Tillys Life Center
PROGRAMS
Tilly's Life Center "I Am Me" Program
Tilly's Life Center is a non-profit organization that addresses a range of mental health issues that impact young people. These issues include anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and poor decision-making. To tackle these issues, TLC offers the "I Am Me" program, a sustainable, lifelong mental health solution. The program is designed to provide essential, self-sustaining concepts and coping strategies to young people through interactive and fun lessons in a safe, positive, and inspiring environment. TLC's "I Am Me" program is unique in that it includes an experiential learning component that provides for role-playing, art projects, music, wellness activities, journaling, and guided discussions with students. By consistently applying the lessons learned in the program, teenagers develop intrinsic motivation and become more confident, independent, proactive, and solution-oriented. These core competencies are crucial for adolescents to thrive in school, college, work, and life. In addition to helping teens, TLC is a viable support system for schools/organizations overwhelmed with meeting our youth's mental health needs.
When youth engage with these strategies, positive outcomes manifest in various ways, including the following:
1. Enhanced Skills and Knowledge: Youth can apply newly acquired skills to various aspects of their work or personal life, leading to improved performance and problem-solving capabilities.
2. Increased Confidence: Youth participants will experience a boost in self-confidence, encouraging them to take on more challenging tasks, engage in creative problem-solving, and assert themselves more effectively in both team settings and leadership roles.
3. Better Communication and Collaboration: As youth work through strategies that emphasize teamwork, communication, and collaboration strategies together, they will develop stronger relationships with their peers, learn how to communicate more effectively, and understand the value of diverse perspectives.
4. Personal Growth: Youth will discover new interests, develop resilience, and learn how to balance various aspects of their lives more effectively, contributing to higher overall satisfaction and well-being.
5. Innovation and Creativity: Youth will be more open to experimenting with new ideas and approaches to solve problems and pursue new opportunities.
6. Adaptability: Youth will learn to apply different strategies to become more adaptable to change, a crucial skill in today's fast-paced world. By engaging with and using these strategies, participants can expect to achieve immediate benefits and long-term growth and development, setting a solid foundation for their future endeavors.
CONTACT
Tillys Life Center
17 Pasteur
Irvine, CA 92618
Colleen Versteeg
Phone: 949-484-8464