We are proud to be a member of CARF

Commission on Accrediation of Rehabilitation Racilities

STARS stands for Strengthening Teens Attitudes, Relationships and Skills.

STARS stands for Strengthening Teens Attitudes, Relationships and Skills (STARS). This program is being offered to youth ages 13 through 17 years old. We wish we could open this up to anybody, but in order to be a part of great group, a teen has to be a consumer of mental health services.

The program is designed around both boys’ and girls’ needs. The guys will be in one group and the ladies will be in their own. Youth will work with a group leader or facilitator and discuss issues, problems and concerns. In the process they will be learning better problem solving and decision making skills. Through the group process other important social skills will be learned and reinforced, communication skills, critical thinking, relationships and assertiveness.

Youth will gain a better understanding of what healthy boundaries are and how to set those for yourself. We all have limits for our behaviors. Otherwise life would be total chaos and social rules would not have any meaning. Group members and the facilitator will assist you with setting checks and balances. The same can be said about relationships. Learn what a healthy relationship is; respectful, mutual, supportive, giving, nurturing, enjoyable, fun. Some relationships are missing some of those qualities.

Sometimes we tend to lose sight of the fact that no one can control who we are, what we choose to do. We may allow others to influence us. But that too means we have made a choice; to let others control us, our feelings, our thoughts, our reactions. We decide who we are. We determine what we are.

Life’s a journey. And that journey begins within ourselves. We have the power to decide what we will make of our lives, our futures, our relationships. Life is what we make of it.

Through this program you will know better who you are, who you want to be and how to be that person you set your sights on. Be in command of yourself. Be an independent thinker. Be a positive problem solver. Come join us in this process of growth.

STARS meet every Monday and Tuesday at 5:30 until 7, and on Friday from 3:30 to 5.