What We Offer
We offer a diverse range of programs, including workshops tailored for individual growth, school programs promoting confidence and self-esteem, specialized workshops for professionals, and insightful sessions for parents. Our holistic approach, centered on empathy, compassion, and emotional self-awareness, fosters emotional development, enabling boys to identify, accept, and express their emotions, fostering healthier relationships with family, peers, and the world around them.
Empowering boys through tailored workshops, we focus on fostering emotional intelligence, resilience, and self-confidence, providing tools for navigating challenges and building healthy relationships.
Our school programs aim to cultivate a positive environment, nurturing boys' self-esteem, emotional awareness, and social skills, fostering a conducive atmosphere for learning and growth.
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Designed for professionals, our workshops offer specialized strategies and insights into ADHD, emotional development, and effective techniques for supporting boys' well-being and success.
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Equipping parents with valuable insights, our workshops focus on understanding boys' emotions, addressing ADHD, and fostering stronger family connections to support their emotional growth.
Boys Workshops
​Our programs are for elementary through high-school aged boys and are designed to be fun, engaging and adventurous and focus on individual and group exercises. Participants in our programs learn how to understand, experience, and express their authentic emotions safely while developing the capacity to accept themselves and others.
Emotional Empowerment Workshop
Workshop to help boys recognize, understand, and express their emotions effectively, fostering resilience and healthier relationships in a supportive environment.
Behavioral Development Program
Boys learn positive behavioral strategies, cultivating self-control, decision-making skills, and constructive approaches to navigate various situations confidently.
Social Skills Development Workshop
In our Social Skills Development Workshop, where boys enhance communication, teamwork, and conflict resolution abilities, fostering stronger connections and social confidence.
Academic Skills Program
Designed to equip boys with effective study techniques, time management skills, and strategies for academic success, empowering them in their educational journey.
What To Expect
​Our programs are for elementary through high-school aged boys and are designed to be fun, engaging and adventurous and focus on individual and group exercises.
​What Boys Can Expect:
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To have fun in a safe environment that is full of energy and creativity.
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To learn that all feelings (pleasant & unpleasant) are important in keeping us happy and healthy.
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To learn how to identify and express strong emotions such as sadness, sorrow, fear and anger.
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To participate in skill building activities that teach how to safely express emotions.
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To experience a sense of belonging that leads to a strengthened sense of self.
​What Parents Can Expect:
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Increased ability in their child to fully articulate their emotions.
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Reduced emotional distress due to a greater capacity to authentically express strong or unpleasant feelings.
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Fewer unwanted behaviors (non-compliance, disruptive class behavior, aggression, sibling conflict)
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Less susceptible to peer pressure resulting in the strength to make healthy decisions for themselves.
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Stronger and healthier relationships with themselves, their family and peers.
Workshop Format
Each workshop comprises of participants of within a single age group (ages 8-12, ages 13- 15 or ages 16- 19) and consist of no more than 12 persons in any workshop to guarantee individual attention and dynamic group interactions. While the experience is individual, participation is required from each attendee as learning is facilitated and enhanced by the experiences of the group as a whole.
Workshops are led by facilitators whose job is not just to impart information, but also to ensure group cohesion, acceptance, safety and support. Since it is important that participants are provided the personal space to truly engage in the workshop and the group, everyone is asked to come "unplugged" from the distractions such as cell phones, iPods, computers, iPads, and other electronics.
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Our Facilities
Therapy4Boys offers individuals and families an opportunity to escape the city and reconnect with nature through programs, workshops and counselling services we offer at our therapeutic farm nestled on 20 acres in the Alberta foothills, just north of Calgary. Surrounded by untouched land and diverse wildlife, including deer, moose, and various bird species, our sanctuary hosts horses, ducks, chickens, dogs, and cats.
Check out more about our facility and where we are located.
School Programs
We offer customizable educational workshops and presentations spanning one hour to full-day sessions, tailored for parents, teachers, and community leaders. Partnering with schools, community agencies, and social service organizations, we adapt our programs to suit specific needs and preferences.
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Our programs, are rooted in empathy, acceptance, and emotional awareness, and are uniquely tailored to each audience. Our flexible approach goes beyond traditional formats, delivering customized educational experiences on-site for organizations.
Below are some of our most popular topics. For more information please contact us. We would be happy to work with your organization to explore how we can assist you.
School Presentation: How Feelings Empower Us
How we use and express our emotions are keys to successful and lasting relationships with ourselves, our families, our peers, and the world around us. This presentation provides students insight into what emotions really are, why we have them and how they impact us. It provides children tools on how to accept, process and express their authentic selves while promoting self-esteem, confidence, and acceptance of themselves and others.
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Target Audience: School Grades 5 to 10 (boys and girls)
Duration: 1.0 hour
Parents Presentation: Building Emotional Empowerment in Boys
This presentation provides parents an understanding of how stigmas and emotional coping processes can lead boys to suppress their authentic feelings. Parents learn how acceptance and emotional expression promote resilience and self-esteem. Tools are provided to assist parents in the “Do’s” and “Don’ts” of supporting boys emotions and how they express them.
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Target Audience: Parents of Boys
Duration: 1.5 - 2.0 hours
Youth Emotions Empowerment Workshop
Tailored from our Emotional Empowerment Program, this workshop cumulatively builds the concepts of emotional development, self-awareness and self-acceptance. Participants can expect a fun, engaging and adventurous experience while simultaneously being provided tools and techniques that bring alignment to one’s internal emotional experience and external expression. This workshop can be delivered for either boys or boys and girls.
