Personal Development Groups

James J. De Santis, Ph.D.
Post Office Box 894, Glendora, CA 91740-0894
(818) 551-1714

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New members are accepted as openings permit.

Online Caregiver Support Group
Second and Fourth Tuesday, 7-8:30 p.m., Glendale

Caregivers need care, too. Caregivers are at higher risk for
emotional fatigue, social isolation, financial pressure, physical
injury, and job stress. This support group is for caregivers dealing
with a loved one, such as an aging parent, disabled adult child, or
ill spouse coping with cancer, dementia, mental illness, or chronic
pain in a home health situation, residential placement, or hospice.
This group provides a supportive space for caregivers to build
community that mutually provides validation, shares information,
and offers guidance. Combines well as an adjunct to individual or
conjoint therapy. Call today for a private initial consultation.

Online Men's Dating Support Group
Every Fourth Friday, 6-7:30 p.m., Glendale

About dating, relationships, sex, and women. Includes examining
limited beliefs, sharing dating skills and knowledge, brainstorming
where and how to meet eligible like-minded women, learning about
verbal and non-verbal communication, examining how to screen
women for compatibility, trouble-shooting problem situations, and
receiving candid positive feedback. Goals include clarifying what
you really want, making the best of yourself, building confidence
in social and dating situations, meeting more of the right women,
acquiring new insights into the female perspective, and cultivating
fulfilling, passionate relationships.

Online Father's Separation & Divorce Support Group
First and Third Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., Glendale

For fathers either contemplating separation or divorce, going
through it, or recovering from it. Goals include learning from
mistakes and cultivating positive feelings about life and a positive
sense of the future. Topics may include communication with an
estranged spouse, optimizing your relationship with your children,
co-parenting effectively, coping with the legal process,
developing a new home life, and achieving personal satisfaction
with life. Complements concurrent individual psychotherapy.

Online Gay Men's Personal Development Group
Second and Fourth Thursday, 7-9 p.m., Glendale

Growth and insight-oriented group addresses dating and
relationships, career issues, life enrichment. Uses here-and-now
interaction to increase self-awareness. Complements concurrent
individual or conjoint psychotherapy.

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