TRUEME® COUNSELING GROUP
Raising Capable Young Men: Moms of Adolescent Boys Group
A support group for mothers navigating the complexity, intensity, and emotional demands of raising adolescent boys — together.
ABOUT THIS GROUP
Nobody told you it would feel like this — and this group gets that.
You love your son deeply and completely. And some days, that love does not make any of it easier. The monosyllabic answers. The door that stays closed. The anger that arrives without warning and disappears just as suddenly. The sense that the child who once reached for your hand now wants nothing more than for you to leave the room — and the grief that comes with that, quiet and persistent, underneath everything else.
Raising adolescent boys is one of the most emotionally demanding seasons of parenting — and one of the least supported. Most of the conversation about adolescent boys focuses on the boys themselves: their behavior, their development, their risk-taking, their mental health. Very little of it focuses on the mother — who is navigating all of it in real time, often without language for what she is experiencing and without a space where she can speak honestly about it.
This community was created to change that. It is a clinically facilitated space specifically for mothers of adolescent boys — a place where you can bring the full complexity of this season without performing gratitude or minimizing difficulty. Where you can explore what you are feeling, learn from the clinical knowledge and lived experience of others in the room, and develop the tools and perspective that make this chapter not just survivable but genuinely meaningful.
MOMS' SUPPORT GROUP
You may be right for this group if any of this resonates.
Your son has become distant, monosyllabic, or emotionally unavailable — and you are not sure how to reach him
You are grieving the loss of the little boy he was while trying to embrace the young man he is becoming
You are worried about his mental health, his friendships, his relationship with screens, or who he is becoming
You are navigating his anger, defiance, or risk-taking behavior and feel ill-equipped or overwhelmed
You feel like you are failing at this and cannot say so to anyone without it sounding wrong
You are trying to raise a emotionally capable, respectful young man and are not sure you are doing it right
You don't have to figure this out alone. Let's talk.
WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM THIS MOMS' SUPPORT GROUP
What this group gives you that nothing else quite can
This is not a parenting seminar. It is a clinically facilitated space for mothers — to be honest, supported, and genuinely equipped for one of parenting’s most demanding chapters.
A space to be honest
To say the things you cannot say elsewhere — the frustration, the fear, the grief, the love that makes all of it so hard. Without judgment. Without performance.
Clinical understanding of adolescent boys
A licensed therapist will help you understand the neurological, emotional, and developmental realities of adolescent boys — and why what feels like rejection often isn't.
Practical tools for connection
Evidence-based strategies for staying connected to a son who is pulling away — communication approaches that work with adolescent neurology rather than against it.
Navigating the hard stuff
Anger, defiance, screens, pornography, mental health concerns, risk-taking — this addresses the specific challenges that come with this developmental stage directly and without flinching.
Mothers who understand
The women in this group are in the same season. You will not have to explain the exhaustion, the love, or the confusion. They already know.
Raising capable young men
The deeper work of this group — how to raise boys who become emotionally capable, respectful, connected men. The long game, held with intention.
MOMS' SUPPORT GROUP
Group Details
FORMAT
- Weekly group sessions
- In-person & virtual options available
GROUP SIZE
- Small & intimate
- Limited enrollment to ensure every member has space to be heard
FACILITATED BY
- TrueMe® therapist
- Clinically structured and professionally guided
WHO IT'S FOR
- Mothers of adolescent boys
- Ages approximately 11–19 — navigating any dimension of this season
Meet Our Therapists
TrueMe® Counseling is a team of licensed MFTs and PhDs with decades of combined clinical experience.
Marina Edelman LMFT #51009
Founder of TrueMe® Counseling | Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Cheryl Baldi,
LMFT #39801
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Dr. Rachel Chistyakov, PsyD, LMFT #150001
Licensed Psychologist
Sharalee Hall,
LMFT #135374
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Chris Calandra, AMFT#129479
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
Suzanne Perry,
AMFT #132904
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
Hayley Willis, AMFT #132776
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
Jasmine Johnson, AMFT #137660
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
Kylee Garfield, AMFT #145651
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
Sean Palmer, AMFT #
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
FAQ - MOMS' SUPPORT GROUP
Frequently Asked Questions About Moms' Support Group
Honest answers from our licensed therapists — before you take the first step.
Is this group focused on me as a mother — or on my son's behavior?
This is focused entirely on you — the mother. While the clinical knowledge shared will help you better understand your son’s development and behavior, the primary purpose is to support your emotional experience, build your tools, and give you a space to process what you are going through. You deserve support in this season — not just strategies. Both are present here, but you are always the priority.
My son is struggling with mental health — is this group still appropriate for me?
Yes — and this is one of the most common situations mothers bring to this group. Watching your son struggle with anxiety, depression, or emotional dysregulation while feeling uncertain how to help — or how to cope yourself — is one of the heaviest experiences a mother can carry. This group provides both clinical understanding of adolescent mental health and a space to process the fear, helplessness, and grief that often accompanies it.
What if I am also parenting daughters — can I still join this group?
Yes. The group is specifically focused on the experience of mothering adolescent boys — so having other children at home does not disqualify you. What matters is that raising an adolescent son is a significant and present part of your life right now, and that the specific challenges of that relationship are what you are hoping to explore and receive support around.
How do I join — and what does the enrollment process look like?
Enrollment begins with clicking the button below with no obligation. Group size is intentionally limited to protect the intimacy and safety of the space, so availability may be limited. Call us at (818) 964-1806 or reach out through our contact page. We will respond promptly and handle your inquiry with the discretion it deserves.
