"Because I love you" (BILY) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting parents with troubled children of any age. The parent support groups help parents whose children have behavioral problems and/or may have started experiencing with drugs, running away, truancy, verbal and physical abuse, curfew, dressing inappropriately, and having negative peer relationships. The BILY life coaches assist families through struggles and crisis and yet at the same time help families with the tools necessary to deal with future issues more effectively.

In 1982, Dennis Poncher started Because I Love You, with just eight parents with similar problems meeting weekly in Dennis' home to exchange ideas and learn new parenting skills. Today, BILY now has parent support groups in 14 states, with over 500,000 families having successfully completed the program.

Dennis has appeared on many talk shows such as Oprah, Montel Williams, Geraldo and Good Morning America, as well as, being a keynote speaker throughout the country. He is the author of "Because I Love You - The Program." David Blumberg is the Youth Program Director for BILY and has been with the program since the late 1980's. David has a B.A. in Psychology and has over 20 years experience working in a variety of healthcare settings providing substance abuse counseling, mental health counseling, mentoring, and teaching others about group facilitation.

Because I Love You Life Coaching helps families believe, achieve, gain proper perspective, formulate strategies for reaching goals, solve problems and conflicts and get families back on track, save families from self-destruction, help families in transition and offer all around support in their lives. The process begins with an in-depth evaluation of the family and can take place in the family's home, taking approximately two to three hours. All family members involved must be included in this home evaluation.

[This information came from the Because I Love You website]