Educational Seminars for Wellness
Seminars and Speaking Engagements
Many members of our staff have are highly sought after national speakers on a variety of topics and have testified numerous times as court expert witnesses in their areas of expertise. Contact us if you're interested.
Some of their speaking topic areas BMC offers is as follows:
Anger Management. We all know what anger is, and we've all felt it. Sometimes it's "stuffed anger" and other times it's a full-fledged rage. While anger is a completely normal, healthy, human emotion it can sometimes get out of control and turn destructive. It can lead to problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the overall quality of your life. Our speaker will help you increase your understanding and awareness of anger. You'll recognize your personal anger response and its effectiveness. You'll also learn strategies of dealing with your anger and healthy responses and maintenance.
Anxiety and Depression Management. Depression can take many forms, from chronic/recurrent, to postpartum, to acute depressions often triggered by a loss, to a case of "feeling down." Our speaker will help you understand the interpersonal sources of chronic depression. You'll learn the interpersonal processes (stress generation, negative feedback-seeking, interpersonal conflict avoidance, and blame maintenance, among others) that lead to the maintenance of depression. You'll also learn how depression is managed medically and non-medically.
Chemical Dependency
Combat Stress / Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Critical Incident Stress Management.
Grief and Loss. We all experience grief and loss whether it be the death of a friend, family member, or pet; a divorce; a layoff; or other important losses. Our speaker will help your group better understand grief, bereavement and mourning. You'll better appreciate the stages of grief and the process. You'll fully understanding the challenges that we endure and most importantly "what to do" and "how to do it."
Marital and Parenting Enhancement.
Pre-marital counseling. It's difficult to assess the long term potential of your relationship, particularly in the beginning stages of your relationship. Let us help you explore some topics fundamental to marriage (initial block of six session). Let us help you identify the strengths of your relationship and the potential stumbling blocks, which we assess through Myers Briggs testing.
These are a sampling of the more popular briefings we've given through the years. We can tailor a briefing for your group. If we don't have the education, training, and experience to design a briefing for your group, we'll tell you, and direct you to a professional who may be able to help you.
Relationship Conflicts. In all relationships there are frustrations, communication breakdowns, and various conflicts, which includes spouses, significant others, parents, children, managers, employees, and others. Our speaker will help you learn how to deal with difficult people, how to improve communication skills, how to deal with anger and anxiety, and how to resolve differences.
Self Confidence. Self confidence and self esteem issues significantly contribute to our quality of life and how we relate with others (e.g., family, friends, coworkers, sports, etc.). Our speaker will guide you to better understand the role of our self-esteem and techniques how to build self-confidence. We will help you chart a course of new choices that can rebuild self-confidence and self-esteem.
Seven Healthy Habits of Effective Families. Who doesn't want to learn about the seven habits of effective families? Who wouldn't want to improve their lives through minor changes that change attitude and behavior? Our speaker will guide you through the habits with your church or parent group.
Sexual Abuse.
Stress Management. Stress, anxiety, pressure, tension, nervousness, worry, and fear can play havoc on a person's life - personally and with those we work and live with. Our speak will help you better understand stress, identify sources of stress, identify the warning signs of stress, the physical and psychological effects of stress and stress reduction techniques.
Suicide Prevention. Did you know there are hundreds of suicide attempts for every completed suicide? Did you know that adolescents make more attempts than any other age group? Or that suicide is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States? These and other facts suggest the importance of suicide prevention education, in our schools, workplace and general community. Our speaker will guide you through the myths and facts of suicide, the tangible and hidden "costs" of suicide, the symptoms and signs of suicide, how to assess risk, the important questions to ask someone at risk, and how to intervene.
