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a workshop or event, please click If you have additional questions about our community workshops or registration, contact Emily Rose at 847-491-0530 or by email at register@womencarecounseling.com 2008-2009 Calendar: Programs, Events & Services Healing Trauma: Skill-Building
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COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
Sunday, October 5, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Presented by Amy Steinhauer Assaults on women and girls take many forms: childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, physical abuse, date rape, and other violating intrusions. These abuses rob women in many ways. Often, one of the precious things that is lost is sexuality: sexual discovery, sexual desire, sexual pleasure and sexual intimacy. This workshop is intended for women whose trauma experience interferes with having a satisfying sexual relationship. We will address issues such as sexual fear and avoidance, flashbacks, dissociation, pain and other blocks. In a safe and respectful environment, survivors of abuse will have an opportunity to give voice to their experience of sexuality as adults, receive accurate information about sex and learn strategies to embrace their sexuality. Women of all sexual orientations are welcome. While the topic of touch will be explored, no physical touch will be involved in this workshop. Held at Womencare Counseling Center, Evanston Click to download a PDF of this brochure Registration, hotel information, etc COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS Sexuality Interrupted for Couples: Sexual Healing After Abuse Sunday, February 8, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Presented by Amy Steinhauer This new workshop grows out of the Sexuality Interrupted workshops for women, and the Sharing the Journey workshops for their partners. Abuse-related trauma takes a tremendous toll on people and on relationships, and the journey to healing is often long and arduous. Healing creates challenges in couple relationships, and also the potential for a greater and more rewarding depth of connection and intimacy. This workshop is intended for abuse survivors and their partners. It will guide couples in developing a shared understanding of trauma and its impacts, identifying relational and sexual strengths and challenges, and developing plans for approaching sexual concerns and managing distress. Couples of all genders and sexual orientations are welcome. While the topic of touch will be explored, no physical touch will be involved in this workshop. Space is limited to facilitate discussion |
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presented by Judith Ierulli After experiencing trauma, be it a single incident or ongoing abuse, people can experience strong reactions that interfere with their daily lives including flashbacks, nightmares, overwhelming feelings, numbness, anxiety, isolation or avoidance of everyday situations. These reactions can be short-lived. For some people, however, they can persist for years after the trauma. Held at Womencare Counseling Center, Evanston |
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Sunday, February 22, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presented by Amy Derringer Chandler Boundaries keep us safe as individuals, in control as communities and healthy as persons in relationship. For survivors of abuse and trauma, boundaries are often blurred, negated and violated. In this workshop, participants will learn about physical, psychological, emotional and sexual boundaries. As a group, we will explore the connection between boundary violations and trauma and consider how establishing personal boundaries can aid in rebuilding a sense of grounding and control. We will identify tools for clarifying one’s own limits and asserting them with others. Held at Womencare Counseling Center, Evanston
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Sunday, March 22, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Presented by Amy Derringer Chandler and Amy Steinhauer Our own childhood experiences have a profound impact on who we become as parents and how we parent our children. For people who were abused or neglected in childhood, parenting can elicit a wide range of reactions, from being terrified of repeating parents' mistakes to a fierce determination to parent with integrity and protectiveness. This workshop will provide an opportunity for abuse survivors to reflect on their own experiences of being a child, emotions that get evoked in the process of parenting, and their philosophy and hopes for the parents they want to be. The workshop will include presentation, exercises, and time for discussion. Space is limited to facilitate discussion |
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Sunday, May 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Presented by Myra Dorf Our ability to withstand stress has less to do with strength of mind than how much and what kind of stress we have encountered in the past. Trauma occurring early in life can rewire the brain's circuitry to respond to everyday stress as if it were life-threatening. Trauma survivors have sensitive signaling mechanisms that over time can be reprogrammed to interpret stress more accurately. Using visualization, self-hypnosis and observation, participants will learn self-soothing techniques to calm the body and mind. Space is limited to facilitate discussion |
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Sunday, April 19, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. There are times in our lives where a change leaves us feeling dismantled, lost, flattened or paralyzed. While these experiences leave us forever changed, they are also, like a wintering ground, the seedbed of new possibilities. Workshop participants will be introduced to the notion that there are transformative powers in life's descents into darkness and will be encouraged to allow a new narrative to emerge with new potential. Space is limited to facilitate discussion |
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Sunday, June 7, 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Presented by Beth Katz and Julie Scher Nebel This workshop will offer participants a framework that shattered dreams , far from limiting us, are opportunities for transformation. Participants will have opportunities to reflect upon what has been lost and begin the process of re-conceptualizing and creating new and meaningful visions for their lives. Through the use of creative expressive techniques participants will explore the concept of radical self-acceptance and be supported in creating a new narrative. Space is limited to facilitate discussion Womencare Counseling Center, Evanston Program Fee $95, pre-registration required Limited number of partial scholarships available |
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