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Target Audience: School Grades 5 to 10 (boys and girls)
Duration: 4.0 - 8.0 hours
Online Training: Building Emotional Empowerment in Boys
Online self-paced training courses based on our Emotional Empowerment Program specifically for parents, educators, community workers and practitioners. Courses provide the tools, techniques, and strategies to support boys as they learn how to understand, experience, and express their full range of emotions safely while developing the capacity to accept themselves and others.
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Target Audience:Parents, Educators and Community Workers
Duration: 4.0 - 8.0 hours
About Us
We are dedicated to fostering emotional empowerment and growth in boys and young men. Our programs and workshops are meticulously designed to empower young minds, nurturing emotional resilience and strength. Our mission is clear: 'Building Better Boys.' We believe that by nurturing emotional intelligence and providing a supportive environment, we can empower boys to reach their full potential and lead fulfilling lives.
Professional Workshops
We offer presentations, workshops and online training for human service professionals and clinicians to provide tools, techniques and strategies that can be applied directly into their practice.
Our offerings are designed to enhance skills and self-confidence in supporting boys and men with their emotional experiences and expression, while addressing the stigmas and other factors which impact emotional dysregulation and emotional suppression.
Our most popular topics for human service professionals include:
Practitioner Workshop: Breaking the Boy Code
In this workshop, participants learn how emotional dysregulation presents as a precursor for behavioral, relational, and mental health challenges in boys and men. Participants are guided through mindfulness-based and somatic processing exercises, which can be applied in clinical practice. Participants develop a deeper understanding on how stigmas impact emotional experiences and expression and are provided tools and skills to support boys and men in their emotional work.
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Target Audience: Human Service Professionals, Clinicians
Duration: 6.0 - 8.0 hours
Practitioner Practitioner Presentation: Building Emotional Empowerment in Boys
his presentation provides an introduction in understanding of how stigmas and emotional coping processes can lead boys to suppress their authentic feelings. Participants learn how acceptance and emotional expression promote resilience and self-esteem. Participants are provided mindfulness-based and somatic processing exercises that can be applied to both self-care and clinical practice.
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Target Audience: Human Service Professionals, Program Agencies
Duration: 1.5 - 2.0 hours
Online Training: Building Emotional Empowerment in Boys
Tailored from our “Breaking the Boy Code” workshop first presented to the Alberta College of Social Workers, this online self-paced training course supports practitioners in enhancing their awareness of the existing emotional and gendered stigmas and strategies in overcoming them for the benefit of emotional expression and regulation. Tools, techniques, and strategies presented can be applied directly into practice to support boys and men, and their families.
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Target Audience: Human Service Professionals, Clinicians
Duration: 4.0 - 8.0 hours
Emotional Empowerment Curriculum and Toolkits
We offer practitioners, clinicians, and agencies an easy approach to enhance or expand their own services or programs by leveraging one or more components of our Emotional Empowerment Program into their practice. We work collaboratively to tailor the modules and exercises from our existing curriculum for easy integration into an existing work environment.
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Target Audience: Human Service Professionals, Program Agencies, Community Organizations
Duration: 6.0 - 8.0 hours
— Socrates, 400 BC
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders. Children are now tyrants."
Parent Workshops
Our parent workshops are designed to provide invaluable insights and practical strategies, empowering parents to navigate the complexities of their sons' emotional landscape. Through a series of workshops and sessions, we delve deep into understanding boys' emotions, offering practical guidance in managing ADHD, and fostering stronger family bonds. By exploring effective communication techniques, behavioral strategies, and nurturing empathy, these programs not only aid in supporting the emotional growth of boys but also contribute to creating a more resilient family environment.
The following provides some additional information on our programs and workshops specific to boys and their parents.
Parents Workshop: Building Emotional Empowerment in Boys
One-day workshop for parent to provide a deeper understanding of how stigmas and emotional coping processes can lead boys to suppress their authentic feelings. Parents learn how acceptance and emotional expression promote emotional self-awareness and why separating building emotional resiliency from managing unwanted behaviors hold key tools and strategies to better support emotional coping skills of boys.
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Duration: 8.0 hours
Parents Group: Post Workshop Parent Support Group
This post program group assists parents of boys who have attended the Emotional Empowerment Workshop for Boys. This parents group meets monthly with the purpose of supporting parents as they support their children apply skills presented in the boy’s workshop into the home and school life.
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Duration: 8.0 hours
Online Training: Building Emotional Empowerment in Boys
Online self-paced training courses based on our Emotional Empowerment Program specifically for parents, educators, community workers and practitioners. Courses provide the tools, techniques, and strategies to support boys as they learn how to understand, experience, and express their full range of emotions safely while developing the capacity to accept themselves and others.
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Duration: 4.0 hours
Online Training: Empowering Boys with ADHD
This online course will delve into ADHD, providing parents with a thorough understanding of this diagnosis. You'll gain insights into its nuances and discover a range of effective strategies tailored to support your children. In this session we will explore valuable insights and actionable approaches designed to nurture your child's potential, fostering an environment that inspires continuous growth and development.
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Duration: 4.0 hours
Building Better Boys
Therapy4Boys
Suite 401, 301 14th St NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 2A1
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info@therapy4boys.com
(403) 837-1118
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