As mental health professionals with over 30 years’ experience, Wendy Forman and David Greenwald are available to present on a variety of topics to colleagues in the field. As experts in human relationships and behavior, they can help organizations of all types and sizes deal with difficult situations, improve workplace culture and morale, and avoid unnecessary losses.
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Both David and Wendy have provided consultation services to a variety of organizations. David has consulted with athletes at levels on topics including maintaining optimum performance, dealing with anxiety and depression, and interpersonal conflict. He is also available to work with business and creative professionals on how best to apply their talents and abilities.
As Player Relations Consultant for the Philadelphia Eagles, David advised players on personal relationships, mental health issues, and on-field performance. As a consultant for the National Football League, he co-authored two guidebooks which were distributed to all players in the league: No Means No and On Domestic Violence. David also presented a workshop on “Violence Interruption” at the annual NFL Rookie Orientation.
Wendy has consulted with organizations on numerous topics regarding professional women. These subjects include issues facing women in healthcare and activism, and how best to support individuals who are confronting problems with work, family, trauma, illness and death.
Both David and Wendy are available to address the following topics in public settings (click a subject/session name for more information):
Workplace Issues
Parenting
Marriage and Romance
Preventing Burnout
Americans today work longer hours than ever, while at the same time our family responsibilities and expectations of leisure activities have increased. There just aren’t enough hours in the day! Some responsibilities are inescapable, but prioritizing is crucial. Some of our harshest demands come from within ourselves, and we can be our own worst taskmasters. What can and can’t be changed? How do we work smarter—not longer? How to cope with our own worst enemy: our internal standards? And how to keep on keeping on without breaking down?
Winning & Losing—Life Lessons From Jocks, Geeks, Shrinks
This workshop draws from Dr. David Greenwald’s professional and personal experience. He has been the psychologist for the Philadelphia Eagles, coached top computer professionals on Geek Cruises, and the child in a family of notable psychologists. In this talk he uses anecdotes, humor, and personal reactions to explore the different lessons that can be learned from these very disparate groups.
Dealing With The Difficult Person
Every workplace has them: critics, saboteurs, blue meanies, and energy-sappers. Left alone, these workplace pests can sometimes fester; yet dealing with them in the wrong way can hurt our own standing. Are there productive ways to handle difficult people, whether encountered on the job or elsewhere? Are there different strategies for different kinds of problem colleagues? Finally, what can we do if the difficult person is our boss or supervisor?
The Uses and Abuses of Humor on the Job
Without jokes, wisecracks and kidding around, most jobs would be pretty grim affairs. But in an age of political correctness and sensitive feelings, it’s important not to go too far. Positive humor can be a real force for team-building, communication, and stress relief. Negative humor can increase barriers, harm teamwork, and increase stress. What are some guidelines for using this powerful force in beneficial ways? What can we do when others have taken our attempts at humor as hurtful? And what are ways we can amuse others and ourselves while getting the job done?
Coping With Tragedy and Trauma
In these uncertain times, it is sometimes impossible to keep the outside world from intruding on the workplace. War, terrorism, natural disasters, personal tragedies and even predictable life crises all take their toll. Is it better to try to tough it out and ignore the serious threats outside, or is there a productive and supportive way that the workgroup can provide support and solace for its members? If so, what are the best means for providing aid and comfort to the people we work alongside?
Enjoying Parenting/Enjoyable Kids
With all of the emphasis these days on turning out accomplished, successful and responsible children, parenting can feel like a chore. Citing research and more than three decades of clinical practice, Dr. David Greenwald makes the case that we need to enjoy our children—not seem them as products of our labor. When we enjoy our children, they learn that they are, indeed, enjoyable, and act accordingly. Strategies and techniques will be offered, but primarily what we need is a change in perspective as parents.
