Restoring Loving, Respectful Communication at Home
January 4, 2010
Restoring Loving, Respectful Communication at Home
Monday, March 1st 7:00pm
If you feel you’re losing that sense of respect, caring and peace in the home, improving your communication can restore that “safe harbor” feeling, even when you don’t agree on everything. Learn numerous ways to improve your respectful communication with your partner, children, extended family or in-laws so that a sense of peace can return to your home life.
Healthy Parenting Even During The Holidays
December 14, 2009
Title: Healthy Parenting Even During The Holidays
Location: Jefferson Street Counseling & Consulting
Description: Date:12/14/09
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Being healthy requires that you first take care of yourself. As a parent you may need to set limits and boundaries so there is just a little time for you. Limits and boundaries also help children become self-reliant in a very self indulgent world (as Stephen Glenn said in his book) Self indulgence and self denial seem to be the theme for the holidays unless you can teach limits and boundaries.
presented by Lorn H. Adkins, LMFT, LCPC
Start Time: 7:00pm
Date: 2009-12-14
May I Have Your Attention Please
December 14, 2009
Title: May I Have Your Attention Please
Location: Jefferson Street Counseling & Consulting
Description: Date: January 11, 2010
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Help! Everyone wants my attention. There are so many distractions, I can’t think straight. At this exact moment, you are reading this program description.Will you finish it? Will you reserve a seat for this program before your attention is diverted and you forget? More questions: Where was your attention this morning? Were you thinking about football scores or your terribly insensitive husband? Where were you while you when your daughter was talking about math? Research confirms this – we can only focus on (pay attention to ) one thing at a time. Those who believe multi-tasking works are both fooling and cheating themselves. Learn to choose what receives your attention . . . how to intentionally focus. Susan’s program will add to your ability to learn, find satisfaction, make better use of your time. Take control of this most elementary thinking process – your attention. presented by Susan Reuling Furness, LMFT, LCPC
Start Time: 7:00pm
Date: 2010-01-11
Creating Meaning, Not Debt
September 23, 2009
Date: Monday, October 5, 2009
Title: Creating Meaning, Not Debt
Location: Jefferson Street Counseling
Description: Free workshop presented by Cheryle Jones Andrews, LCPC, LMFT
Monday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
The holiday season tends to heighten anxiety about what is important to you in your life- what you want to live by and live for. Pressure mounts, and your values seem to blur. In this workshop we will do a simple exploration of values that give your life meaning and how to hold firm with them in the midst of holiday chaos. You can be more self-directed and effective when you know which values you really choose to keep and live by as an adult, and which ones will get priority over others.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-10-05
How To Parent In Cyberspace
September 23, 2009
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Title: How To Parent In Cyberspace
Location: jefferson Street Counseling
Description: Free workshop presented by Lorn H. Adkins, LCPC, LMFT
Thursday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Today’s technology has opened new vistas for our children and new challenges for parenting. How can parents leave the door open for learning and knowledge and still protect and guide them in a world with few appropriate boundaries? New studies reveal (surprise, surprise) the best protection comes from parents and caregivers who understand technology and understand how to set limits and boundaries. This class is intended to help guide parents in this other reality of parenting.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-10-08
Monthly Conversations: Avoiding The Zingers Of Unhappy Relationships
September 23, 2009
Date: Monday, October 12, 2009
Title: Monthly Conversations: Avoiding The Zingers Of Unhappy Relationships
Location: jefferson Street Counseling
Description: Free presentation sponsored by Jefferson St. Counseling & Consulting
2nd Monday of Every Month, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Changing the pattern of criticism and defensiveness in your relationship is essential to its long-term stability and success. While empathy and understanding go a long way toward maintaining a healthy connection with your partner, it is the zingers, the negative behaviors, which are truly destructive. This program will explore some of the negative ways many couples inadvertently use these with each other and help find healthier, more useful ways of communicating to help insure the long term stability and success of your relationship. October’s topic: presented by Timothy J. Furness, LCPC, LMFT
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-10-12
Everyone Talks About “Bipolar.” What Do They Mean?
September 23, 2009
Date: Monday, October 19, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Title: Everyone Talks About “Bipolar.” What Do They Mean?
Location: jefferson Street Counseling
Description: Free workshop presented by Stephen H. Hill, Ph.D.
Many spend years of frustration receiving the wrong advice and the wrong medicines for this very treatable type of depression. Learn what “bipolar” really means, how surprisingly common it is in milder forms, and what treatments work.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-10-19
Through This We Live: One Counselor’s Use of Lakota Medicine Wheel Philosophy In Counseling Practice, Teaching & Self-Care.
September 23, 2009
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009
Title: Through This We Live: One Counselor’s Use of Lakota Medicine Wheel Philosophy In Counseling Practice, Teaching & Self-Care.
Description: Free workshop presented by Mike Cutler,Ph.D.
Monday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Traditional indigenous cultures have much to share with the counseling field. An enrolled member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe of Idaho, Dr. Cutler spent 38 years living amongst and working with the Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota people of North and South Dakota, and the first 24 years of his life on reservations in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota. His experiences serve as a foundation for most of the counseling-related work he does currently as a faculty member with the Department of Counselor Education at Boise State University. The presentation will explore Lakota themes regarding lifespan development, personal/ professional/spiritual values, and methods of self care as they related to doing counseling work in all contexts.
Mike Cutler, Ph.D., serves as faculty for Boise State University’s Counselor Education Department. A Native American, he recently moved to Boise from South Dakota. Dr. Cutler brings a unique perspective to cultural issues and personal behaviors.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-10-26
Get Off The Argument Merry-go-Round: Building Respect In Your Relationship
September 23, 2009
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009
Title: Get Off The Argument Merry-go-Round: Building Respect In Your Relationship
Location: jefferson Street Counseling
Description: Free workshop presented by Timothy J. Furness, LCPC, LMFT
Monday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
This workshop will help couples explore different communication solutions and respectful ways of relating with each other while putting an end to the patterns of destructive conflict.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-11-02
Mom’s New Boyfriend, Dad’s New Girlfriend: Helping The Kids Cope
September 23, 2009
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009
Title: Mom’s New Boyfriend, Dad’s New Girlfriend: Helping The Kids Cope
Location: jefferson Street Counseling
Description: Free workshop presented by Randall D. Meenach, MA, LPC
Monday, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
With all the recent news events concerning children living with various parents and partners etc., integrating childern into new relationships can often be met with resistance, hostility and frustration. Divorce is stressful on everyone and children are often left to sort through their divorce-grief alone. Creating an environment that offers safety, continuity and communication is key to keeping children on track and connected. We will begin to discuss ways to help them more successfully deal with changes at home and with new faces in familiar places. Open discussion and personal experiences help us not feel so isolated and overwhelmed.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-11-16