Breakthrough Parenting®
When parenting gets hard,
the right framework
changes everything.
When parenting gets hard, the right framework
changes everything.
A 25-year-old evidence-informed parenting program ~ delivered by a Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor with specialist training in complex family systems, family recovery, and trauma-informed practice.
Completion letters issued for courts and agencies ~ online and in-person ~ Alberta and across Canada
What this program covers
Why behaviour happens ~ and what is really driving it beneath the surface
How to communicate ~ without triggering the same power struggle every time
Discipline that actually teaches ~ rather than just stopping behaviour in the moment
How to build self-esteem deliberately ~ even after it has been damaged
How to talk about the hard things ~ addiction, family changes, what happened before
How to sustain yourself ~ so you can keep showing up when it matters most
Official completion letters issued for courts, agencies, and legal requirements ~ see both program formats
Official completion letters issued for courts, agencies, and legal requirements ~
see both program formats
WhO THIS IS FOR
This program was built for parents
doing the hard work.
This program was built for parents doing the hard work.
Breakthrough Parenting® is open to all families. And it was specifically designed to hold the
situations that most parenting programs weren't built for ~ the complicated histories, the
complicated systems, the love that's real even when the circumstances aren't simple.
Breakthrough Parenting® is open to all families. And it was specifically designed to hold the situations that most parenting programs weren't built for ~ the complicated histories, the complicated systems, the love that's real even when the circumstances aren't simple.
It is about real caregiving ~ through complicated seasons, with real tools, alongside people who genuinely understand.
Kayla
Parent in recovery
In recovery and learning how to be the parent you want to be. Possibly under the eye of a system that is watching you closely, despite everything you are doing right. You are here before anyone told you to be ~ and that matters.
Travis
Dad rebuilding
You came late to this. Not too late ~ but late. You are trying to build something real with children who don't fully trust you yet, without a template for how to do it right.
Sharon
Grandmother and kinship carer
You are raising grandchildren who are not yours to raise, out of love and out of necessity. You are exhausted in ways most people don't understand. And you are doing something extraordinary.
Dani
Parent in reunification
Your children are back, or coming back, and you are terrified of getting it wrong. You need more than good intentions ~ you need a framework you can actually follow when the guilt or the fear takes over.
Marcus & Lena
Relative caregivers
You said yes when no one else could. You are not quite parents, not quite foster carers. You are the people who showed up ~ and you are figuring out what that means every single day.
You
Any parent doing the work
You don't have to be in a complex family situation to benefit from this program. If you love your child and want better tools than you were given ~ this is for you.
My specialisation
Breakthrough Parenting®
for Complex Family Systems
Most parenting programs were designed for relatively stable family structures. They assume two parents, or one, with a reasonably predictable history. They weren't built for the families I work with most.
My specialisation is Breakthrough Parenting® for Complex Family Systems ~ families navigating addiction and recovery, kinship care arrangements, reunification after separation, blended family structures, and the long aftermath of coercive relationships or family breakdown.
I bring to this work a combination that doesn't exist in most parenting programs: the formal Breakthrough Parenting® certification, specific training in family recovery coaching and kinship caregiving, a trauma-informed and neuroscience-informed foundation, and my own lived experience inside a complex family system.
I know what this costs from the inside. That changes what I can offer.
Families navigating addiction and recovery
Recovery parenting ~ reunification ~ family impact
Understanding what addiction does to children, what recovery parents are uniquely positioned to model, and what children need to feel safe again.
Kinship caregivers
Grandparents ~ aunts/uncles ~ relative carers
The specific complexity of loving a child through the weight of your love for their parent. The grief, the exhaustion, the extraordinary nature of what you said yes to.
Parents in reunification
After time apart ~ rebuilding trust
Why reunification requires a framework that standard parenting programs don't provide. The guilt-permissiveness trap. How trust actually rebuilds.
Court-referred and agency-involved parents
Official documentation available
Official Letters of Completion and Letters of Progress, issued on letterhead as a Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor. Suitable for family court and child welfare submissions.
Why this program ~ why Aimee
Not just any parenting program.
Not just any instructor.
Breakthrough Parenting® has been running for 25 years. It has been used in family court systems, PTAs, hospitals, and agencies across North America. Family court judges in Washington State have specified it by name in court orders. The program works because it is grounded in 25 years of research and real-world application ~ not pop psychology.
What I bring to its delivery is a combination of credentials and lived experience that doesn't exist together in most parenting programs.
The patterns you carry are not who you are. They are what you learned. And what is learned can change.
~ Aimee Martin
Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor
Formally certified by Breakthrough Parenting Academy, Inc. One of a small number of certified instructors in Canada. Authorised to issue official completion letters.
