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Facing the Many Headed Dragon Together

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Facing the Many Headed Dragon Together

Co-sponsored by

Thursday, October 14, 2010, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Presenter: Sue Johnson, EdD

Director, International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)
Director, Ottawa Couple and Family Institute Inc.
Professor, University of Ottawa

This workshop is part of the 27th Annual ISSTD Conference being held at the Hilton Atlanta Hotel. Please visit www.isst-d.org for more information and to register online.

Facing the Many Headed Dragon Together – Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples and Complex Trauma

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is a couple intervention that is ideally suited to addressing relationship distress in couples facing PTSD and Complex PTSD. The focus on actively processing and integrating emotion, revising negative models of self, and creating secure bonding interactions make this approach an “on target” intervention for such couples. The safe haven and secure base offered by responsive love relationships is the ideal healing environment for those wounded by trauma. EFT has been empirically validated in general and with traumatized couples. This workshop will include observation of DVD’s and experiential exercises.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Night on the Town

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:19:54 +0000

MCS is hosting its fifth annual benefit Night on the Town, on Friday, September 10, 2010 at the Old Courthouse on the Square in downtown Decatur. This year’s theme is Puttin’ on the Peachtree…Atlanta, and features great food catered by Sun in my Belly of Decatur, cocktails, music, and a fabulous silent auction. Please click here or more info, and to purchase tickets.

Thank you to all of our donors!

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Air Tran Airways
A Big To Do Event, Inc.
Atlanta Cycling
Aurora Theatre
Aveda Perimeter
Benchmade, USA
C. Davis Photography
Kyle Collins
Colonial Pines
Fabu Face Spa
Fresche Salon & Boutique
Garden View Massage
Paul K. Graham, CG
Here 2 Serve Restaurant Group
Maxine Hull
Just S.E.W.
Barb Kowal
Kroger Co.
Patrick Loughran & Caroline Simonds
Neiman Marcus
Pilates @ ABC
Portofino
Radiance Medspa
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
Susan Sadler
An-Chi Sun
Taste of Atlanta
The Fresh Market
Tire City Potters
Paul Thodeson
Topaz Gallery
Turning Point Healing Center
Van Michael Salon
Verde Taqueria
Wag-A-Lot
WellHome
Lee Wilson
Yoga Central

Night On The Town

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Peachtree Road Sponsor

Nick and Aimee Franz

Metropolitan Psychotherapy Associates

Paul and Kathie Thodeson

UPS Supply Chain Solutions

Stone Mountain Sponsor

Steve Haynes and Mary Jo Alton

Michael and Katherine Maxwell

Alyson Wooten

Chattahoochee Sponsor

Frances E. Cullen of

Full Circle Fundraising, LLC

Drs. Richard Gann and Carol Lyle

Howard Gold and Lee Wilson

Long & Associates, LLC

Randy Oven, LCSW

Sean and Maureen Richards

Turning Point Healing Center, LLC

Nick and Elise Spina

Mike Wroblewski and Kris Yacovone

Battling the Stigma

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:53:20 +0000

What they want, and what those who advocate for them demand, is only that they get what they deserve: To live with dignity and respect as they battle their illness and try to make a life for themselves and their families, and a reasonable expectation of empathy, understanding and support from their community.

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Ursula Chapman, MS, NCC

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Ursula Chapman, MS, NCC, received her Masters in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University, and is very pleased to be completing her post-graduate residency with Metropolitan Counseling. Her clinical experience includes individual, family, and group therapy in an outpatient recovery center. She enjoys working from a strengths-based approach, helping clients to realize their unique gifts and advantages. Her goal is to create a comfortable and safe space for clients to explore and better understand themselves and their surroundings. Ursula is particularly interested in issues of self-esteem and personal engagement, and how these areas affect levels of anxiety, stress, and depression. She finds that learning how to comfortably build and maintain a strong sense of self, and to authentically engage in meaningful relationships, can bring about wholeness and fulfillment in one’s day to day life. She looks forward to working with clients at the center, and welcomes queries or concerns.

Contact Ursula directly:

404.321.1794 ext 322

uchapman@mcsatlanta.org

Mental Health Month

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:50:13 +0000

Mental Health America is proud to continue its tradition of celebrating “May is Mental Health Month,” which began in 1949. This year’s theme, “Live Your Life Well,” challenges us to promote health and wellness in homes, communities, schools, and inform those who don’t believe it’s attainable.

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Alcohol Awareness

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In 2007, more than one fifth (23.3 percent) of persons aged 12 or older participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days prior to taking SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This translates to about 57.8 million people. To recognize the serious problem of alcohol abuse, April is designated “Alcohol Awareness Month.”

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Breaking Through Toxic Relationship Patterns

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Breaking Through Toxic Relationship Patterns

Friday, December 3, 2010, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

1 day Workshop (5 CE credits)

Presenter: Michael Barnett, LPC

Location: UPS Corporate Offices, 55 Glenlake Parkway NE, Atlanta, GA 30328

Breaking Through Toxic Relationship Patterns: The Art, Heart and Science of Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy

Couple’s (and couple’s therapists) often over-focus on the content surrounding conflict and therefore may ignore the powerful forces that trap partners into habitual negative patterns with each other. Over time, these patterns erode trust, and connection in relationships, sometimes irreparably. This workshop offers ways of identifying these patterns, understanding the forces that drive and define them, as well as how to intervene effectively so that couples may experience trust and closeness once again.

Presenter Bio:

Michael Barnett, LPC is a warm and knowledgeable humanistic therapist and presenter who has been in practice since 1988. He has worked in a multitude of settings over the years, with a wide variety of populations. He primarily works with adults and adolescents. His practice is in North East Atlanta where he offers individual, group, and marriage & couples therapy, as well as supervision and training for other therapists. Michael has served on the Board of Directors for the Licensed Professional Counselor’s Association, The Siddha Yoga Meditation Center, and Camps Airy and Louise Foundations. In addition to his psychotherapeutic work, he has consulted with dozens of organizations for executive training development and team building. Michael has trained with Dr. Susan Johnson and her colleagues since 2004 and is now a, Heartcertified EFT Supervisor and Trainer offering Marriage and Couple’s therapy trainings and workshops throughout the United States.

Sleep Awareness Week

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:40:37 +0000

Did you sleep well last night? Your answer to this question could tell others much about your mood and energy level today. It has been found that the emotion centers of the brain are over 60% more reactive after missing a single night’s sleep (ScienceDaily, 2007).

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