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Parent Guidance

Preschool

How Digital Media is Changing Our Children’s Mental Health

In this necessary and current class, Dr. Skinner shares research and gives practical and implementable advice to parents around technology and how it’s impacting our children’s mental health

Dr. Skinner addresses

  • What’s Driving the Rapid Acceleration of Anxiety and Depression in Teens?
  • How to Talk with Your Child about Their Screen Time
  • Four Strategies to Protect Our Children’s Mental Well-Being

Everyday Happiness

What is happiness? What negative thoughts are holding you back? How do you change your negative thoughts and perspective? Join Brett Williams, therapist, author, and happiness researcher as he teaches how to achieve change and develop habits that will lead to everyday happiness.

Understanding Your Child’s Emotional Development: 5-10 Years of Age

In this first of a four course series, Dr. Skinner teaches the common issues children between the ages of 5-10 face that can either negatively or positively impact their identity.

When we know what to expect, we are prepared and can predict what a child will go through, being more available to help them, should they need it.

This is the first of four courses. Additional courses in this series address ages 11-13, 14-18 and 19+.

Protecting Our Children by Staying Aware and Involved

Knowing how to protect our children from technology moves so fast and is very difficult to manage. And, oftentimes, the way we react as parents can make issues worse. In this course, Dr. Kevin Skinner educates on parenting pitfalls and offers practical solutions to effectively managing technology use.

In this course, Dr. Skinner teaches

  • Guiding Principles of Effective Parenting
  • Educate About the Truth of Our Devices
  • Device Awareness
  • Avoid Being Blindsided
  • Expecting Challenges
  • Disciplined Parenting

De-Escalating Cycles of Conflict

This course will help you:

  • Identify relational conflicts that are repetitive
  • gain awareness and understanding of your inner parts that become triggered
  • learn the unique skill of speaking FOR your parts, rather than FROM them, that is a powerful tool to de-escalate conflict and enhance real relational intimacy.

Join Jenna as she illustrates these principles with a humorous example from her life!

Stopping the Yo-Yo Food Cycle

In this course, focused on stopping your yo-yo cycle with food, Jenna Riemersma, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Level III Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist, EMDR therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Supervisor (CSAT-S), Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist Supervisor (CMAT-S), and a National Certified Counselor (NCC), helps us understand why we get caught in cycles of imbalance in our relationship with food and how we can begin to change of our behavior through acceptance and compassion towards ourselves.

How To Help Your Loved One Change

In this course, Jon Taylor (LCSW, CSAT) walks individuals through how to move their loved one toward treatment, reduce their loved one’s addictive behavior whether or not they have engaged in treatment, and improve their own lifestyle.

Unlock Your Inner Parent Superhero

In this course, Jenna Riemersma, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Level III Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist, EMDR therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Supervisor (CSAT-S), Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist Supervisor (CMAT-S), and a National Certified Counselor (NCC), helps us step into our most wise, most heroic parent selves by going inward and exploring the parts of is that come up around the challenges we are facing.

Connect With Your Child By Parenting with Purpose

Based on the research and clinical work of Dr. Kevin Skinner, this course was founded upon survey responses from thousands of parents that represent different countries, religions, and beliefs.

The course dives into the basics of human needs and connection. It addresses the simple but often over-looking things that are crucial to a healthy parent-child relationship. You will gain a clear understanding of how connection occurs and how you can begin to respond to your child in ways that will build trust, understanding, and closeness.

Calming Your Anxious Mind

“I’m so stressed out!” A common phrase that we can often find ourselves thinking or saying. We all feel stress to some degree. The question is do we have control over stress? Life is busy! At some point we’re bound to feel overwhelmed and… stressed out. However, we have control over how we respond in those stressful situations. Join Camille Kennard as she teaches 5 steps to calm your mind when you’re feeling stressed out. These steps will lead to a happier and more productive life. Don’t let stress hold you back from accomplishing your goals.