Certified Family Recovery Coach
Specific training in supporting families navigating addiction and recovery ~ including the children in those families who carry the impact long after the crisis.
Grandfamily Leadership Certification
Specific training in kinship caregiving ~ the legal, emotional, and relational pressures of raising children who are not biologically your own.
Certified Brain Coach / Trainer + Hypnotherapist (RTT) + NLP
Understanding how the brain encodes behaviour and what it actually takes for adults to change entrenched patterns ~ not through willpower, but at the level where patterns live.
Trauma-Informed Life Coach + Lived Experience
A trauma-informed foundation that makes the material genuinely accessible to families with complex histories. And the lived experience of navigating a complex family from the inside.
WhAT'S COVERED
15 major areas.
Everything a family needs.
Both program formats cover the complete Breakthrough Parenting® curriculum across all 15 areas.
Both program formats cover the complete Breakthrough Parenting® curriculum
across all 15 areas.
It is about real caregiving ~ through complicated seasons, with real tools, alongside people who genuinely understand.
01
Three approaches to raising children
Permissive, authoritarian, and Breakthrough ~ what drives each, and how to make the shift
02
Making the shift
From fear-based to love-based parenting. Unconditional love, personal responsibility, the cycle of change
03
Understanding the source of behaviour
What lies beneath ~ feelings, thoughts, and unmet needs. Why behaviour is always a symptom
04
Teaching responsibility
R=TLC ~ raising children who think, love, and act with confidence. Six steps to solving any family problem
Healthy self-esteem
How to build it deliberately. The labels that destroy it. Catch Them Being Good as a daily practice
06
Communicating effectively
Why power struggles happen and how to stop starting them. Assertive communication. Receptive listening
07
Influencing children positively
Four leadership styles and how to choose between them. How children actually learn
08
Problems with punishment
Why punishment backfires ~ and what the research says about its long-term effects
09
Discipline with love
IAgreements, follow-through, natural and logical consequences. The three-step framework
10
How children think
Play as a child's work. The multifaceted mind. Why their behaviour makes developmental sense
11
Learning to love
The six developmental stages of loving ~ from birth to self-actualization
12
Reducing family stress
Stress as a signal. Fifteen techniques. Caregiver sustainability ~ the oxygen mask principle
13
Resolving family conflict
Four strategies. H.A.L.T. Building closeness that makes conflict less likely
14
Talking about sensitive subjects
Seven guidelines. The conversations most parents avoid ~ and how to have them
15
Living a self-actualized life
Family goals. Conscious choices. Passing on a new legacy ~ different from the one you received
Breakthrough Parenting®
Is this the right program
for you?
Eight questions to help us find the format that fits your life, your family,
and your situation. There are no wrong answers ~ just honest ones.
It is about real caregiving ~ through complicated seasons, with real tools, alongside people who genuinely understand.
Question 1 of 8
Choose your format
Two ways to do this work.
Both programs cover the complete 15-area curriculum. Both lead to the same
official completion letter. Choose the format that fits your situation.
It is about real caregiving ~ through complicated seasons, with real tools, alongside people who genuinely understand.
10-Week Group Class
The full program in a group setting
The complete Breakthrough Parenting® curriculum delivered in a structured group format. You learn alongside other parents navigating similar situations ~ the shared experience is part of what makes it work.
All 15 areas of the Breakthrough Parenting® curriculum
Chart-based teaching, group discussion, and workbook exercises
The official BP workbook ~ yours to keep
Rolling cohort ~ start when the next group opens
Normalisation through shared experience ~ you are not alone in this
A community of parents navigating the same hard work
Completion letter available ~ an official Letter of Completion issued on your letterhead as a Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor, suitable for courts and agencies.
$33
CAD/month
Payment plans available
6-Week Coaching Program
The full curriculum, personalised to your family
Every session is built around your specific family situation ~ not a generic example. This is the format most people in complex family situations choose, because it allows us to go deep on exactly what is happening in your home.
All 15 areas of the Breakthrough Parenting® curriculum
Coaching-led ~ we work through material as it applies to your family
The official BP workbook plus a companion workbook with complex family additions
Flexible scheduling ~ sessions at times that work for your life
90-day forward plan developed together in the final session
Scripts for the specific hard conversations your family needs to have
Completion letter available ~ same official documentation as the group program. Letters of Progress available during the program for interim reporting.
$999
CAD/month
Payment plans available
About the completion letter: I issue official Letters of Completion and Letters of Progress as a Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor ~ authorised by Breakthrough Parenting Academy, Inc. These letters are suitable for submission to family courts, child welfare agencies, lawyers, and other bodies that have requested documentation of a parenting program. If you have specific documentation requirements, let me know before we begin and I will make sure the letter meets them
HOW IT WORKS
From first contact
to completion.
