If your child is grappling with anxiety or symptoms of OCD without seeing improvement, SPACE offers a refreshing alternative. By empowering parents and equipping children with effective coping strategies, our goal is to bring much-needed relief to your entire family.

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), evidence-based intervention pioneered by Eli Lebowitz, Ph.D. at Yale University. This approach, while centered on parents, is specifically designed to address childhood anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Through direct engagement with parents, SPACE serves as a vital pathway to effectively treating and supporting children facing anxiety and OCD.

Successful SPACE treatment results in changes to your child’s anxiety. The surprising part of SPACE is that you, the parent, will be the one coming to therapy. But it isn’t treatment for you. It’s treatment for your child, delivered through the parent-child relationship

Better Being Connecticut in Glastonbury, CT offers telehealth psychotherapy in both Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Services include therapy for individuals including adults, adolescents, and children, couples counseling, sex therapy, parent support and coaching, and supervision or consultation. Specializations include: Anxiety and Stress, Generalized anxiety, Panic, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD, Social Anxiety, Body image and self-esteem, Work-life balance, Stress Management and Self-care, Relationship and Intimacy, Pre-Marital and Marriage Therapy, Parent Support, Separation, Divorce and Adjustment, Co-parenting after divorce or remarriage, Relationship and Dating Coaching, Communication, Life Transitions and Stress management, Infidelity, Restoring Emotional, Physical / Sexual Intimacy and Trust, Consensual Non-monogamy, Sex Therapy, Pelvic Pain / Painful Intercourse, Low Sexual Desire / Lack of interest in sex, Sexual Anxiety / Avoiding Sex / Sexual Self-Esteem, Difficulty with or inability to orgasm, Erectile Dysfunction, Premature / Delayed Ejaculation, Consensual non-monogamy, Kink and BDSM, Enhance Sexual connection, plea, Other Areas of Expertise, Trauma, Grief and Loss, Family Conflict, Life Phase Adjustments, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Difficulty Managing Emotions, Child and Adolescent Therapy, Trauma, Emotional Dysregulation, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, co-parenting support for couples who are separating / divorcing or re-partnering, children and adolescents who have difficulty with decision making, emotional regulation, peer interaction, and impulse control, Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, creative arts therapy, and mindfulness, supervision hours toward licensure or case consultation.
Better Being Connecticut in Glastonbury, CT offers telehealth psychotherapy in both Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Services include therapy for individuals including adults, adolescents, and children, couples counseling, sex therapy, parent support and coaching, and supervision or consultation. Specializations include: Anxiety and Stress, Generalized anxiety, Panic, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD, Social Anxiety, Body image and self-esteem, Work-life balance, Stress Management and Self-care, Relationship and Intimacy, Pre-Marital and Marriage Therapy, Parent Support, Separation, Divorce and Adjustment, Co-parenting after divorce or remarriage, Relationship and Dating Coaching, Communication, Life Transitions and Stress management, Infidelity, Restoring Emotional, Physical / Sexual Intimacy and Trust, Consensual Non-monogamy, Sex Therapy, Pelvic Pain / Painful Intercourse, Low Sexual Desire / Lack of interest in sex, Sexual Anxiety / Avoiding Sex / Sexual Self-Esteem, Difficulty with or inability to orgasm, Erectile Dysfunction, Premature / Delayed Ejaculation, Consensual non-monogamy, Kink and BDSM, Enhance Sexual connection, plea, Other Areas of Expertise, Trauma, Grief and Loss, Family Conflict, Life Phase Adjustments, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Difficulty Managing Emotions, Child and Adolescent Therapy, Trauma, Emotional Dysregulation, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, co-parenting support for couples who are separating / divorcing or re-partnering, children and adolescents who have difficulty with decision making, emotional regulation, peer interaction, and impulse control, Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, creative arts therapy, and mindfulness, supervision hours toward licensure or case consultation.

Overview of the Program:

Treatment typically takes about 12-15 weeks but can take somewhat longer depending on the situation. It is important for parents to know that SPACE is hard work for parents and that the work between sessions is critical for successfully helping your child and you

SPACE is helpful for:

  • Separation anxiety

  • Social anxiety

  • Generalized anxiety

  • Fears and phobias

  • Panic disorder and Agoraphobia

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Benefits of SPACE:

  • Less Fear

  • Less Anxiety

  • Mood Improvements

  • Improved parent-child relationships

  • Improved parenting

  • Better quality of life