Teen Telephone Seminar Connection

Current Telephone Seminars

Why Can't I Just Be Happy About the Way I Look?
(1 hr/8wks)
We Start Every Time We have Six people Signed On
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What Is a Telephone Seminar?
A Telephone Seminar is a class or seminar you take by telephone. You, and a group of other teens from all over the country (sometimes from all over the world), participate from the privacy of your own homes…on your own telephones.

Our classes are designed to help Teens comfortably explore some of the pressures and problems they face around food, eating, dieting, body image, self-esteem and relationships.


Why Are Telephone Seminars
Good For Teens?
Our Telephone Seminars create a "virtual space" where teens can feel safe enough to talk about stuff that’s normally difficult to talk about. We use only first names in class. So, a Telephone Seminar provides just the right amount of anonymity, mixed with an opportunity for meaningful exchange. When it comes to emotional eating and a troubled body image, talking openly about how they feel about these issues is the start to developing healthier attitudes and behaviors.

Note…Parental consent is required for all Teen Telephone Seminars.
See our Telephone Seminar Registration/Consent Form, to be filled out by a parent or legal guardian, and mailed to us along with the class fee.

View and print Telephone Seminar Registration/Consent Form.


This Is How A
Telephone Seminar Works
There’s one instructor and about eight students in each Telephone Seminar. The classes offered in this section are specifically for teenage girls (except where otherwise noted). Classes generally meet once a week for an hour, and usually run 6 weeks, 8 weeks or 12 weeks each, depending on the topic. Participants will be matched by age appropriateness. Once an interested teen’s parent has called us, registered with our Telephone Seminar Registration/Consent Form, and paid for the class, we will email the Telephone Seminar phone number along with our Telephone Seminar Procedures and Protocol Sheet. All you do after that is dial at the designated hour every week.

Our Telephone Seminars are all facilitated by qualified professionals who are employed by the Acoria Wellness & Eating Disorders Treatment Center in Cincinnati.

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