Kids Social Skills Group Starting This September in Ridgewood at Lukin Center

Updated: Aug 22, 2023

Join child specialists Lauren Bomberg, LPC, BC-DMT and Meghan Seradsky, LCSW for a 10-week small group taking a playful look at effective communication skills including active listening, assertive boundary-setting, compromise and more.

We want to empower your children with the social confidence and skills to build healthy relationships!

Who: Children ages 7-10

Where: Lukin Center at Ridgewood

20 Wilsey Square, Ridgewood, NJ

When: Weekly on Tuesdays

September 19, 2023 - December 5, 2023

5:45 - 6:45 PM

Please contact us at 201-409-0393 or Lukin Center Psychotherapy for more information - spots are limited.

Lauren Bomberg, MA, LPC, BC-DMT | Lukin Center Psychotherapy, Bergen County Moms — Lauren Bomberg | Lukin Center Psychotherapy

Lauren Bomberg, MA, LPC, BC-DMT is a psychotherapist at Lukin Center for Psychotherapy, specializing in treating young children with neurodevelopmental, social-emotional, and behavioral challenges while supporting their parents with positive solutions. She is particularly passionate about the treatment of anxiety and related disorders. Adult work may focus on navigating life transitions and stressors, relationships, occupational or academic pressures, and perfectionism.

Lauren uses evidenced-based, solution-focused, and strengths-based approaches with unconditional positive regard for the client to foster healthy coping and communication skills. As one of few Board Certified-Movement Psychotherapists in New Jersey, Lauren finds creative and playful ways to actively engage children in session to meet their individualized treatment goals. She supports their parents with Positive Parenting tips and scripts, Parent-Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT) skills, and her professional training in the scientifically-proven Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program. Finally, Lauren empowers clients with psychoeducation and incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills. Previously, Lauren spent years refining her clinical skills at the partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels of care. She has provided group, individual, and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults in crisis with a variety of acute psychiatric diagnoses. During her graduate studies, Lauren focused on child development and nonverbal communication, serving infants to adolescents with neurodevelopmental and motor disabilities in specialized and inclusive school settings. Her thesis, inspired by Attachment Theory, was published and selected for presentation at the ADTA national conference. Dedicated to lifelong learning and quality care, Lauren frequently participates in continuing education and mental health advocacy today.

Lauren earned her Bachelor of Science from Muhlenberg College, where she majored in both Neuroscience and Dance with a concentration in Dance Science. She then attended Drexel University, where she earned her Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

Meghan Seradsky, LSW | Lukin Center Psychotherapy

Meghan Seradsky, LSW is a psychotherapist at Lukin Center Psychotherapy focused on working with children, tweens, teens, and young adults experiencing a wide range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), low self-esteem, emotion dysregulation, social/relational issues, and unsafe thoughts. Passionate about empowering her clients, Meghan takes a collaborative, strengths-based approach to helping youth, young adults, and families use their unique skills, strengths, and knowledge to make positive, sustainable change. She blends solution-focused, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing (MI), narrative, and play therapy techniques to tailor her practice to clients’ individual personalities and needs. She works to target ineffective behaviors, habits, thoughts, and beliefs that get in the way of clients achieving their goals. A typical session with Meghan can include a mix of traditional talk, games, art, role-play, movement, music, and writing – all designed to help clients practice new skills and develop new insights. Meghan’s clinical experience includes providing trauma-informed individual, group, and family therapy to youth in residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. Meghan earned her master’s degree in social work at Boston College.