The Center for Early Relationship Support® offers clinical services in a group setting for parents. Led by experienced clinicians, these therapeutic groups provide parents with a nurturing environment to talk about their experiences and learn from one another. Some parents attend group-based treatment only, while others benefit from both group and individual support—we invite parents to explore what feels right to them. Our groups are generously supported by grant and philanthropic dollars and are offered at no cost. 

Parents will need to pre-register and complete a brief intake with our clinicians to ensure their needs are a good fit for what the group can offer.  

Clinical Group Offerings

“This Isn’t What I Expected”: Navigating Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, and Other Emotional Complications

For: Parents of children up to 15 months
Time: This 6-week group is part of an ongoing series of support groups. Registration remains open throughout the year, and new groups begin as each session cycle concludes.
Location: Online via Zoom 

Register: Please contact us at CERSIntake@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-1200. 

This six-week support group is an opportunity for parents who are suffering from postpartum depression, anxiety, and other emotional complications to share their experiences and connect with other parents in a nurturing environment. This FREE support group is open to the entire community. 

The Center for Early Relationship Support provides services designed to meet the many complex needs of families in the first three years of their child’s life. Our services are grounded in the knowledge that nurturing parental strengths within a caring community promotes secure infant-parent attachments. Enrolling families now! 

English: Thursdays, 12–1 p.m.
Spanish: Wednesdays, 9–10 a.m.

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Circle of Security Parenting

For: Parents and caregivers of children aged 0-5
Time: 8-week group offered 3 times per year: Fall, Winter, Spring
Location: Online via Zoom 

Register: Please contact us at CERSIntake@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-1200. 

Does your child (0-5 year of age) sometimes behave in ways that make you feel angry, sad, ashamed, or uncomfortable? Do you ever feel lost or unsure of what your child needs from you? 

Circle of Security Parenting is a free support group, grounded in attachment theory, that can help you recognize your child's needs in these moments and respond with greater confidence, empathy, and understanding.

This group will be offered in both English and Spanish.

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Circle of Security Parenting for Caregivers in Recovery 

For: Caregivers in recovery of children aged 0-5
Time: 8-week group offered 3 times per year: Fall, Winter, Spring
Location: Online via Zoom 

Register: Please contact us at CERSIntake@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-1200.

Does your child (ages 0-5) sometimes behave in ways that make you feel angry, sad, ashamed, or uncomfortable? Do you ever feel lost or unsure of what your child needs from you? 

Circle of Security Parenting is a free support group, grounded in attachment theory, that can help you recognize your child's needs in these moments and respond with greater confidence, empathy, and understanding. 

This group will include a focus on the particular challenges of parenting in recovery. 

Mothering Without a Model

For: Mothers of young children 
Time: 7-week group offered 3 times per year: fall, winter and spring
Duration: Online via Zoom

Register: Please contact us at CERSIntake@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-1200. 

This support group offers an opportunity for mothers of young children to explore ways in which the absence of a positive maternal presence in their lives has impacted them as mothers. 

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Mothering After Mother Loss

For: Mothers of young children 
Time: 5 week program offered twice per year
Duration: Online via Zoom

Register: Please contact us at CERSIntake@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-1200.

This support group offers an opportunity for mothers of young children to explore how the loss and absence of a mother influences one’s own parenting experience.

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