> Chief

> HealthyPlace.com -  September 6 and 7 Chat Conferences

> September 6, Wednesday Evening Chat (8PM Central):
> "Living without Depression and Manic Depression: A
> Guide to Maintaining Mood Stability" with guest,
> Mary Ellen Copeland, MA and MS, of
> http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Depression/mhrecovery/index.html.
> Mrs. Copeland has experienced episodes of severe mania
> and depression for most of her life.  Living and working
> in Vermont as a researcher and author, she has worked to
> help herself and others identify, live with and manage
> depression and manic depression.  Mrs. Copeland is the
> author of many books, tapes, articles and booklets,
> including "The Depression Workbook: A Guide to Living
> with Depression and Manic Depression," "Living without
> Depression and Manic Depression: A Guide to Maintaining
> Mood Stability," "Wellness Recovery Action Plan," "The
> Adolescent Depression Workbook," "The Worry Control
> Workbook" and "Winning Against Relapse."  She is also
> the co-producer of the video "Coping with Depression"
> and producer of the audio tape, "Strategies for Living
> with Depression and Manic Depression."  All her works
> are based on her on-going study of the day-to-day
> coping strategies of people who experience psychiatric
> symptoms and of how people have gotten well and stayed
> well.  She will be taking your personal questions during
> this important chat conference.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> You may want to visit:  the six sites in the HealthyPlace.com
> Depression Community at
> http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Depression/site/index.htm,
> including "The Apocalypse Suicide Page," "Good Mood," "Living
> with Depression," "Mental Health Recovery," "NIMH" and
> "SHOCKED!;" the six sites in the HealthyPlace.com Bipolar
> Community at http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Bipolar/Site/index.htm,
> including "A Manic Depression Primer," "Catching a Darkness,"
> "Cycle of Moods," "Kathryn's Corner," "Living as a Manic
> Depressive" and "NIMH;"  or the 59 other community sites at
> http://healthyplace.com/site/directory.htm.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> September 7, Thursday Evening Chat (8PM Central):  "Anxiety
> Disorder Relapses" with guest, Evelyn Goodman, Psy.D. and
> MFT, of http://www.anxietyrecovery.com. Dr. Goodman has
> been in private practice in West Los Angeles since 1979,
> working with individuals, couples, families and groups
> to assist in resolving the underlying problems creating
> stress and anxiety as a therapist, teacher, author,
> consultant, speaker and workshop/conference presenter.
> She will be discussing what to do and what to expect when
> you experience the setbacks or relapses that often occur
> after "recovery" from anxiety disorders.  Dr. Goodman will
> be taking your personal questions during this important
> chat conference.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> You may want to visit the eight sites in the HealthyPlace.com
> Anxiety/Panic Community at
> http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Anxiety/site/index.htm,
> including, "Anxiety, Panic,Phobias," "Anxiety Self-Help,"
> "Living with Agoraphobia," "NIMH," "PAEMS," "Patti's Panic
> Place," "The Anxieties Site" and "The Caregiver" or the
> Community's journalers at
> http://www.healthyplace.com/journals/anxiety/site/index.htm.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The transcripts from all our previous chat conferences are here:
> http://www.healthyplace.com/Site/conf_index.htm, including

> Is Self-Esteem Healthy? - Guest: Dr. Robert F. Sarmiento

> Self-Help Stuff That Works - Guest: Adam Khan

> Depression Treatments - Guest: Dr. Louis Cady

> Special Education Law - Guests: Pete and Pam Wright.

> Mood Disorders in Children - Guest: Trudy Carlson.

> Undoing Depression - Guest: Dr. Richard O'Connor

> Bipolar Medication Non-Compliance, Dual Diagnosis, Dealing
> Effectively With Manic Episodes - Guest: Dr. Eric Bellman

> Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder - Manic
> Depression - Guest: Dr. Ronald Fieve

> Social Phobia, Social Anxiety - Guest: Luann Linquist

> Power Over Panic - Guest: Bronwyn Fox

> Attacking Anxiety and Depression - Guest: Carolyn Dickman

> Conquering Panic, Anxiety and Phobias - Guest: Dr. Abbot Lee Granoff

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> We have many SUPPORT GROUPS (hosted chats on various topics).
> Help yourself and join one of our new groups:
> http://www.healthyplace.com/site/support_groups_hp.htm.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The chat conferences are free of charge.  Please feel free
> to invite your friends, mail list buddies and anyone else
> who you feel might benefit. Our guests always answer your
> personal questions.  If you have a topic/guest suggestion
> for a future conference, I hope you will write me or David
> Roberts, our Chat Conference Coordinator.

> Sincerely,

> Charles, Community Partner Team
> HealthyPlace.com - Mental Health Communities

> "When you're at HealthyPlace.com, you're never alone."
> http://www.healthyplace.com

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> We meet on our chat site in "Conference Room-Main" at
> http://chat.healthyplace.com.

> IMPORTANT!!  If this is your first visit to our chat site, at
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