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Jane Addams Book Discussion P.5

Maureen’s Recommended Reads P.6

Clinicians Keeping Current P. 7

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To get “In the Mood” we’ll enjoy Open Bar

Seated dinner with Friends 50/50 Raffle

Wine Grab BagExciting auctions of fabulous trips, experiences and goodies

Live Music and DancingPlease join us for an evening of fun and camaraderie!

Please Reserve Your Seat!Visit www.cathedralcounseling.org”Announcements” for map, directions, parking and more information,

visit www.cathedralcounseling.orgQuestions? Call Leigh Stewart at 312.252.9500 ext. 120.

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Your support enabled us to help 1,016 people last year, which is 113 people or 12.5% more that in 2009. Our clients, staff and board are truly thankful for these generous contributors who are such a vital part of our caring community.

Thank You 2010 Donors

Bruce AaronAllison AckermanRoseann AdamsAetna Foundation, Inc.William AlmondPatricia AlvinoShisha Amabel & Anthony CeravoloAnonymousAnnie Avery & Alison GrossDawn BaityElsie & Horace BarksElizabeth & Barry BarrettaSusan BarrishAnne Searle BentPaula Berger & John MansourJudith BertacchiPatricia BlackThe Blowitz-Ridgeway FoundationSteel & Penny BokhofWilliam BouvelTerry BreitwiserJohn & Judy BrossMarian BrownRobert BuchananPatricia BuckleyMario BufoKenneth Busch John CeciliaChalmers DevelopmentJoseph ChandlerRobert Chlebowski

Jeanne StewartChrist Church Benevolence CommitteeAnnie Clausen Jeanne ClaussenJanet CongeroCarol Connell & Doug LonghiniJulie CoplonBill CosperJames CovelloCaroline CracraftJohn CrensonWilda DaileyBarbara DavisBrooks DavisRobert & Helen DekkerPeter & Molly DelevettThomas DesMaraisMary Dilg & Russell VandenbrouckeKatie & Andrew DonnellyArthur DonnerMary DoughertyDr. Scholl FoundationChristy DrackettPatricia & John DreibelbisJames DrewFelicia DudekJudy DurandM.E. EcclesSalli EleyEpiscopal Charities & Community ServicesColleen Fahey

Loretta FerlautoThe Ferrantella FamilyChristine & Paul FisherLinda & Davis FisherSarah FisherBruce Fleisher & Laurie RegenbogenBarbara Fleming- Claussen & Dirk ClaussenCarolyn FortmanFreda FriedmanJill GardnerDon & Martha GarnettJohn Garver Lori & Jim GelbortRuth GellerC. Gary GerstJoanna & Don GesickiMaggie GibbsGKN FoundationJames & Louise GlasserGregory & Kris GleasonRobert GlickmanMaria & Antoni GlodzConstance & Arnold GoldbergRobyn GoldenKevin GoodmanGrant Healthcare FoundationPaula GrassoRobert & Susan GreenJanet Wolter GripCathy GruberRoger Gumm

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Alan Gunn & Maria PfisterRobert GunnJon & Norma HagstromPhilip HaleSuzanne & John HalesDonald HalperinPaula Harbage & David GillinghamCynthia HardieSally & Lew HardingSusan Harlow & Bonnie PerryHarris Bank FoundationJohn HaupertJames & Charlcye HawkMichael & Linda HazenMrs. Carl HedblomBetty HickmanChris Hodgson & Kathleen RuggeroMichelle & Doug HofmeisterMrs. Miriam HooverHSBC Philanthropic ProgramsFrancis Yvonne JacksonThe Jeskey FamilyThe John R. Houlsby FoundationWalker JohnsonDavid JolliffeEmma KalaidjianDean KauferMaureen KellySheelah KellyNancy & Mark KimbleJudy & Philip KirkThe Carroll & Percy Klingenstein Foundation, Inc.Jean Klingenstein

Andrea KnepperPaul KobasaStephen KobasaBrae Korin & Norm RyanFrederic KrolNancy KupkeEric & Mary KurbatL.J. Sheridan & CompanyMarilyn LabkonCynthia LandrethJudy LavinFred & Liz LeBaronJeffrey & Lisa LeeJan & Louise LeestmaJay Lenn & Greg DiercksJim & Sue LenzSusan LitoffLive Oak, Inc.Elizabeth LloydRoger & Susan LumppRobin MacKinnonFrank MaguireKatharine MannRobert MarksTheresa MarousekBill MartinPeggy & David MasonJames & Christine MassieAmy MastersDavid & Constance MatthewsMary Beth McAvoy & Donna TickmanDennis & Sally McCaughanBess Catherine McCordNancy & Mark McDermottCathe & Larry McEnerneyLynn McIntyre

