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IN THIS ISSUE ARTICLES: A Case of Violence / Donald T. Saposnek To Be or Not To Be . . . Balanced / Dani Beckerman UPCOMING WORKSHOPS Clinical Practices for Transgender Clients / Shane Hill The Embodied Mind: Trauma, Attachment, and Psychotherapy / Helen Resneck-Sannes "America on the Couch: Psychological Perspectives on the Presidential Election 2008 Sheila Namir & Alan Strachan DEPARTMENTS: Board of Directors & Committee Chairs From the Editor /
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12:15 pm to 1:30 pm
Dominican Hospital Education Bldg, Rm D
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????The Interdisciplinary Psycho-therapeutic Salon is a quarterly gathering of local psychiatrists, psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and those approaching licensure to discuss professional issues that affect us personally. The intimate and confidential setting fosters a friendly, collegial discussion. The Salon meets quarterly on the first Tuesday of the month (with rare exceptions): February, May, August, and November. Questions and thoughts may be addressed to Rick Alloy, Ph.D. by email:
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MBPA is a chapter of the California Psychological Association. www.mbpsych.org |  A CASE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE*
by Donald T. Saposnek, Ph.D.
*First published as part of an editorial in the Association for Conflict Resolution's Family Mediation News, Spring 2008. Reprinted here with permission.
I recently presented a training to divorce professionals in Canada. The topics that I covered in the workshop included dealing with difficult divorce relationships, their multifaceted problems and the involvement of other non-disputants (e.g., friends, families, lovers) in the couples' disputes that make mediation more challenging.
Theory and research are clean and fun to present; reality is messy and often not so fun. The evening following the workshop was ironic and eventful, as theory and reality unexpectedly converged. As I was trying to fall asleep in my beautiful hotel room about 10:30 p.m., I heard a man screaming and crying directly outside my hotel room door. He and a woman (his wife? lover?) were staying in the room directly across the hall and they were apparently having an argument (although only his voice could be heard). He was cursing foul words at this woman as he repeated his refrain: "How could you leave me, after what you did?!" Read the entire article.
To Be or Not to Be . . . Balanced
By Dani Beckerman, Psy.D. CPA CLASP Chair
Reprinted with permission from the California Psychological Association and The California Psychologist. 
Balance is an easy concept to grasp and a much more difficult one to practice. Balance is a state of being in which our lives, our work, and our relationships are attended to with a presence of mind, a conservation of resources, and perceived sense of fit. Our health and well-being will be improved by cultivating and revitalizing our internal, external, and natural resources through the practices of gratitude, forgiveness, and mindfulness.?This in turn will enhance balance, self care, and holistic health by reducing stress, conflict, and resentment. Read the entire article.
UPCOMING TRAINING/WORKSHOPS
The Embodied Mind:
Trauma, Attachment, and Psychotherapy
By Helen Resneck-Sannes, Ph.D.
September 19, 2008, 8:30-4:00
University Inn and Conference Center,
611 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz
$130 (members) includes lunch
$140 (non-members)  Drawing on recent advances in neuroscience, memory research, and infant studies, Helen Resneck-Sannes, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist in private practice in Santa Cruz, will present a day-long workshop focusing on how the brain develops in relationship, which in turn informs our interventions as therapists; how traumatic memories are stored and processed; which interventions are effective for treating strain trauma vs. acute posttraumatic stress; how to regulate your own body, so as to be the best possible therapist for this particular client at this particular time; and how the current research on the brain determines the choice of treatment for anxiety disorders vs. depression.
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 Transgender Clients: Clinical Issues, Standards of Care and Assessment of Gender Identity
By Shane Hill, Ph.D.
October 17, 2008, 9:00-5:00
At the Peachwood, Highway 17 & Pasatiempo Drive, Santa Cruz
$130 (members) includes lunch
$140 (non-members) Transgender culture and continuum-based gender identity are cutting-edge concepts for our clinical practice and society in general. It has only been in the last 9 years that transgender has become a well-known and non-pathologized concept in the mass media. Clinical approaches for transgender clients are changing as we more fully understand their experience.
???Shane Hill, Ph.D. clinical psychologist and family therapist in private practice in Santa Cruz, is offering a day-long workshop dealing with these transgender clients. Click here for more details.
America on the Couch: Psychological Perspectives on the 2008 Presidential Election
with Sheila Namir, Ph.D. and Alan Strachan, Ph.D.
Santa Cruz Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society (SCPPS), Co-sponsored by MBPA
September 27, 2008, 3:00-5:00 pm
Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 6401 Freedom Blvd., Aptos Click here for more details.
COLLABORATIVE CONSULTATION GROUP
Co-sponsored by Dominican Hospital and Montery Bay Psychological Association
JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT CONSULTATION GROUP
Monday, August 25
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm
Dominican Hospital ~ Main Building ~ Basement ~ Room 1
Lunch will be provided
RSVP : Call ~ Dani Beckerman, Psy.D. @ 831-426-4735
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