Join us for a “summer vacation” from traditional continuing education… and still get CEU’s!

We invite you along on a cultural adventure as we welcome back Larry Hedges for an enlightening and informative August luncheon!

Viva la Vida:  Psychological Perspectives in the Art of Frida Kahlo

with Guest Speaker Dr. Lawrence Hedges

Date:  Friday, August 20, 2010

Check-in:  Begins at 10:45 am

Luncheon:  11:00 to 1:30

Location:  Maggianos, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA

Earn 1.5 CEUs

Barbara Kingsolver’s new bestselling novel, Lacuna, is set in Mexico with our young hero working first as a plaster mixer for Diego Rivera, then as a cook for Frida who encourages him in his creative writing. Kingsolver’s wonderful psychological portraits of these great Mexican artists occasions this review of Kahlo’s psychologically penetrating art. Kahlo’s artwork has a special appeal to therapists because of its emotional impact, particularly on issues that affect women in our practices. She represents physical and emotional pain, the traumas of abuse and betrayal, and the multiple connections with her body and nature.

Through the study of Kahlo’s art, we may gain an awareness of women's issues that we can recognize in our own female clients--struggles inherent to being a woman that are often overlooked when we listen to our women clients from predominately male-oriented perspectives. With these insights, we can help our women clients not only in the "traditional" sense of using interventions to address presenting symptoms, but in guiding the rediscovery of their true femininity--perhaps a part of themselves that has been forgotten or discouraged, given the tremendous demands our society puts on women to play so many roles simultaneously.

Learning Goals:

• To achieve an understanding of Kahlo’s depth psychological self portraits
• To know how rooted our minds are in relationships—to our loves and to nature
• To experience the impact of emotional and physical pain as well as the traumas of neglect, abuse, and betrayal

To preregister for the OC-CAMFT Luncheon:

OC CAMFT Members - $25 Click HERE to register. (Deadline is August 18th)

(Please Note: If you are not an OC CAMFT member, you will be asked to pay the difference at the door - Thank You)

OC CAMFT Guests - $30 Click HERE to register. (Deadline is August 18th)

Walk-ins - $40

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Course meets the qualifications for one and one half (1.5) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

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