Upcoming Board Meetings

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All meetings are open to Chapter members and are held on Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Chapter office, 2550 Ninth St., Suite 207A, Berkeley

President's Corner
March/April 2008
I hope everyone is having a fun and joyful Spring! Well, here at EB-CAMFT there is so much going on that I do not know where to begin.   read more

CLINICAL ARTICLES

Don’t Take It Personally!
Overcoming Rejection, Judgments and Criticism

It happens so fast. All it takes is a wilting look, an insulting tone of voice, or a raised eyebrow. You find yourself taking it personally and your knee-jerk response seems all out of proportion to the event itself. You wonder, “Where on earth did that come from?” When we take things personally we perceive someone’s actions as a personal affront, an insult or slight. Someone says or does something (or neglects to say or do something) and we find ourselves getting triggered and overreacting.   read more

The 4Fs:
A Trauma Typology in Complex PTSD

This paper describes a trauma typology for differentially diagnosing and treating Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This model elaborates four basic defensive structures that develop out of our instinctive Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn responses to severe abandonment and trauma [heretofore referred to as the 4Fs]. Variances in the childhood abuse/neglect pattern, birth order, and genetic predispositions result in individuals “choosing” and specializing in narcissistic [fight], obsessive/compulsive [flight], dissociative [freeze] or codependent [fawn] defenses.   read more

Chapter Archives

For past articles of professional interest, see the Chapter's website archives

A Warm Welcome to New Members (March/April 08)
We extend a warm welcome to these 9 new members who joined the East Bay Chapter in November and December 2007:   read more

FACES of East Bay CAMFT: Catherine Kvikstad
The subject of this month’s column is Catherine Kvikstad, East Bay Counseling Choice’s liaison to the EB-CAMFT Board. She wears many hats in her multiple roles with EBCC (the referral arm of EB-CAMFT) and EB-CAMFT itself, the largest currently as chairperson for the upcoming March 29th conference, “Building a Successful & Satisfying Private Practice.”   read more

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We invite you to nominate yourself or another Chapter member (with that person's permission) for the various open positions, including President-Elect, Newsletter Editor, ...   read more