Workshops and Groups
NOVO: Renewing Joy in Life, PC strives to provide our community with workshops that promote personal growth and development and life skills that enrich and educate. Workshops are interactive and educational. They are generally small group experiences that include 8-12 participants and 1-2 professional facilitators. Workshops teach life skills that help participants grow as individuals and cope better with both their internal and external worlds. NOVO workshops are specifically developed for adolescents and for adults of all ages. Topics can be inspiring like vision boarding your future or finding your passions. They can help solve life problems like anger management or parenting skills. They all help you learn more about yourself and your world with just the right mix of knowledge building and fun.
Personal Growth & Development Series
Life Journey Circles- Living the Life You Want
Life Journey Circles are small groups, generally six to eight people, that provide safety and support for the participants. The energy and insights created in a group can be very powerful and dynamic for all involved.
Living the Life You Want- Exploring Your Essence and Potential
This circle is about You. It is for women who are committed to life long learning and growth.
GOALS:
- Create bigger vision for what is possible
- Improved health and well-being
- Come away with a toolbox of skills to support you on your continued journey
WHERE:
Novo: Renewing Joy in Life
We have TWO group locations available!
Join us in St. Charles at
104 South 2nd Avenue
St. Charles, IL 60174
Wednesdays starting 02/21/18 at 5:30pm
-OR-
Join us in Sycamore!
1815 Mediterranean Drive
Sycamore, IL 60178
Mondays starting 02/26/18 at 5:30pm
For further information, registration information, and cost of group contact:
Donna M. Rocha, M.A. CPC of Novo: Renewing Joy in Life
Certified Professional Coach
630-341-5335
donna@novocounsel.com
Mid-Life & Beyond: A Personal Growth Workshop for Women
This workshop looks at where you are in life from the perspective of your experiences. You become who you are and learn how to process life from childhood all the way through adulthood. Workshop sessions begin with getting to know all the participants and feeling safe, sharing in the small group environment. The sessions move on to review your life from your earliest memories to age twenty; from ages twenty-one to forty; from ages forty-one and beyond. This workshop provides time for reflection of the past and moves on to who you are now and what you want for the future. There’s lots of inspiring learning through positive and empowering interaction.
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Dealing with Difficult People
Dealing with difficult people is a part of life. When you are with one person or more you may end up dealing with a difficult situation. Most of us want to be nice and friendly but when it comes to difficult people it can be challenging. This workshop shows you techniques and skills to incorporate into your daily living that help you work in positive directions with difficult people.
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Relationship Series
Parenting
Parenting your children is the most rewarding yet the most difficult task you undertake in life. Maybe, like most parents, you feel unequipped and overwhelmed at times. From the terrible twos to the tumultuous teens parenting can be tough! The following workshops dedicated to parenting will give you necessary knowledge and the tools to help your children grow into happy, healthy adults. Included in the parenting series are:
- Building Positive Self-Esteem in Your Child
- Which Battles Do I Fight?
- Important Steps When Dealing with Your Child
- I Am a Good Mother!
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Divorce: How Not to Drive Your Kids Crazy: Co-Parenting after Divorce
Family relationships do not disappear when a marriage ends in divorce. As a parent you have to continue to communicate with your former spouse in matters of child rearing. In fact, your child’s ability to adjust to life post-divorce depends on the parents’ ability to provide ongoing love and security through agreed upon structure, limits, and predictability! This workshop gives you what you need to begin co-parenting successfully.
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Changes: A Workshop for Children about Divorce
It is not uncommon for divorcing/divorced parents to believe they can provide all the information their children need about the revised family structure. In reality most children need more opportunity to ask questions and to get answers. This workshop provides an emotionally safe environment in which children may have their questions answered without worrying about their parents’ reactions. There are three age appropriate workshops for children from age 5 to 8, 9 to 12, and 13 to 18.
(A Roundtable Discussion Group is also available for adult children of divorce.)
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Divorce Options, Choices & Considerations
What are the financial and emotional challenges in the decision to leave a marriage? How will your decisions impact your present well-being and future? What financial knowledge, information and resources do you need for this major change in your life? In this workshop, you will learn what divorce issues you need to consider and address for the best solutions in your particular situation. These workshops will be facilitated in a supportive, resourceful and safe environment within a group dynamic of others with similar concerns.
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Coping & Healing Series
Empowering You Group
MISA Group
Stress!
Stress is a part of life. You are never without it as long as you live. Stress can cause you difficulty in coping with life or it can provide positive motivation to succeed. This workshop helps you recognize stress and the four areas of the self that are impacted by stress. It teaches you successful strategies for responding to and not reacting to stress.
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Mindfulness: Learning to Stay in the Moment and Stay Balanced
Remaining in a stressful state prevents you from being internally self-balanced. Stress often causes you to have difficulty coping with your daily life. Mindfulness helps you develop skills to minimize the worry and tension resulting from stress. The goal of mindfulness is to achieve overall wellbeing that leads to balance, stability, and ongoing joy in life. This workshop teaches skills to find your personal strategy for restoring your inner balance. The process helps you release old negative patterns of behavior and replace them with new positive life perspectives.
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Anxiety or Depression
Two Workshops on Recovery
If you are living with anxiety or depression you know how difficult life can be! Both anxiety and depression drain you of the ability to cope effectively with personal and work related experiences. Stated simply, anxiety is an internal state of apprehension and uneasiness and depression is an internal state of hopelessness and helplessness. Either state prevents you from living life to the fullest. The impact of your anxiety or depression is felt not only by you but by all those in your life experience. These workshops, one focusing on anxiety and one focusing on depression, help you understand the dynamics of the problems and what you can do to successfully deal with them.
For more information contact: mail@novocounsel.com or call 630-297-3617
Don’t see the topic you’d like for your group or organization – just let us know.
We will develop the workshop content and present it for you either on our site or yours. (A minimum of 10 participants required.)
Contact us at mail@novocounsel.com or call us at (630) 297-3617.
Roundtables
Roundtable Discussion Groups are issue focused ongoing group experiences that increase participants’ knowledge about the specific issue and provide a forum for discussion and support. Roundtables usually include 6-10 participants and are led by a NOVO professional who has specific expertise on the subject. All individuals participating in a Roundtable are experiencing and trying to cope with the topic
Parenting Children With Special Needs
Discuss the unique challenges with parenting special needs children. Learn more about how you can create a positive collaboration with the school and other providers. Brainstorm about how to support your child in social settings and other situations that have proved challenging in the past. Make this group what you want it to be by bringing pertinent issues to the table.
Using Logic In Parenting
Learn how to provide loving support while helping your children be well-prepared for life. Learn how letting kids make mistakes will help shape them into more responsible young adults, as well as develop valuable coping skills. Holding your children accountable and being consistent as parents are strategies that can be helpful in being a "logical parent." Enhance parent-child relationships by coming together with other parents who may be facing some of the same struggles.
Don’t see a Roundtable you’d like to attend on our listing? Let us know and we’ll add your topic to our offerings.
