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Couch Conversations for Concerned Parents

​Personally Tailored Just for YOU!

In home discussions...get a group of 6-25 parents of tweens and/or teens together and pick your topic.  Our professionals will come in and speak on the topic, listen and answer questions.
​Tailored just for you!

Topics for Discussion

1. Bullying and What to Do to Help
   Danielle Matthew, LMFT
   Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC
   Royer Twins-Teen Perspective

2. How to Recognize that your Teen is Developing an Eating Disorder: 
Promoting a Healthy Self-Esteem/Body Image in your Home
   Michelle Gross, LMFT
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
  
3. How To Foster Self-Esteem and Resilience in Adolescence
   Eve Goldstein, PsyD
   Audrey Newmont, C. HT
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
   Steven Mercer, Ed.D.
   Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC

4. What is Executive Functioning?
    How to Help Children Become Effective Learners and Managing The Push-And-Pull of Homework
   Eve Goldstein, PsyD
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
   Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC
   Jill Stowell, M.S.

5. Depression in Teens and Tweens
   Danielle Matthew, LMFT
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
   Gina Eckstein, ACC
   Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC

6. The World of Healthy Technology Combined with Human Connections
   Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC
   Royer Twins-Teen Perspective

7. Addictions
   Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC
   Audrey Newmont, C. HT
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
   Dr. Rob Feeley 

8. Co Parenting through Divorce
   Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC
   Audrey Newmont, C. HT
   Royer Twins-Teen Perspective
   Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC
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9. How Eating Disorders Serve as a Coping Mechanism and Can be Interwoven with Substance Abuse, Self-Harm, Promiscuity and other Unhealthy Behaviors  
   Michelle Gross, LMFT
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
   Gina Eckstein, ACC

10. What To Do About It
  Improving Parent-Teen Communication
   Eve Goldstein, PsyD
   Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC
   Royer Twins-Teen Perspective
   Steven Mercer, Ed.D.

11. Parents helping their children successfully reach adulthood.
   Danielle Matthew, LMFT
   Chris Lapidus, Financial Planner
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
   Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC
   Steven Mercer, Ed.D.
  
12. Empower your Teens with Financial Knowledge
   Chris Lapidus, Financial Planner
   Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC
   Sherry Bronow, M.A.

13. Helping with Anxiety
   Robin Gingold, M.D.
   Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC
   Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC
   Eve Goldstein, PsyD

14. Sexuality and Gender Identity 
  Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC
  Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC

15. Getting Into College:  What Do You Need to Worry About? Finding the Balance...
  Steven Mercer, Ed.D.
  Cynthia Della Ripa, LMFT
  Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC  
   Sherry Bronow, M.A.

16. Using Mindfulness for Emotional Regulation
  Cynthia Della Ripa, LMFT
   Audrey Newmont, C. HT
   Gina Eckstein, ACC

17. What You Need to Know About Marijuana, Vaping and Mental Health Among Teens
  Cynthia Della Ripa, LMFT
  Robin Gingold, M.D.
  Stephanie Bien, LMFT, LPCC
  Kent Toussaint, LMFT, LPCC ​

  

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