Saturday, July 14
12:00 noon Pacific Time
Presenter: Alikina
"Surviving Your Therapist"

As survivors, many of us feel the need for help from a mental health
professional from time to time. Yet too often, attempts to get help
seem to sputter along, or even fail all together. Most therapists are
caring people with a sincere desire to help, and most clients who seek
professional assistance are doing their best to explain their needs
and ask for that help.

If most people are mostly doing their best most of the time, why are
so many clients left with the feeling that they aren't getting what
they need from therapy, and why do so many therapists appear to be
dealing with a completely different person from you, the lady or
gentleman sitting in their office?

Often, the answer is that therapists have not experienced severe
trauma and are speaking from a 'healthy lifetime' point of view,
overlaid with specific ideas, theories, and requirements of their
profession. Meanwhile, survivors of severe, chronic abuse are speaking
from the point of view of people who have rarely, if ever, experienced
a safe, content lifestyle, and while many of us are very experienced
in seeing therapists, we still don't know what the heck those
therapists are thinking.

The goal of this webinar is to provide the client with some insight
into the mindset of the therapist (and therapists with insight into
the mindset of the client), so that clients and therapists can
communicate effectively.

Alikina has experience as both a survivor and a therapist. She grew up
in a household that was emotionally, spiritually, physically,
sexually, and ritually abusive. She has a BA in psychology and will
finish her Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling this year.
Alikina has been seeing clients in a community counseling center for
over a year. One of her current projects focuses on collecting
terminology that is often misunderstood between therapists and
clients.

REGISTRATION
Registration closes Thursday evening July 12, 2012

To reserve a space in the webinar, e-mail Shamai at
sha...@survivorship.org   and give her this information:

1. Your name
2. The webinar you wish to attend: "Surviving Your Therapist"
3. Amount and method of payment  (check, PayPal, money order)
4. Your preferred e-mail address (so we can send you instructions)
5. The name you will be using for the webinar. (This does not have to
be your real name or your message board screen name.)

You will receive a confirmation email immediately and an invitation
link and instructions after the registration closes

COST
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we offer full scholarships for webinars please consider paying
whatever you are able to. Even $5 will help to cover the cost of the
webinar provider). Please remember to factor in the cost of the
telephone call if you don’t have a computer headset. The PayPal button
is near the bottom of the page at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you wish to pay by check please send it to: Survivorship, Family
Justice Center, 470 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612.

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