Emotional Eating Group  

Group # 1:

Day & Time:  Thursday evenings from 6:00 p.m. till 7:30 p.m.

 

Group # 2:   New members are being accepted. 

Day & Time:  Thursday evenings from 7:45 p.m. till 9:15 p.m.

Fee:  $20.00 per group session

Group Leader:  Joyce A. Thompson, M.S., LMFT

 

Group Focus: 

Do you struggle with emotional eating? Would you like to understand the real factors behind emotional eating and their effects on mental health?  Would you like to learn practical take home critical strategies in overcoming the emotional eating cycle?

Objectives:

Why do I have intense cravings? Why do I "give in" to a binge? Finally understand in plain language the evidence-based research of the impact of the links between emotional eating and mental health.

·         Describe the top 4 reasons why you emotionally eat AND the strategies to change those behaviors

·         Can I gain weight by thinking? Yes!

o   Discover the top 7 thought patterns to encourage emotional eating

o   The Stress Thermometers and our biology

o   Explore the reasons for cravings connected to our mental health

·         Insider Tips to the top 2 key strategies you must know to stop emotional eating

·         Discover hands-on practical strategies to overcome emotional eating

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Handling Difficult Emotions

for Parents of Tots to Teens and In-Between!

 

Date group begins:  Sept. 2009         

Day & Time:  Call for more information

Fee:  $20.00 per group session

Group Leader:  Lisa M. Butler, M.S., LMFT

 

This group will focus upon:

·         Raising ‘emotionally intelligent’ children

·         Parent self-care

·         Personalized to the unique needs of the group members' personal situations:

o   Single-parenting (including divorced parents)

o   Parenting teens, toddlers, or both

o   Balancing parenting with other important relationships

o   Working both outside and within the home

§  Balancing structure, connection, and other issues.

·         Researchers have found that even more than IQ, emotional awareness and ability to handle feelings will determine you and your children’s success and happiness in all walks of life including family relationships. 

o   In this group:

§  Parents can learn to accept difficult emotions as a fact of life

      §  Parents can use emotional moments as opportunities for teaching their children important life lessons and