Wednesday, February 12 – The Importance of Coaching for Gifted Adults: A Discussion
Join Summit Center coach Paula Wilkes, PhD, and her former client Professor Faik Bouhrik for this FREE webinar as they describe their journey of gifted growth. Prepare to be inspired through an open-ended discussion about the importance of coaching for gifted adults. Topics to be covered will include: giftedness, multipotentiality, positive disintegration, executive functioning skills development, and cognitive flexibility. Dr. Wilkes and Professor Bouhrik look forward to participant questions. Online via Google Meet at 12 noon PST.
Dr. Paula Wilkes, an ed therapist and coach for gifted children and adults through Summit Center, has been an educator for fifty years in both public schools and at the university level. Professor Faik Bouhrik is a professor of physics and math, a cosmology researcher, an entrepreneur, and a professional writer.
Discussion Group for Parents of Highly Sensitive and Anxious Children, with Dr. Ginny Ritchey
Tuesdays, February 25 – March 28 (6 weeks), 7:00-8:15 pm
Join psychologist Dr. Ginny Ritchey for this guided weekly group around the hidden and often misunderstood challenges that highly anxious, elementary aged children bring to families. During each 75-minute discussion group, you will have the opportunity to share your own experiences with other parents going through similar challenges. You will also have the opportunity to talk about the warning signs and symptoms of anxiety; the cognitive and evolutionary models of anxiety; how to set boundaries and limits with anxiety; ways to manage your own emotional regulation; how to identify your own triggers; the do’s and dont’s of parenting anxiety; and so much more. Dates: Every Tuesday at 7 pm for six weeks starting February 25th.
Dr. Ginny Ritchey is a licensed clinical psychologist that has spent the last 30 years providing a wide range of services to children of all ages, their families, and professionals within the home, school, and clinical settings. She currently provides child/family therapy and parent consultations in Walnut Creek and Marin. Her areas of specialty include autism, ADHD, anxiety, childhood/adolescent depression; pragmatics; emotional/behavioral dysregulation, and parent consultation. Dr. Ritchey is passionate about her work and is constantly inspired by the strength and resiliency of the children, parents, and educators that work with her.
Learn more & register at https://bit.ly/4iRX2dv
Executive Functioning Support Course: Raising an Organized Kid, with Deanna Kim, M.Ed.
Fridays, February 28 – March 28 (5 weeks), 12:00 noon- 1:00 pm
Do you feel overwhelmed by your family’s ever-growing list of after school activities? Are you up late at night helping your child finish a project that’s due tomorrow? While many of us with children struggle with planning, organization, and time management, developing a family system can be the key to overcoming these challenges.
This 5-week course with instructor Deanna Kim, M.Ed.
will offer parents the unique opportunity to work with our staff to develop their own family system, and learn more about executive functioning and how it impacts our day-to-day lives.
Sessions will focus on planning through the use of a family calendar, time management, routines, sustaining attention, how to work through the homework frustrations, and emotional regulation. Each participant will leave with the tools they need to help their family get back on track and more organized.
Space is limited, and pre-registration is required, so please register early. More detail and link to register
Past Offerings
Webinar recordings are available on Vimeo of these unique presentations from Summit Center professionals, talking about issues affecting your life and your family. Each webinar costs $19.99. Price includes unlimited viewing of the recording on demand. Learn more on our Videos on Demand page.
GROUP THERAPY
No Therapy Groups Are Currently Scheduled
Does your child, teen, or young adult need extra support? Summit Center sometimes offers focused weekly therapeutic discussion groups for a variety of interests each fall and spring. Each group is led by one of our experienced professionals and meets virtually for 6 weeks.
Future Virtual Therapy Groups for Children & Teens may include:
Worry Warriors
Executive Functioning Skills
Gifted Teens