Mary Ragan
mragan@mindspirit.org

IN OUR OWN VOICE represents dramatic monologues drawn from interviews with women veterans and those still serving, It is a theater piece designed to honor the service of all women in the Armed Forces.

It is our belief that the experience of these women needs to be honored, recognized as significant, and represented more fully in all forms of media.

IN OUR OWN VOICE is produced by the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute. The team for this project includes mental health professionals, a playwright, director and several volunteers.

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May 2, 2012
10:30a – 12:00p
Located at the New York Open Center*
22 East 30th Street
**not affiliated with New York Open Center

Presenter: Bill Noble is a New York State licensed psychoanalyst, a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC), and a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). He belongs to the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, the American Group Psychotherapy Association, the American Psychological Association (Division 39), and the Chinese American Psychoanalytic Association. Bill is a graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee) 1962, and the General Theological Seminary (1969). He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1970. Bill is a veteran, with 20 years of service in the U.S. Army as a Chaplain. Bill holds certificates in Pastoral Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy and Psychoanalysis. He received a Doctor of Psychology (Psy. D.) in 2010 from the Graduate Theological Foundation, and served as a member of the Psychoanalytic Faculty of the Blanton-Peal Institute in New York City.

All forums are free of charge. To register for any session, please email psi-invite@mindspirit.org or call 212-285-0043.

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Our Wednesday morning forums for clergy, therapists, other clinicians and helping professionals include presentations by members of PSI staff as well as invited guests. They are designed to offer opportunities for engagement in topics and modalities that integrate psychotherapy and spirituality. They are also an opportunity for peer fellowship and networking.

Keynote speaker: Garrison Command Sergeant Major Sylvia P. Laughlin, Fort Hamilton.

Topics:

• Educational Benefits
• LGBT Issues
• Sexual Trauma
• Employment
• Re-integration from Military life into civilian and college life

To RSVP or for more information, contact the Veterans Affairs Student Office (VAS0) at:

718-368-5472
VASO@kingsborough.edu

or visit:

kbcc.cuny.edu/Projects/Vaso/

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April 4, 2012
10:30a – 12:00p
Located at the New York Open Center*
22 East 30th Street
*not affiliated with Open Center

Mindfulness is a term that comes from Eastern spiritual practices such as Zen Buddhism and refers to being in touch and aware of the present moment as well as being neutral to one’s inner experience. The elements of a Phoenix Rising Yoga class (and group) provide individuals with eating and body issues the opportunity to explore themselves deeply with profound presence that supports treatment and recovery in a unique and powerful way.

Presentation: The presentation will start with a 20 minute experiential Phoenix Rising Yoga-style meditation and a few yoga postures to allow clinicians to experience first-hand, yoga therapy in their bodies. Details will be shared illuminating how these aspects of a Phoenix Rising Yoga class supports profound presence and is an integral part of treatment and recovery for individuals with all types of eating disorders and body image issues.

Presenter: Maria Sorbara Mora is a Registered Dietitian, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner, Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Phoenix Rising Group Facilitator. She founded Body Connection, LLC nutrition and yoga practice in New York City, devoted to eating disorder treatment, and The Center For Connection, the only yoga studio in New York that provides yoga therapy to individuals and groups for individuals with eating and body image issues. Maria has treated individuals with eating disorders for over 10 years and has empowered her patients to heal symptoms through body awareness. Her work on body image disturbance has been published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

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All forums are free of charge. To register for any session, please email psi-invite@mindspirit.org or call 212-285-0043.

Our Wednesday morning forums for clergy, therapists, other clinicians and helping professionals include presentations by members of PSI staff as well as invited guests. They are designed to offer opportunities for engagement in topics and modalities that integrate psychotherapy and spirituality. They are also an opportunity for peer fellowship and networking.

Monologues based on intensive interviews with women veterans and current service-women. Followed by a talkback with the audience facilitated by a Service Woman and a psychotherapist. Women’s Group welcomes your participation in honoring the service of all women in the Armed Forces. We are committed to helping with difficulties they experience on returning home.

Refreshments served after the program.

Everyone – women, men, teens and all Veterans – welcome.

Baskets will be available for optional donations to The Service Women’s Action Network.

For a moving experience you will long remember, reserve by calling Sharyn at 516-627-6560, ext. 160.

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The frustration of looking for work in this down economy can be eased considerably through the sharing of job-search information including URL’s on which jobs are posted, workshops for the unemployed, etc. The group, which is led by Dr.Kimball Jones, West Side Area Director of PSI will continue to meet until at least the end of June. New members are always welcome.

If you have any questions about the group, you can contact Dr. Jones at 212-580-7974 or email him at kjones20@nyc.rr.com.

March 7, 2012
10:30a – 12:00p
Located at the New York Open Center*
22 East 30th Street
*not affiliated with Open Center

One of the most interesting developments in medicine in the past two decades has been research on the neuroplasticity of the brain, which has demonstrated that the human brain is much more adaptable (“plastic’) than previously thought. This has strong implications for issues such as brain injury, stroke and memory loss. It also has significant implications for the practice of psychotherapy in understanding how brain physiology affects human behavior and what can be done to alter that.

Kim Jones will discuss some of the recent research on the neuroplasticity of the brain, drawing on the research of Norman Doidge in his book “The Brain that Changes Itself” and Daniel Siegel in his book “Mindsight.”

Jane Moffett will then illustrate how an understanding of some aspects of brain physiology can be helpful in therapeutic practice, drawing on clinical illustrations from her practice.

Download the flyer

All forums are free of charge. To register for any session, please email psi-invite@mindspirit.org or call 212-285-0043.

Our Wednesday morning forums for clergy, therapists, other clinicians and helping professionals include presentations by members of PSI staff as well as invited guests. They are designed to offer opportunities for engagement in topics and modalities that integrate psychotherapy and spirituality. They are also an opportunity for peer fellowship and networking.

All forums are located at:
The New York Open Center*
22 East 30th Street
* not affiliated with Open Center

All forums are free of charge. To register for any session, please email psi-invite@mindspirit.org or call 212-285-0043.

Our Wednesday morning forums for clergy, therapists, other clinicians and helping professionals include presentations by members of PSI staff as well as invited guests. They are designed to offer opportunities for engagement in topics and modalities that integrate psychotherapy and spirituality. They are also an opportunity for peer fellowship and networking.

Kathleen Kelley, MDiv, LMFT

Mary Ragan, PhD, LCSW