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Celebrating Community |
• Jet to Jetty Saturday
• AMCS Awarded $25,000
• Howard Drollinger Dies
• Groups Forming for Fall
• AMCS Gets New Board
• Vacation Stress
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New Groups Forming for Fall Counseling |
There are times in all our lives when we feel unable to cope. Sometimes the causes of our problems seems fairly clear, and we know where to turn for assistance. At other times our problems are difficult to understand and we can find no answer from our own resources or contacts. That's where we come in.
Airport Marina Counseling Service offers group counseling sessions this fall including :
- Depression Group,
- Parenting Group (English and Spanish),
- Divorce Group (one for adults and one for the children)
- Bereavement Group
- Pain Management
Talking to a counselor, who is impartial and skilled, can help us work through our personal difficulties and find solutions. Groups give more insight, more ways to look at ourselves and there is comfort in not being alone; others have similar feelings, and are struggling too.
In the climate of trust provided by the group, people feel free to care about and help each other. Come join us. Contact AMCS today for more information at (310) 670-1410 – ask for Annette.
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Internet Special - $10 off initial meeting
Call Annette at the Clinic and mention our Internet newsletter when signing up and receive $10 off you first group session. Pass this information on to a friend who may benefit and be more encouraged to call us becaues of our first session, reduced rate, special Internet offer.
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Save This Date
Westchester Mental Health Guild Annual Home Tour – Mark your calendars for November 5. To Advertise in the Guild’s Program Book for the Home Tour, contact Sandy Luboviski at sjllubo@aol.com |
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AMCS Awarded $25,000 Grant for Crisis Intervention
Airport Marina Counseling Service has received a $25,000 grant from the William H. Hannon Foundation, which will allow it to continue and expand its successful William H. Hannon Immediate Intervention Program at the 45-year-old mental health clinic, located in Westchester.
 The program, underwritten by the Hannon Foundation by a grant of $12,500 received by AMCS in 2003, is designed to provide urgent attention to those who are struggling with a recent, life-changing event. Recently, Nancy Iben, Clinical Director of AMCS, and Todd Irvin, MFT, have worked to reorganize and expand the program and to provide prompt response to more people in need of help.
Clinical Director Nancy Iben says, “We cannot know how many suicides, acts of violence or abuse, or other undesirable impacts on families in the community we serve have been prevented through the unique William H. Hannon Foundation Immediate Intervention program. We do know that we frequently intervened early enough to prevent much more serious damage to those who were part of this program.”
Kathleen Hannon Aikenhead, President of the Hannon Foundation, writes:
“My uncle, William H Hannon, had a philosophy that mirrored the Chinese proverb:
If you are planning for a year, sow rice.
If you are planning for a decade, plant trees.
If you are planning for a lifetime, educate a person.
Our Board of Directors keeps that wise adage in mind when awarding our grants.”
Howard Drollinger Dies Aug. 13
Local philanthropist, Howard Drollinger, who was honored on March 19 with the AMCS lifetime achievement award at our annual Tribute to Our Friends event, died earlier this week. We extend our condolences to his friends and family.
AMCS Honors Intern Program Grads
Twenty AMCS Interns recently celebrated their having fulfilled their one to two-year commitments to the clinic at a party hosted by members of the AMCS Board and its new President, Judy Delavigne. Certificates and gifts of appreciation were presented to each intern in appreciation of their dedication and service to the community
Front row: (l to r) Rachel Marks, Psy.D, Gloria Lainez, MFT, Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D. Back row: Ken England, MFT, Nancy Iben, MFT, Acting Executive Director and Clinical Director.
Intern Opportunities for Fall 2006
There are still a few intern openings for training at AMCS, one of the finest teaching facilities in Los Angels. Program starts in September. Call 310-670-1410 for more information. |
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(l to r) Monique Braud Peace, Second Vice President; Judy Delavigne, President; Susan Zolla, First Vice President; Paul Maynard, Treasurer; Suzanne Simmons, Secretary; Nancy Iben, Clinical Director at AMCS; Pat Davis, Strategic Planning; Mary Ellen Cassman, Director Emeritus, and Immediate Past President, Polly Garstka. |
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Does your vacation relieve the stress in your life or contribute to it?
We think of vacations as a way to relieve stress. We get away from the drudgery of our lives and take a week or two to have a good time away from home. A summer survey of 1000 Americans by the Gallup organization found that most of us return from vacation more tired then when we left.
Need to de-stress from that summer vacation? Think it is time to deal with those problems you've been trying to avoid? Maybe we can help!
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http://www.airportmarina.org
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