For teen girls, Ages 11-14

During their early teenage years, girls face many difficult challenges while trying to effectively manage their emerging physical/social/emotional identities, school demands and parental expectations.  This Group will address the following challenges through education, interactive exercises, processing, and other activities:

• Understanding connections between thoughts, feelings and emotions;
• Healthy management and expression of stress, frustration and other feelings;
• Overcoming discomfort with social interactions (making and keeping meaningful friendships);
• Confronting challenges with schoolwork, teachers, and other students;
• Dealing with parents and family issues (developing separation and independence);
• Handling peer group pressures (acceptance, rejection, bravado, and shyness);
• Wild card topics (group members’ choice)

Participants will attain skills in the following areas: Mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Tools to manage anxiety and stress

Mindfulness and relaxation techniques

Skills to manage and communicate difficult feelingsCommunication tools to build and keep relationships

PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS:  group, interactive format

Parenting around food and body image

Resolving your own relationship with food and body image (to best parent your children)