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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever
has."
- Margaret Mead, US
anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology (1901 - 1978) |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
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Contact
Us:
info@consciouslyparenting.com
(888)
631-4441
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The Consciously Parenting Project,
LLC is a collaboration of
professionals and families who are dedicated to providing
information, resources and support for conscious decision-making
in all areas of family life. We are committed to providing the
most up-to-date research and information possible so that
parents can truly make informed decisions.
The Consciously Parenting Project,
LLC is comprised of an on-line community, educational
opportunities for parents including TeleParenting Support
Classes, Family-friendly retreats, tele-seminars and in-person
workshops, articles, and an extensive resource list on a wide
variety of parenting topics.
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The Consciously Parenting Project,
LLC focuses on Love-Based
Parenting to understand the child and the dynamics in the
family. It is a comprehensive, research-based paradigm that can
be used with all families, from those looking to prevent
behavior issues to those with severe behavior issues.
Love-Based Parenting focuses on the relationships between
parents, the relationship between parent and child, and all the
relationships within the family system to make lasting changes,
rather than simply focusing on the behaviors. Love-Based
Parenting understands that behaviors are simply a communication
and we seek to understand what the behavior is communicating in
order to address the underlying issues contributing to the
behavior instead.
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We also seek to educate parents about a wide range of outside
factors that can influence family-life, from media to the foods
you choose to bring into your home. We seek to empower you to
make the best decision for your family by providing the
information and support you need to do so. This isn’t a
one-sized fits all technique, but rather a different way of
looking at the world in an aware, conscious way.
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Rebecca
Thompson, M.S., is the founder of The Consciously Parenting
Project, LLC. Rebecca has been actively educating parents and
facilitating parent groups and workshops that encourage
conscious decision-making in family life since 1998. As a
wife and the mother of two boys, she has personal as well as
professional experience navigating the terrain of
parenting. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a
Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, with
specialized training in attachment and trauma.
Rebecca is a
Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern.
Click here to read her blog.
Email:
Rebecca@consciouslyparenting.com |
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Pam Leo
is the author of Connection Parenting - Parenting
through Connection instead of Coercion, through Love instead of
Fear. Connection Parenting focuses on meeting
children's biological and emotional need for a strong
parent-child connection. Pam is a mother and a grandmother and
has been working with families for over thirty years as a child
care provider, parent educator, childbirth educator, doula,
grief work facilitator trainer, and parent mentor. An
independent scholar in human development, Pam developed the
seven-session Connection Parenting series, "Meeting the Needs
of Children" which she has been teaching in Maine and New
England for nearly twenty years, and now teaches internationally
through tele-classes as an instructor of parent coaches for the
Academy for Coaching Parents, International. In addition to
teaching classes and public speaking, Pam's parenting articles
have been published in Maine's Parent & Family paper, the
Empathic
Parenting Journal in Canada, Kindred Magazine
in Australia, and Pathways Magazine. Pam is a
founding board member of the
Alliance for
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Wilma Vance has been a foster and adoptive
parent (parenting over 80 children) for the last 12 years.
This experience has been enhanced with the opportunity to
train foster, adoptive and kinship families for the local
department of social services and a private therapeutic
foster care agency. She has 7 children, one biological, two
step-children, four adopted children, and is also now a
grandparent.
Email:
Wilma@consciouslyparenting.com |
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Mary Jo
McHaney is dually licensed both as a Marriage and
Family Therapist as well as a Mental Health Counselor. She is
also a Certified Parenting Educator from the Post Institute.
In addition, she is also a Florida Board approved Clinical
Supervisor for registered Interns. She graduated from
Florida State University with an undergraduate degree in
Psychology and she obtained her Master’s Degree in Clinical
Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. With
over twenty-five years of clinical experience, Mary Jo has
worked in a variety of settings, from agencies, schools, medical
centers, and ultimately private practice.
Email:
MaryJo@consciouslyparenting.com |
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Tracey Ogleton, DIPSW. Has been a social worker
for 19 years and works directly with children, young people and
their families within a variety of social work settings where
child protection and safeguarding was the main component. For
the last 7 years, Tracey has specialised in adoption, initially
focusing on the recruitment, preparation and assessment of
adopters, family finding for children and young people, and
providing therapeutic support to adoptive families. She is
currently responsible for the delivery of adoption support
services and providing therapeutic interventions for a local
authority in the UK. Tracey has undertaken specialised training
in attachment and trauma.
Email:
Tracey@consciouslyparenting.com |
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Bethany
Griffin-Porter is the mother of three
children -- two biological children and one adopted son, who was
ultimately diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder. Early
in her son's life, she was told that the prognosis for children
like her adopted son was grim, at best. She was told that these
children were incapable of healing and that the only chance of
peace in the home was through control and strict obedience.
After many years of trying every treatment under the sun,
Bethany has learned that what these children needed, and indeed
what the whole family needed, was unconditional love and support
and understanding. So she set out on a quest to redefine what
that means for herself and for her family. Eventually she
became a BCI Certified Instructor and today she teaches this
parenting model through local support groups, presentations, and
parenting classes, as well as through online courses offered
through the Consciously Parenting Project.
Email:
Bethany@consciouslyparenting.com |
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Stephanie Bachmann Mattei
is the fulfilled mother of 3 un-schooled children: two
biological boys, and one daughter, who joined the family through
adoption. Stephanie was born and raised in Florence, Italy, and
has lived in the USA since 1993, when she married her beloved
husband. Stephanie, who has a Bachelor in Languages and a Ph.D.
in Philosophy, is a BCI Certified Instructor, and a graduate of
the 2006 of the Center for Nonviolent Communication’s Parent
Peer Leadership Program (PPLP). She has been serving as
an Assistant Trainer to the PPLP in 2007 and currently in 2008.
She also serves on the Strategic Planning Committee for CNVC
(Center For Nonviolent Communication) “Peaceful Families,
Peaceful World Project.” Stephanie has been serving for over 10
years as a volunteer Leader with La Leche League International,
facilitating support group meetings, and consulting with mothers
about breast-feeding and parenting issues. She offers
parenting/attachment phone counseling, and leads teleconferences
based on the teachings of Nonviolent Communication, neuroscience
and love-based parenting. Email:
stephanie@consciouslyparenting.com |
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