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Workshops and Classes

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services sponsors a variety of workshops and classes throughout the year. These workshops and classes are designed to help the non-professional learn and understand the latest skills and techniques. Workshops and classes often address common behavioral health care topics like depression, intervention, anger management, ADHD, stress management, and more. Classes are offered at various locations and Pine Rest Clinics around Grand Rapids, West Michigan, and central Iowa. Workshop or class cost and registration requirements vary. Check each listing for details.

Upcoming Workshops and Classes

July 7, 14, 21, 28
Boiling Over: Anger Management Classes (for ages 10-17)
The four-week class will be led by outpatient therapist Ryan LaRue, MSW, LMSW, ACSW, of Pine Rest’s Campus Clinic. Tuesdays from 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. at the Van Andel Center on Pine Rest’s main campus, 300 68th Street in Cutlerville. Cost: $75. To register, call 616/222-4584 or e-mail ryan.larue@pinerest.org.

Program Outline
Classes will be geared toward males and females ages 10-17. The classes will focus on an assortment of topics including:
• Learning to control anger and prevent angry outbursts
• Identifying the signs of anger
• Practicing how to express your feelings
• Finding alternative ways to express your anger
• Understanding the differences between anger, aggression, assertiveness and hostility

About the Speaker
Ryan LaRue MSW, LMSW, ACSW has over ten years’ of social work / counseling experience working with adolescents and children and has taught the anger management course for three years to over 400 teenagers.

September 3, 10, 17, 24
Anger Management Classes for Adults
Led by Jim Bottenhorn, MA, LLP, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Postma Center on Pine Rest's main campus, 300 68th Street, SE, Grand Rapids. Open to adults and older teens. Registration is required. Cost: $70/individual or $105/two family members. Class fee due at first class. Call 616/493-6033 for more information and to register.

Participants will learn the difference between the emotion of anger and aggression, explore the factors that influence their anger, learn to recognize anger’s warning signs, and develop new ways of responding to feelings of anger that are productive, vs. unproductive. Class participants will also learn to communicate their feelings appropriately, rather than stuffing them or blowing up.

September 8, 15, 22, 29
Boiling Over: Anger Management Classes (for ages 10-17)
The four-week class will be led by outpatient therapist Ryan LaRue, MSW, LMSW, ACSW, of Pine Rest’s Campus Clinic. Tuesdays from 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. at the Van Andel Center on Pine Rest’s main campus, 300 68th Street in Cutlerville. Cost: $75. To register, call 616/222-4584 or e-mail ryan.larue@pinerest.org.

Program Outline
Classes will be geared toward males and females ages 10-17. The classes will focus on an assortment of topics including:
• Learning to control anger and prevent angry outbursts
• Identifying the signs of anger
• Practicing how to express your feelings
• Finding alternative ways to express your anger
• Understanding the differences between anger, aggression, assertiveness and hostility

About the Speaker
Ryan LaRue MSW, LMSW, ACSW has over ten years’ of social work / counseling experience working with adolescents and children and has taught the anger management course for three years to over 400 teenagers.

October 6, 13, 20, 27
Boiling Over: Anger Management Classes (for ages 10-17)
The four-week class will be led by outpatient therapist Ryan LaRue, MSW, LMSW, ACSW, of Pine Rest’s Campus Clinic. Tuesdays from 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. at the Van Andel Center on Pine Rest’s main campus, 300 68th Street in Cutlerville. Cost: $75. To register, call 616/222-4584 or e-mail ryan.larue@pinerest.org.

Program Outline
Classes will be geared toward males and females ages 10-17. The classes will focus on an assortment of topics including:
• Learning to control anger and prevent angry outbursts
• Identifying the signs of anger
• Practicing how to express your feelings
• Finding alternative ways to express your anger
• Understanding the differences between anger, aggression, assertiveness and hostility

About the Speaker
Ryan LaRue MSW, LMSW, ACSW has over ten years’ of social work / counseling experience working with adolescents and children and has taught the anger management course for three years to over 400 teenagers.

November 3, 10, 17, 24
Anger Management Classes for Adults
Led by Jim Bottenhorn, MA, LLP, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Postma Center on Pine Rest's main campus, 300 68th Street, SE, Grand Rapids. Open to adults and older teens. Registration is required. Cost: $70/individual or $105/two family members. Class fee due at first class. Call 616/493-6033 for more information and to register.

Participants will learn the difference between the emotion of anger and aggression, explore the factors that influence their anger, learn to recognize anger’s warning signs, and develop new ways of responding to feelings of anger that are productive, vs. unproductive. Class participants will also learn to communicate their feelings appropriately, rather than stuffing them or blowing up.

November 3, 10, 17, 24
Boiling Over: Anger Management Classes (for ages 10-17)
The four-week class will be led by outpatient therapist Ryan LaRue, MSW, LMSW, ACSW, of Pine Rest’s Campus Clinic. Tuesdays from 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. at the Van Andel Center on Pine Rest’s main campus, 300 68th Street in Cutlerville. Cost: $75. To register, call 616/222-4584 or e-mail ryan.larue@pinerest.org.

Program Outline
Classes will be geared toward males and females ages 10-17. The classes will focus on an assortment of topics including:
• Learning to control anger and prevent angry outbursts
• Identifying the signs of anger
• Practicing how to express your feelings
• Finding alternative ways to express your anger
• Understanding the differences between anger, aggression, assertiveness and hostility

About the Speaker
Ryan LaRue MSW, LMSW, ACSW has over ten years’ of social work / counseling experience working with adolescents and children and has taught the anger management course for three years to over 400 teenagers.

December 1, 8, 15, 22
Boiling Over: Anger Management Classes (for ages 10-17)
The four-week class will be led by outpatient therapist Ryan LaRue, MSW, LMSW, ACSW, of Pine Rest’s Campus Clinic. Tuesdays from 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. at the Van Andel Center on Pine Rest’s main campus, 300 68th Street in Cutlerville. Cost: $75. To register, call 616/222-4584 or e-mail ryan.larue@pinerest.org.

Program Outline
Classes will be geared toward males and females ages 10-17. The classes will focus on an assortment of topics including:
• Learning to control anger and prevent angry outbursts
• Identifying the signs of anger
• Practicing how to express your feelings
• Finding alternative ways to express your anger
• Understanding the differences between anger, aggression, assertiveness and hostility

About the Speaker
Ryan LaRue MSW, LMSW, ACSW has over ten years’ of social work / counseling experience working with adolescents and children and has taught the anger management course for three years to over 400 teenagers.

 
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