Berwyn UMC is sponsoring a program to develop a healthy perspective and confidence in your parenting skills. The monthly parent sessions will resume at Schieck Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. The theme is “An Evening With Ann Smith: Boundary Setting With Your Teen.” The meeting is free and open to the public.

Ann Smith is the executive director of Breakthrough at Caron in Wernersville, Pa., a five-and-a-half-day residential group-therapy program designed to help adults shift destructive life patterns, improve relationships. and foster personal growth. Ann has a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling and is licensed as both a professional counselor and a marriage and family therapist. She is the author of Grandchildren of Alcoholics: Another Generation of Co-dependency and Overcoming Perfectionism: The Key to a Balanced Recovery.

In the parent session at BUMC, Ann will lead a discussion of how parents should confront the challenging task of setting good boundaries. She will give guidance on managing disrespectful attitudes, under-standing irresponsible behaviors, and establishing limits while trying to keep family relationships healthy.

Other sessions will be led by licensed clinical social worker A. Michael Blanche will present a theoretical framework with practical interventions that will reinforce what has been working within your home along with providing innovative options. Other facilitators are Ann W. Smith, MS, LPC, LMFT, NCC, Executive Director, Breakthrough at Caron and Louis Bevilacqua, Psy, D., Author of When You Can’t Snap Our of It: Finding Your Way Through Depression.

These are Free and open to the public on the dates below from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Berwyn United Methodist Church, 140 Waterloo Ave, Berwyn, PA

January 24 An Evening with Ann Smith. Boundary Setting with your Teen. Setting good boundaries is a challenge for any parent. Managing disrespectful attitudes, under-standing irresponsible behaviors and establishing healthy limits while trying to keep family relationships healthy.

February 28 Defining Resilience. Changing the way we see conflict and how we resolve pain and overcome trauma.

March 27 Social Norming and Parenting Structure. A framework for support in raising teens. Presenting a theoretical framework with practical interventions that will rein-force what has been working within your home and provide innovative options for engaging your resistant teen.

April 24 Teen Mental Health. Teen Mental Health Issues with Louis Bevilacqua

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