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                                                    December Event - Holiday Party!
                                                   
                                                  
                                                     
                                                     
  
                                                    This month we are not having a seminar or monthly meeting and are instead inviting our members to join the board for our annual holiday party on December 9th!  Bring your yuletide spirit and an inexpensive gift to share.  Please register in the Events Section of the website if you plan to attend! 
                                                   
                                                  
  
                                                  
  
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                                              This issue:                                                                December Holiday Party 
                                               
                                               
                                                At Our Last Meeting 
                                               
                                                Welcome New and Renewing Members!                                             President's Thought for the season 
                                               
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                                         AT OUR LAST MEETING . . . 
                                        
                                          
                                          Scents & Scents-Ability: Using Essential Oils in Clinical Practice
  
                                          Lisa Ann Tobler, MFTI
  
                                          
  
                                          If you were looking for a holistic way to positively impact the well-being of your clients, this presentation fit the bill.  Ms. Tobler introduced us to the use of essential oils to promote emotional well-being. We learned which oils to use, why essential oils actually DO help people to improve their well-being, and how they can be used to help our clients to feel better naturally. This presentation discussed the use of essential oils and how using essential oils can provide clinicians with an additional tool to help clients to heal. 
                                          1. Participants learned how essential oils affect the brain and emotional well-being. 
                                          2.   Participants learned which oils to use for emotional well-being. 
                                          3.   Participants learned how to use essential oils safely. 
                                          4.    Participants learned how to incorporate the use of essential oils in clinical practice. 
                                          
  Lisa Tobler is a Marriage and Family Therapist-Intern and an Essential Oils Educator. Lisa has been working in the field of mental health for over 20 years. Lisa currently works with teens, adults and couples, and specializes in helping individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief and trauma. She has completed training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Trauma Focused CBT {TFCBT}, and Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Trauma in Schools {CB/TS}. Lisa has been an online college instructor for nearly 12 years.
                                         
                                        
                                           
                                         
                                        
                                          We also had our First Annual Authors' Gathering in November
                                         
                                        
                                          We were proud to welcome both authors and program providers to display information on their products, (books, CEU training, etc.) who also were available to show and sign their books and products. We were excited to see the body of work our local clinicians are producing. It was a very enjoyable and informative event. 
                                         
                                        
  
                                        
                                          
                                            
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                                                  Welcome New Members!
                                                 
                                                
                                                   
                                                 
                                                
                                                  Stacy Rusu and Traci Lowenthal 
                                                 
                                                
                                                   
                                                 
                                                
                                                  Thank you for renewing:  Patrick Poor, Elizabeth Dupray, Maryana Helu, Kari Hidalgo, and Frank Gonzalez
                                                 
                                                
                                                   
                                                 
                                                
                                                  Renewal Reminders:  Marie Bassil, Jessica Oakes, Daniel Nyirady, Randall Stier,  Monica Smith, Sabrina Thakur, Mary Rivas,  Amber Howard, Patricia Marquez, Ann Lawson, Naomi Jackson, Heather Seguin, Marlene Ferreras
                                                 
                                                
                                                   
                                                 
                                                
                                                  It is YOU the members who keep our chapter going!  If your membership is up for renewal please complete the renewal process as soon as possible--your membership is the backbone of our organization and what allows us to keep offering great seminars and CEUs, the Therapist Directory, Membership Directory, and more.  Thank you! :)
                                                 
                                                
                                                   
                                                 
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                                                  From the President: My Advice this Holiday Season:  KNOW YOUR CHRISTMAS CAROLS!! 
                                                  
  
                                                  I just received as a present a ceramic cup listing "O Holy Night" and "Shepherds Flocked At The Sight".  It refers  not to a Bible verse but to the words of the song "Silent Night," which include "Shepherds Quaked At The Sight." But no Shepherds Flocked.  Does this mean shepherds cuddling together with the sheep?  Maybe.  It is listed as made in China, so perhaps the translation was lacking.  Well, here's  to flocking!! 
                                                  Merry Christmas!! Hope you IE-CAMFT members will join us for the Holiday Party on December 9th, Saturday at 6pm. 
                                                  
  Janetta Peltz
                                                 
                                                
                                                  IE-CAMFT President
  
                                                 
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                                                  Upcoming Events:
                                                 
  The Secret Life of Hoarders - January 26, 2018 
                                                 Key Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals: What Therapists Should Always Do, Never Do and/or Really Don’t Have to Do - February 23, 2018
  
                                                His History, Her Story: A Survival Guide for Spouses of Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Trauma - March 23, 2018  
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
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