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11 & 12 December 2008 P Powerful O Options W Which E Express R Responsibility Does your teenager get depressed, angry or anxious? Does your teenager do things he or she later regrets? Then this workshop is designed for them. It will help develop better control over thoughts, feelings and behavior. This POWERFUL Programme can help your teen take charge of their life and not be a victim to their circumstances. They will learn to increase their abilities for personal choice, reduce distress, depression and anxiety and improve self-confidence and build positive relationships within the context of a containing, safe didactic therapeutic space. Research indicates that intense emotions are usually developed from birth or it can be affected by a traumatic experience early in childhood. Trauma at critical points in our development can literally alter our brain structure in ways that make us more vulnerable to intense emotions. BUT, your teenager does have the power to learn effective ways to gain emotional control without being destructive. This workshop is phenomenally effective at helping teens manage overwhelming feelings. If your teenager has faced overwhelming feelings in their lives, it may have felt like an avalanche that has hit them – and YOU! This usually makes them afraid to feel things because they do not want to get swept away by their emotions. However, the more they try to block out their feelings, the more overwhelming they get and use destructive ways to manage them. No less than 5 participants per group, so start up is dependent on numbers filled. Date: Thursday 11 December and Friday 12 December 2008 (9h00-16h00) Cost: R2500 per person Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou (Clinical Psychologist) Age Range: 13 – 18 years (or school-going) *Partly claimable from medical aid Contact: Bella Vida on 011 463 4438 orreception@bellavidacentre.co.za
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