gives you the skills to work with the families of the kids with the
biggest, most baffling behaviors.
will ignite your passion.
You can love your work again.
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an immersive & holistic
12-month program where you’ll become
solidly anchored into the science of relationship and a robust set of tools that help even the families with kids with the biggest behaviors, all while safely exploring your inner world.
The end result?
Being as present for the parents you work with as they want to be with their kids.
…and you’ll be way less burned out, too.
What would shift?
in your work with families
if you had the confidence to offer your resonant presence — even in the midst of chaos —
while teaching parenting tools that actually work?
If you understood the science of behavior
so deeply that no behavior — from the children or their parents — would ever leave you
dazed and confused again?
A Being With Student says:
“Everything has changed for me.
I’m still me… but I feel different in such a good way. Prior to this program, I was really unhappy at work. Sometimes I was crying every day at work. Since coming back from summer break, I haven’t cried at work at all. Not even once.
At first I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, but now I realize I don’t have to rely on things to be different at work for me to feel better about work – I feel better because I’m more regulated, I have a wider window of tolerance, and I have increased self-compassion, which means I can handle the ups and downs of a stressful work environment so much more easily.
I’ve found myself encountering other people’s behavior in a much less judgmental way – they’re doing the best they can, their behavior makes perfect sense in this moment – and I really believe that.
I am giving myself more of that kindness as well. And I’m exploring more of my perfectionist behaviors and tendencies, looking back into where those behaviors and beliefs come from, and being patient with myself as I work toward being feeling safe enough for those parts to step aside.”
Hey There…I’m Robyn!
so great to meet you!
Every day I get emails and social media messages from desperate parents all over the world. They are begging me to tell them what to do to stop their child’s bizarre and baffling behaviors. They tell me that they’ve worked with four (or more!) therapists, coaches, or behavioral specialists and not only have things not gotten better, but they’ve actually gotten worse.
These parents are desperate. There simply are not enough professionals equipped with the neuroscience of behavior, the inner-presence to hold parent’s desperation and hopelessness, and parenting tools that actually work.
Parents feel desperate for something that works – hoping that I might be the one– the one who knows the one magic solution that will finally bring calm to their chaos.
Let’s clear something up right away.
I don’t have one magic solution.
And neither will you.
You know what I do have?
and what you can have too?
Confidence.
That I can help them anyway. Even though I don’t have a magic solution.
That I understand the neurobiology of behavior well enough that even if they tell me about a behavior I’ve never dealt with before, I can help them.
That what they really need is someone to Be With them in exactly the same way they want to Be With their children.
I have Presence. Confidence. Attunement.
I (almost) never take things personally (and I get help when I do). I feel confident that I can set strong boundaries.
And yes…I have lots of tools (that work!), too.
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But that’s not where I started.
I’ve spent many evenings ruminating about families who are mad at me or who I felt like I was failing, when I should have been eating dinner and playing with my son.
I’ve spent many sessions sweaty, anxious, and blotching with hives while trying to appear cool, calm, and collected with parents who are yelling at me or disparaging their children– though what they are really feeling is lost, overwhelmed, and afraid.
I’ve been frustrated and confused when working for a long time with families who just seem unable to ‘get it.’ (What ‘it’ even means I’m not sure, but that’s been the voice in my head). I’ve been burned out and ready to just stop working with kids.
The Answer
was never in a single tool.
The Answer
was always within me.
The minute I stopped ruminating, getting stuck in anger and frustration, & stopped the never-ending quest for the one right tool was when I finally realized that…
Being With
parents in the way they needed
amplified the impact of the tools, knowledge, and trainings
I had worked so hard to obtain.
A Being With Student says:
“The compassion, grace, and trust I offer myself,
my clients, and everyone in my life has increased tenfold! I’m a trained IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapist and find my attachment to SELF has deepened as I accept the parts of me that I’ve not wanted to Be With;)
My self critical part has felt more witnessed and understood as I’ve moved through the program. In turn, I’m offering the same presence to others. I’ve been on this journey for awhile and this year I’ve experienced a growth that I didn’t know was possible.”
If you are burned out
and ready to quit working with kids…
Being With
will re-awaken your love for working with kids and families. This way of working with families will decrease your burn-out and compassion fatigue.
Promise.
To make this shift what I really needed
and what you need, too, is
- To develop an embodied understanding of the relevant relational neuroscience that allowed all the tools in my toolbox to become useful and intuitive.
