Workshops and Seminars

Upcoming

NEW SIX WEEK GROUP FOR WOMEN
BEGINNING OCTOBER 5, 2010
I am excited to announce a new women's group entitled What We Become: Conversations for Women about age, aging and the art of daily life. This six week group will meet Tuesday nights from 7:15 - 9 pm beginning October 5.
• For more information contact Lauren at (831) 425-8700 or lcrux@laurencrux.com, or click here for a printable PDF flyer with complete details.

A Sample of Future Titles:

Managing Change

– How to Break Through Before You Break Down
– Creating Change and Surviving Transitions
– Getting Over What Holds You Back
– Creative problem-solving

Courage and Creativity

– Courage & Creativity
– Women’s Vision: the politics of creativity
– Everyday Courage: the search for deep knowledge

GLBT Issues

– Have I Missed Anything While I Was Napping? from Midlife to Oldlife
– Sex, Sensuality, and the Erotic in older lesbians
– Questions of Visibility: I’d love to Ask You Out, But I Don’t Know Who You Are
– Flirting: the Fun, The Skill, and the Art

Aging

– Sex, Sensuality & the Erotic
– Transitions and the change process
– Success factors for living and working in the new millennium

Addiction and Anger

– Anger management
– Special topics in addiction recovery
– Working with adult children of alcoholics

Skill Development for Therapists / Therapists Training

– On Not Knowing: Courage & Creativity in the Therapy Room
– The Psychology of Women
– Women & Men: Issues of Gender
– Treatment strategies in therapy for special populations
– Shapeshifting: a Day of Movement, Meditation, and Reflection for Women
– Faces: Exploring Expression

Other

– Human relations training: working with special populations
– Stress and distress: calming the mind, relaxing the body
– Patterns of power and authority: communication strategies for the workplace and home
– Movement, meditation, and writing

Over the last 35 years I have presented at the UC campuses in Santa Cruz, Irvine, Los Angeles, and San Diego. I have also presented at Santa Clara University, San Jose State University, Humboldt State University, University of Ohio , Tulane University,and Stanford University.

Professional presentations include keynote addresses, seminars, and talks for: Women in Business, Women in Building and Design, the International Congress on Mental Health Care for Women (Amsterdam), the California Association of Marriage, Family Therapists, The California Women’s Commission on Alcoholism, The Family Living Interagency Council, the National Association of Social Workers, Women in Health Policy, Women’s Crisis Support and Shelter Services