Find Your Tribe – Gifted Senior Discussion Group Starts April 22
Summit Center’s Paula Wilkes, PhD, will lead this open-ended discussion group for older adults 55+ who are gifted or twice-exceptional (formal identification not required to participate). Meet like-minded peers online to discuss topics like overexcitabilities, multi-potentiality, sensitivities, unmasking our giftedness, unpacking who we are, and anything else the group would like to discuss. The group will meet virtually every Tuesday at 10:00 am (Pacific) starting on April 22. $150 for 4 sessions. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3FrZdFB
Free Webinar May 14 – Raising Successful Gifted Daughters
Join Summit Center coach Paula Wilkes, PhD, and author Lea Stublarec, MSW, as they unveil key findings from an insightful study on 43 mothers of successful gifted daughters. This webinar will offer invaluable guidance and hope for women navigating the unique challenges and complexities of raising gifted girls in a culture that often limits their potential. FREE webinar, Wednesday May 14, at 12 noon PDT. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4iGgfxU
Smart & Savvy Skills & Support for Female-Identified Teens facilitated by Dr. Loraine Van Tuyl, Licensed Psychologist
Gather with like-minded peers, have fun, and learn RAD skills that will help you to manage stress, overwhelming feelings, and anxiety at school, home, and when alone.
R – Resilient Resourceful Respectful
A – Authentic Aware Allied
D – Determined Daring Dependable
Small, weekly in-person meetings in safe space in Walnut Creek for genuine connection, validation, sharing, art and journaling, practical tips and guidance, self reflection, and calm centering. Monday or Tuesday nights (depending on age range) starting in July. Learn more and register at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/49cdvsb/lp/21f27454-11d0-429f-848e-36379e961685
Webinar Recording – Conscious Parenting: Shifting from Auto-Pilot to Aligned
View the recording from our April 16 webinar on our “Videos on Demand” page: https://summitcenter.us/resources/media-gallery/
Our strong-willed and sensitive 2e kids often cause us to stop in our “automatic pilot” tracks with intense outbursts, melt downs, and power struggles that baffle us. Summit Center’s Dr. Loraine Van Tuyl will reveal the inner worlds of her child clients and why they become more cooperative, resilient, and regulated when we slow down and become more aware of our parental presence and priorities. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3DE4QQw
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.
Discussion Group for Parents of Highly Sensitive and Anxious Children, with Dr. Ginny Ritchey
Check for new dates Fall 2025
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.
Executive Functioning Support Course: Raising an Organized Kid, with Deanna Kim, M.Ed.
Check for new dates Fall 2025
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.
GROUP THERAPY
No Other 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