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Parenting with Love and Logic  /  Mental Health First Aid  /  Anger Management  /  Community Awareness and Education  /  Mental Health Advocacy

Parenting the Love & Logic Way

What is parenting with Love and Logic?

LOVE allows children to grow through their mistakes.

LOGIC prepares children to live with the consequences of their choices.

Parenting the Love & Logic Way is a 12-hour course based on the nationally recognized parenting theory that children learn best through natural consequences. When parents and children share control, children are given opportunities to develop good decision making skills. A certificate is awarded after the 12 class hours have been successfully completed.

This program, known as Parenting the Love & Logic Way, is based on a philosophy founded by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline, M.D., and on their combined experience of over 75 years working with, and raising, kids.

Many parents want their kids to be well prepared for life, and they know this means kids will make mistakes and must be held accountable for those mistakes. But these parents often fail to hold the kids accountable for poor decisions because they are afraid the kids will see their parents as being mean. The result is they often excuse bad behavior, finding it easier to hold others, including themselves, accountable for their children’s irresponsibility.

Parenting with Love & Logic teaches us that we should “lock in our empathy, love, and understanding” prior to telling kids what the consequences of their actions will be. The parenting course “Becoming a Love and Logic Parent” teaches parents how to hold their kids accountable in this special way.

Dates, Times & Location

Parenting the Love & Logic Way is held at all of our locations in the Cecil and Harford Counties. The program is $150/per person and is not covered by any insurance.

For more information, contact Sarah Conaway in the Office of Development and Marketing at 410-620-7161.

*there are no Love & Logic Classes scheduled at this time

Anger Management

The Anger Management Program at Upper Bay Counseling will not only show you where your anger comes from, but also how to control it. Anger management is an educational process. With the right tools, people can learn to manage their anger in any situation.

You can learn this process of managing your anger. That is the primary goal of this program, teaching people to deal with their anger. The goal is not to eliminate anger as anger is a natural and healthy emotion. After you acknowledge your anger, you can learn to reduce the emotional and physiological arousal that it causes and learn to control its effects on people around you and the environment.

This class is designed to help participants acquire the skills needed to manage their anger using a variety of techniques, including work-book exercises and physical techniques, which will be combined with classroom discussions that will help give you a better control and understanding of your anger response.

Through this program, you will:

  • Learn to manage anger effectively
  • Stop violence or the threat of violence
  • Develop self-control over thoughts and actions
  • Learn the simple ABCD’s of Anger Management
  • Receive support from others

The anger management class is divided into six sessions lasting approximately two hours each. Classes are held at the Cecil County Circuit House at 129 E. Main Street, Elkton, MD 21921. The classes are held on Tuesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. and all facilitators are employed by Upper Bay Counseling, licensed by the State of Maryland and have experience with anger management programs.

This program is offered for those who have been court ordered to take anger management classes to satisfy the court as well as other individuals who have been encouraged to participate in an anger management program.

Each participant must complete an initial assessment and all six sessions at $60 each for a total of $420. Payment in full of $360 (a savings of $60) can be made at the time of the assessment or the option to make weekly payments of $60 is also available. The program is not covered by any insurance plan.

For more information, contact us at 410-996-5104. Or click for a printable version of the Anger Management brochure that also shows dates and times of upcoming classes.

 

Mental Health Advocacy

For an Open Letter from UBCSS’s CEO concerning Mental Health Advocacy, see this page: Make a Difference.