Jan
7
6:00pm
Building a Life Worth Living: How to Help Teens Create a Future Beyond Painful Patterns
By Katie K May
This webinar will give you the tools, strategies, and insights to guide teens from simply surviving to building a life full of purpose and joy.
If you’re a therapist, parent, or professional working with teens, this session is designed to deepen your impact and provide actionable steps to help teens build their Life Worth Living (LWL).
What You’ll Learn:
1. The Power of Life Worth Living Goals
• Why recovery isn’t just about stopping harmful behaviors.
• How focusing on purpose and joy can break cycles of self-harm.
2. The River Metaphor
• Why teens are stuck in survival mode—and how to help them build a bridge toward fulfillment.
• Strategies to shift focus from avoiding pain to creating a meaningful life.
3. Tools to Visualize Life Worth Living
• Exercises like the Wheel of Life, vision collages, and reflective prompts that help teens clarify their goals.
• The Miracle Question: Sparking hope through imagining a future free of suffering.
4. Daily Practices to Reinforce Progress
• Creative reinforcement tools like mantra rocks, collages, and phone backgrounds.
• Reflection prompts to keep LWL goals at the forefront—even during challenges.
5. Engaging Parents as Allies
• Techniques to foster meaningful parent-teen connections that build hope.
• How parents can play a vital role in reinforcing teens’ goals and supporting their journey.
Who Should Attend?
• Therapists: Gain actionable strategies to integrate LWL into your DBT practice.
• Parents: Learn how to support your teen’s journey toward independence and fulfillment.
• Professionals: Understand how to help teens move beyond symptom management to truly thrive.
Key Takeaways:
• Use the River Metaphor to inspire teens to build a bridge to the life they want.
• Support teens in visualizing and achieving their LWL goals with powerful creative tools.
• Involve parents to create a network of hope and communication that fosters lasting change.
This webinar will equip you with practical tools to help teens create lives they truly want to live.
Join us to make a lasting impact on the teens you support!
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Katie K May
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