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Supporting Your Loved One’s Mental & Emotional Health:
A Skills Based Approach Does your child struggle with anxiety, depression, substance abuse,
eating disorder, emotional issues, or angry outbursts? Are you unsure of what to do, what to say, or how to help?
Caring for a loved one with mental health concerns, emotional regulation difficulties, or angry outbursts is very stressful, overwhelming, and terrifying for parents. Often, parents blame themselves, feel guilty, are afraid of making things worse, and can be unsure of what to say or do. This leaves parents feeling as though they are walking on eggshells and results in them doing just about anything to avoid another blow up. This two-day workshop based in Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an incredible and unique opportunity to learn skills that can assist you in what to say and what to do to support your child – of any age! Drs Joanne Dolhanty and Adele Lafrance worked along with Dr Les Greenberg to develop this innovative emotion-focused family based approach. Research has shown that after taking this workshop and developing these skills, parents develop closer, warmer, and more compassionate relationships with their loved one and report a reduction in problematic symptoms.
These skills are applicable for ALL families, regardless of the child’s age and/or readiness for change!
Attend this workshop to learn practical strategies to support your child
Visit the official EFFT website for more information:
https://emotionfocusedfamilytherapy.org
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DATE: July 22nd & 23rd
TIME: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Woodvale Facility and Golf Clubhouse
4540 – 50 Street, Edmonton AB
0 street Edmonton, AB
FEE: $425/person or $790/two people
WORKSHOP DETAILS
TO REGISTER
EMAIL: [email protected]
CALL: 1-866-416-0517
Receipt will be issued for Extended Health Coverage for 14 hours of psychological services
Who$should$attend?!Caregivers,!family!members,!spouses,!parents!of!children,!adolescents!and!adult!children,!and!other!supporting!Individuals!–!whether!or!not!they!are!involved!in!
active!treatment.!!
There!is!also!a!limited!number!of!spots!available!for!clinicians$
Participants will leave with the skills to: o Have a greater understanding of their loved one’s mental health struggles o Facilitate family based support o Emotionally and behaviorally support their loved one o Process and overcome their fears and reactions o Repair patterns and triggers that may get in the way of effective support o Believe in their own ability to care for and support their loved one
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Presenters
Dr. Michelle Emmerling is a Registered Psychologist in private practice in Edmonton. Dr. Emmerling has specialized training in working with eating disorders and other mental health concerns from an Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) framework for the last ten years. She has worked in a variety of settings including hospitals and a university mental health clinic. She trains other clinicians in the EFFT model. Amanda Stillar, MA is a Registered Provisional Psychologist and PhD Candidate. She has extensive training in the Emotion-focused Family Therapy model and in running EFFT workshops in advanced caregiving. She is an author of several EFFT publications in the field of mental health. She also trains clinicians in the EFFT model.
Parents who have attended this group have reported feeling less shame, guilt, alone and more hope and motivation…
“Just for me it was about feeling guilty, you know shame and everything. The guilt was lifted.”
“There’s no longer any blame. I mean okay fine things happen, let’s fix it.”
“For the longest time… you feel like you’re kind of isolated, dealing with it
yourself. But with the parent group, you know all the discussions were about how we’re not alone”
“We’re not alone and these people have, they found a way out so we’re going
to find a way out, as well.”
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Registration: EFFT Workshop – July 2017 If more than one parent/loved one is attending from the same family/extended family, please fill out separate forms for each participant.
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Please email completed form(s) (you may use your phone and take a photo of it as an attachment) and payment via etransfer to: