STTI SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
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Domestic Violence & Collaborative Divorce Seminar
Article : DISCONNECTION IN AMERICA
FREE Sex Therapy Certification Training "Try Out" Class: Sex Offender Treatment II Sat, 09/08/12, 9AM-3PM
You are cordially invited to our FREE Sex Therapy Certification Training "Try Out" Class: Sex Offender Treatment II on Sat, 09/08/12, 9AM-3PM.
Come join our Guest Speaker: Dr. Susan Bollinger!!!
Susan LaFehr Bollinger, Ph.D.
Sexologist
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Dr. Susan LaFehr Bollinger is a board certified clinical sexologist with 38 years experience evaluating and treating sex offenders in South Florida. Her practice also included a large treatment program, as well as, forensic psychological & mental health services. These included the full range—criminal, civil, family & juvenile---of expert evaluation, consultation & testimony.
Don’t miss this great educational opportunity and RSVP today at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 305-891-1827. Advertising Coupon Code # CN9412
By attending a Free “Try Out” Class, you will also have the experience of what this Sex Therapy Certification Training Course is all about. Furthermore, this class will count towards your Sex Therapy Certification training program when you register to the Sex Therapy Certification Training course.
Continuing Education provided by Dr. Carol L. Clark, Provider #50-550/BAP 585. This course is approved for 5 CEUs by the Florida Board of Nursing, expires 10/13; Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, expires 3/13; and the Florida Board of Psychology, expires 5/14; Dr. Carol Clark is an approved provider for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT).
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Dr. Carol Clark on Radio Show Live
Sunday, September 9th from 9 to 11 PM, EST
Come join Dr. Carol Clark on Radio Show Live on Sunday, September 9th from 9 to 11 PM, EST
talking with Dr. Sydney Miller about how addiction to stimulation interferes with our relationships and what we can do about it!!!
Dr. Clark is a licensed counselor specializing in addiction and sex therapy.
Prepare your questions now and join us this coming Sunday. Call us at 514 790-0991 or 1 800 491-CJAD(2523) . Nobody knows who you are.....you are completely anonymous.
You can hear the broadcast via the internet at http://www.cjad.com/OnCall.aspx.
ATTI begins a new year!!!
The Addictions Therapy Training Institute classes begin on Friday, 09/21/12. Don't miss this great educational opportunity to take your career a step forward by becoming a
Certified Addictions Professional.
The Addictions Therapy Training Institute (ATTI) was created to train those individuals interested in becoming certified as addictions service providers.
ATTI is an approved educational provider for the Florida Certification Board (FCB) #5094-A. FCB certifies addiction specialists, counselors and professionals. ATTI currently provides the educational requirements for licensed interns and therapists who wish to sit for the certification exam. (Please go to www.FLCertificationBoard.org for more information.) These courses fall under the category of “Transdisciplinary Foundations.”
ATTI offers a 10-month program, with 8-hour classes held once a month on the third Friday. Participants will also need to complete 8 hours per month of independent study work for a total of 160 educational hours. Included in this program are Domestic Violence, Ethics, and HIV/AIDS education.
All classes may be attended in person or by internet from anywhere in the world.
The cost of the program is $2,400, payable in monthly installments if preferred.
Go to the Registration page to register for the Fall 2012 program.
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Save the Date
Collaborative Family Law Institute presents
Domestic Violence & Collaborative Divorce Seminar
on Friday, 10/12/12 from 8:30AM to 12:00PM
Cherry, Bekaert, & Holland
2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL
10th Floor
Presenters:
Brenda Shapiro, Esq.
Richard Tejera, Esq.
Jennifer Failla, CRPC, CDFA
Randy Heller, Ph.D., LMFT
CONTINUING EDUCATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL DISCIPLINES
FEE: $75.00
For more information, please contact
Sammi L. Siegel, Ph.D. at 305-445-0477 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Article by Dr. Carol Clark
DISCONNECTION IN AMERICA
During the years when I was writing Addict America: The Lost Connection, my focus was on how we, as Americans, are so caught up in our "more is better," "over-the-top" lifestyles, that we live in a state of addiction and disconnection. In our current times, when our country is so extremely divided, it is more apparent than ever that we are living in a state of addiction that is driven by fears created by groups who wish to control us. This is nothing new. Religions, political groups, and any other special interest group - including any company or individual trying to sell us something - will first create a fear and then tell us how they can relieve that fear.
For instance, by creating the fear of Hell, various religions have gathered and kept members by promising that if the members just do what they are told, they will escape Hell and go to Heaven. In essence, they sell their religion. In a more mundane way, think of the commercials on TV. The advertisers create a fear - if you have bad breath, you will be alone; if you drive a competitor´s car, you will die in an accident. Then they tell you what to do: Use this product, buy this car, and you will be safe.
We also have the need to belong to a group, whether it is our family, our religion, our country, or our political party. Belonging to the group is the strongest motivator of human behavior, because we are already Connected to all life. It is just difficult to take in the concept of Connection of such magnitude when our Enlightened Brains are still evolving, so we grab on to smaller, more manageable groups.
Unfortunately, this leaves us open to manipulation by fear. Of course, then, our greatest fear is rejection from the group, so we sublimate our own inner sense of Connection to our Higher Power for the security of the group.
At this time in America, we are experiencing this phenomenon to an incredible degree. We have lost our sense of being part of the larger group that is America and are being divided to an extreme degree by political groups. Political parties and large corporations are made up of people who are part of their own groups within those entities. They, too, are acting on their personal fears of inadequacy and rejection and they personify the concept of addiction as put forth in Addict America: The Lost Connection. In their need to escape their own existential pain, they attempt to control the external world and so no amount of money or power will ever be enough because that pain can only be resolved from within. Meanwhile, unless and until the rest of us free ourselves of fear, we will be manipulated into a deeper state of disconnection from our spiritual selves and from each other.
Even in these divisive times, we can choose to live in recovery. We can bring ourselves into the present, accept that we cannot control anything outside of ourselves and only our inner thoughts and feelings, and we can give to God that which we fear.
Fear is about loss of control, but when we accept that the only thing we can control is our own minds, we realize that nothing external can ever control us. When we live by the Serenity Prayer, we have nothing to fear.
God, Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the Courage to change the things I can,
and the Wisdom to know the difference.
Another paradox of recovery: Connect with your inner self to Connect with all life in the Universe.
Be In Light
