Summary
Parenting for the Launch is a 3 hour Asynchronous presentation that addresses “why” minors struggle to launch into adulthood and how clinicians can help.
This presentation teaches clinicians practical clinical skills (verbal and non-verbal) to increase the effectiveness of working with caregivers and minors who are approaching and/or struggling with “launching” (building a collaborative relationship to maintain authority, identification of skill deficiency to aid skill building, frustration tolerance, and modeling healthy behaviors).
Clinicians will also learn how to teach parents to use discipline to empower and build skill, and how to treat challenging behaviors that are holding kids back from launching. Clinician will be able to provide effective therapy to minors, parent and family units to help them thrive while launching into adulthood.
Dr. Les Cole
Dr. Les Cole has over 40 year as a passionate practitioner in the field of mental health, spirituality and psychology. He has historically divided his time between development, clinical practice, training, clinical supervision and consulting. He regularly provides workshops and seminars for parents launching children, foster parents, healthy parent communication, team building, the Enneagram and trauma. He has specialized for many years in working with families and treating critical life transitions. Dr. Cole has worked with countless families struggling to launch their adult children in the healthiest manner possible.
He has had the privilege of witnessing dramatic transformations working with clients with depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal ideation, personality disorders, chronic illness and trauma. He is eager to apply his experience and compassion with clients, families, couples and teens, as they begin to address issues that will help them to improve their quality of life and attain a sense of fulfillment. He is licensed as a professional counselor by the State of Georgia; a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.
