SPACE: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions in Carpinteria, CA

SPACE does not require children or teens to participate in therapy. Children and teens are helped through SPACE via a family model of specific parental behavioral change. As appropriate, the therapist can work directly with children and adolescents but this is not required for SPACE treatment to be effective. SPACE is parent-based therapy with a coaching approach.

SPACE is a non-coercive, family-centered model that respects child development, child autonomy, and parental values. SPACE is grounded in a supportive and confident parental stance. It's a great fit for loving parents who desire to remain validating and understanding while encouraging resilience, agency, and optimal development in their children.

The SPACE FTL approach is parent-based and integrates specialized therapeutic techniques to target some of the underlying issues contributing to delayed independence.

SPACE FTL maintains an encouraging and loving parental stance. It respects the adult child's unique abilities and challenges with motivation. SPACE FTL is not intended to be threatening or punitive. Parents will be supported in developing and implementing a strategic plan to increase their adult child's functioning by gradually changing their own behavior in a targeted, gentle, and systematic way.

Whether in-person in Ventura, or through telehealth across California, my work will focus on building skills for parenting highly dependent adult children, reducing parental anxiety, and fostering self-efficacy to help young adults successfully launch into independent or interdependent living.

My goal is to create a supportive environment that empowers clients and their families through each step of the transition into healthy adulthood.

Failure to Launch is not yet an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V-TR), however, the condition is seen in clinical practice and research settings, and is experienced by the sufferers themselves and their parents. It's important to note that there is not a single cause of Failure to Launch and like most mental health conditions, there is a complex interplay of factors that create the condition.

Failure to Launch is a combination of psychosocial behaviors and not due to a physical disability or severe mental illness. People who are not employed because they are raising young children or caring for aging parents do not meet the criteria for Failure to Launch.

• Over the age of 18
• Not in educational, employment, and training (NEET)
• If enrolled in school or vocational program, not participating in a meaningful way
• Living at home or housing paid for by parents

• Disrupted sleep
• Social isolation
• Excessive media consumption (e.g. video games, online communities, adult content)
• Highly dependent on parents for basic tasks
• Mental health problems—often anxiety disorders, OCD, ADHD
• Physical health problems—sedentary lifestyle, lack of sun, sleep problems
• Can be present in young adults and any age of adult
• Long-term chronic problem without intervention