By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 3-6-08
GREENSBORO, NC – Going through a divorce and concerned about the impact on your children? Have a daughter who is battling an eating disorder? About to become a dad for the first time?
Graduate students in the counseling program at UNCG are offering a series of workshops on family life issues. Workshops run Tuesday, March 18-Saturday, April 19.
All workshops are free to the public. Student facilitators are enrolled in Dr. Christine Murray’s Counselors Working with Families course.
Topics are:
•“Improving Relationships Between Mentors and Their Mentee Families;” Tuesday, March 18; 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.; for mentors in Big Brothers/Big Sisters and similar programs.
•“How Family Values Affect Female Body Image;” Tuesday, March 25; 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
•“Caring for the Connection with Your Child: Supporting Divorced Parents in Shared and Non-custodial Parent/Child Relationships”; Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
•“The Couple Connection: A Values Assessment for Committed, Dual-Career Couples”; Tuesday, April 15, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
•“What About Me?: A Workshop for Expectant and Newborn Fathers;” Wednesday, April 16; 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
•“Becoming a Parent: Developing Strategies for Coping with the Challenges of Teenage Parenthood;” Saturday, April 19; 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
All workshops will be held on the UNCG campus in the Nicholas Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic. The Vacc Clinic is housed in the Ferguson Building.
For more information and to register, call (336) 334-5112 or send an e-mail to cedclinic@uncg.edu.
