Pre-Teen Support Groups Starting in Highland Park

Upon entry into middle school, many preteens find themselves unprepared to face the life transitions of increasing academic demands compounded by rigorous peer pressures and the social challenge of gaining acceptance into new friendship circles. Girls at the start of puberty typically begin to experience body image concerns and preoccupations, losing self-confidence even as they confront the developmental milestones of adolescence and identity.

Girls between the ages of 12 and 14 are invited to attend a 2 hour educative-support group offered once a month on Sunday afternoons in Highland Park. Groups are designed to reinforce internal resources, social skills, healthy values development and self-confidence. Groups will be facilitated by Abigail Natenshon, a psychotherapist who has been in private practice in Highland Park for the past 3 decades.

The girls' group will be immediately followed by a 90 minute group for the parents of group members and other youngsters who struggle with these issues, also facilitated by Natenshon.


Location: Groups will be held at 271 Hazel Ave. Highland Park, Illinois 60035

Time: Girls group 1:30 to 3:30 PM
Time: Parents group will be held from 4:00 to 5:30 PM

Cost per child: $65 per session
Cost per parent: $65 per session

Dates
Sunday afternoon; Summer 2010


Contact information: 847-432-1795 to inquire further, or email, anatenshon@empoweredparents.com.


Natenshon, a licensed clinical social worker and certified Feldenkrais practitioner is the author of When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers (Jossey Bass Publishers) as well as a new book entitled Doing What Works: An Integrative System for the Treatment of Eating Disorders from Diagnosis to Recovery (NASW Press).