Family Services

Family Life Education - The proactive approach to building healthy families

Don't wait until things get out of hand! Educate yourself! Be Obedient, avoid the pit
falls. You can get out of the pit, but not without scratches, bruises and even broken
bones. So educate yourself today…

Proactive Services

  • Assessments / Researches: Mostly Quantitative approaches.

    - Look at an individual level of satisfaction with himself/herself,
    spouse, general family situations, and work situations (see
    where you're at).

    - Try to understand how much individuals behaviours and
    attitudes are products of their past and present family life
    experiences.

    - Find out how varied social or physical situations impact
    the individual and the Family.

    Quantitative Assessments relevant to the select subject area/s are preferably carried out prior to the holding of Workshops/ Seminars to ensure the needs of each group are addressed. Results from these
    assessments will become a part of our research data base for reference and family development in the select areas.
    It becomes necessary therefore for prospective participants to our workshops be registered at least two weeks before the workshop/s to guarantee our personalized service.

  • Some Seminar / Workshop Topics:

    1. Balancing Work and the Family (Workers - Management)
    • - Two most important areas of an individual life that if not kept in balance, can greatly affect an individual mental health and productivity.
    • - Look at issues specific to individuals, their workplaces, and homes and find solutions to balance the relationships thus avoiding major conflicts at home and decreased productivity in the work place.

    1. Enriching Marriages (Couples)

      - Look at the general needs of spouses, their situations and how each can meet each others needs in love.

      - Explore intimate relationships, and finding critical controlling techniques for those areas and situations in the
      dynamics that can make or break the relationship.

      - Find out how children can be reinforcing bonds in the Love quadruplet.

    2. Parenting (Parents & Guardians - Teachers)

      - Look at parenting across the family lifespan/age groups - (Toddler, Children, Adolescent Persons , Adults, Your parents)

      - Explore the basic developmental characteristics of each stage, and how to best handle the individual at each stage with a view to produce emotionally balanced and intelligent adults, avoiding abuse and disablement in the process.

    3. Enriching Family Life/ Family Resource Management (Families)

      - Look at the general needs of family members, their situations and how each member's needs can be met within the family or where and how to source outside help.

      - Explore interpersonal relationships, and finding critical controlling techniques for those areas and situations in the dynamics that has the potential to build strong healthy family relationships or scar individuals for life.

      - Assess the family needs and match the family resources (all the family has - members, cash and kind) against these needs, finding ways and means by which each family member can supply such needs and where best to source resources outside the family if this become necessary.

    4. Human Sexuality/Experiencing and Loving Oneself while Appreciating the Differences in Others (Adolescent Persons )

      - Look at the physical and sexual development across the family life span, highlighting the critical issues relevant to the individual at the different stages of the life cycle.

      - Explore general sexuality as it relates to personal values, belief systems, choices and of course consequences of sexual behaviours.

      - Assess the impact of social and environmental conditions on sexuality, the effects of stereotyping and general realities about human sexuality.

      - Understanding and appreciating the uniqueness of individuality in oneself and in others

    5. Interpersonal Relationships/ Being Lovable and Tolerating Others (General)

      - Understanding and appreciating the uniqueness of individuality in oneself and in others.

      - Building exceptional self- esteem (self Love)

      - Loving your neighbors as yourself

      - Exploring interpersonal relationships as it relates to communication and social skills.

    6. Being the Sensitive Male / Female (Male/Female Only Sessions)

      - Explore the wisdom in gender difference and individuality

      - Enriching the natural assets for greater service

      - Knowing and loving the opposite gender as yourself

We aim to make workshops need driven and very original, so talk to us about your issues - we will design workshops to meet your needs and surpass your expectations. We serve with Love.
  • Premarital Assessment Coaching - (Engaged Couples)

    Don't assume you know it, it does not come naturally- Speak to those who have gone on before.

  • - Looks at the couple personalities, communication and general social skills, strengths and weaknesses and level of compatibility.

    - Use assessment knowledge to guide the counseling as it relates to intimate relationships.
  • "Six Months - One Year After" Assessment and Coaching - (Newly Weds)


    - Assess couples for general marital satisfaction.

    - Revisit premarital records and make comparison as it relates to, respectively, potential problematic areas in the relationship and actual problem areas if any.

    - Find/suggest ways and means to deal with specific problems identified, if any, with a view to prevent marital pitfalls.

    - Introduce couple to marital enrichment seminars.

    Workshop formats:

    (1) - 3 - 5hr Sittings
    (2)
    - Weekend Retreats

Corrective Services

Counseling and Family Therapy Sessions
- As per problematic issues, in all aspects of Family Life Span.

Laboratory Services

We source and distribute in Jamaica and the Caribbean most of the reagents used by medical laboratories at the best prices possible. See Products.

Tel/Fax ::
(876) 670 - 0243
Cell :: (876) 816 - 9329
 

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