Workshop Descriptions

Men Growing in Their Emotional Intelligence

This workshop addresses the desire that men have to honor and care about their partner and the stumbling blocks they keep running into while trying to convey this.

Tough Guise – A Video Presentation

This is a three-hour presentation that examines the relationship between popular culture and the social construction of masculine identity today.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, Steven Hayes

Communication Styles

This is a two-hour workshop where we discuss the four primary communication styles and the benefits and costs of each.

Anger – The Often Misunderstood Emotion

This is a two-hour workshop where we discuss the different anger styles. We will explore when anger serves a healthy purpose and when it may just be in the way of what we really want in our lives.

What Is Assertiveness?

Learn what assertiveness is and is not. Take a two-hour introduction workshop or sign up for a six-week course. This course will teach you how to stand up for your self while keeping your self-respect and the respect of others’ intact.

The Benefits of Meditation

Meditation is the path to developing mindfulness with the present moment. It is this contact with the present that frees us to really experience our lives. It is through this presence that we are best able to make choices in our highest good. In this two-hour workshop we will discuss and experience the benefits of this invaluable tool that can help us live our lives more fully.

What Is Your Parenting Style?

Times have changed since you were a child and your style of parenting may be out of touch with the needs of today’s youth. In this two-hour workshop you will take a self-reporting test, discover your parenting style, and how it may or may not be giving you the results you would like.

What Is ADD/ADHD?

Did you ever wonder if your child has some form of attention deficit? In this two-hour workshop we will examine the nuts and bolts of this often overused diagnosis and when it is time to seek professional help.

The Five Goals of Teen Behavior

Yes, there is a purpose behind your teenager’s behavior. In this two-hour workshop, we will look at what motivates a teen, and how we can influence them towards positive behaviors to meet their goal.

Empowering Your Children

This two-hour workshop will explore the concept of how courage is developed in your children and how this courage will help them to make healthy choices.

Raising Your Talented and Gifted Child

There is little sympathy or guidance for parents raising children who fall to the right of the bell curve. In this-two hour workshop we will discuss how you can best parent children who are not only more intelligent, but more intense, sensitive, perceptive, and energetic.

How Gender Expectations May Be Affecting Your Child?

In this two-hour workshop you will discover just how your child develops a sense of gender identity, and what price our children may be paying when we take gender expectations too far.

Active Parenting – A Six-Week Course on Developing Effective Parenting Skills

Like the saying goes, “Kids don’t come with instructions.” Society has changed so much that the need for new parenting skills is imperative. Classes are designed for parents of children from birth to five years, five years to twelve, or parents of teens. Each class is two hours long.

Eating Disorders – A Prevention Workshop

During this two-hour workshop you will learn about the personality type that is more prone to developing this potentially life threatening disorder and what you can do about it.

Self-Injurious Behavior On The Rise

Has a teen in your life frightened you with self-injurious behavior? In this two-hour workshop we will discuss the myths and realities of this behavior, the possible purpose of the behavior, and the healing process.

A Healthy Sexual Adjustment Course For Teens

This is a six-week, two-hour course, designed to help teens better understand their emerging sexuality. Anatomy, sexually transmitted diseases, mutual consent, communication, and healthy relationships are just some of the topics discussed in this informative and thought provoking series intended for teens between the ages of twelve and eighteen.

Couples Growing Together

This is a six week two hour group course for couples looking to revive, or simply maintain their marriage. In this series we will look at what the leading marital researcher, John Gottman, refers to as the seven principles of a good marriage. Principles like: enhancing your love map, nurturing your fondness and admiration, solving your solvable problems, overcoming gridlock, and creating shared meaning. If you feel like you have entered some shaky marital ground then this is the class for you.