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WHAT IS IT? Married and Loving it! teaches relationship building skills for couples; helping them strengthen their relationships and develop a happy, healthy marriage. Open to singles and couples who want to see their marriage thrive and succeed.

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This group-based program is designed to increase knowledge, understanding and skills associated with male nurturance.

TOPICS COVERED:

• The Roots of Fathering
• Nurturing our Children and Ourselves
• Fathering Sons/Fathering Daughters
• Discipline without Violence
• Play
• Managing Anger/Resolving Conflict
• Teamwork with Spouse/Partner
• Communication/Problem Solving
• Balancing Work and Fathering
• Cultural Influences-Dealing with Feelings
• The Father I Choose to Be

Open to all Marines, Sailors, retirees and eligible dependents who are fathers or soon to be fathers.

Whether you are single, dating, or in a relationship, this series will help you develop skills you need to make better relationship decisions. Within my Reach is a set of classes that cover 15 different topic areas that contain the themes of knowing yourself first, smart love, and making your own decisions.

Become empowered to:
- Replace communication danger signs with respectful talking and listening.
- Identify the warning signs of dangerous patterns in relationships.
- Recognize challenges and opportunities unique to step-parenting and blended families.

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This 1-day workshop is designed for couples contemplating engagement, pre-marital couples, married couples & couples in a committed relationship. Couples will work toward strengthening their relationships through utilizing John Gottman’s principles for effective marriages. This is accomplished through the facilitation of interactive step-by-step exercises that promote increased love, trust and admiration within the marriage.

Couples must attend together.

Emotion Coaching is a parenting style that has positive and long-lasting effects on children and the parent/ child relationship.

Through Emotion Coaching, the parent helps their child develop Emotional Intelligence, or EQ, which is a much better predictor of how children will turn out than IQ or achievement test scores. When kids have a higher EQ, their academic work and relationships are both stronger and more stable.

Learn to become an emotional coach to your child by learning the 5 steps of emotion coaching:

• Be aware of your child's emotions
• Recognize emotions as an opportunity for connection or teaching
• Help your child verbally label emotions
• Communicate empathy and understanding
• Set limits and problem solve.

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This 3-part series will cover positive parenting for infants to 12 years.

Seminar 1: The Power of Positive Parenting

• What is positive parenting?
• Five key principles of positive parenting
• Fulfilling our hopes and dreams
• Some realities of being a parent
• Understanding children’s behavior: the tough part of parenting

Seminar 2: Raising Confident and Competent Children

• Getting off to a good start
• Building blocks for success
• Develop children’s confidence
• Help children reach their full potential

Seminar 3: Raising Resilient Children

• Emotional resilience in children
• Building blocks for success
• Develop social skills to enhance relationships
• Develop tolerance and compassion
• Guide to coping with life experiences
• Prevention of emotional problems

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This workshop for separated, divorced, or single parents will teach you to:

• Protect your children from conflict and help them thrive
• Move forward with effective communication
• Create a smooth transition between households
• Foster respect for your child’s relationship with both parents
• Facilitate effective listening
• Nurture your relationship with your child
• Rebuild your life in a way that works for you.

Anger Management is organized around eight core skills of anger management including: recognize stress, develop empathy, respond instead of react, change that conversation with yourself, communicate assertively, adjust expectations, forgive but don’t forget and retreat to think things over. This is an open group: participants can join the group at any time and attend until they have completed all eight tools. Each session will cover two tools, allowing participants to complete the class in 4 weeks.

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Schedule a UNIT specific workshop by calling 910-451-6060.

This evidence based class is for students and adolescents facing anger and stress related problems.

• Stress Management
• Assertive Communication
• Empathy
• Forgiveness
• Judgment
• Expectation Management
• Self-Talk
• Impulse Control
• Management & more!

This class focuses on the unique aspects of parenting and is designed to strengthen the resiliency of military families. Sample topics: Staying Connected, Deployment and Separation, Helping Children Cope, Reuniting, Understanding Post Traumatic Stress.

Schedule a UNIT specific workshop by calling 910-451-6060.

Military singles are already responsible, committed citizens of the U.S. but they also strive to find balance in their personal lives. Got Your Back helps participants to set their goals and commit to what they want for themselves in life. Individuals are helped to see how small decisions and actions can help them realize their most important goals in both personal and professional relationships.

This experiential curriculum empowers individuals to:

• Learn to replace communication danger signs with strategies for respectful talking and listening.
• Look at the warning signs of dangerous patterns in relationships.
• Manage stress and reduce the negative effects of it on their lives, including alcohol abuse.
• Explore personal needs and expectations and the role that decision-making plays in realizing them.
• Learn the brain science behind love and how to enjoy making decisions while "in love."

Schedule a UNIT specific workshop by calling 910-451-6060.

Stressful situations, if not dealt with effectively, can contribute to depression, anxiety, substance abuse and physical health problems. The goal of this group is to help members reduce their stress levels by teaching healthy coping strategies and increase support from peers and leaders. Topics include: assertive communication, nutrition and exercise, and self-monitoring as means to manage stress. Open to active duty, family members, and retirees.

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