Bridges Associates

The Counselors

Jenniffer Kapp, LPC, NCC
Jenniffer works as Director of Guidance & Counseling at St. Pius X
Catholic High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts from
Winthrop University and majored in Psychology and minored in Dance.

She then received her Master of Science degree from Georgia State University in Professional Counseling. Jenniffer is both a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor. She also has a part-time private counseling practice where her main focus is children, adolescents, and families. She does individual and family counseling as well as groups focused on social skills. Another part of her practice is assisting individuals with time management and organizational skills.

Meredith A. Miller, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, DCC
Meredith works as a counselor at The Westminster Schools. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Education from the University of Georgia.

She taught English at both the middle and high school levels while pursuing her Master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University. Meredith completed her Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis on Educational Psychology. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Nationally Certified Counselor, and a Distance Credentialed Counselor.

About

Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) is the most widely researched and implemented parenting program in the United States. Based on the work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs, STEP trains parents on improving the effectiveness of interactions with their children. The first STEP group was held in America in 1976 and has since then enjoyed widespread popularity in schools, hospitals and clinics and organizations offering assistance to parents and educators. Translated into multiple languages, this program is systematic in that each successive week includes strategies and skills that are built upon learning from previous weeks.

Sessions

Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
5 week course
Course is designed to teach participants about themselves and how to improve their relationships with children, family members, coworkers, strangers, everyone – guaranteed! Learn valuable lessons including: two essential directives for parenting; what style of parenting you have adopted – and how it could be hindering the relationships you have with your children; why praising rather than encouraging your child may send the wrong message; and why discipline is more effective than punishment.

Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
2 day workshop
Covers the same material as the six week course in a
two-day format.

Refresher for STEP Graduates
Open session directed by participants. Includes review of basic theoretical and practical tenets of STEP with an emphasis on determining what participants need as parents to use these skills consistently. Designed to troubleshoot and brainstorm to address specific or ongoing challenges using STEP theory.

Parenting/Family Consultation
Instructors provide one-on-one direction tailored to meet individual family needs. May include but not limited to assistance with establishing household rules, structure, and routines; effective discipline strategies; implementing STEP theory and practice within the family unit.

Systematic Training for Effective Teaching (STET)
Designed to teach educators basic principles that can be directly applied to teacher-student interaction in the classroom. Learn strategies including but not limited to reducing power struggles; effective discipline techniques; and enhancing student performance and motivation.

Upcoming Session

To Be Announced. Interested?
Please contact drmeredithamiller@gmail.com.