Marin CAMFT

FRIDAY LUNCHTIME PROGRAM

June 11, 2010

TRANSCENDENTAL ACUPUNCTURE FOR EFFORTLESS* TRANSFORMATION

Truth Sayer, LMFT

Transcendental acupuncture is based on Classical Taoist Acupuncture, 2000 year old Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qi Gong and Transformational Psychology. The process opens energetic channels allowing the qi to flow which precipitates change effortlessly at the deepest levels. The resulting transformation of consciousness engenders behavioral, attitudinal and emotional shifts. Come and learn about this amazing process and how it can be an adjunct to therapy. *To be elucidated in the presentation.

Truth Sayer, MFT, LAc, Dipl. OM is a licensed Acupuncturist and MFT. She studied Classical Chinese Medicine with Jeffrey Yuan, Ph.D an 88th generation Taoist priest and Li Chun Huang, MD, the foremost authority in Auricular Medicine. Truth brings to her presentation a lifetime of spiritual practice, teaching and healing.

September 10, 2010

Creative Approaches to Aging and End of Life Issues

Sue Steele, MA

As the general age of the population increases, therapists will probably be probably be working more often than before with the issues arising from aging and death. What are the issues most often encountered in the later years of life and how many options are available currently to address them? Sue will offer a variety of ways of addressing these needs.

Sue practices in Mill Valley and San Francisco. She is a member of the San Francisco End Of Life Network and on the Board of Compassion and Choices of Northern California. She currently supervises interns and is the chair of the Lunchtime Lecture series for Marin CAMFT.

NETWORKING: Lunchtime Lecture meetings include a formal networking period during which all members who wish to do so, can give a 30-45 second self-introduction and pitch about their practice. This is a great way to expand your practice and learn about others’ specialties.

TIME: Formal networking from 12:10 – 12:30 pm. Presentation begins at 12:30 pm and ends at 1:30 pm.

LOCATION: Room #201 at the Corte Madera Town Center Mall. Room 201 is on the second floor at the south end of the Town Center, near P.F. Chang’s restaurant (the former Good Guys store location).

QUESTIONS: Sue Steele at 388-7587 or ssteelelmft@att.net.

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FRIDAY EVENING PROGRAM

Friday, June 18
Can You Hear What I'm Not Saying? Working with Self-Destructive Adolescents.

Kirsten Beuthin, LMFT

It is not until your adolescent client knows that the therapist "gets it" that efforts at containing the self-destructive behavior will work. Hear a variety of ways to find the meaning of adolescent self-destructive behavior and how to use that information to determine ways to better intervene. Difficult situations such as parent expectations and therapist counter-transference will be addressed. Participants are invited to bring case material for discussion.

Bio:
Kirsten Beuthin, LMFT, is in private practice in San Francisco and Oakland. She works with adolescents, adults, couples and families, and her clinical training and expertise is working with adolescents and their families, personality disorders, self-injury, eating disorders, parenting, grief-loss-depression, sexuality and addiction. She has worked in residential, day treatment and outpatient clinic settings, and provides supervision to interns. Her work is informed by Object Relations, Family Systems, Control Mastery and Developmental theories, and she holds a certification from the Masterson Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

ABOUT THE FRIDAY EVENING PROGRAM MEETINGS: From 5:30 – 7:30 pm on the Third Friday of the month for 8 months of the year, the Friday Evening Program offers an opportunity for socializing and networking with colleagues as well as a venue for listening to an inspiring and educational presentation on some cutting-edge facet of psychotherapy.

LOCATION: Corte Madera Town Center, 770 Tamalpais Drive, Room #201. Enter mall from south end – office building entrance is on the right.

NETWORKING takes place from 5:30 – 6:00 pm. Sometimes this is formal, and individuals can take a minute to introduce themselves and their work to the group; at other times, the half hour before the program begins is used for informal networking, and individuals have a chance to mill and chat with colleagues.

PLANNED PROGRAM takes place from 6:00 – 7:30 pm.

AWESOME SNACKS are provided.

GET PAINLESS CEU’s: 1 CEU provided if you attend program and fill out an evaluation form.

BRING FLYERS AND MARKETING MATERIALS: There is a table where you can display your promotional materials for others to browse through.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Avis Rumney, Chair, at 924-2100.