WELCOME…!!!

WELCOME…!!!

Is healing childhood trauma a life‘s purpose, or is healing childhood trauma the crucible within which thriving adulthood and life‘s purpose reliably and spectacularly manifest…?

Call2Parent (C2P) is a community of committed travelers within the Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) 12-step fellowship that introduces neurobiological science to facilitate and accelerate healing childhood developmental trauma. The materials and content of the workshops, meetings, and podcasts are complimentary with and supplemental to the current content of the ACA body of literature. 

The experience-based meetings, workshops, and podcasts contained within this website are offered freely to all, especially to the ACA global community.   The C2P body-of-work is specifically designed for travelers to augment their existing recovery program to walk the critical, “last mile” to SELF-REGULATING, AUTHENTIC THRIVING ADULTHOOD…!!! We ALL deserve to “COME HOME” to self-regulation…!!!

Multiple sources of recovery literature are available for the fellowship travelers to choose from in dealing with and healing Developmental Childhood Trauma. In addition to the Call2Parent materials contained within this website, of course, ACA World Services has a number of publications, including the ACA Fellowship Text aka the Big Red Book, the Yellow 12 Step Workbook, and the ACA Loving Parent Guidebook.

Trauma science continues to expand with swelling popularity and effectiveness of various treatment modalities and even ‘medicine-assisted’ trauma therapy. Science is truly stretching and expanding the original, healing boundaries and effectiveness of traditional 12-step recovery…! Here are but a few of the trauma science ‘rock star’, leading voices who are educating and supporting ACA travelers’ healing; Bessel van der Kolk, Gabor Maté, Laurence Heller, Aline LaPierre, Stephen Porges, Diane Poole Heller, Peter Levine, Richard Schwartz, Pete Walker, Deb Dana, Arielle Schwartz, and numerous others. True beacons of light…!!! Nervous system dysregulation/self-regulation, polyvagal theory, attachment styles, NARM, NeuroEffective Touch, EMDR, IFS, Brainspotting, Tapping, Havening…are now common trauma treatment modalities and topics for discussion and practice within the ACA community. Call2Parent recognizes and honors them all…each traveler healing journey is unique…!!! This is not your grand-person’s recovery…!!!

Irrespective of the mix of literature and practices you’ve engaged in or are working – if “healing childhood trauma is the crucible within which life‘s purpose reliably and spectacularly manifests” RESONATES and appeals to you -the information and practices contained within this website may be supportive and helpful in YOUR journey to heal your childhood trauma…!!!

SUGGESTED SEQUENCE TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE C2P:

  • Review 2020 Fall Workshop Series Recordings – Attend Level 1 Meeting
  • Review 2021/22 MINI Workshop Series Recordings – Attend Level 2 Meeting
  • Review 2022 Fall Workshop Series Recordings – Attend Level 3 Meeting
  • Review 2023 MINI-Workshop
  • Review 2024 The Sovereign Voice Series
  • Review 2025 The Insignificance of Significance MINI-Workshop

Of course, these paths can be traveled nonlinearly and/or in parallel. All travelers are welcome at all C2P meetings – see below…! This sequence is suggested as familiarity with the weekly topic readings is a most helpful consideration.

GLOBAL WORKSHOPS: It is recommended to begin by “attending”/reviewing the video of the original 2020 Fall Series, followed by in logical date order, the ’21, 22, ’23 and ’24 workshops.

–>To access all C2P workshops, click [HERE].

GLOBAL MEETINGS: Each workshop series above inspired the creation of a new C2P meeting with the content (script and weekly readings) derived from each respective workshop. Each meeting content is unique and evolves into three levels – each level taking the traveler further down the trauma healing path toward Thriving Adulthood…!!!

  • Level 1 – Call2Parent: Becoming Your Own Loving Parent content is intended for wounded Inner Kids and nascent Parents. Weekly readings/topic: (1) Making & Sustaining Contact With Your Inner Child, (2) Dealing With the Critical Parent, (3) Connecting the Trauma Dots, and (4) Practical Parenting Skills. Level 1 meetings are held on Tuesday at 7-8:30PM Mountain and Thursday at Noon-1:30PM Mountain.
  • Level 2 – Call2Parent: Building Adult-Parent Resilience content is intended for evolving Parents and emerging Adults. Weekly readings/topic: (1) Trauma Signature, (2) C2P Parenting Protocols, (3) Setting & Maintaining Internal Boundaries, and (4) Safe Container. Level 2 meeting is on held Saturday from 1-2:30PM Mountain.
  • Level 3 – Call2Parent: Adults Only content is intended for Adults with a commitment to self-regulate. Weekly readings/topic: (1) Clean House, (2) Get/Stay Grounded, (3) Open and Follow Your Heart, and (4) Selfless Service. Level 3 meeting is on held Sunday from 1-2:30PM Mountain.

–> To access the global meetings, click [HERE].

PODCASTS: The C2P “Fellow Traveler” Podcast Series will invite prominent neuroscientists and other trauma-healing thought-leaders to share with and educate the Call2Parent community to deepen, strengthen, and accelerate travelers’ healing journeys.

–> To access the podcasts, click [HERE].

Our wish is that you find these Call2Parent workshops, materials, meetings, and community helpful in transforming your childhood trauma into the realm of wholeness, happiness, and authentic adulthood…!!!

Thank you for trusting us…!!!

Take greatest care of yourself and your Inner Kids…❤️

Robert N and the C2P Team