Strengthening Self-Esteem, Resilience and Body Image in Adolescents

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Adolescence is a time of heightened self-consciousness and anxiety about 'measuring up' in relation to schoolwork, appearance and social life. Today's culture promotes unrealistic and narrow standards of what is acceptable and attractive, increasing stress that can all too often undermine self-esteem and encourage feelings of inadequacy.

This teleconference will look at some of the unspoken messages implicit in common day media images and explore the negative and critical self-talk that they generate. Influencers of youth will be guided to understand body image development - how to engage young people in understanding that in the interest of boosting sales, advertisers purposefully increase viewers' dissatisfaction with themselves, and strategies to help bolster body-esteem and develop a healthy relationship to food. Recognizing that emotional resilience and strong self-esteem is essential to psychological well-being, we will explore ways to teach adolescents to own, accept and manage their feelings, to understand the impact of negative self-talk in promoting stress, self-doubt, and worry, and how to talk back in order to change internal messages and build self-confidence.

Learning Objectives

  • You will be able to discuss what helps to grow self-confidence and promote resiliency.
  • You will be able to recognize the role of the media in promoting insecurity and a sense of inadequacy.
  • You will be able to review strengthening self-esteem.

Agenda

Bolstering Resilience in Adolescents
  • What Helps to Grow Self-Confidence and Promote Resiliency?
  • How Adolescents Learn About Themselves
  • What Does 'Being in Touch With Ourselves' Mean?
  • Talking to Teens About How Someone Could Lose Their Sense of Self
  • Teaching Teens to Own, Accept and Manage Their Feelings
Impact of the Media
  • Role of the Media in Promoting Insecurity and a Sense of Inadequacy
  • How to Help Teens Develop Media Literacy Skills (The Ability to Question and Evaluate Implicit and Explicit Media Messages)
  • Identify the 'Should' Messages That Might Be Taken From Media's Use of Images and Language
  • Implication for Adolescents' Growing Sense of Self
Body Image Development
  • What Is Body Image and How Does It Develop
  • Factors That Influence Positive vs. Negative Body Image Development
  • How 'Fat Talk' Creates Anxiety and Promotes Negative Body Image
  • What Adults Need to Understand About What They Can Do to Help/Harm
  • Strategies to Help Teens Bolster Their Body-Esteem and Develop a Healthy Relationship to Food
  • Ways to Promote No 'Fat Talk' and Instead Teach Constructive Ways of Referencing One's Body or Another Person's Body
Strengthening Self-Esteem
  • Negative Self-Talk: Thoughts That Undermine Self-Esteem
  • Common Error of Thinking: Belief Systems That Keep Us Feeling Bad About Ourselves
  • Distinguishing Facts From Assumptions: 'Don't Take It Personally'
  • Fairly Comparing vs. Harmfully Comparing
  • Tips for Building Mindfulness to Become Aware of Critical Inner Talk
  • How to Talk Back to Negative Self-Talk and Change Internal Messages
  • Positive Self-Talk: Put-Ups vs. Put-Downs
Stress Management
  • Learn How to Teach Teens About 'Plus Stress and Minus Stress'
  • How Change and Stress Are Related
  • Coping Strategies That They Can Use to Reduce Stress
Guidelines for Parents
  • Learn About Parenting Styles That Promote High Self-Esteem or Low Self-Esteem
  • Tips for Teaching Parents to Bolster Their Child's Self-Confidence and Resilience
  • Ways to Promote Healthy Attitudes Toward Body Image and Food
  • Challenges to Parents in All of These Areas

Faculty

Jane Shure, Ph.D., LCSW, Private Practice

Jane Shure, Ph.D., LCSW
  • Psychotherapist, author and public speaker, nationally recognized for her expertise in preventing and treating shame, trauma and eating disorders
  • Named a Top Doc for Women by Philadelphia Magazine
  • Blogger for the Huffington Post and Creator of The Doctor’s In blog
  • Faculty at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where she leads workshops on “Quieting Your Inner Critic & Calming Your Anxious Mind”
  • Co-creator of www.SelfMatters.org dedicated to strengthening self-esteem
  • Founding board member and co-chair of the Professional Advisory Council for A Chance to Heal Foundation where she spearheads ParentTalk, a conversational workshop for parents on raising children with healthy attitudes toward their body and food
  • Ph.D. degree, Temple University
  • M.S.W. degree, University of Pennsylvania
  • B.A. degree, George Washington University
  • Contact her at JKShure@comcast.net or www.janeshure.com & www.selfmatters.org




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