Teen Mindset Matters: Parent & Teen Workshop Series
Is your Jewish teen facing new challenges and transitions?
Building Resilience Through Transition
Teen Mindset Matters is a resilience-building program designed to support rising 7th-9th graders as they navigate key transitions and stressors including increased independence, the move from middle school to high school, decreased structure during summer months, and new academic, social, and emotional challenges. The program helps students build confidence, strengthen coping and executive functioning skills, and grow as positive members of the Jewish community.
While students meet, parents are invited to participate in a Mindful Parenting & Self-Compassion group to slow down, reconnect, and nurture compassion at home. Parents and students leave feeling more grounded, capable, and prepared to handle what comes next.
Sign up for one session, or attend all three!
Dates/Times:
- Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 9:30-11:30am
- Sunday, June 14, 2026 | 9:30-11:30am
- Sunday, August 23, 2026 | 9:30-11:30am
Location:
Jewish Family Service
JOAN & IRWIN JACOBS CAMPUS
Turk Family Center
8804 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
Advanced registration required.
For questions, please contact Shira Jacobs, Executive Director, Jewish Wellbeing, at [email protected].
Meet Our Facilitators
Sarah Greenstein, LCSW
CA License # 74349
www.sarahgreenstein.com
Sarah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private psychotherapy practice in Encinitas focused on providing counseling services to children, teens and adults. With over two decades of experience in schools, she is passionate about child and parent wellbeing. As a former school counselor trained by the UCSD Center for Mindfulness in Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Education, Sarah is experienced in bringing meaningful and accessible practices to youth AND parents to encourage the development of self-awareness and emotional regulation. Sarah is the mother to three teenage daughters.
Anat Mor Betzalel, LCSW
CA License #97610
TPSW #3941
https://www.anattherapy.net/
Anat is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in private practice in San Diego, where she works with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She offers a compassionate, non-judgmental space where clients feel safe, heard, and supported in their journey toward growth and healing. Her approach is trauma-informed and personalized, integrating evidence-based modalities such as CBT, mindfulness, EMDR, and attachment-based work to support emotional regulation, strengthen relationships, and foster lasting change. Anat is especially passionate about helping parents feel more confident, regulated, and connected in their parenting.
Program planning and sessions are generously funded by the San Diego Federation Teen Resilience Grant