- To learn tools that addressed regulation, connection, and felt-safety– for both children and their caregivers (and myself!) — and then embodying those tools so seemlessly that the tools allowed me to focus more on the Being With instead of the Doing
- To rest into the truth offered by relational neuroscience while safely engaging in my own self-exploration that there was nothing wrong with me, or my clients–
allowing compassion and then integration to unfold. The very essence of Being With.
I was fortunate enough to do this inside the deep, resonant, attuned presence of others, in a community that truly believe all parts of me were welcome.
Then I could remain dynamically awake, present, and grounded
with even the most overwhelmed parents with the most overwhelming children.
Their lives started to shift. And so did mine.
A Being With Student says:
“The shift in my nervous system is happening
at such a deep level that I’m having a hard time putting my experience into words. I just know I can feel a shift as I’ve embodied this experience of the resonating and attuning presence that I’ve received during my time in Small Group and with my Pod.
I have a new awareness of my own nervous system and what’s happening with me internally. And even more amazing, I have so much more grace and compassion for myself and all my parts. This has been such a freeing experience in how I’m able to be with myself, and consequently others.
I trust at such a deeper level now that a regulated, resonate presence is enough. I don’t have to be a perfect container in my personal or professional roles. It’s been so incredibly freeing to reframe my responsibility as offering invitations for felt safety and trusting that the nervous system of the person I am with will guide me where to go.
This has freed up so much mental space that used to be spent on overpreparing and/or overanalyzing. This freed up space has allowed so much more capacity for me to truly rest into being with at a deeper level.”
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Bonnie Badenoch
Our children are our hope
for a wiser and kinder future. Right now, our young ones face many crises – within their families, at school, as well as the challenge of the global struggles all around us. In this environment, supporting parents is one of the most important gifts we can offer this troubled world.
Robyn’s year-long immersive program is all about nurturing the nurturers, providing the solid support that parents need to raise these coming generations to be wise, compassionate, strong, and brave – and also playful and creative. In my experience with offering this work to therapists, the ability to provide this kind of support rests on two foundations. One is a deep understanding of relational neuroscience because it provides those of you who want to support parents with solid knowledge to share about how to nurture their young ones of all ages. The science is so clear about how being present, listening deeply, and offering what the child needs are the pathway for healthy development. In order to do this, we need to be able to hold that same kind of space for parents who are struggling. This means tending to our own mental health, so the second foundation is doing the experiential work that lets us explore and heal our own wounds. The best learning always involves both knowledge and embodying that knowledge.
I’ve known Robyn for many years, and I can’t imagine a more knowledgeable, caring, and skilled person to accompany you on this journey toward being able to support parents as they do the difficult and potentially delightful task of raising their precious children. And I can’t imagine more meaningful work than being one who nurtures the nurturers.
Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT
Author of: Being a Brain-Wise Therapist; The Brain-Savvy Therapist’s Workbook; Heart of Trauma
Being With is a powerful blend
of tools and techniques that are grounded in relational neuroscience and explored within a space that will allow for meaningful embodiment.
Being With
will shift the way you work with parents, and the way you are with yourself.
Parents who develop the confidence
to stay connected to their kids even in the face of the most bizarre and baffling behaviors
have three key skills:
- They understand the science of behavior enough that they become their child’s own expert. (I’ll teach you how to teach them this – you can use my course, slides, and worksheets!)
- They have a toolbox overflowing with tools- that actually work. These tools work because they solve the real problem- the children’s regulation, connection, and/or felt-safety. Now we can stop playing behavior whack-a-mole. (I’ll be giving you worksheets, handouts, and visual aids that you can use in your sessions and give to parents)
- They understand (and have compassion for themselves!) that knowing what to do isn’t even half the battle– because knowing what to do is only helpful if you are regulated enough to do it. They are willing- even if reluctantly– to explore their own histories and their own inner communities. They are willing- even if reluctantly- to receive the connection and co-regulation that they need in order to give their children the connection and co-regulation that they need. (Yup, I’ll teach you exactly how to do this! And yup, you probably guessed it by now, it involves doing these things for yourself).
Oh- and parents need one more thing.
They need therapists, helpers, and parent coaches like you who have those three skills, too.
Working with parents is hard. Way harder than you imagined. In fact, you probably came into this work because you love kids! Not their grown-ups.
But you’ve finally come to terms with the reality that in order to truly make change in the kids, you have to make space for change in their grown-ups. You have to be with the grown-ups so they can be with their kids.
