NSA Parent Coaching with Michelle Robertson
You got your child the help they needed. Here's where you get yours.
A small coaching group for NSA parents, led by someone who has sat exactly where you are.
Tuesdays at noon ET
Sept. 15 · Sept. 29 · Oct. 13 · Oct. 27 · Nov. 10 · Dec. 1 · Dec. 15 · Jan. 5
It's late, the house is finally quiet, and your mind won't stop. You go back over the last two years looking for the moment you missed, the thing you did or didn't do that landed your family here.
To everyone else, you say you're fine. You have to be, because you're the one holding it together. But there's no one in your regular life who actually understands what this is. The friends who mean well don't get it. And the guilt sits there whether or not anyone sees it.
Maybe your child is away, and the house is too quiet. Or maybe they've graduated and come home, and you're learning that the reunion you prayed for has its own hard days — the old patterns creeping back, the held breath, the watching for signs. Nobody warned you about that part either.
Some days it comes out as anger. Most of the time, underneath the anger, it's fear.
You are not the first parent to sit exactly here. And you were never meant to carry it by yourself.
A few weeks in, the nights get quieter
You log on to a group that stops feeling like a screen, walk into a room where you don't have to explain the backstory. Everyone already knows. You say the thing you haven't been able to say out loud to anyone, and instead of flinching, people nod.
You stop cross-examining yourself for what you did wrong and start asking a better question: who do I want to be for my child now? You find you can be in the same room as your son without it turning into a standoff. You're steadier. Not because the situation got easy, but because you stopped facing it on your own.
The part no one tells you
When your child is away getting help, there's a version of these months where you wait, white-knuckled, for them to come back different. There's another version where you use the same months to do your own work, right alongside theirs. The second one is what actually moves things.
That can sound backward. Most of us are wired to fix and manage and control, to aim every ounce of energy at the child. But a lot of what drives the fixing is fear, and fear handed to a kid rarely helps them heal. When you do your own work — naming your patterns, quieting the voice that says you caused this, building a home they can actually come back to — you change the one part of this that's yours to change.
And if your child is already home, the work doesn't stop at the airport. Parenting your graduate through re-entry — holding new boundaries, resisting the old habits, trusting them by degrees — is its own chapter, and most parents are handed it with no map. This is where you get one, together.
And I'm not telling you this from a textbook.
I'm an NSA alum parent. I walked this exact road, and I know the loneliness of it because I lived it. My son is 21 now and in college. This is the group I wish someone had handed me back then, so I built it.
What the group actually is
A place where the unsayable can be spoken, with parents who don't need it explained.
It's built on four things:
1. Community that gets it.
You stop being the only parent you know going through this. Real connection, real accountability, from people in the exact same spot.
2. A safe place to say the hard, true thing.
No performing "fine." Just honesty, and people who won't judge you for it.
3. The pause before the reaction.
Tools for catching yourself mid-fear and responding from your values instead, so you act like the parent you mean to be.
4. Care that keeps you standing.
Practical ways to manage the stress and not burn out, because your kid needs you in this for the long haul.
There's a real curriculum here, not a vent session, but plenty of room for the group to steer where the time goes. Parents tend to describe it as closer to a high-level discussion than "Parenting 101."
"One of the best things about working with Michelle in our group is the community of fellow parents walking alongside us, vulnerably sharing their journey and learning the skills we need to be our best selves in supporting our son. We have learned so much from one another and do not feel alone."
— NSA parent
"I'm learning a lot about myself through the process of listening to other parents and digging deep to figure out why I get triggered, what I can do differently, and how I want to show up. She speaks from her own parenting experiences and understands the complex dynamics required to launch a child."
— NSA parent
"I would whole-heartedly recommend Michelle to anyone struggling to find their path in parenting their struggling child. Her compassion, experience and wisdom make her a superb ally and partner."
— NSA parent
"It's more akin to a high-level discussion seminar than Parenting 101."
— NSA parent
What you get
- Eight live 90-minute sessions, every other week
- Kept small on purpose — no more than 10 parents, so there's room for everyone to be heard
- Tuesdays at noon ET, beginning September 15
The investment
The price works on a sliding scale by group size. NSA families also receive 30% back as a credit toward tuition when you complete the group, so your real cost is lower.
In a full group, that's $480 for the whole series — and with the 30% NSA credit, a good part of it comes back to you.
A $200 deposit reserves your spot.
This group is for you if
- Your child is away in a therapeutic program and you're carrying most of it alone
- Or your child has graduated and is home, and you're parenting the next chapter in real time
- You want to do your own work, not just collect parenting tips
- You want to be in a room with people who understand without the backstory
Questions parents ask
No. It's coaching and community for you. We do real, deep work, but it isn't clinical, and it isn't a substitute for your child's treatment.
Very much so. A large part of this group is parents of NSA graduates, parenting their kids live and in person now. Re-entry has its own set of challenges, and a room of parents a few steps ahead of you, or right beside you, is one of the best parts of being here.
That belongs with your educational consultant, and I'll always point you back to them. My lane is you — the parent — not which program your child should be in.
Never on the spot. You go as deep as you choose, when you choose. Plenty of parents mostly listen at first, and that counts.
The group is built for NSA parents, and NSA families get the 30% tuition credit. If you found your way here another way, reach out and we'll talk.
That's exactly who this is for. Ninety minutes every other week, with the one group of people who make the rest of it lighter, not heavier.
You. And that turns out to be one of the most useful things you can do for your child right now.
Not sure it's right for you? Talk to me first. A short call, no pressure, just a real conversation about where you are.