Sponsored by The Therapy Center at BGSP, this is a hybrid event. Participants may attend in-person at BGSP (1581 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA) or via Zoom.
This is the second event in the Fall 2026 Community Learning Series: Am I the Worst Parent in the World? The Challenges of Raising Children in 2026.
From Playdates to Peer Pressure: Parenting Ages 6-12
Congratulations, you survived the early years of parenting! Elementary and middle school bring new milestones, friends, and interests – and a newfound loss of control for parents. Join us to discuss external influences, increased access to technology, and how you and your child can navigate these important developmental stages, together.
Discussion Leaders
Melis Germeyan, MA is a mental health clinician and current Doctor of Psychoanalysis student at BGSP, with nearly a decade of experience working across a range of clinical settings in Istanbul and the Greater Boston Area. Her experience includes in-home therapy with children, adolescents, and families; school-based counseling; community mental health; and activity-based groups supporting children with autism and ADHD. She has also worked in hospital settings and currently provides individual therapy to adults with diverse backgrounds and a wide range of presenting concerns.
Luke Goldring, MA is a recent graduate of the Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at BGSP and has worked in both in-patient and out-patient settings, as well as residential settings.
Leah Alexander, Psya.D. is the Assistant Dean of Curriculum and serves on the faculty at BGSP. With a private practice in Topsfield, MA, working with children and their families is a particular interest of Dr. Alexander’s, striving to, as she describes it, therapeutically support people in this overworked, overburdened, overstimulated world we live in.
Objectives
The participant will be able to:
- Identify experiences that are taxing cognitive and emotional functioning and causing distress, and consider possible multi-layered variables affecting them.
- Identify three new ideas connected with a psychoanalytic understanding of developmental needs of this age group.
- Identify novel psychoanalytic methods of working with children of this age group and discuss possible ways this may enhance communication, understanding, and confidence, and lessen distress.
2 CE Units / Clock Hours Available
BGSP is authorized to provide CEs for: Psychologists (all levels), Social Workers, Counselors
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. BGSP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5676. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Application for social work continuing education credits is being submitted. Please contact us at continuinged@bgsp.edu for the status of social work CE accreditation.
For information on continuing education credits for nurses, social workers, or marriage and family counseling, call (617) 277-3915.
Direct inquiries may be made regarding the accreditation status by NECHE to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact: New England Commission on Higher Education, 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Ste 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514, at (781) 425-7785 or email: info@neche.org
The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education.
Direct inquiries may be made regarding the accreditation status by NECHE to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact: New England Commission on Higher Education, 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Ste 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514, at (781) 425-7785 or email: info@neche.org