A Being With Student says:
“Yesterday I started with a new couple
in need of parenting support. There is so much happening in this family that is beyond overwhelming!
I noticed myself becoming dysregulated and lacking in confidence as they listed all the challenges they are up against.
Then I reminded myself, that at least in that moment, the most important thing for me to do is be with them.
I may not be able to solve all their problems. I will be able to be a source of co-regulation, safety, security, presence, and compassion. I feel far more confident in being able to work with all kinds of clients, and all kind of challenges, now.”
You’re in luck!
I’ve made this as easy for you as possible by giving you exactly what you need to be able to be with parents. You don’t have to take six different courses and weave them all together like I did.
To facilitate radical change
in struggling families, you need:
- To deeply connect with the neuroscience– but don’t worry- just the parts that are relevant. Geeking out about the brain is super fun but I’m more interested in helping you embody the parts of the science that matter most. You’ll understand it yourself (comes in handy when you’re faced with a behavior that makes you go “huh…never heard of that one before!’ or when parents are, well let’s just say, unhappy with you) and you’ll also learn HOW to teach it to parents so they can understand it, too.
- To have a toolbox full of tools. You’ll learn parenting tools to teach the parents but you’ll also learn tools you can use to deeply connect to even the most ‘resistant’ parent.
- To safely explore our own inner worlds
All Inside
A community – and a good amount of time (say…12 months!)– to experience being witnessed and practice offering the presence to others that invites the inner healing we need in order to bravely invite our client’s most hurting parts.
Even if our client’s hurting parts are being expressed as anger, criticism, or shame toward us.
And you’ll learn how to invite your parent clients to do the exact same thing for their kids.
When you join Being With
you will be joining a community of gutsy and tenacious change-makers.
Bold and brave humans who are literally creating a better place for all of our kids, and grandkids, and their grandkids.
One family. One child. At. A. Time.
A Being With Student says:
“This community provides safety, connection,
understanding, and co-regulation. When I joined Being With, I could not imagine how connected I would genuinely feel to a group of virtual members I did not previously know.
Whether I was meeting with the large group, small group, or my pod, I felt “seen”, supported, and connected with the other community members. This community has meant so much to me over the past year.
I see Robyn, Marti, and my fellow members of Being With model for me how to create safety and connection in relationships. I recall moments of resonance, presence, and attunement within Being With meetings and reflect on ways I can grow in my capacity to ‘be with’ parents and kids in my professional practice.
I feel the support of my pod members as I take on a new challenge. These moments of co-regulation experienced through Being With carry with me in sessions as I am able to provide moments of connection, regulation, and felt safety to the parents and kids in my community.”
The result?
oooohhh….here’s the good stuff….
Cutting-Edge Parenting Coaching Skills. You’ll be confident in the neuroscience, have a toolbox stuffed with tools (that work), and expanded inner-capacity for connecting with even the most intense clients.
Love for your work- and the families you work with. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, burned-out, all while imposter syndrome rears its ugly head, you will be able to draw on the tools to invite in groundedness, contentment, compassion, and confidence- even with the most challenging clients.
Impact. You’ll love doing meaningful work that matters to kids and families not just now, but for generations to come.
A new income stream. You’ll have a new service to offer– one-on-one parent coaching to a community of parents who are floundering and desperate.
Flexibility. Parent coaching sessions are effectively offered virtually, expanding your client base, increasing scheduling flexibility, and decreasing overhead expenses.
Ease. You’ll have a built-in new leveraged revenue stream of offering a parent course- you don’t have to create!– to your community. Even if you never formally teach the course, you’ll have everything you need- including worksheets and visual aids- to support the families you work with one-on-one.
Personal Growth. This will be a year of valuable professional investment with an even bigger personal impact.
Radical Community. You’ll be forever connected to a powerful group of thought-leaders who are changing the way we think about children and behavior, impacting generations. Have you ever been in a group of tenacious, creative, outside-the-box thinkers and healers? That alone will change your life.
Ready to join a community of radical change-makers?
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Marshall Lyles
Being able to thoughtfully engage parents
will not only positively impact that family’s outcomes, it has the power to change generations that flow from the family. Most helping professionals aren’t prepared for working with parents and feel overwhelmed or frustrated with their efforts. Robyn is exactly the right voice for empowering therapists to develop compassion and skills for seeing the whole family in a relationship-centered way. Her expansive attachment and trauma knowledge keep her centered on principles that matter and her communication skills will offer clinicians a clear understanding of how to best reach parents who are struggling. As a colleague and friend. I have seen Robyn work in countless settings and she surpasses expectations every time. I highly endorse her teaching!
