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Upcoming Events
All in the Family: Gender Transitions Throughout the Lifecycle
Saturday, May 11th, 9 AM to 4:00 PM
Arlene Lev, LCSW-R
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Working with Gender Creative Children and their Families
Clinical Case Seminar
Friday, May 10th 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Arlene Lev, LCSW-R and Diane Ehrensaft, PhD
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Ongoing Events
Still Getting Stronger: A Counseling Group For Women Over 55
Thursdays
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Women's Therapy Center, 2105 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
A place for women to share feelings, offer and receive support. This low-fee group will help women cope with issues around relationships, changing self-image, self-care, financial concerns and loss of grief. Co-facilitated by: Dominique Lambert and Sheree Moore, Supervised by Elsa Johnson, DMH, PhD.
To join the group or for more information, please call 510-524-8288, ext. 342. Download flyer.
Women of Color Peer Consultation Group
First Saturday of the month
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Women's Therapy Center, 2105 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
The Diversity Committee at the Women’s Therapy Center hosts a no-fee, monthly peer consultation and support group for therapists of color in the Bay Area. Trainees, interns, pre- and post-licensed therapists are all invited to attend. One of the goals of the group is to encourage therapists of color to have an active voice in the psychotherapy profession. The group also offers an opportunity for therapists to network, find community, and share their experiences and expertise.
To join the group or for more information, please contact Margarita Molina-Hinkley at 510-524-8288, ext. 313.
Previous Events
CLINICIANS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Clinical Considerations in Using Digital Technologies in Psychodynamic Treatment
Melissa Holub, PhD and Camala Kirchen, MA
3 CEUs
Multiple Perspectives on Working with Issues of Body Size
Marielle Berg, MFT, Mary Bradford, PhD, Susan Jill (SJ) Kahn, MFT, Janet Linder, PhD, LCSW, BCD
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: YMCA-PG&E Teen Center, Flex 1 Room, 2111 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
When the Therapist is Fat
Susan Jill (SJ) Kahn, MFT
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: YMCA-PG&E Teen Center, Flex 1 Room, 2111 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Working with Eating Disorders: A Relational/Feminist/Psychodynamic Approach
Mary Bradford, PhD
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: YMCA-PG&E Teen Center, Flex 1 Room, 2111 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Transference and Countertransference Related to Body Size in the Clinical Dyad
Saturday, November 5, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. with Janet Linder, PhD, LCSW(3 CEUs per workshop for MFTs, LCSWs. MCEP approved for Psychologists)
Introduction to the Health at Every Size(R) model and its use in Relational Psychotherapy
Saturday, October 22, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. with Marielle Berg, MFT
(3 CEUs per workshop for MFTs, LCSWs.)
Margaret Benson Thompson, MFT, Ruth Cobb Hill, PhD, Kim C. Venezia, MFT, Urusa Fahim, PhD, Mimi Kim, MSW, "On Injury & Repair"
Betsy Kassoff, PhD, "Eros in the Afternoon: Erotic Transference & Countertransference "
Christy Calame, LCSW, "Working with Sexual Outsider Populations: Towards a More Complex Clinical Understanding of Polyamorous and BDSM-involved Clients"
Toni Ayres, Ed, MFT, "Sex Addiction: How to Define, Address and Connect it with the Client's Psychological Life"
Mary Ann Leff, MFT, "Let's Talk About Sex: Talking About Sex in the Clinical Hour "
Carol Jenkins, PhD, LCSW, Betsy Kassoff, PhD, Mary Ann Leff, MFT, Gail Wyatt, PhD, "On Desire"
Koen Baum, MFT, Mary Bradford, PhD, Stephanie Brill, Kim Hraca, MA, MFT, "On Gender"
Mary Ann Leff , MFT, "Feminist Ethics & the Law"
Colleen West, MFT, "Adjunctive EMDR: How to Work Collaboratively with an EMDR Therapist"
Betsy Kassoff, PhD, "Whose Ethics? Law and Ethics in Psychotherapy"
Shelley Nathans, PhD, "Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy"
Janet Linder, LCSW, BCD, "Lesbian Parenting in the Bay Area"
Jane Burka, PhD, "The Therapist's Body in Fantasy and Reality"
Robin L. Fine, PhD, "The Lost Art of Intimacy: Revisioning Couples Therapy"
Susan H. Sands, PhD, "The Subjugation of the Body in Eating Disorders: A Particularly Female Solution"
Jane Ariel, PhD, "Separation and Divorce Among Lesbians"
Ellen Zucker, PhD and Elsa Johnson, DMH., "Neutrality And Its Place In The New Relational Paradigm"
Betsy Kassoff, PhD, "The Impact Of Queer Theory On Psychodynamic Practice"
Nina Ham, LCSW and co-founder of WTC, "Women’s Collaborative Relationships In Work"
Beverly Burch, PhD and Carol Jenkins, PhD, "The Interactive Effect Of Individual and Couples Therapy: An Intersubjective Perspective"
Ellen Zucker, PhD, "Psychotherapy Supervision: A Relational Approach"
Judith Flory, LCSW, "Trauma and Memory: A Workshop on Dissociative Processes"
Daniel B. Wile, PhD, "Collaborative Couple Therapy: Turning Fights Into Intimate Conversations"
Zonya Johnson, PhD, "Relational Therapy Through A Cultural Lens"
Jane Ariel, PhD, MFT, and Sandra Butler, MA, "ReImagining the Family: The "Family Of Choice" in the Lives of Lesbians"
Jane Reynolds Conger, PhD, "Shame: The Disavowed Affect"
Carol Jenkins, PhD, "Emotional Tangles and Sexual Knots: Working with a Couple's Physical Bond"
Betsy Kassoff, PhD, "Who Is Having Sex With Whom: Eroticism in the Clinical Hour"
