Friday, May 14, 2010

Letting Go of Fear: Fat Acceptance as a Grief Process

I'll be presenting this workshop at the NOLOSE conference (June 4-6 in Oakland). See the entire conference schedule at


http://nolose.org/10/program.php



Letting Go of Fear: Fat Acceptance as a Grief Process

Law & Ethics: Elder Abuse & Domestic Violence

Law & Ethics: Elder Abuse & Domestic Violence




Instructor Melissa Anderson, MFT, PhD Neurobiology



Saturday, June 26, 2010

6 CEUs



9 am - 4 pm

http://feministtherapyassociates.com/ElderAbuseCEU.html

Monday, May 10, 2010

Marketing What Matters

Marketing and Selling What Matters in a Way that Matters:


Inspired Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Change-makers

led by Pat Sullivan, owner of Visionary Resources

6 Saturdays starting May 15, 2010


Read more at www.FeministTherapyAssociates.com/Marketing.html

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

12 CEUs - Marketing What Matters - 6 Saturdays starts May 15

I've learned a lot from Pat Sullivan's down to earth, practical business concepts. I'm offering CEUs at no additional charge for MFTs and LCSWs. Hope to see you there! Please contact Pat directly (email and phone below).




Jeanne Courtney, MFT

www.FeministTherapyAssociates.com



Marketing and Selling What Matters in a Way that Matters:

Inspired Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Change-makers



led by Pat Sullivan, owner of Visionary Resources

6 Saturdays, 10am-12 noon, beginning May 15, 2010

El Cerrito, near BART

Required text, "The Soul of Selling" by Carol Costello



"I'm so glad I found you! You provide me just what I need! Thanks for your invoice."



Ready to have your inbox filled with messages like these from perfect clients or donors? This course will help you enjoy marketing and selling as the beginning or a wonderful client or donor relationship. Learn how to:



* release emotional blocks and negative images about marketing and selling;

* dare to let your light shine and promote yourself authentically, without hype;

* discover how brilliant you already are about marketing and sales;

* discover who your best clients or donors are and how to connect with them;

* engage prospects in a hospitable dialogue that leads to mutually profitable relationships.



Cost $225* includes extensive materials -- including Pat's book in progress, Marketing and Selling What Matters in a Way that Matters -- plus e-mail support outside class.



This course meets the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.



For information and a copy of Pat's article on marketing and selling as an act of hospitality, call 510-530-0284 or write visionpat@aol.com.



*Payment plans are available.








Read more at www.FeministTherapyAssociates.com

Monday, May 3, 2010

Make Friends with Your Body - A Workshop for Women of All Sizes

Make Friends with Your Body


A Workshop for Women of All Sizes



Saturday, May 8

11:00 am - 1:00 pm



IMPORTANT: Please arrive 10-15 minutes early; for security reasons, the building must be locked promptly at 11 am, and no one is available to watch the door for late arrivals.

Mandana Community Recovery Center

3989 Howe Street in Oakland

FREE for Mandana members

$5 donation to Mandana requested for non-members

No one turned away for lack of funds

Wheelchair accessible

Please refrain from wearing scented products



Would you like to love and nurture your body at any size, exactly the way it is? Whether you've lived in a big body that's attracted negative attention, struggled to keep your body small, or felt like a failure from the ups and downs of the weight loss roller coaster, this workshop can help. Diets are addictive. They bring long term weight loss only about 5 percent of the time and, paradoxically, they lead to weight gain about 50 percent of the time. That's why many women are choosing to practice the principles of Health at Every Size - eating and exercising in ways that are fun, healthy, and intuitive, and letting go of weight loss as a goal. But letting go is easier said than done. We'll talk about that process in terms of the five stages of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. We'll use relaxation and visualization techniques to help you develop a more nurturing, accepting relationship with your body, And we'll talk about how to stop putting your life on hold and start really living in the body you have today.



Jeanne Courtney is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps women of all sizes learn to love their bodies exactly as they are. She has provided empathic, responsive therapy for couples and individuals for over 20 years. Her article, Size Acceptance as a Grief Process, was published in the Journal of Lesbian Studies in 2008. She has presented a longer version of this workshop in her private practice, and at the National Lesbian Health Conference at UCSF in 2009. Jeanne has a private practice in San Francisco and El Cerrito. For more information see her website at www.FeministTherapyAssociates.com or call her at 510-527-5662, ext. 2.




Read more at www.FeministTherapyAssociates.com