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Host a Performance of In Our Own Voice

If you know individuals or organizations interest in hosting IN OUR OWN VOICE, please contact:

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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PSI in Practice: A Good Word for Bad Words – Language as Life-Giving or Death Dealing

We invite you to attend our Wednesday Forum in May, “A Good Word for Bad Words – Language as Life-Giving or Death Dealing,” a didactic, anecdotal, and experiential presentation on the power of language, presented by Lee Jenkins, PhD, LP and Bill Noble, LMHC, PsyD.

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.

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Women Veterans Military Conference

You are invited to attend a Women’s Veteran Military Conference at Kingsborough Community College, Monday, April 30, 2012 from 8:00am to 4:00pm, at Kingsborough Community College in the MAC Rotunda.

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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PSI in Practice: Profound Presence

We invite you to attend our Wednesday Forum in April, “Profound Presence: Yoga Therapy as a Tool for Mindfulness and Connection for the Individual Diagnosed with an Eating Disorder,” presented by Maria Sorbara Mora, Registered Dietitian, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner, Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Phoenix Rising Group Facilitator.

April 4, 2012
10:30a – 12:00p
Located at the New York Open Center*
22 East 30th Street
*not affiliated with Open Center
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In Our Own Voice: Women Veterans Tell Their Story

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.

Friday March 30, 2012 at 7:30pm
Worship Hall at Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Road
Manhasset, NY 11030

Written by Beverly Coyle and directed by Steven Ditmyer
Produced by Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute.

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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