Center For Family Connections Groups

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Human beings are interrelational beings. Human beings come in families, tribes, and communities. It is easy for a person to feel alone in a crowd. It is easy for a person to feel he or she is the only one to have ever experienced something -- especially when it is not something the wider community seems to confront often.

In adoption (and emotional forms of adoption such as guardianship, kinship, foster care, etc.), for the birth families, the adoptive families, and for the kids, there is often this feeling of being "the only one".

The group model at CFFC provides trained clinicians -- and, as much as possible, a person in a leadership co-therapy role who has some of the same experience as the group -- to work with people as they make sense of, and normalize, their own life experience.

New Groups Spring and Summer 2008

Birth Mother's Tea
Monday, May 12, 2008; 6pm to 8pm
Mother's Day can be a difficult holiday for those of the adoption triad. This is an evening for birth mothers to gather, support, and share about personal experiences. It is CFFC's way of acknowledging birth mothers.
Free of charge
Pre-registration ends Wednesday May 7th

How Does Your Family Garden Grow?
Thursday, June 26, 2008; 12:30-2:30pm at CFFC.
This group will provide an opportunity for children ages 5-7 touched by adoption and/ or foster care to explore various types of families, the many ways they are constructed, and the importance of having their needs met within their family units. The metaphor of a garden will be used to address these issues with the children through art and discussion.
Led by Melissa St. John, LMFT and Candice Beckner, Clinical Intern.
Pre-registration and pre-payment required (space is limited); Pre-registration ends on June 12
$75 for the 2-hour session (materials and snack included)

Please note:

Pre-registration and pre-payment are required for all groups. Registration fee is non-refundable.
MasterCard and Visa accepted.
Groups, dates, and times are subject to change.
Space is limited.
Groups are held at Center For Family Connections

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