In this virtual program for teens in grades 6-12, we will explore how mindfulness helps to change our relationship to stress, to meet ourselves and what’s happening more skillfully, and to strengthen our own inner friend and ally.

Each session we will learn a little more about mindfulness and how it works, one or two new practices, and use real life examples of how to apply mindfulness to the struggles and challenges that teens can learn to meet more skillfully.

Learning and practicing mindfulness is a protective factor and coping skill in the wellness of teens that can help them to meet themselves well now and at each stage in their development.

Registration is required for this program. Upon registering for this program, you will receive a Zoom link.

Jesse Frechette (he/him) is a psychotherapist, mindfulness educator, and former Philadelphia area school-based counselor of 20 years.

Additionally, Jesse has provided mindfulness classes to the staff of the Women’s Center of Montgomery County, healthcare students in TempleCares Program and the Gender and Sexuality Alliance Program students from Sandy Run Middle School and Upper Dublin High School.

Jesse is committed to collaboration, diversity and inclusion, and supporting LGBTQ+ individuals and families, POC, women, and other individuals and communities that experience prejudice, discrimination, and micro-aggressions.

These sessions are funded by a Keep It Safe grant, coordinated through Family Services of Montgomery County as part of the county Drug & Alcohol Community Prevention Program, an initiative of the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Drug & Alcohol.