Workshops, Seminars, & Special Events:

 

Upcoming Events/Workshops:

"Academic Institutions and what they need to understand about 'returning-veteran students' to improve retention and better serve those that served us" on October 24, 2014 at the University of the Pacific

 

Past Workshops Titles:

  • “PTSD/C-PTSD/2nary PTSD” – Understanding trauma of combat, reintegration, and caretaking of someone with untreated C-PTSD.
  • “What every therapist working with veterans and veteran families needs to know” – Overview of clinical issues from the perspective of someone that is both a provider and long-term mate of a returning vet with reintegration issues. Discussion on linkage, stigma reduction, overcoming resistance, and understanding the sub-culture of families serving.
  • “Understanding why my teen won’t talk to me” – Strategies on how to connect with your teen and reestablish lines of communication
  • “Reignite your Marriage” – Strategies on stopping the resentments, stonewalling, silent treatments, and living as sexless roommates
  • “Positive Parenting 101”
  • “Overwhelmed, underappreciated, and clueless to when I stopped being me” - Strategies to reconnect with who I am aside of my responsibilities, job, and family
  • “The Amicable Divorce” – Strategies on getting through your divorce without falling apart or tearing into each other
  • "Perimenopause/Menopause: Why do I feel this way?!”   – An overview of emotional symptoms you are suddenly experiencing and how to cope with these changes
  • “There is no parachute!” – Strategies on finding fulfillment in your career
  • “Chronic Pain & Illness – ‘Living’ with invisible conditions that are running your life”  – Strategies that help communicate your experiences to others and getting the support you need
  • “Depression & Anxiety in our children: How to spot that they are in trouble” – Early warning signs and possible causes
  • “Single again!  But where have all the other singles gone?” – Strategies on connecting socially in a world seemingly filled with couples and families
  • “Online Dating Do’s & Don’t” – Strategies on narrowing down what you really want and how to spot red flags

     

 Recent Mental Health Activism, Advocacy &/or Community Outreach:

  • 9/25/14  SF VA Medical Hospital Stakeholders' Meeting/ Veterans Affairs Secretary McDonald's San Francisco VSO Townhall Meeting:
         http://iava.org/blog/iava-members-attend-sec-mcdonald%E2%80%99s-san-francisco-vso-townhall
  • 9/19/14 IAVA Convoy to Combat Suicide, Concord Pavilion in Concord CA 
  • 8/20/14 Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center Stakeholders' Meeting/ Veteran Affairs Secretary McDonald's Palo Alto VSO Townhall Meeting 
  • 7/15/14 South Bay Blue Star Moms, at the American Legion#564  Santa Clara CA