Dealing with Angry Children
Parents today are caught in a dilemma: how do you cope with your child’s anger? Many parents feel confused about what is and isn’t normal child and teen anger and aggression. More importantly, what can you do when your child does seem angry or out of control? How do you avoid the pitfalls of too much or too little reaction to deliberate provocations? Ways to handle our own frustrations as parents and help children cope with disturbing emotions will be addressed.
Surviving and Thriving as Parents of Teenagers
Parents of young children seem to have a wealth of resources, as well as a socially acceptable willingness to admit befuddlement at the hands of their young charges. But by the time a child gets to be a teen, we are supposed to have it all figured out. At this crucial time there is often a lack of support and information, even as parental challenges are multiplying: peer pressure, popularity concerns, dating, and the availability of drugs, alcohol and other temptations. How is a parent to cope? This discussion will focus on the predictable crises of adolescence and some positive ways to address them.
Parenting the Athlete
Is your son the next Tiger Woods? Could your daughter be the next Sarah Hughes? Can they get that great football or track scholarship? Or do you wonder just how much to encourage, to push, or how much to let your kid participate in sports at their own pace? How can the child learn the important lessons that sports can teach while still having fun? From his experience with high school, college and professional athletes, Dr. David Greenwald will explain how you can best serve your child’s involvement in this important aspect of his or her life.
Helping Children with Difficult Topics In a Difficult Time
It has become virtually impossible to protect children from exposure to today’s upsetting news stories. Terrorism, war, snipers, school shootings and other horrific events are broadcast on television continuously. How do we help children deal with these issues? How can we encourage them to come to grips with a dangerous world without getting overwhelmed or discouraged? Dr. David Greenwald will address these questions in a presentation based on his groundbreaking, nationally recognized research on helping children cope with the notion of nuclear war.
Marriage and Romance
Marriage Tune-Up
Some people spend more time attending to the health and maintenance of their automobiles than their marriage or relationships. Discover which stresses and strains in marriage are usual, and how to cope with them. Find out how you can ignite the sparks and keep romance alive in a long-term relationship. Plus, learn new ways to check up on your relationship engine and maintain a smooth ride at home.
Keeping Balance in Work and Home
With the average American living under more pressure and working more hours than ever before, it has become incredibly difficult to balance the demands of home and work. How do we set our priorities? How can we balance the demands between the workplace and the people we care about the most? Although traditionally women have felt this conflict especially, changing demands on men mean that there are higher expectations on all of us. Can we give it our all, without giving out?
Understanding the Man in Your Life
What woman wouldn’t want to peer into the male psyche? Come join a male psychologist as he discusses the male perspective on relationships, communication, family and marriage. Men tend not to talk about their most basic emotional needs, so it’s difficult to know where they’re coming from. How are men and women alike, and how are they different? If you’re tired of trying to communicate across what seem like different planets, hear this down-to-earth explanation of what makes men tick.
The Lighter Side of Long Term Relationships
There is little in our life that can cause us more pain than our most intimate relationship. At times we all encounter the blues, and sometimes we even wonder if it’s all worth it. Can we stay tied to someone without feeling fit to be tied? Can we keep our sense of humor without antagonizing our significant other? Find out the uses and abuses of humor in maintaining our most important bond—without feeling like we are in bondage (not that there is anything wrong with that, if it’s your thing).
David and Wendy have each presented on a variety of subjects germane to psychotherapy, clinical psychology and mental health care in general. Their specific areas of expertise follow:
David Greenwald
David has presented for Childswork/Childsplay, Play2Grow, the Institute for Educational and Professional Development, Social Work PRN, the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the North Dakota Mental Health Alliance, Michigan Children’s Services, Elizabeth City Hospital, and the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. In total, he has presented in over thirty cities and states in the U.S, and dreams of presenting in all 50 states. Why not help make that dream a reality?
Wendy Forman
Wendy has presented for the American Family Therapy Association, the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children, South African Social Workers, Family Therapy Networker, the Family Institute of Philadelphia, and the International Conference on Child Research. She has presented in cities including Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, Toronto, New York, Johannesburg, and Capetown, South Africa.
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