Narrative Therapy Salon

Hi folks!

I co-organize a Narrative Therapy Salon along with Julia Wallace, LCSW.  Every month a group of us get together and discuss narrative therapy topics using video, audio recordings, consultation, or articles.  If you or someone you know is interested in narrative approaches then send me an email and I'll add you to our list. 

Our next Narrative Salon will be held Monday Jan. 14 from 7-9pm at Natasha Shapiro's place near Rockridge BART in Oakland.  I'll send out the address closer to the date to all who send me an email RSVP.

We're planning to start the conversation by discussing the last third of an audiotape of Michael White presenting on the topic of "Multi-Storied Lives".  This section of the presentation features Albert Ellis, founder of Rational-Emotive Therapy, giving his appreciations and critiques of narrative therapy.  There is also an interesting Q&A between the audience and Michael.

Come by and join other people interested in discussing narrative work!  Bring a snack if it's convenient.

Paid Job Updates

Hey there, I added Caminar, East Bay Agency for Children, and Easter Seals Bay Area to the paid job listings.  Good luck!

Occupy Student Debt

Many psychotherapists are dealing with being un(der)employed and having massive student loan debt.  If you personally are not then I'm guessing you have friends who are.  In my experience people often deal with these fears privately which leads to less chances for solidarity.  I'd like to live in a world where people aren't alone with highly emotional and highly complex issues.  Here are stories of other people facing student loan debt pressures.  Feel free to submit your own.

OccupyStudentDebt.com

African American Psychiatric History

Vanessa Jackson discusses her research on African American psychiatric history and the importance of creating opportunities for marginalized communities to tell their own stories. She shares the lessons she learned from her conversations with mental health consumer/survivors/ex-patients and the potential for creating new healing strategies.

 She talks about three "magic questions" she asked psychiatric survivors:  1)  What happened to you?  2)  How has what happened still affecting you now?  3)  What do you need to heal?

National Health Service Corps Database

National Health Service Corps

A searchable national database of mental health jobs in high-need areas. Not sure if they have positions for interns but it may be a useful resource nonetheless.

New Jobs/Internship Organizations Posted

New organizations posted:

Horizons Family Counseling

San Francisco Therapy Collective

Adolescent Counseling Services

Intern Process Group Forming

Alexis Kalikman is starting a process group for interns and asked if I would let people know about it. Here's the info:

It will be a process group covering issues specific to pre-licensed therapists and the intern experience.

The group will run 8 weeks on Tuesday evenings 6-7:30p, June 7th through
July 26th. The group counts toward personal psychotherapy hours for BBS
licensing for MFT interns. The cost of the group is $30.00 a session. We
require an 8 week commitment.

If you know anyone who might benefit from attending this group, please pass
this information on. Thank you.

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Alexis Kalikman, MFT
KalikmanLloyd Therapy Group
415-674-1996
2302A Fillmore Street