools to deepen your clinical practice and support families on their parenting journeys.
Who Should Attend:
Therapists, counselors, social workers, and mental health professionals working with children and families interested in attachment-based and trauma-informed parenting techniques.
Bio:
Karen Wolfe, MA is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor, and the founder of SF Bay Play Therapy Family Counseling Center with therapists serving families and couples in San Francisco, Oakland, Orinda and through telehealth throughout California. She has been supporting children and families since 2002 and her specialty is doing play therapy with families of children ages 5-12 with sensory, social, or learning differences as well as an emerging passion for working with LGBTQ+ youth and new parents. She is passionate about empowering children with big feelings to feel whole and heard in this world made for adults. She loves helping overwhelmed parents find their inner compass and heal the hurts from their own upbringing to create more ease and joy in the family they are raising. She has served as the president of the San Francisco chapter of the Association for Play Therapy and leads trainings and workshops for parents, schools, counselors, and couples. She and the other clinicians at SF Bay Play Therapy offer child and family play therapy in person, parent coaching, social skills groups, and emotionally focused couples therapy. You can find more information and past trainings at www.SFBayPlayTherapy.com