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Eastside Family Renewal Service |
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As a form of community outreach, Eastside Family Renewal Service offers free lectures or workshops once a month. This provides an opportunity to educate members of the community on issues relevant to their relationships and general quality of life. Lectures are available on a variety of topics that have been featured at corporate brown bag lunches, convention round-tables, and non-profit events. Call (425) 654-0641 or email us for more information regarding availability and scheduling. Seminars and workshops on requested topics not covered by the list below may be arranged for a fee. |
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Assist your audience in determining developmentally appropriate expectations for teens and acquiring a better understanding of how underachievement and oppositional cycles begin and are maintained by well-meaning parents and teachers. Lecture ends with a helpful overview of what clinical psychology has to offer struggling families. |
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Tantrums, ignoring, dishonesty and arguing. All these behaviors, if done regularly enough, can really get in the way of your child’s ability to meet the emotional, social and academic tasks which are crucial for optimal development. Learn why defiance occurs and what goals need to be accomplished to fix it at home, school or in your homeschool. |
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Teens: When groundings and threats no longer work - Signature Talk! |
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Defiance in Children - Signature Talk! |
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Topics at Your Event |
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We all know how we would like the world to work. But the reality is that sometimes how we want it to work is not the way it does work. Is your parenting philosophy based on idealism, pop psychology, cultural values or the scientific literature on human development and learning? A popular engagement at organizations focused on issues around parenting, child development, religion, or child advocacy. Suitable for most venues focusing on personal growth and exploration. |
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The Unselfish Parent: How to Balance Personal Idealism with your Child or Teen’s Developmental Needs |
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Listeners of this one-hour lecture will learn how stress exacerbates chronic pain and research findings which demonstrate that learning certain techniques can help control stress and lead to a higher quality of life for a variety of chronic pain syndromes. Learn how one can, with regular practice, acquire an arsenal of psychological tools for their benefit in dealing with this neurological disease that affects over 50 million Americans each year. |
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Psychological Helps: Using the power of your mind to manage runaway chronic pain |
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Learn why relational aggression occurs and the groups it is most prevalent in. Is it developmentally normal? Is it healthy to let kids learn to just deal with it? What can really be done about it? Does it affect your workplace health? This is a two-hour lecture for those who are ready to learn more and take truly meaningful steps in their own social circles to address relational aggression. A willingness to engage in open reflection is a must for attendees to get the most out of the material presented at this important seminar. |
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Understanding Relational Aggression: Why it is more than Skin Deep |
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For couples looking to support a long-term relationship or those who are married, learn exactly what mechanisms go wrong when a relationship deteriorates and how to help ensure this doesn’t happen in your valuable and precious relationship. Audience members will walk away with a better understanding of how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors determine their own happily-ever-after with the one they love! |
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When Love is Not Enough: What to Change to Increase Your Chances at a Happier-Ever After |
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We’ve all experienced them. We’ve all been the object of them. Why do they occur and what function do they serve? How do our ways of dealing with these emotions give telling clues to our personality, intelligence and psychological health. This three part series of lectures provides a review of the literature and an overview of theories that attempt to explain how these emotions play out in our lives as complex social beings. |
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The Unpopular Human Emotion Series: Shame, Guilt and Disgust |
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“Political Correctness” would not do justice to the breadth and scope of this training. Talks on this topic are offered to corporations seeking to educate employees about the many forms of diversity that exist beyond gender and race, and how these impact relationships inside and outside of business environments. Talks are customized for maximum relevancy and interest by industry, employee makeup, and several other factors leading to a positive change on all levels. |
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Professional Diversity Training (fee required except for non-profits) |
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425.647.5775 |