Bhupat MehtaLinda & Joe MeiselAlan & Susan MelskyClaire & James MeyersMichael Reese Health TrustJudith MillensonAnna MinkovSterling MinturnJames MontgomeryDave & Connie MorrisonJoan MuddColleen Murray & Lori WolfsonLonn & Janet MyersJames NagleAnn & Tom NashSara & Pat NashDerek NeatheryNorthern Trust Charitable TrustGreg O’LearyLesley OmaryThomas OpfermanNora & Alan OrschelLynn OrschelCarol & Richard ParkJolanta ParysKenneth Pearlman & Sue PeckhamBonnie PerrySusan PetersonBruce PonsElizabeth Powley & Shauna SeliyAqdas Qualls & Mark LawrenceCherry RadinPatricia RaffertyBritt RaphlingMeghan Reilly

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Rachel RemmersRena Lange (USA) Inc.Terry & Lynn RetsonNina RiccardiJosephine RiccardiJulie RisDoug & Lynn RobertsStephan Roberts & Amy YoungEllen & Larry RobinsonLeigh & Andy RocklinNathaniel & Joy RogersHipalito & Ida RoldanLisa Rone Natalie RossKate Ruhl AlLarry & Marci RusinskyJohn & Margaret Sagan FoundationAndrew SchaeferRainer & Pat SchildknechtElliott & Gail SchlangJudith SchmidtRichard SeidelAllen & Lauren ShapiroSandra SheininGerald & Geri ShermanPaula SiegelKaren SkerrettAndria SkornikArden & Charles SmallTodd SmelserArmando SmithGeorge & Cecilia SmithHilary SmithJane & Larry Smith

Nancy SmithBarbara & Robert SpencerSpencer FoundationSt. Chrysostom’s Episcopal ChurchSt. Gregory’s Episcopal ChurchSt. Luke’s Episcopal ChurchSt. Peter’s Episcopal ChurchJane StastnyCaroline SteelburgJason Stell & Kate GlickmanKeith & Leigh StewartSusan & Errol StoneGail StrejcVickey SultzmanJoel & Christine SusmanKathy & Jim SwagerMichael SwainCasmir & Dorothy SzczepaniakAnne TaftThe Munro-Tanner FamilyBoris Thomas & James GandreMark Thomma & Mary HerlehyMichael TobinDiane ToddJudith TribbettMargaret TrippletteAnthony Vaccaro

Elsa VaintzettelJohn David Van Dooren & Gary NorcrossCynthia Walls & Ed ClancyJoan WardJohn & Gail WassonWendy WassonJane Wells & Burt FerriniKaye Boles WertzMargo & Paul WestonStephen WhiteDavid WickHak Yui WongJulie & Chris WoodStephanie WrightAmy YoungJane & Roger YoungsAmy Zajakowski-UhllRoger ZanchettiMarjorie Zessar

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Cathedral Counseling Center hosted a new type of public event for the organization on Wednesday, March 16, 2011: an interview and discussion with Jane Addams biographer Louise W. Knight, author of the book, Jane Addams: Spirit in Action (W. W. Norton & Company, 2010) at St. James Cathedral. Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich inter-viewed Knight and facilitated a question and answer session that followed. Jane Addams was one of the United States’ most prominent, influential political women and spokespersons for progressive causes in the early twentieth century. Best known as a social activist,

reformer, the cofounder of Hull House – the first settlement house in the United States - Jane Addams worked to improve the lives of the working class, women and children and immigrants. Her many accomplishments forever changed the sociological and cultural landscape of American life and solidified her position in Chicago history and the history of the United States as a champion of social justice. As well known as Jane Addams is, rarely discussed are the obstacles and opposition Addams faced as she pursued her accomplishments. Louise W. Knight’s biography provides a complete picture of how Addams – guided by profound moral integrity, the need to speak out against the daily injustices experienced by America’s underclass, and impassioned pleas for interna-tional peace – withstood personal struggles and public condemnation for her views. In particular Knight and Schmich discussed the issues Addams faced herself with severe depression and with the serious mental health issues of her family members.

About 40 people attended this event and were so engaged in the discussion that it went on quite a while after the official end. Because of the favorable response, Cathedral Counseling Center is looking for other topics and oppor-tunities to provide informative, mental health-related presentations for our community. If there is a topic of special interest to you, please contact Leigh Stewart at (312) 252-9500 ext. 120.

New Event for Cathedral Counseling Center

Author Louise W. Knight Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich

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More than clinical theory and texts, I rely on memoir, fic-tion and poetry to take me inside the experience of others. Empathy, described as “feeling with” rather than “feeling for”, is essential to psychotherapy. Often, we can imagine how another feels by connecting with some related experi-ence of our own, but the work becomes more challenging when we can’t find a way in to someone’s world because it seems so unimaginable.