Marshall Lyles, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, PhD Candidate, EMDRIA Consultant
Author of: Advanced Sandtray Therapy: Digging Deeper into Clinical Practice
Details…at a glance
- Orientation (including meeting coaches & small groups) January 8, 2025, 12-1:45 eastern
- Online, on-demand learning opens January 2025
- Plan to spend approximately one hour a week (four hours per month) engaged in online virtual learning. More at first, as you become familiar with the content.
- Live virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 12-1:45 eastern beginning January 8, 2025
- Live virtual meetings with the full group Wednesdays from 12-1:45pm eastern (B & D week). Recorded and uploaded to both the learning platform and the private podcast.
- Small group virtual meetings Wednesdays from 12-1:45pm eastern (A week) with your small group coach. LIVE Only.
- Intimate connections with a presence pod of three- you’ll arrange your meeting time on your own (recommended C week and one other time during the month). Live only.
- A private forum with active coaches for added community, connection, and integration of the material
- The forum and all on-demand learning takes place in an online platform that is available via app and your browser- NOT Facebook
- Certificate awarded in December 2025 upon completion and demonstration of mastery & integration of the material by your participants in group and presenting a case presentation to your small group; attendance requirements must be met
- A break from our regular scheduling for 10 weeks, June – August 2025 (exact dates TBD). You’ll continue to stay connected to your presence pod during this time. The forum will remain open and the coaches will remain active, though at a slower pace. In this program, we believe in time for rest, play, and integration.
- The only additional investment/purchase you’ll be required to make during the 2025 training experience is Robyn’s book, Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors . This is a required text.
Robyn’s Best Selling Book
You Will Receive
- An invitation to The Club for 24 months (January 2025 thru December 2026)- my virtual community for parents of connection, co-regulation, and a little education. The Club will become a learning lab for you. In The Club forum, you’ll experience in real-time struggling parents who ask for, receive, and give support. You’ll become intimately familiar with the inner world of parents and you’ll have a front-row seat to how I, and The Club coaches, connect with overwhelmed parents – helping them feel seen and known while also providing useful tools and necessary boundaries (as they arise).
- You’ll gain access to The Club at no additional charge.
- If you are already in The Club, your monthly payments for The Club will be suspended while you are in Being With.
- (Value = $1080)
- A certificate of completion after demonstrating mastery and integration of the core concepts through
- Completion of all modules in online learning library
- Recommendation from small group coach
- Meeting attendance requirements
- Completion and presentation of case presentation (December 2025)
- Professional licensing CEs are not offered
- Licensing rights through December 2026 (contingent upon earning the certificate) to use Robyn’s proprietary parent course to teach parents in your practice and community, including
- Digital slides
- Digital copy of parent/participant worksheets
- Monthly consult groups
- At the end of 2026, you’ll have the opportunity to purchase an additional two-year licensing agreement (with option to renew every two years) with continued demonstration of fidelity to the model (including updates). Cost TBD but anticipated at $1200.
Investment
The investment for Being With 2025 is:
- $450 non-refundable deposit due at registration
- $450/month for 12 months (Jan – December, 2025)
- Total- $5850
- one year of immersive training
- licensing rights to all slides and worksheets for the parent course to use in your business (two years, 2025 & 2026)
- licensing rights to use additional assets, including handouts, fridge sheets, infographics, coloring pages etc. (two years, 2025 and 2026)
- continued support throughout 2026 via an internet forum
- continued access to Being With- The Course (the on-demand learning modules) throughout 2026
- monthly consultation groups in 2026
More Questions?
Being With is an enormous investment! Time, energy, and financial. It makes so much sense to be patient with yourself in making this decision, as well as discerning.
Keep scrolling for a detailed FAQ section!
After the FAQ section, if you keep scrolling even more, you’ll find three videos that go into depth about Being With.
Students are already Teaching the Course
Being With students
and encouraged (not required!) to begin teaching the parent course prior to the completion of the program (beginning in the fall, once the full course is released).
Students have flexibility in how they will implement the 12-modules.
Some students chose to offer a course to their clients or community. Some students do this over 12 weeks, some create unique schedules that meet the needs of their community. Some students don’t teach an official course, but use the material with their individual clients.
