Parenting Through Connection

Ulli and Gaby are both registered Circle of Security Parenting Facilitators through Circle of Security International
Ulli is a psychotherapist and registered nurse with further training in early childhood.
Gaby is an early childhood educator and has worked in this field for 40 years.
Both have adult children and have been running COSP courses via their business Parenting Through Connection for 10 years.

ZOOM Circle of Security Parenting Course 2024
Expressions of Interest
We have listened to your suggestions and are planning a Circle of Security Parenting Course via ZOOM starting early February 2024 for 8 weeks.
While we value and appreciate the personal interactions during our face-to-face courses we realise that being working parents, a single parent, finding babysitters etc can make attending a face-to-face course too difficult.
We ran a ZOOM course during the pandemic and the feedback was positive. You just miss out on our fabulous role playing ( I make a very good 3 year old!)
Fees will be $250 and you can participate as a couple.
If you are interested please email Gaby and Ulli on
[email protected]

Due to popular demand Parenting Through Connection are announcing the dates for their next Circle of Security Parenting Course.
We are partnering with Bondi Beach Cottage Family Services where we will run the course at 42 Brighton Boulevard Wednesday nights from 12. February to 1. April 2020, 6.30 - 8.30 pm.
If you require further information, please, email [email protected].
To register, please call BBC on 93651607

Parenting Through Connection would like to announce their next Circle of Security parenting course. The course will run every Wednesday for an 8-week-period from 7. August until 25. September 2019 at Bondi Beach Cottage in North Bondi. Cost will be $250 per person or $350 per couple. If you are interested and for more information, please email [email protected]

Parenting Through Connection are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Bondi Beach Cottage Family Services and the Holdsworth Community in Woollahra since our last course announcement.
We will be running our next CIRCLE OF SECURITY PROGRAM from 13.03.2019 to 15.05.2019 every Wednesday night (with a 2 week break over the Easter holidays) from 6.30 -8.30pm at Holdsworth Community, Woollahra.
Cost per family is $100. There are a few spaces still available. If you would like to register, please contact Bondi Beach Cottage on admin@bondi beachcottage.org.au or 9365 1607.
COSP is relationship/attachment based parenting program that focuses on recognising our children’s behaviour as signals as to what their needs are.

Places are filling up for our 8 session Circle of Security parenting course starting Wednesday, 19 September 2018. Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain a new outlook on your relationship with your child(ren) that is based on trust, safety, security and emotional availability.
If you have any queries or to register, please email [email protected]

What I wish I had known before I had kids (That I know now)….

I wish I had known that my children's behaviour was a language - that their actions and words were telling me something about what they were feeling or thinking. I wish I'd remembered that they did not get up in the morning plotting to do things to frustrate me.
I wish that I had known tat melt-downs and explosions usually meant that my kids were tired, or hungry, or bored or frustrated themselves. I wish that I had known that they needed an adult to help them find the words to express what was troubling them but they sure didn't need a frustrated adult.
I wish I'd known more about child development, brain development and behaviour. I wish I had known that growing up is a slow process. I wish that I had known how each developmental stage has its own way of seeing the world. I wish I'd known that most times they saw things very differently from me.
I wish that I'd listened more to what was true about their hearts and spirits and personalities than worrying about what other people thought of their behaviour.

Dawn Hallman, M.A. Executive Director of the Dallas Association for Parent Education, dallasparents.org

8 Week Circle of Security Parenting Course
Wednesdays 19 September - 7 November 2018
6-8 pm
Bondi Beach Cottage, 42 Brighton Boulevard, North Bondi
$220 per person
For bookings or enquiries contact Ulli or Gaby on [email protected]

Contact us on [email protected] with any enquiries or if you would like to book into our next parenting course

Currently, I am reading 'Mother Om- connect with yourself and your child in one mindful moment a day', by Leonie Percy
Find Meaning in the Pause
We are told so often to 'keep calm and carry on';
to soldier on regardless of what is going on around us. But this approach will surely lead us to a mental or physical breakdown.
We need to take a pause and check in with what we are feeling.
Soldiering on year after year renders us totally depleted even before the baby arrives and so many women never catch up before they have another.
So often our lifestyle robs us of the energy o cope with the stresses of it. We drink too much, eat processed foods, do not sleep well and slave away in our jobs, which are often meaningless.
Stress manifests in our bodies and makes us sick. When we are sick and have o energy, we struggle to remain calm. We need to find moments in our day to feel calm because motherhood requires an abundance of perpetual energy. (pg186)

I encourage you to use the 'pause' between now and the New Year
to be more mindful
spread kindness
respect yourself
count your blessings
meditate
come to your senses - see, hear, smell, touch and taste with intention
practice acceptance
and find your light.
Ulli

Traditional parenting programs focus on behaviour management techniques. The Circle of Security program, however, focuses on the relationship between the parent and the child. We need to learn to interpret our children's behaviour as a form of communication to meet our children's actual needs.
If you are interested in attending our next 8-week parenting course in February and March 2018 in the Bondi area, please contact us on [email protected]

Parenting Through Connection Circle of Security Parenting Classes Supporting parents to emotionally connect with their child/ren

Parenting Through Connection is pleased to announce their next 8-week parenting course at a venue to be confirmed in the Bondi area. For details see below or comment with any further questions.