Week Eight

Our Summer Youth Program is designed to build & strengthen self-esteem through fun, interactive and challenging activities. Each activity requires a set of skills for a positive, successful outcome.

The skills we will be focusing on developing & strengthening are: teamwork, leadership, communication, social skills, motivation, personal responsibility. We believe that through participation in this program children will have an increased sense of self identity and self-esteem.

We also know how important it is to keep children’s academic skills sharp during the summer months. We are incorporating exciting activities that require reading, math and spelling into each morning.

There are 4 adult facilitators: 3 female, one male

OUR ACTIVITIES!

The following highlights our core activities children will be engaging in each day.

SET UP FOR SUCCESS! – Children start the day with a check-in, stretching & meditation. This time allows children a special moment to have the spot light. Themes may include show & tell, discussing special family events/vacations or other interesting things they’d like to share about themselves. Stretching & meditation allows the group to rev up the body and quiet the mind.

MUSIC! – Children will spend an hour being coached by a professional opera singer! She will be coaching the kids in one or two songs engaging each child to make the most of their voice and embrace singing as a personal expression. Children are welcome to come to a Sunday Mass at St. John’s Episcopal Church and show off what they’ve worked on! Date: TBA

BRAIN BOOSTERS!– Children will spend time keeping a picture journal and writing entries about their experiences. In addition, we will incorporate fun and challenging activities that use math, reading and spelling while children work as a group to accomplish the goal of keeping academic skills fresh! Some activities will include life skills lessons designed to increase self awareness.

CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS!– all art projects are designed to increase self-esteem through creative self expression that is reflective of their self-identity. Children will gain self awareness through being challenged to better understand emotions, characteristics and influences that personally impact them. Each child will be encouraged to share their project and introduce themselves while the group encourages and supports their vulnerability. There will be a variety of artistic mediums.

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE! – Children will embark upon daily outings to various local parks. These trips are meant to serve the need for outdoor play, high energy exercise and just simply allow kids to be kids! The time will be unstructured, yet supervised, and fall under the umbrella of having a physical outlet. Children will be expected to follow specified rules of conduct. EACH Thursday the children will go swimming at the Rec Center.

OUR DAILY SCHEDULE:

9:00 Circle Up – check in and share as a group

9:15 Stretching & Meditation

9:30 MUSIC! (Tuesday ONLY)

9:45 Brain Boosters

10:15 Snack & Outdoor Play

10:45 Creative Expressions

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Get it together! – slather on sunscreen, use the bathroom, we’re headed out!

1:00 Outdoor Adventure!

3:00 Pick up

3:00-5:00 After hours available – additional $12/day

COST & REGISTRATION

Camp Nino is a 6 week program on Tuesday & Thursday. We are not accepting daily registration. Spaces are limited to 20 children.

$35/day per child.

To register, please contact Laura Santomauro: 307-690-2153 or Info@BPFjackson.com

Scholarships are awarded on a demonstrated need.

SPONSORSHIP:

This program is a collaborative effort between Building Phenomenal Families & St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Counseling & Consultations

April 29, 2010 By Laura Santomauro MFT

Your Premier Counseling Provider

JH Family Solutions is the premier therapy and counseling provider in Jackson Hole. Formally Building Phenomenal Families, we have expanded to incorporate advanced certifications in couples counseling and additions to our counseling staff. Supported through multiple years of education and training, we provide treatment for everyone in your family depending on your needs. Whether it is individual, couples or family therapy, we utilize a multitude of specific and appropriate techniques targeted to meet your individualized counseling needs. Our focus is on helping clients regain balance, equilibrium and solid mental health.

Knowing that safety and confidentiality are key components to a positive experience, JH Family Solutions provides professional mental health counseling and therapy for clients with a special emphasis on the therapeutic relationship. Safety and security are our foundational building blocks and we utilize a collaborative approach to treatment planning.

Treatment Specializations:

EFT – Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples: used in couple’s counseling
EFFT – Emotionally Focused Family Therapy: used family counseling
CBT – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: used with Anxiety Disorders & Depression
DBT – Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: used with Borderline Personality Disorder, Anxiety Disorders & Depression
Addictions Counseling
Psychiatric Referral – used for psychiatric evaluations, medication prescriptions and management, as necessary

Counseling, Therapy & Consultations

Couple’s Counseling

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Emotionally Focused Therapy, EFT, is a specific treatment modality for couples in distress. We look at ongoing dynamics and patterns that continue a negative cycle resulting in feelings of disconnection. The overall goal is to deconstruct these patterns and reconstruct new patterns resulting in connection, intimacy and safety.

EFT has been empirically validated and proven to be the most efficacious modality for couple’s counseling. 70% report improvement in 4 months and the structural changes have proven sustainable over time. For more information, please click above link.

Typical Couple Issues:

marital distress
distance – conflict
lack sexual intimacy
infidelity
substance abuse
Sex/pornography addiction

General Counseling

Individual Counseling

Family Therapy

Parenting Consultations

Addictions Counseling

JH Family Solutions services a wide variety of mental health issues. We provide services to Jackson Hole for individual counseling, couples therapy and family therapy. Our team is dedicated to co-creating a treatment plan reflecting your needs and goals. Our team approach is rooted in acceptance, understanding, compassion and safety. Below is a list of common presenting problems, but is not exhaustive.

TYPICAL COUNSELING ISSUES:

Anxiety
Depression
Substance Abuse
Women’s Issues
Developmental Issues
Family Issues
Sexual Abuse Trauma
Grief/Loss
Borderline Personality Disorder

Ask a Professional…

Ask a professional. Complete a brief questionnaire to receive a preliminary consultation

by a licensed mental health professional, to help further clarify specific counseling needs

based on your information, determine the appropriate type of counseling for your issue

and to answer any questions you may have before entering counseling. All contact will

remain confidential and is bound by ethics of counseling profession.

Learn more or request a consult

JH Family Solutions Commitment to Quality Care

Formally Building Phenomenal Families, JH Family Solutions adapts the same working model of providing quality counseling services to Jackson Hole, Alpine, Pindedale, Victor, Idaho and Driggs, Idaho. Serving all local communities, it is our commitment to deliver reputable services for therapy and counseling to individuals, couples and families.

It is our philosophy to treat each individual, couple and family with the utmost respect as seen in our accepting, compassionate and open presence in the therapy room. In delivering INDIVIDUAL THERAPY we believe in developing a sense of personal balance and sense of empowerment to help guide and direct decision making and healing. COUPLE’S COUNSELING reflects our beliefs in Attachment Theory where a sense of safety within marriages provide us with the ability to communicate our most vulnerable needs and fears to our partner creating a secure attachment and strong connection. Providing FAMILY THERAPY, our commitment is to develop strong & healthy families where each member contributes to form a cohesive unit fostering safety and support for all. Our focus is on teaching skills for clear communication, healthy boundaries, developmental knowledge of family life cycle/child development and spiritual health.