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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Empowering the Caregiver Retreat: Sat Nov 7th, in Stony Brook, Long Island, NY

The Stress Doc has banded together with a group of allied health and homecare professionals to launch the first of a series of events to Empower the Caregiver.  (See our flier both attached and below and my presentational blurb and objectives outline.) I met the CEO of Angel Home Care at a Busy Women's Retreat a few years back.  A dedicated professional, Ann-Marie wants to increase community awareness of the challenge of being a caregiver and the critical value of home care services...Towards this end, she has enlisted myself, a mind-body nutritionist, and a Medicaid expert to engage with and enlighten retreat participants.
 
If the caregiving experience -- past-present-future -- is on your mind or in your heart...do email or give me a call.
 
Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW
The Stress Doc ™
Stress, Change & Leader Resilience Speaking, Coaching
Crisis & Critical Incident Intervention-Consultation
Burnout-Bullying/Conflict-Grief Counseling
Telephone--Skype-In-Person
301-875-2567

stressdoc@aol.com<>www.stressdoc.com

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Busy Women's Retreat
at Blue Mountain Retreat Center/Harper's Ferry, WV
March 14, 2010

Mark,

Thank you so much for giving such a meaningful presentation at the Busy Women's Retreat here at Blue Mountain on March 5th and 6th. The subject matter, "Transforming Stress, Conflict and Change into Passion Power" was itself a very powerful theme, and you were able to so skillfully present and guide the group! This subject brought a lot of heavy emotions from the women to the surface. Your ability to help the women work through their issues, and even more importantly, your ability to give them tools with which to transform their stress was truly amazing. The participants in the retreat told me personally that they were very impressed with the way that you managed the group and that they took away many things that they can use in their everyday life. Your presentation helped them to evaluate their stressors differently, to see the positive in every stress, conflict and/or change. Moreover, you helped them to realize they are not alone, and you were so skilled at allowing and encouraging others to give feedback within the group!I am just so impressed with your organization, your presentation and your professionalism. I will certainly hire you again, and the women in this first group all said they look forward to working with you again at a future gathering! Thank you for your time, effort, intelligence and caring. You are truly a gifted workshop leader!!

Beth Ehrhardt, Owner
Blue Mountain Retreat Center
Knoxville, MD 21758

beth6mt@hotmail.com
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We invite you to attend our one day workshop featuring:
November 7, 2015 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Corn
Make the TRANSFORMATION
·      From depleted to POWERFUL
·      From isolated to SUPPORTED
·      From unaware to KNOWLEDGEABLE
Leaf
Leaf
 
 

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Caring for Life and Taking Care to Live:  Skills, Steps, and Strategies for Empowering the Caregiver
Caring for the person who long ago nurtured and cared for you is an undertaking filled with meaningful and also mournful moments.  Over time, this intense experience can generate emotions that are hard for a caregiver to express, especially when feeling love- and honor-bound.  Which only adds pressure to one of the highest stress-generating roles:  you’re always on duty and often feel guilt-ridden – whether it’s because you believe you should be doing more or feel guilty because you feel angry for all you are doing.   And in the process, you can feel isolated, even start losing your own sense of identity.  Did anyone say STRESS?
Still, have no fear, (well maybe a little), Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, acclaimed speaker, author, and “Psychohumorist,” The Stress Doc ™, is here.  The Doc helps audiences Get FIT through his FUN-Interactive-Thought-provoking programs.  Quickly gain tools for recognizing signs of burnout, and for reversing this exhausting, life-draining cycle.  Learn to “let go” and to overcome self-defeating power struggles.  Design your own balance of giving of yourself and giving to yourself!  And most important, Mark creates a safe and intimate atmosphere for participants to share their stories and learn from one another.
Seek the higher power of Stress Doc humor:  May the Farce Be with You!
Don’t miss tour appointment with the Stress Doc.

Objectives/Outline
1.  Engage in the Doc’s “Three ‘B” Stress Barometer Exercise”
2.  Discover why “Letting go” is such a challenge…and how to begin the process
3.  Transform self-defeating power struggles by asking courageous “good” and trust-building questions
4.  Share personal stories and learn to find your voice and balance
5.  Use humor and common humanity to “Confront Your Intimate FOE”

Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, "The Stress Doc" ™, a nationally acclaimed speaker, writer, and "Psychohumorist" ™, is a former psychotherapist and Stress & Violence Prevention Consultant for the US Postal Service.  The Doc is a Trauma Debriefing and Critical Incident Consultant for variety of organizations, including the national post-earthquake, Nepali Behavioral Health & Wellness Initiative. He has led numerous transformative -- silo-breaking and communications bridge-building -- Pre-Deployment Stress Resilience-Humor-Team Building Retreats for US Army Senior Officers and Sergeants.  He also provides international Stress Resilience and Burnout Recovery Phone-Skype Coaching.
The Doc is the author of Practice Safe Stress:  Healing and Laughing in the Face of Stress, Burnout & Depression and The Four Faces of Anger:  Transforming Hostility and Rage into Assertion and Passion, and Resiliency Rap:  The Wit and Wisdom of the Stress Doc.  His award-winning, USA Today Online "HotSite"www.stressdoc.com – was called a "workplace resource" by National Public Radio (NPR).  Email stressdoc@aol.com for more info.
 
Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW
The Stress Doc ™


Stress, Change & Leader Resilience Speaking, Coaching
Crisis & Critical Incident Intervention-Consultation
Burnout-Bullying/Conflict-Grief Counseling
Telephone--Skype-In-Person

301-875-2567

stressdoc@aol.com<>www.stressdoc.com

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