RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS EVIDENCE BASED AND CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE MOST HOLISTIC OF THE COGNITIVE APPROACHES. BREAKING GENERATIONAL CYCLES CURRICULUM UTILIZES THIS APPROACH BY PROMPTING OUR TARGET BASE TO FIRST ANALYZE WHY THEY BELIEVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND THEN HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR BEHAVIOR.

 

 

CURRICULUM CREATORS: 

ALLISON OVERSTREET IS CURRENTLY A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE OPEN DOOR AND ALSO WORKS IN YOUTH SERVICES AND OUTREACH. SHE HOLDS AN AS AND CERTIFICATION IN HUMAN SERVICES, BA IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND IS CURRENTLY PURSUING A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING WITH A CONCENTRATION IN TRAUMA AND CRISIS INTERVENTION. ALLISON HAS SPENT THE LAST DECADE WORKING IN HUMAN SERVICES TO BREAK GENERATIONAL CYCLES OF TRAUMA THROUGH MENTORSHIP, EDUCATION, EMPOWERMENT, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND ADVOCACY. SHE HAS WRITTEN COUNTLESS ARTICLES AND HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED MULTIPLE TIMES TO SHARE HER STORY OF OVERCOMING TRAUMA AND BREAKING GENERATIONAL CYCLES.  

 

DR. LINA LIKEN WHO DEVELOPED THE 5 SOCIAL SKILLS USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE 40 WEEK PROGRAM CURRICULUM, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CURRICULUM DESIGN, TRAINING MODULES, EDITING, ADJUNCT PROFESSORSHIP, THERAPY, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND CRISIS INTERVENTION. THERE ARE TRULY TOO MANY ACCOLADES TO COUNT AND EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE TO PARTNER. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HER AS A PART OF THIS INTENSIVE SOLUTION IN CHANGING BROKEN BEHAVIOR AND GENERATIONAL CYCLES OF DESPAIR.

 

DEANA CERNIGILIA HAS HER BA IN PSYCHOLOGY, HER MINOR IN SOCIOLOGY, MASTERS IN EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION OF THE HANDICAPPED. SHE TAUGHT INNER-CITY HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES, LAUNCHED A NON-PROFIT TO EDUCATE AND PREPARE TEEN MOTHERS TO BECOME INDEPENDENT AND HEALTHY PARENTS. HER EFFORTS LED HER TO INCLUDE TEEN FATHERS AND THEN LATER SINGLE PARENTS UP TO AGE 25. SHE HAS DESIGNED THE MAJORITY OF THE 40 WEEK PROGRAM AND WORKED TOGETHER WITH ALLISON OVERSTREET ON A POWERFUL TRAUMA SERIES. 

 

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THIS PROGRAM (OR THE SEPARATE CLASSES) WILL BE AN INTRICATE PART IN HEALING INDIVIDUALS, HEALING THE FAMILY, AND CREATING HEALTHY CHOICES THAT LAST FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.