Get Ready to Change at the Scarsdale Library

The first of three hands-on interactive workshops in the Wellness Series "Get Ready to Change – Make it about YES," led by Dr. Caren Baruch-Feldman will be held on Friday, January 9, from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Scarsdale Public Library.

The series will focus on making change, increasing resilience and decreasing stress by having a positive outlook, setting realistic and obtainable goals, having a positive long-term view and making plans to confront obstacles.

The first session, "It's Not about Willpower: Make it a Habit," reviews the latest research in making effective habits and willpower. Attendees will learn to develop their own positive new habits enabling them to make New Year's resolutions that will stick. There will be a special emphasis on weight loss.

Dr. Baruch-Feldman is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist. She has a private practice in Scarsdale and works part-time as a school psychologist in Westchester. She focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for children and adults and Psycho-Educational Evaluations. She has authored numerous articles, led various workshops and trained hundreds of teachers, administrators and healthcare professionals. She is a graduate of Barnard College and received her doctorate in Clinical-Child Psychology and a School Psychology Certificate from St. John's University. Dr. Baruch-Feldman did her internship and post-doctoral training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Registration is required on the library website www.scarsdalelibrary.org or by calling the reference desk at 722-1302. There is a list of suggested books that participants are encouraged, but not required, to read that will be the basis of the lecture.

Subsequent sessions will be held on March 27 on the topic "Got Grit, Got Growth, Got Marshmallows? – Increasing self-control and resilience in our lives and the lives of our children," and on May 1 "Helping Decrease Stress and Worry – In our children and our own lives." Each session may be attended individually.