Granparents as Parents: How to Handle the Needs of the Changing Family

The Swansea Public Library is pleased to offer the 2nd in a series of family programs with Dr. Dawn DePasquale.  Join us on Saturday March 15th (rescheduled from February 15th)  as Dr. DePasquale presents Grandparents as Parents: How to Handle the Changing Needs of the Family at the Swansea Public Library from 1:00-2:30PM. 

In this day and age, the typical family is anything but! More and more, we find grandparents are being called upon to become a parent to their own grandchildren.  This can create challenges in your family.  Here's your chance to get some good, practical tactics to manage your changing   family and to set you and your grandchildren up for future success.

Dr. DePasquale is the founder, CEO, and Clinical Director of Bell Mental Health Associates. She is a licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology through the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. She has worked in the Mental Health field since 2000, and her training and experience include one-on-one treatment as well as family, couples, and group therapy with both children and adults.
 Dawn currently publishes a mental health blog on this website entitled, “The Comfy Couch.” She is also the featured Mental Health expert, Divorce expert, and Parenting expert for the website examiner.com and contributes weekly mental health blogs. Dawn has been featured regularly on WSAR radio and participates in national and international radio podcasts regarding mental health issues. Dawn is currently working on two books, “The Year of Fear: How to Embrace Your Fears and Live Your Best Life”, and “Bats in the Belly”, a children’s guide to anxiety.

Join us for the first in a series of talks on different family issues.  For more information or to sign up, please contact YA Librarian Carol Gafford at 508-674-9609 or visit www.swansealibrary.org