H.S. seniors and parents workshop

The Last Year Home: The Disparate Emotional Experience of The Senior In His/Her Last Year, and The Mom/Dad Who’s Letting Go.

A classic, dominant, mindset of the high school senior is ‘I can’t wait to get out of here’. The parent mind set is often a welling of the heart, with love acknowledging all that has led up to this moment, and sadness at letting go. The result is often a senior year of harsh insensitivity to the parent, and one of the senior feeling misunderstood, and alone with the pressure he/she feels. The dissonance sometimes does help the parent end up in a similar place as the senior: ‘And good riddance to you!’.

This is a 5-session experience aimed at making the transition a little kinder, a little more reassuring for both parent and teen. We’ll be doing exercises to get to the heart of the matter, to hear each other on a deeper level, to resolve conflicts, and to create a relationship driven by mutual respect and compassion. Expect growth and laughter.

If you are not able to take this workshop, I want to reassure you, that time and nature usually take care of lot of the matter. Both teen and parent usually find their hearts opening as that first year away unfolds. This workshop is for those who would like to more fully enjoy this precious ‘last year’, and who wish to acknowledge each other, and the love and work that is all part of this passage.

Sandra Eagle, LCSW, is a transformational psychotherapist working with adolescents and their families. In this workshop she uses fun-to- engage-in, meaningful, exercises aimed at opening up the conversation, and the heart, between teen and parent.

This workshop is by request only. If you have a circle of friends who would like to create the workshop privately, or if you are a school, town, or church official wanting to offer it at your location or mine, email me or call me at 203-629-3545