A Being With Student says:
“This program has taught me how to
literally be with people. I have a sticky note on my desk that says “All of you is welcome here, exactly as you are.”
It feels so true and that level of acceptance feels like such a sigh of relief.
Being With 2025 Co-Leader
Rose LaPiere, LPC-S, RPT-S
Being With
is a live program that includes on-demand learning. Because Being With requires live attendance, there are many hopeful students around the world who are unable to participate due our early afternoon (eastern timezone) meeting time.
Robyn and her team are preparing for an evening eastern time cohort in 2026 in order to make the program accessible to folks around the world, as well as folks whose work or family commitments makes early afternoon in the eastern timezone an impossibility.
Being With coach and long-time trust colleague and friend, Rose LaPiere, LPC-S, RPT-S has accepted the position of leading the 2026 Being With evening cohort (which will be in the morning in Austalia and Asia).
In preparation for this new role, Rose will be serving as the 2025 cohort co-lead.
Robyn and team are thrilled for this addition to the 2025 cohort. Rose brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and practice to the Being With team. She has trained with Robyn since 2018, engaging in regular individual consultation. Rose served as 2023 and 2024 Being With coach. She teaches the play therapy workshop All Behavior Makes Sense: Play Therapy with Dysregulated Children, which was first developed by Robyn and then turned into a stellar play therapy training by Rose. All Behavior Makes Sense helps child and family therapists bring the owl, watchdog, and possum concepts into the therapy room.
Rose has additional expertise in grief and nature-based play therapy. She is a co-editor and author of Nature Based Play Therapy and Expressive Therapies. Rose is an EMDR consultant, Theraplay® foundational practitioner, registered play therapist supervisor, and Synergetic Play Therapy® supervisor. She is dedicated to serving her professional community and is a Past-President for the division of New Jersey Association for Creativity in Counseling and served on the board for the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.
As a team, we are excited not only for what Rose brings to the 2025 cohort but also for how Being With is growing and expanding into 2026 and beyond.
Small Group Coaches
Laura Strohm, LCSW
Laura’s bright and quirky self showed up in my office for the first time 2016. Laura was my first and only LCSW supervisee. I decided I hit the jackpot and no one else would ever compare to Laura so I stopped supervising while I was ahead ;)
After Laura completed her clinical hours and earned her LCSW license, she kinda just stuck around. Laura is a brilliantly talented clinician and has a special love for the most dysregulated kids- and teens. She’s a surly teen whisperer, indeed. Laura is innately gifted at holding space, curiosity, and connection for parents who are hard to connect with.
Laura has a thriving private practice in Austin, TX and supports me in all-the-things in The Club and now in Being With. When we were still holding in-person trainings, Laura was my right-hand-lady. Laura has become a trusted friend and I couldn’t pull of The Club or even consider Being With without Laura involved.
Laura’s clinical training includes basically all the same things as mine does, and she’s a way more talented expressive arts therapist than me. Her favorite store is Austin Creative Reuse. She’s also helped my husband and I take good care of our special needs chicken.
Marti Smith, OTR
Marti and I met each other in 2014 and were instant kindred spirits. We’ve both played integral parts in the development of one another’s professional careers. Marti helped me bring the body into my work with families, and I helped Marti bring a relational approach into her work with families.
Marti is a uniquely gifted occupational therapist in that she does exactly that. She holds her lens of the body and sensory system while honoring our attachment and relational systems. It is my dream that all occupational therapists develop a way of working with families the way that Marti does!
When Marti and I saw client’s in the same city, I tried to get her involved in every family I worked with who needed occupational therapy support. Marti is a keen observer who doesn’t just think outside the box- she isn’t aware there even IS a box. I love this about her!
Marti is the author of The Connected Therapist and Sensory Healing after Developmental Trauma. She is a fellow with the Child Trauma Academy and you’ve probably seen her on-stage with the Empowered to Connect conference. Marti is the queen of all thing lycra and beautifully balances playfulness with presence.
Marti has a small private OT practices in Georgetown, TX, working with kids with vulnerable nervous systems, and their families. She teaches and trains around the world.
I cannot wait for you to get to know Marti better in Being With.
Katie Spillar, MFT
Truth be told, I need way more space than what I have here to tell you all about Katie. Katie and I have known each other for, well, forever. She is hands-down the most gifted child therapist I’ve ever known. Katie taught me about true delight- how to look into the eyes of absolutely ANY child and see their precious, delightful self…no matter how they appeared on the outside.
