Parenting Class - See Below

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Anxiety & Stress Relief Class:

Stressed? Keyed up? Overworked?
Always rushed? Overwhelmed?

Learn 5 essential life skills in this program that NO amount of medication can provide!

    8 week program

Wednesdays,

October 3rd to November 21st, 2007

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

     This program is a unique and innovative approach developed by Claire Maisonneuve, Director of the Alpine Anxiety and Stress Relief Clinic.
     The course combines the latest and best researched psychological methods with practical wisdom to provide you with effective and concrete strategies to help you achieve lasting relief from the negative effects of anxiety and stress. As a result you will be more in control of your emotions, your thoughts, your behaviour and your time!
     The goal is to help you develop your own inner resources and capacities to be well by focusing on what’s right in you!
     In these classes Claire Maisonneuve brings together her 16 years experience as a counsellor and 18 years of meditation and yoga practice.
     Much of the attitude we often have when it comes to dealing with our symptoms of stress, anxiety or depression is to find ways to get rid of them, get over them or else hide them. Often we've been told to "just fix it".
     One of the features that makes this program so unique is that rather than just focusing on your symptoms, we will focus on strengthening, nurturing and mobilizing what does work within you and doesn't need fixing.
     When we become preoccupied or overwhelmed with our symptoms we lose our capacity to be in touch with the wisdom, truth and goodness within us.
     The goal of this program is not just to help you recover from your symptoms but to help you recover yourself. To recover means to find again, find what I have lost.
     To be free from the worry, fear, and the loneliness that accompanies anxiety, stress and depression we must recover our ability to love, to trust ourselves and feel worthy.
     This is what you will experience when you apply the strategies laid out in this program
     This course addresses stress, anxiety and depression by looking at the mind, body and spiritual aspects of healing.

Each class will include a lecture component, an experiential part (where you practice the skills you learn) and time to share.

You will learn:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Principles to understand the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, body sensations, breathing and behaviour.
How to Control your Feelings so they don’t control you!
Vital Techniques Of Proper Breathing to achieve relief from anxious and stressful states of mind.
Powerful techniques of concentration to calm the mind and break the vicious cycle of worry, fear and panic.
Effective Communication Skills to express yourself with self confidence and clarity.

PARTICIPANTS
Participants are asked to make a committed effort to attend all 8 classes and must be willing to dedicate 15 to 30 minutes daily to practice the skills taught in the class.

COST: $350.00 : includes a double CD on “The Power of Breathing to Relax” by Claire Maisonneuve, and all handouts.
Payable in one or two payments.
We accept cheques, credit card or cash.

LOCATION: Alpine Anxiety & Stress Relief Clinic: 3126 West Broadway, Vancouver

TO REGISTER:
Call us at 604-732-3930 or email us at info@anxietyandstressrelief.com

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Parenting Class

Systematic Training for Effective Parenting

Our goal is to help you raise confident and responsible children that have the courage to meet the challenges of life.

Who is this group for?
Parents and Caregivers who are wanting to:

  • Enhance their child's self-esteem

  • Increase cooperation and responsibility in the home

  • Minimize power struggles and arguments

What will this workshop provide?

  • Practical tools that help foster responsible children with healthy self-esteem

  • Strategies that create a cooperative home environment

  • Positive new ways of dealing with day-to-day misbehavior

  • New methods of effective communication

  • The opportunity to be supported and encouraged by others

Led By:  Registered Clinical Counsellor Lisa Ferrari and Art Therapist Lesley Bruun.  Together they bring more than 10 years counselling experience and have worked with hundreds of families.

Cost:  $160 for one parent, or $190 for both parents.  

Call for On-going Registration

Location:  3126 West Broadway, Vancouver

To register or for more info call: 
604-732-3930 or email us at info@anxietyandstressrelief.com