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Events, Support Groups and Community Education Programs
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- Pro-Social Skills Groups
For Ages 7 – 9 years and Ages 10-12 years
The group will consist of six one hour sessions, Topics covered will include: improving self-control, developing communication skills, learning to recognize and respond appropriately to social cues, initiating positive social interactions, learning to manage strong emotions such as anger and frustration, learning to accept and take responsibility for their actions, and learning to spot and manage themselves around bullying.
For more information or dates of the next scheduled group, please contact Child and Adolescent Services at (603) 434-1577.
- DBT Adolescent Skills Group
For ages 13-15 or 15 -17 years
This is a twelve week introductory skills based group for teens and parents. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment designed to help emotionally sensitive individuals to develop skills to cope with life’s stressors. Participants come from a variety of backgrounds and struggle with different kinds of problems including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessional thinking, relationship difficulties, self-harm, poor anger management, and attention deficit disorder. The main topics covered by the group include:
- Interpersonal effectiveness: learning how to get what one want and needs in an interpersonal situation without sacrificing the relationship or one’s self-respect.
- Emotion Regulation: focuses on enhancing control of emotions. These skills can be useful to people with emotional ups and downs, intense emotional reactions, chronic depression or anger problems.
- Distress Tolerance: focuses on learning to tolerate distress and survive crises without engaging in impulsive behaviors such as drinking, drug use, or binge eating.
For more information or dates of the next scheduled group, please contact Child and Adolescent Services at (603) 434-1577.
- Social Skills Group
For Ages 9 to 13 years and Ages 14-19 years
Our Social Skills Group focus is to increase social skills and improve peer interactions for children and young adults with autism, aspergers or PDD.
For more information or dates of the next scheduled group, please contact Child and Adolescent Services at (603) 434-1577.
- Self-Esteem Group
For Females Age 13 to 15 years old
This ten-week supportive and empowering group helps teen girls to challenge the negative messages they receive from themselves and society and help them recognize and build self esteem. The goal is to build self esteem through group activities, encouraging positive choices, improving connections with others, and learning to become strong role models for other females.
For more information or dates of the next scheduled group, please contact Marissa Logan, MSW, at (603) 965.0709.
- Children First Program
These seminars are geared for couples and families going through divorce. Children First is required of all couples seeking a divorce in Rockingham County and serves to guide couples in ways to successfully navigate through custody, separation or divorce issues and resolve conflicts. Children First helps parents better understand the impact of divorce on their children.
For more information regarding these seminars, please call (603) 434-1577.
- NAMI Support Group
Welcomes any concerned family member or friends of persons who suffer with mental illness or brain disorders. The group provides both support and educational information. No fee and participants may join at any time.
- Mondays, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Marion Gerrish Community Center, Derry, NH.
- Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Kelley Library, Salem, NH
For more information, please contact George Fisher, Family Support Coordinator with CLM's Adult Community Support Services at (603) 434-1577.
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