This workshop offers practical tools for parents to adopt mindful approaches to parenting and respond effectively to daily parenting challenges. By integrating insights from leading experts in neuroscience, child development, and child psychology, the session will provide participants with a deeper understanding of how children’s brains develop and how parents can support their emotional and cognitive growth.
Participants will learn how to recognize and manage stress, how to stay present and connected with their children, even during challenging moments, and foster positive, supportive family dynamics. By the end of the workshop, parents will leave with a toolkit for managing everyday challenges, strengthening their connection with their children, and creating a healthier, more harmonious family environment.
Parents will be able to answer the following questions:
- What is mindful parenting and its benefits?
- What is emotion regulation and how to foster it in yourself and your child?
- How to respond effectively when my child is dysregulated?
- What are some common parenting traps we fall into and how to avoid them?
This workshop is suitable for parents with children of all ages.
Presenter: Margaux Bonzon, MA, LMFT, works with Foundations for Learning providing counselling services to Basel’s English and French-speaking families. As a licensed psychotherapist in the U.S., Margaux developed a passion for working with multicultural families and their children. She was the Clinical Supervisor and Program Coordinator for the Birth-to-Five program of a large non-profit agency in Los Angeles. She is a fellow of the Napa Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship at U.C. Davis and is a registered Child-Parent Psychotherapist (an evidenced-based practice for young children). Margaux has first-hand experience growing up in the international school system and is currently raising her own young children in Basel.
Location: Please note this is at the St. Alban Location of ELA - Basel St. Alban-Vorstadt 32, 4052 Basel
Tickets: CHF 20 (nonmembers) CHF 10 (BCT Members) (Please read below if you need an alternative payment to Paypal)
Tickets discounted for BCT members. In order to get your discount, BCT MEMBERS can click the blue “promo code” link at the top of the checkout page and enter their email address as a promo code. Be sure to click "apply" after typing in your email as the code. If your membership is active a discount will automatically be applied. To check the status of your membership or join the BCT please go to: https://www.joinit.org/o/basel-childrens-trust. If you are unable to pay via Paypal (there will be an option to pay via credit card) however if you do not have a Paypal account please email workshops@baselchildrenstrust.ch to arrange payment.