As I was dreaming up my team for Being With, I literally sat up straight and screamed “KATIE!” when I had the lightning strike moment of realizing that Katie’s life might be in the perfect place for her to be a small group coach in Being With.
Lucky for me (and you!) I was right.
Katie and I have shared an office, clients, and many trips to conferences and trainings around the country. She’s an invaluable life-long friend to me because we are both so clear on our relational and professional values. She’s easy to adore and she’s fierce with offering adoration. I can’t wait for you to get to know Katie!
Katie is trained in all-the-things. She truly embodies the integration of the tools, with the science, with presence and connection to herself. Katie has a small private practice working with kids and the families of kids with vulnerable nervous systems in Austin, TX.
Moya Smith, LCSW
Moya Smith is a talented, joyful, and grounded therapist who just so happens to be a talented, joyful, and grounded human. After being a therapist specializing in kids with a history of trauma, adoption, and baffling behaviors in Denver, CO, Moya and her family moved ‘home’ to Newfoundland, Canada.
Moya became a therapist for the most struggling families after being a struggling family who realized how little help their is for families of kids with vulnerable nervous systems. Moya’s in the trenches experience raising kids with neurodiversity, adoption loss, and nervous system vulnerability allows her to show-up for parents with compassion, curiosity, and tenacity.
I’ve known Moya for…hmmmm…10 years! WOW! We had a blast playing together in our Theraplay Level 2 training. Moya brings a diversity of clinical training to Being With but it’s her authentic presence that really makes her shine.
I crossed my fingers that Moya would accept the invitation to become a Being With coach and well, whatdoya know. She said yes!
Jeri Lea Kroll, LMSW-Clinical
Getting to know Jeri Lea over the past several years have been one of the sweetest surprises of my move to Michigan. Jeri Lea and I first crossed paths in 2019 at an in-person training I hosted just after I arrived in Grand Rapids, and we’ve continued to have lovely opportunities to stay connected.
I’ve learned so much from Jeri Lea’s curious exploration of the interplay of nutrition, physical wellness, and nervous system regulation. Jeri Lea is a Distinguished Infant Mental Health Mentor with the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health and holds an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach certificate. Jeri Lea also weaves in autonomic nervous system regulation based modalities, including infant massage and the Safe and Sound Protocol into her work with children and families.
Jeri Lea integrates her lived experience as an adopted person and therapist with her presence as a Being With small group coach. She has a deep understanding of the complexities of parenting a child with a vulnerable nervous system. I am so grateful that she has eagerly agreed to stick around Being With and join the team of coaches!
Polly Douglass, LPC
Megan Meyerhoffer, LCSW, RPT-S
FAQs
When does registration end?
Once your application is accepted, you’ll be invited to secure your spot in Being With by making a non-refundable $450 deposit.
Registration will remain open until October 31, 2024 OR until Being With reaches capacity- whichever occurs first.
Due to the overwhelming number of applications already received, we anticipate that the cohort will reach capacity before October 31.
When does Being With begin? And end?
Start = January 8, 2025 12-1:45pm eastern live call (orientation)
Online learning opens January 2
Live weekly calls start January 8, 12-1:45 eastern
Break from all required live meetings June 5- Aug 19
End = December 10
Am I required to attend live calls?
You’ll be required to demonstrate mastery and integration of the course material through your presence and participation in live calls. It is highly recommended that you attend all live calls. Full group live calls will be recorded and available to re-watch/re-listen if something arises and you cannot make a call. Small group live calls will NOT be recorded. Earning the Being With License at the completion of the program is dependent upon missing no more than one live small group and no more than two live full groups.
Will calls be recorded?
Full group live calls will be recorded. Small group calls and presence pods will not be recorded.
How much time can I expect to invest in Being With
Weekly Live Calls on Wednesdays from 12-1:45 (7 hours a month)
Online Self-Paced Virtual Learning: approximately 4 hours per month
Summer Months OFF
Are scholarships available?
As part of the long-term strategic planning for Being With, including establishing a financial structure that will ensure longevity and sustainability of the program, a scholarship program will be established and grown during the first couple years of the program. It is my anticipation that a robust scholarship program will be available to professionals who serve underserved communities and who do not have the financial assistance of their employer in coming years.
Scholarships are not currently available as we focus on long-term financial health and sustainability that will ensure the ability to offer scholarships in the future.