Free clarity call
30 minutes. We talk about your situation, your family, your goals. I tell you honestly which format fits best. No pressure, no obligation.
Enrol and begin
Choose your program format. Join the next group cohort, or book your first coaching session. You receive your workbook before you begin.
Do the work
10 weeks of group instruction, or 6 weeks of personalised coaching. Between-session practice. Real application to your actual family.
Complete and continue
Receive your completion letter if needed. Leave with a 90-day forward plan and a framework you will use for the rest of your parenting life.
WhAT PEOPLE SAY
Real families.
Real change.
It is about real caregiving ~ through complicated seasons, with real tools, alongside people who genuinely understand.
"I came because my lawyer suggested it. I stayed because it was the first time anyone had explained why my daughter does what she does in a way that actually made sense. I wasn't failing. I was missing the tools."
Parent, 6-Week Coaching Program
Reunification family
"I've been raising my grandchildren for three years and I was drowning. The program gave me language for what I was seeing in them and in myself. The letter was useful. The program itself was essential."
Grandmother, 10-Week Group Class
Kinship caregiver
"I thought this was going to be another box to tick. It wasn't. By week three I was having completely different conversations with my son. He noticed before I did."
Parent, 6-Week Coaching Program
Parent in recovery
Testimonials are representative of client experiences. Names and identifying details have been changed for privacy.
About your instructor
Aimee Martin
I am a Relational Healing Practitioner based in Alberta, Canada, and a Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor ~ one of a small number in Canada authorised to deliver this program and issue official completion letters for courts and agencies.
My specialty is Breakthrough Parenting® for Complex Family Systems. The families I work with most are navigating addiction and recovery, kinship care arrangements, reunification after time apart, and the aftermath of things that happened before they had any say in the matter. I understand what this looks like from both the professional and personal side ~ I am also a grandmother raising grandchildren inside a complex family system.
I did not arrive at this specialisation by accident. My credentials were built deliberately for the population I serve ~ a combination that is not common in parenting education.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Before you reach out.
It is about real caregiving ~ through complicated seasons, with real tools, alongside people who genuinely understand.
I was referred by a court or agency. Does that affect the program?
It doesn't change the content at all. A lot of people who arrive through a referral start out feeling like they're here to tick a box ~ and somewhere in the first few sessions, something shifts. They start engaging because it's actually useful, not because someone told them to. That's when the real change begins. The completion letter is available for anyone who needs it ~ issued in my capacity as a Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor.
My child's other parent won't do this with me. Is there any point?
Yes, absolutely. Children respond to the adults who show up differently ~ even if only one adult in their life is doing this work. When you change how you communicate and respond, the child's environment changes. That matters, regardless of what is happening in the other household.
Is this therapy? Do I need to be in therapy first?
This is not therapy ~ it's parent education. It focuses on practical skills and a framework for understanding what's happening in your family right now. Many clients are also working with a therapist, and the two can complement each other well. But you don't need to be in therapy to benefit from this program.
How is the 6-week coaching program different from the 10-week group class?
Both cover the complete curriculum. The group class is instructional ~ I teach, the group discusses, you work through the official workbook. The coaching program is conversational ~ we work through the material as it applies to your specific family, not a generic example. The coaching format goes deeper on whatever is most relevant to your situation, and includes a companion workbook with complex family additions and a 90-day forward plan at the end. Both lead to the same official completion letter.
What does the completion letter say ~ and who accepts it?
The Letter of Completion documents the program name (Breakthrough Parenting®), the number of sessions attended, an assessment of your engagement with the material, and the 15 areas covered ~ written on my letterhead as a Certified Breakthrough Parenting® Instructor. It is suitable for submission to family courts, child welfare agencies, lawyers, and other bodies. I also issue Letters of Progress for interim reporting during the program. If you have specific requirements for the letter's language or format, let me know before we start.
I've tried other parenting programs and they didn't help. Why would this be different?
That's a fair thing to bring. The most common reason parenting programs don't work is that they give people information without helping them change the patterns underneath ~ and pattern change requires a different approach than information delivery. Breakthrough Parenting® focuses on the adult's own patterns and understanding as much as the child's behaviour. That's where lasting change comes from. I'd rather you come to a clarity call sceptical and form your own view than sign up for something you're uncertain about.
Is this available if I'm not in Alberta?
Yes. Both programs are available online to families across Canada. The coaching program is delivered via video call, so your location doesn't matter. In-person delivery is available in Alberta.
A conversation first · Always