A PROGRAM AT ST. STEPHEN’S EPisCOPAL CHURCH with vicar will stanley and VIPCare Counselor Meredith Southwell
September 2020 on ZOOM
Twenty-first century families faced unique challenges even before a worldwide pandemic began. Now parents are experiencing an added and wholly new level of stress.
One particular need is a space shaped and facilitated by professional, clinical support within small groups of parents. These groups are designed to provide a safe place for sharing concerns common to many parents at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, and developing a series of conversations and presentations to address those concerns.
In these groups, Meredith Southwell, LCSW, with the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care—VIPCare—will bring both psychological and spiritual insights to bear on such topics as tending well to marriages, adults dealing with their own stress and trauma in healthy ways, and so on—facilitating constructive conversation in a safe environment, and offering professional reminders about healthy parental care and reflection. St. Stephen’s vicar, the Rev. Will Stanley, will be Meredith’s co-leader. Groups will meet via Zoom.
While these are not therapy groups, participants will benefit from the insights and experiences of a trained clinician as they voice concerns in an intimate, safe, and confidential setting.
Parenting with Resilience: Babies and Toddlers | 7-8 p.m Wednesdays (9/9, 9/16, 9/23)
Parenting with Resilience: Elementary and Middle Schoolers | 7-8 p.m. Thursdays (9/10, 9/17, 9/24)
Parenting with Resilience: High School students | 11 a.m. – noon Sundays ( 9/13, 9/20, 9/27)
Meredith Southwell