Spring/Summer 2010

MBPA PUBLIC SERVICE/OUTREACH/EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT

Diane Bridgeman, Ph.D.
Chair, Public Service/Outreach/Education Committee
(831) 420-1109
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We have assisted in placing several low fee/pro-bono clients with therapists within the last two months.

Our Public Service/Education committee is continuing to collaborate with the CLASP committee to offer a book club for our members. We appreciate the generosity of Dr. Ann Bolger for hosting us in her beautiful home. At our last meeting we discussed “The Gift of Therapy,” by Irv Yalom, M.D. Information about upcoming book club meetings will be sent via the MBPA listserv and will be posted on website as details are worked out. The books are available in paperback at Bookshop Santa Cruz, where MBPA members will receive a 10% discount. Not only are these book club meetings engaging forums for discussion of relevant works, they help reduce feelings of isolation common to our work, and enhance support and connectedness among our colleagues. Hope to see you at the next gathering.

MBPA once again had a table of our materials and membership applications at the annual Calciano Mental Health Symposium in March at the Cocoanut Grove. The program, “Perspectives on Mental Ilness: Seldom Heard Stories,” featured Pete Earley, Frederick Frese, Ph.D., Lizzie Simon and Leslie Tremaine, Ed D. MBPA’s Dr. Andy Carmen has been instrumental in facilitating the CE process at this event for many years now.

Committee members: Diane Bridgeman (chair), and Anita Whalen

Diane Bridgeman, Ph.D.