How Does Empowerteen Work With Professionals?
As a healthcare professional, you know that our world faces both health and social crises that often find their beginnings early in life. Our programs utilize the best knowledge available in integrative healthcare, including biology, biochemistry, neurology, endocrinology, anatomy, physiology, psychology, and sociology. Founder Dr. Paula Pilcher’s data indicates that Empowerteen’s participants leave their teen years as happier, better-adjusted contributors to themselves and the world around them.
Empowerteen’s programs can be an effective complement to several therapies aimed at building relatedness, resilience, and confidence in young people.
Want to Get Involved?
Are You...
A Teacher or Coach?
- You can have Empowerteen at your school! We offer guest speaking, workshops, etc.
- We collaborate in many areas of this industry!
- teen yoga classes and lessons
- workshops on team building (typically used for sports teams)
- church youth groups, where we come in & help with confidence
- You can refer your patients to Empowerteen!
- Empowerteen can come into your school!
You can also help us by volunteering YOUR services to Empowerteen!
Does Empowerteen Work?
We wanted to know the facts too.
To find results, participants complete two Likert-scale questionnaires regarding ‘self-esteem’ and ‘body image’ at the beginning of a series, semester class curriculum, or retreat, and then again on the last day.
Dr. Paula now has 12 years of data from over 1,000 teen/tween participants showing improvement in scores for both questionnaires, as well as open question handwritten feedback from the participants on the anecdotal effects they’ve personally noticed in their lives.
- How they felt about attending the program on the first day
- How they felt about it on the last day.
Dr. Paula Pilcher
Dr. Paula, a Naturopathic family care doctor, licensed massage therapist, midwife, and fitness instructor, created Empowerteen. Check out some of her appearances on Portland's "Authenticity Matters" and Vancouver's "Internal Chatter"!
Dr. Paula has created impact at many different schools, including:
- Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District (THPRD)
- Kansas City USD 500 School District
- Beaverton School District (High Schools and Middle Schools)
- Hillsboro School District (High Schools)
- Portland Public School District (High Schools)
- Village Home Education Resource Center (Beaverton, OR)