Glennon Gordon, Regina Carrick, Priscilla Friesen, Kathy Wiseman,  Andrea Schara

The Learning Space  is my new office in Washington, D.C.    
4545 42^nd Street,  Suite 201, Washington D.C. 20007

Office 202- 966-1145           Cell 203-966-1145

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Presentations:

1) John HopkinsUniversity, Baltimore, Md - December 8, 2008

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2) Bowen Group for the Study of the Family 100th Meeting, Va. Beach, Va.

January 7, 2009

Often it is difficult for family members to maintain a systems view of mental illness after one person is diagnosed as mentally ill.  The process of staying in good contact while setting limits requires family members to alter the focus from the other to self. 

How to stay in good contact can include technologies such as neurofeedback for family members and the “identified patient” to lower anxiety. 

If one considers the family as a tightly interwoven and sensitive feedback loop, interrupting worried and reactive behavior is a first step in allowing more useful ways of relating to emerge. 

This presentation will use video to demonstrate how old behavioral patterns are interrupted in the presenter’s family of origin after her brother was hospitalized for manic depressive symptoms.    

3) -February 6, 2009  Clark University

The New England Group for the Study of the Family

Presentation on the theoretcial and clinical uses of Zengar neurofeedback.

by  Andrea Schara  and Brain Kelly 

 

4)  Sept 13th., 14th., and 20th, 21st.: 20007 Advance Seminar for Roberta Gilbert’s Group The Center for the Study of Human Systems

http://www.hsystems.org/advanced_seminar2008.htm

5) Clark University Oct 26th.  Societal Meeting on Terrorism

6) The Center for Family Process-

October 30,  November 5, 16, 2007

Building Your Leadership Compass: Your Presences Counts http://www.centerforfamilyprocess.com/programs_2006.html

 

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 Seminars as requested-

 Understanding Families and Organizations;

The relationship between the forest (the system) and the trees (the people) is one way to consider how any organization influences its members.  By looking at small parts of the picture (the trees) to learn about the big picture (the forest), we can more easily see impersonal forces at work.  

The goals of the series are to better understand emotional and intellectual blindness, to predict a range of outcomes due to these changes on the behavior of individuals. Profound knowledge of systems behavior enables individuals to better manage self in all emotional systems. 

Organizer of the series, Andrea Schara will weave her idea of the Mindfulness Compass presented in her soon-to-be-published book The Mindful Compass: Navigating in the Social World

Interviews with ten leaders from Mexico, provides us with fantastic examples of how people have made significant commitments to their community.  These stories give us evidence of the bridges motivated people have built between personal and organizational relationships, enabling them to accomplish their chosen missions.  

All people have an internal compass but it takes time to consider what the points on our compass are and how the compass functions under stressful conditions.  Once we know what the points are on our compass we can add additional points to our compass which can help us navigate through relationships in a more effective manner.

The schedule begins with an initial presentation, time for questions and a working lunch. The remainder of the day will be devoted to exchanging practical and theoretical questions from the participants.   

Questions – Call 203 274 1069 or e mail arms711@aol.com Cost:  $1,000.00 to $500.00 for half day presentations