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Public and Professional Workshop:
New Solutions to Depression and Anxiety
Los Angeles: April 2, 2005
Presented at California State University, Northridge.
 Depression--and related disorders including anxiety, PTSD and chronic pain--make up a significant part of most psychologist's case load. Clinical depression affects one in ten adults and one in six children, and doubles worldwide every decade (childhood depression increases at an astonishing 23% each year). Yet much of the information we receive about depression is inadequate or even misleading, and none of it explains this soaring pandemic.
Based on Dr Murray and Alicia Fortinberry's highly-acclaimed new book Creating Optimism: A Seven-Step Program for Overcoming Depression (McGraw-Hill, 2004) and their successful international Uplift Program sponsored by the University of South Florida, this highly experiential 8-hour symposium presents a revolutionary theoretical and practical framework for treating depression.
| “The Fortinberry Murray Method is at the leading edge of new thought in healing.” |
-- Sandy Bernabei, CSW, Rockland Council on Alcoholism |
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Workshop Contents
You will learn practical information and techniques including:
- How the mismatch between our present lifestyle and genetic heritage engenders depression.
- The effects of childhood trauma on the brain of the depressed person.
- Enabling clients to identify and overcome the inner saboteur.
- How trauma lodges in the body and how to read its legacy.
- Using gentle Feldenkrais movement to reprogram the brain and body.
- How specific types of fully supportive relationships enable the brain to heal.
- Functional, supportive relationships versus codependent or controlling ones.
- Teaching clients how to identify functional relationship needs and get them met.
- Effective communication and negotiation at home, work and play.
- Preventing and healing practitioner burnout.
- The value of spirituality in overcoming depression.
- How to help clients reconnect with nature in practical ways.
Who Can Attend this Seminar
- Members of the public
- Health professionals
- Students at California University
Professional Accreditation
Continuing Education Credits available for healthcare professionals: 7 CEUs (BBS approved).
Attendance Note
Lunch break is an hour, and there are plenty of breaks.
Course notes will be provided but please bring a pen and additional notebook. Wear comfortable clothes (pants for women) and bring a yoga mat or towel.
EVENT DETAILS
Saturday April 2 |
9:00am - 5:00pm |
California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
Department Of Educational Psychology & Counseling
Workshops Program
Room# Educ. 1214
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge,
Los Angeles,
CA, 91330-8265, USA
Location and Parking Map
Course Fee
Regular $95 | Early bird discount $85
CSUN-MFT assn. members $90 | Early bird $80
CSUN student with ID $85 | Early bird $75
*(Early bird 14 days prior to event)
Enrol via CSUN
Contact Diana Castle, M.S. & Heidi Kwok, M.S., Mft,
Program Coordinators
Phone: 818-677-2549
Email:
Website: http://www.csun.edu
Brochure and Offline Registration Form (pdf)
Course inquiries email us:
NEXT WORKSOP: Spring 2006
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Check our event schedule for all dates and locations.
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| FOUNDERS & FACILITATORS |
Bob Murray, PhD, psychologist,
and
Alicia Fortinberry, MS,
psychotherapist and Feldenkrais Practitioner, are internationally
recognized experts in creating optimism and overcoming depression. |
They are passionate about each person's ability to join with others
in healing, supportive relationships and create lives full of joy and meaning. |
Best-selling authors and dynamic speakers, they have appeared on
national television, taught at major universities and consulted for Fortune 500
companies. |
More about Bob and Alicia |
Professional Kudos |
“Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry have explored the mind/body connection using very simple premises that have very powerful effects in creating behavioral and physical change.
If you want quick results that can have long term benefits, the Fortinberry-Murray Method should be considered as an initial therapy. It works!” |
-- Len Saputo, MD, author of Boosting Immunity Naturally, Director of the Health Medicine Forum, San Francisco |
| “Their workshops are always great,”
“Remarkable stuff! I was really impressed--it definitely helped me to look at the way I see and treat patients,” “Bring them back next year!” |
-- Quotes from attendees American Holistic Medical Assn. Conference |
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