Parent Burnout Support Group

Parenting an outside-the-box kid is round-the-clock work that rarely gets acknowledged — the constant vigilance, the advocacy, the emotional labor of staying regulated for a child who needs you to be, even on the days you have nothing left to give. Burnout isn't a sign you're failing. It's what happens when the demands never let up and the support never quite catches up.

This support group, led by Lily Baiser, MS, OTR/L and Jill Gitten Aloia, PhD, ABPP-CN, is a space for parents to be honest about exhaustion, guilt, and the parts of caregiving that never make it into a support group elsewhere. Share what's depleting you, hear from other parents carrying the same invisible load, and get clinical insight on why co-regulation starts with your own nervous system — and what actually helps you refill, even in small ways.

You can't run on empty forever. This is a space to be reminded that your own well-being isn't optional.