The newly launched PPN speaker series features four sessions each year—two in the Fall and two in the Spring. The first session in October was a success, and we look forward to welcoming you again for the second iteration.
Rethinking Success: Parenting Teens in a High-Pressure World
Tuesday, November 12
7:00-8:30 PM
PHS Student Center
Presented by: Sarah Campbell, LMFT, and Jen Valera, LCSW
RSVP HERE
This session will focus on high school-age students and be hosted by PPN facilitators Jennifer Ferguson and Stephanie Dang. Come listen to experienced therapists who have worked with Piedmont families discuss:
- How parents can help teens establish a solid foundation for adulthood
- Parenting adolescents: shifting from micromanager to guide
- How to address the toxic expectation problem high school kids face
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
Jen Valera, LCSW is a psychotherapist who has worked with Piedmont families for over twenty years. She specializes in helping teens and their parents re-find trust and common ground. Her favorite clinical work is debunking toxic social expectations and harmful assumptions, sorting through outdated patterns, and supporting her clients to define for themselves what works best for them – in adolescence, adulthood, work-life, partnering, parenting and aging. In addition to psychotherapy, Jen provides clinical supervision and facilitates clinical consultation groups. For more information go to Piedmontpsychotherapy.com.
Sarah Campbell, LMFT is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Oakland. She has worked primarily with adolescents and families since her start as an Intern at the PHS Wellness Center in 2007-2008. Sarah is certified as a Yoga Instructor with a specialization in Restorative Yoga and completed the Bauman College Nutrition Consultant program in 2021. For more information go to sarahcampbellmft.com
Please RSVP by accepting this Google calendar invite, or by responding to PPNPiedmont@gmail.com. Registration is not required but helps us plan. Walk-ins welcome!
These events are free to attend. If you are a member of PPN, your membership helps support these events. You can join or make a donation through the Piedmont Store at any time or on-site, where a QR code will be available.