Unemployed for the Holidays: Two Workshops for Coping
December 2, 2009 at 6 PM
December 9, 2009 at 6 PM
Annex, Unitarian Church of Ithaca,
306 North Aurora Street, Ithaca, NY
If you are unemployed or marginally employed – just hanging on – the Holidays are a troubling time. The above sessions, facilitated by Jonathan Ames, Ph.D., and sponsored by the Mental Health Association in Tompkins County, are designed to provide help and support for getting through it all joyfully and positively.
The December 2 session will consider unemployment and economic hardship as a source of traumatic individual and family stress, and will provide a safe and proven opportunity for relief. The process used will be an application of Critical Incident Stress Management, a technique which has served many people in catastrophic, social or economic distress.
The December 9 session will focus on specific, creative ways for coping with children and young people at this time of year, as well as for finding a deeper, more hopeful meaning to the holidays at hand and the hard times we’re in.
Participants are encouraged to attend both sessions since the second builds upon the first. Also, RSVP requested, but not required. The workshops are free of charge.
Contact: Catherine at MHATC, at 607-273-9250 or by Email at info@mhaedu.org
