About.

We are professionals whose mission is to make a difference in families.

Established in 2013

We have each been working  in a professional capacity for more than 20 years.  We came together in 2013 to join forces and write a book, curriculum and to help individuals and families all over the world.

Our Goal

To bring skills to children, tweens, teens and parents so they may have a more productive life and stronger sense of family and improve self esteem in all involved.

Our Team

Stephanie R. Bien, LMFT
Author, Therapist, and Educator

Stephanie R. Bien is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist and Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) Instructor working with families for the past 25 years.  Her speciality is in psychotherapy, play therapy and parenting with children and teens.  She educates in a class setting and private practice providing tools to build respectful relationships constructed with trust, connection and communication.  Stephanie is also a mother of two daughters, the co-author of “Bully Prevention Tips for Teens: 18 Powerful Ways to Protect Yourself through High School” and an instructor of the “Leadership Training Program to Prevent Bullying” for youth mentors.  
With her passion for the betterment of the next generation, she founded a Think Tank of ways to help the teen culture, where a group of professionals working with adolescents join together to brainstorm and design creative ways to guide teens and their parents in a positive, healthy and productive way.  This is called “Insight to Teen Culture”. We are working together to make a difference.  Stephanie believes in the importance of giving back and making the world a better place!

Yvonne Brooks
Author, Speaker and Coach

Yvonne   Brooks,   “Parenting   with   Love  Expert”  is   an   inspirational   writer,   life   coach   and   public speaker  with   over   30   year   experience   in   leadership   training   and   development.   With  over   50   published   books   translated   into several   different   languages   around   the   world,   Yvonne   has   positioned   herself   as   a   leader   in   empowering   families   toward   self-responsibility.  
As  a  mentor  to  thousands  of  parents  and  their   children,  Ms.  Brooks  has   strived   diligently   to      create   innovated   and   synergistic   programs   that produced   outstanding   and   successful   for the past 30 years.
She   has   coached   over   10,000   families   and       donated   over   $500,000   to   community   improvements   helping   foster   care   children, schools and families   in   need.     
In   addition, Ms.   Brooks   has   created   programs to   support   orphans   in   India, Egypt,   El-Salvador,   Mexico,   Jamaica  and  Africa.    
Ms. Brooks brings parents, children and entrepreneurial experience to a refreshing level of excellence.   Ms. Brooks, is also the mastermind   behind   the   Parental   Toolkit        and   Understanding   Your   Child's   Emotional           Language Series.  
​Yvonne  currently teaches her Parenting With Love Series at Pierce College located in Woodland  Hills, California. 
 

Katie Pope is an intern currently working with Stephanie Bien. She graduated from Pepperdine University in June 2019 with degrees in both Political Science and Psychology as well as a minor in English. Katie is currently taking a gap year before beginning a joint J.D. and MBA program. During her gap year, Katie is volunteering at her city's local Shepherd's Center, an organization that provides resources to elderly members of the community, and working toward receiving her real estate license. Katie is a passionate supporter of mental health awareness and hopes to shed light on the pervasive problem of bullying. Katie has interned in numerous therapeutic settings, including serving as a motivational speaker for Aspiro, a Wilderness Therapeutic Center. In her free time, Katie enjoys kayaking, hiking, and deep sea fishing. She is excited to start her second year working with the Bully Prevention Tips team and looks forward to helping this program continue to foster and develop.

Evan Henderson is an intern who is currently working with Stephanie Bien in the Bully Prevention for Teens team. He is a senior at Pepperdine University, double-majoring in Psychology and Philosophy. He is very passionate about empowering others to rise above their circumstances and live lives of joy, and for this reason is excited to contribute to the Bully Prevention Program. Previously, Evan has had experience working in international social justice. He spent three months interning for the Business and Environment division of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Jaffa, Israel. He also currently serves as an operations coordinator at Survivor 2 Leader, a California based anti-human trafficking non-profit. In the future, Evan plans to pursue a Juris Doctor degree and continue to work in the anti-human trafficking field.

We're Here for You!

Yvonne Brooks

yvonnebrooksinc@gmail.com
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Stephanie R. Bien, LMFT

Stephaniebienmft@gmail.com

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​bullypreventiontips4teens@yahoo.com