Are there any additional fees or requirements?
Robyn’s book, Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors is a required text for the course. You can purchase the text from most major online book retailers.
What’s the Case Presentation mentioned above in program requirements?
Beginning in September, you’ll implement Being With teachings, specifically the parent course, in either a small group or individual format with a parent(s) in your work/practice. A final case study on this experience will be presented to your small group in December. This is a requirement for earning the certificate and licensing rights.
Cancellation policy
Being With is a year-long program designed with the expectation that all participants commit to the program with the intention to complete the year and earn the certificate.
The $450 deposit is non-refundable, should you withdraw your participation prior to the beginning of the program.
Being With is a financial commitment of $5850, and monthly payments are allowed. It is a not a monthly membership or subscription program, and payments do not stop if you withdraw from the program. Beginning Being With in January 2025 indicates your commitment to completing the year and fulfilling the financial commitment of $5850.
We also understand that life happens. Should an unexpected circumstance arise that prevents you from completing the program, Robyn will work with you closely to create a plan that honors the time, energy, and financial commitment you’ve already invested.
Time & Energy Commitment
Being With is an immersive experience that aims to recognize the demands in your life while also honoring that the radical inner shift being invited by Being With emerges slowly with time and intentionality. Being With has an intense time and energy commitment. Plan on spending approximately four hours per month in the on-line learning platform (on-demand, on your own time), as well weekly calls from 12-1:45 eastern (Wednesdays). This totals approximately 11 hours per month. The summer is off!
Previous participants agree that the Being With experience is immersive with a purpose. The frequent touch points with the program and each other invites the integration that the program aims to provide.
Who can participate in Being With? Do I need to be a therapist?
All professionals who work with parents of kids with big behaviors are invited to participate in Being With!
Therapists, teachers, caseworkers, school counselors & social workers, pediatricians, occupational therapists, student support specialists- everyone!
You know who sometimes makes the best parent coaches? Parents of kids with big, baffling behaviors! If your family is currently experiencing some stability and you’d like to take your experiences and make a difference in the lives of other families, Being With might be the perfect way to get your new career as a parent coach started!
If you’ve never worked in the parenting field before (or worked with children and support parents as a part of that!) please email Robyn to see if Being With is a good fit for you.
Will I get any business coaching in Being With?
OOOH I love this question and several folks who have reached out have asked!
Being With will leave with you the opportunity to have a brand-new revenue stream (coaching and teaching the parent course) while also enhancing and amplifying the work you already do with families.
Formal business coaching is not planned- however with enough interest, we can schedule some bonus trainings. We will also have the opportunity to connect in the forum on the business side of things.
Are CEs available?
Professional Licensing CEs are not currently offered or available. The Being With administrative team is currently investigating the possibility of offering CEs for the 2025 cohort though we are uncertain the timeline. At this time, you can anticipate that professional licensing CEs will NOT be available for 2025.
Therapy Vs. Coaching
Being With isn’t a therapeutic training or intervention. Parent coaching does not assess, diagnose, or treat a mental health disorder. If you are a therapist, Being With will positively impact your therapeutic work because this is an experience that will change your inner-world and the presence you bring to your clients. Being With is not therapy.
2024 Student Coaches
Polly Douglass, LPC
Polly lives in the beautiful state of Colorado where she run a private practice and parent/school coaching business. Polly loves consulting with other therapists as they discover their intuitive wisdom, strength and authenticity. Life-long learning is one of my highest values, as well as family and fun! Polly has a beadth of clinical training and expertise, including Synergetic Play Therapy, EMDR, and Internal Family Systems.
When she’s not working with families, you might find Polly on her Peloton bike, hiking in the foothills, watching Hulu and/or eating Skinny Pop.
Polly says she’s “beyond thrilled” to be a Being With Student Coach. “Being With has inspired and transformed my personal and professional life. It’s a gift to share in the journey of discovery, connection and growth as together we practice being with the complexities and messiness of life.”
Megan Meyerhoffer, LCSW, RPT-S ™
Megan Meyerhoffer—an LCSW, RPT-S ™, Certified EMDR therapist, and Parent Coach. My focus extends to areas such as complicated grief, attachment trauma, parenting trauma and the complexities of vulnerable nervous systems. She is a gifted clinician who brings presence and gentle connection into her personal and professional relationships. Megan has led the way among Being With graduates in her teaching of the Being With parent course in her community.