Addiction can be foreign turf to those who have never felt the desperate need for alcohol or some other mood alter-ing drug. Some therapists dislike working with alcohol and drug abusers because, viewed from the outside, they can be exquisitely frustrating and irrational. Using the simple definition of addiction as “the continued use of a mood altering substance despite negative consequences” it does defy rational understanding. “What do you mean you woke up with someone you didn’t know – again! - and can’t remember how you got there?!”

The following memoirs have thrown bright light on the con-founding world of alcoholism for me, and I recommend them to therapists and clients. It helps that all three women are accomplished writers independent of their sobriety.

Drinking, A Love Story by Caroline Knapp. “It happened this way: I fell in love and then, because the love was ruining everything I cared about, I had to fall out.” Like many addicts, Carolyn Knapp’s primary relationship was with her drug. She was the lovely daughter of a prominent analyst and his artist wife, a magna cum laude graduate of Brown, and a successful journalist who kept herself and her growing dependence on alcohol well hidden. After entering treatment at 33 she wrote eloquently of her own deni-al, isolation, and the devastation alcohol wrought. Sadly, Knapp died at 42 of lung cancer but after making a rich sober life for herself.

Let’s Take the Long Way Home, by Gail Caldwell. “Finding Caroline was like placing a personal ad for an imaginary friend, then having her show up at your door funnier and better than you had conceived. Apart, we had been frightened drunks and aspiring writ-ers and dog lovers; together, we became a small corporation.” Gail Caldwell is the for-mer chief book critic for the Boston Globe and a Pulitzer Prize winner, who, until becom-ing best friends with Caroline Knapp, had been private about her own alcoholism and recovery. This is the moving story of their deep friendship, shared strengths and frailties.

Lit by Mary Karr. “Therapy rescued me in my twenties by taking me inward, leaching off pockets of poison in my head left over from the past. But the spiritual lens is starting to rewrite the story of my life in the present, and I begin to feel like somebody snatched out of the fire, salvaged, saved.” Mary Karr is the author of The Liars Club and Cherry, both powerful stories of growing up in a wild West Texas family. This third memoir is the story of her adulthood, her writing, marriage, motherhood, alcoholism, and unlikely coming to faith.

Marueen R. Kelly, LCSW Executive Director

Maureen’s Recommended Reads

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Chicago is wonderfully rich in experienced mental health professionals who are eager to share their wisdom and expertise with the clinical community. Again this year, Cathedral Counseling Center offered a series of professional development workshops that were well attended, lively and thought provoking, including:

“More Together, More Alone: Clinical and Cultural Perspectives on the Technological Age” Bonnie Litowitz, PhD, and Kate Schechter, PhD, are both psychotherapists, ana-lysts and teachers in clinical training programs. Both are also academics, interest-ed in exploring how the explosion of social media and the Internet is affecting us, particularly young adult psychological development.

Drs. Litowitz and Shechter presented cutting edge ideas on the influence of the cyber-world on relationships. The healing power of the relationship is central to psychotherapy and yet the very nature of relationships is fast changing. They noted that while some clinicians are embracing technology, many others remain aloof, but most are concerned about its influence. At the conclusion of the work-shop it was clear that this conversation has just begun. We look forward to con-tinuing it.

“Somatic Resources: Body Awareness and Physical Action in the Treatment of Trauma”Joe Gillan, MA, LCPC, works with chronically mentally ill patients, leads groups for cancer survivors, teaches and maintains a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. He is a trainer for SPI, the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, an educational orga-nization dedicated to the study and teaching of a body oriented therapy that uses verbal techniques to treat trauma, attachment and development issues.

Current research is revealing new information on what happens in the brain and body following trauma. In this workshop, Joe Gillan presented a clinical approach that integrates traditional talk therapy and body-centered techniques that use this research to treat the effects of past traumatic experience. He utilized videotaped excerpts of sessions with traumatized individuals and experiential exercise to dem-onstrate this work. The workshop was very interactive and participants engaged in exercises to better integrate this new material.

Periodically Cathedral Counseling Center offers training programs in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. If you’d like to find out more about these please call Amy Zajakowski-Uhll at 312-252-9500 x.144

“Integrating News from Neuroscience in Couple Therapy”Mona DeKoven Fishbane, PhD, is the director of the couple therapy training pro-gram at the Chicago Center for Family Health and maintains a private practice in Chicago and Highland Park. Dr. Fishbane presented a comprehensive overview of neurbobiology and how this rapidly developing field has profoundly affected the understanding of our work, including the treatment of couples. Her presentation made complex neurobiologi-cal science clear and user-friendly to the clinicians who attended. Topics including neuroplasticity, empathy, gender differentiation, and emotional regulation were con-sidered in light of current research, clinical theory, and case examples. Participants came away with both exciting ideas and their practical application to work with couples.

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