Natural Highs & Learning to Cope with Disappointment (IN PERSON)

• This event will be HYBRID, presented both in person at the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, NJ and also simultaneously livestreamed.
• Click for VIRTUAL tickets.

GPS to campus: Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart,1200 Stuart Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540

This informative, interactive and humorous presentation will focus on skills parents can use to help teens reduce stress and improve mental health. Specifically, Dr. Bellace will demonstrate exercises using relaxation training and meditation, as well as cognitive behavioral techniques such as reframing and writing therapy. In addition, the concept of natural highs (e.g. running, cold water emersion, helping others, etc.) will be presented as an alternative to substance misuse and abuse. The goal is to help improve the quality of life for both parents and their teens. There will be time at the end for questions and answers, as well as purchasing a signed copy of one of Dr. Bellace’s books.

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Dr. Bellace has a PhD in clinical psychology with a subspecialty in clinical neuropsychology, the study of the brain and behavior. He was twice awarded the Student Intramural Research and Training Award (IRTA) in neuroscience by the National Institutes of Mental Health to study memory. His clinical training included working with patients at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Philadelphia), assessing learning disorders in a pediatric neuropsychology private practice in suburban Philadelphia and performing cognitive behavioral therapy at Drexel University’s Student Counseling Center. Matt completed his clinical internship working with traumatic brain and spinal cord injury patients at The Mount Sinai Medical in New York City. In 2005, Matt successfully defended his dissertation, “Activation of the Hippocampus During Emotional Learning,” later published in the International Journal of Neuroscience.

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Founded in 1998, Princeton Common Ground ("PCG") is a volunteer-led consortium comprised of 14 Princeton-area p-K through 12 independent schools' family associations. PCG seeks to empower today’s children to flourish in tomorrow’s complex future by inspiring, invigorating and informing our preK to 12th grade parent and educator audiences.

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• This event will be HYBRID, presented both in person at the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, NJ and also simultaneously livestreamed.
• Click for VIRTUAL tickets.

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