A proud 2022 graduate of the Being With Program, Megan says: “I’m thrilled to continue contributing to its transformative impact on individuals and communities. As a Being With Advanced Practitioner, I am excited to immerse myself into the Being With Training and support others as they begin and continue their path into Being With.”
Matt Schwab
Matt is a co-founder and NeuroRealational CoachTM at Discovery Horse, where healing takes root on a tranquil therapeutic farm in the heart of Minnesota.
Alongside his life partner, Sara (also a Being With graduate), Matt has been weaving a tapestry of family-based services since the agency’s inception in 2013.
In his personal journey of healing from trauma Matt discovered the power of connection and the importance of diverse voices, especially male representation, in the fields of coaching and mental wellness.
Playful and loving, Matt’s commitment to the well-being of those around him is atestament to the transformative ripple effect of compassion.
Matt is an advocate for change, an embodiment of resilience, and a reminder that, sometimes, the most powerful wisdom comes from the simplicity of lived experience and the bonds we build with one another.
Lucas Harrington, PsyD
Lucas is a clinical psychologist in the Seattle area and a consultant for the autistic-led social-emotional learning game “Ava” by Social Cipher. In his day job at the University of Washington Autism Center his work includes parent coaching, public speaking/consultation, and diagnostic testing. He is co-author of Assessment of Autism in Females and Nuanced Presentations: Integrating Research into Practice. Outside of work Lucas enjoys games and puzzles, reading short stories and essays with a “Micro Book Club”, and spending time with his best friend the digital piano.
Lucas brings a variety of perspectives, including the autistic, ADHD, queer, trans/nonbinary, chronic illness, Jewish, Japanese, and mixed-race communities. He appreciates the way that the Being With framework can help people untangle the aftershocks of individual, family, and collective trauma to reclaim their authentic selves.
Iris Negron, LPC, LMFT
Iris has been working in the beautiful field of counseling since 2016. She earned her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, with emphasis on Play Therapy, from John Brown University, and is currently licensed in the state of Arkansas.
Iris also has a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from University of Puerto Rico, a profession she practiced for 21 years. Iris says that she has found her joy by blending these two beautiful professions to help children and families to work from their strengths.
Iris is eager to be a student coach in the “Being With Advance Practitioner” program and believes it will help her go deeper into the process of embodying safety for the families she works with. Iris also dreams of being able to take Being With- The Parent Course to the Hispanic community.”
Becky Knutsen, MEd
Becky is the founder of an educational consulting company and has a dual teaching license in general and special education. Becky is passionate about supporting students and staff in educational settings. When partnering with school staff, she aims to share information about the brain and body connection to behavior while also offering the deep attunement that is at the heart of Being With.
Becky is a mama to two adopted children. For both personal and professional reasons she fell down the behavior rabbit hole about a decade ago and is still rolling around down there ;) Becky finds that nature has a huge impact on her well being- whether it’s marveling at Lake Superior or the tiny weed that pushed its way through the concrete. Reading is one of Becky’s favorite ways to wind down (especially books that have magical creatures and powers and worlds that have nothing to do with our real one!)
A Being With Student says:
“Watching Laura support our group
in assimilating this material has been amazing – in a very quiet, being with sort of way she has given me the confidence to sit with the material and my own reaction to it that truly has helped me understand our role in bringing this content to parents.”
A Closer Look
A Being With Student says:
“The community of people from different
disciplines, backgrounds, locations, etc., coming together and find commonality, hope, grace, compassion, and honestly, fortitude, to keep doing this very deep, challenging, sometimes intensely frustrating type of work has set this experience apart from other learning opportunities.
On hard days with tricky clients, I was able to hear not just Robyn’s voice, but the voice of my pod, and my small group. I was able to text my pod and say I was thinking of them and needed their love and positivity.”
Lisa Dion
I can’t think of a better person
to create such a needed and important training for professionals on how to work with parents. Robyn is by far the most knowledgeable, real, and genuine parenting expert that I know. Not only is her understanding of relational neuroscience phenomenal, but her ability to translate it in a way that makes sense while offering space for self reflection and healing is just amazing. Bottom line is that she just gets it. I am so excited for this program and so excited for the professionals who take it. I have no doubt that their personal and professional lives will be impacted in a significant way. Thank you Robyn for leading the way.
Lisa Dion, LPC-S– Founder: Synergetic Play Therapy
Author of: Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity
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