Upcoming Events

***Groups Now Forming***

Reinventing Resolutions
Want help with those New Year’s Resolutions?

Are greater physical health, improved emotional well-being, and healthier eating part of your  plan for the new year?  Do you want to build a foundation of healthy living for you and your family? Would you like to learn how to shop for and make great tasting, nutritious meals? Than this group was for designed you.
 
Topics include:

• Setting goals and achieving goals
• Learn simple techniques to improve your emotional and physical health and decrease stress
• Conquer  confusion at the supermarket
• Tips for smart shopping and better choices in the supermarket

Come join us for this fun, informative 4 week workshop!  Call today for additional information.


When:            Saturday mornings 9:30-11:00  (for four weeks)
Where:           Natural Motivations Counseling Center
Group Limit:  6-8 participants

This workshop runs several times a year.
For information and registration please contact:
    Theresa Bussert, LCSW at 630-428-0068 Ext 1
               

Parenting Your Teens

Parenting is a tough job, especially during the teen years.  It can be difficult coping with your teen's mood changes, defiance, setting limits, social issues, sexuality, media usage, and need for independence.  This group is designed to help parents navigate the complicated issues they are facing with thier teens, recieve support, guidance and become a more effective parent.

Through this group you will learn:

Improve your relationship with your teen.
Enhance communication and understanding of your teen.
Understand how to effectively set limits and boundries.
Develop a support network of peers.

When:            TBA (ten weeks)
Where:           Natural Motivations Counseling Center
Group Limit:  6-10 participants
            
For information and registration please contact:
    Tara A. Kacmarcik, Psy.D at 630-428-0068 ext. 2

Grief Recovery Workshop    

• Do you have conflicted feelings after a loss?
• Are you having difficulty concentrating, preoccupied with someone or something that is no longer in your life?
• Do you feel numb?
• Do you feel like you are on a roller coaster of emotional energy?

If you answered yes to any or all of these questions you maybe struggling with grief.  Grief is a normal and natural reaction to loss yet we often blame ourselves or others for our pain.  Loss can be defined as any life event where something important to you is no longer in your life.  In this 6 week workshop participants will be guided toward resolution of thier loss issues and move beyond thier grief to a richer quailty of life.

When:            Thursday    7-8:30 (for six weeks)
Where:           Natural Motivations Counseling Center
Group Limit:  6-8 participants

This workshop runs several times a year.
For information and registration please contact:
    Theresa Bussert, LCSW at 630-428-0068

Women, Food and Mood Workshop -  Now Forming

Do you sometimes find yourself reaching for food when you are in a bad mood?
Have you ever used food to feel better?
Do you dread family events, going out to dinner or the holidays because of all the food options and availablity?
Do you want to make peace with food?

This group was designed with you in mind.  We will help participants move beyond these struggles into healthier relationship with food and themselves.   

When:            Friday mornings 10-11:30  (for eight weeks)
Where:           Natural Motivations Counseling Center
Group Limit:  6-8 participants

This workshop runs several times a year.
For information and registration please contact:
    Theresa Bussert, LCSW at 630-428-0068

Postpartum Transitions Therapy Group - Now Forming

Having a baby is stressful no matter how much you have looked forward to it.  Considering the new responsibilites, sleep deprivation and lack of time for yourself it's no surprise many new moms feel like they are on an emotional roller coaster.
This group is designed to help new moms cope with the transition to motherhood and the moodiness, sadness, anxiety, irritability, concentration problems and difficulties sleeping that occur for some women for the weeks following childbirth.

When:            TBA (eight weeks)
Where:           Natural Motivations Counseling Center
Group Limit:  6-10 participants
            
Babies are welcome

For information and registration please contact:
    Tara A. Kacmarcik, Psy.D at 630-428-0068

Mindfulness Group now forming

Body Image Group now forming

TBA