For girls (4th through 12th grades) who struggle with poor self-esteem and issues of body image (including tendencies toward self-injuries, addictions, behavioral issues and eating disorders).

• once a week for 10 weeks @$5.00 per session
• on consecutive Mondays beginning Monday, March 22, 2010  and continuing through Monday, June 7, 2010**
• from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for girls ages 9 through 13
• from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. for girls 14 through 18
  
  

Support Group Topics include:

• body image and media influence
• developing a healthy self-perception
  
• ending destructive patterns of behavior
  
• managing your emotions in healthy ways
  
• setting boundaries: abusive vs. healthy relationships
  
• handling peer pressure and rejection or loss
  
• avoiding over and under achievement: setting boundaries
  
• making healthy decisions and taking control of your life
  

• tips in communicating with their daughters
• danger signs of self-injurious, harmful or addictive behaviors
  
• approaches to deal with their daughter’s behaviors

3. Limited number of Individual weekly counseling sessions for $10.00 each session may be available. If interested, please contact the Lutheran Counseling Center office.

Parents must register daughters by calling the Lutheran Counseling Center office at 516-741-0994.

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*This three year program (for 2009, 2010, & 2011) is made possible, in part, through grants from the Lutheran Services for Children Endowment at the ELCA Foundation, the Laura B. Vogler Foundation and the WE CARE Fund of the Nassau County Bar Association.

**No groups will be held on Monday, April 12 or on Monday, May 31. Group meetings will take place at LCC's main site in Mineola, NY.