Dealing with the Psychological Effects of Unemployment
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Free Public Service Presentation
One of the major consequences of the current economic crisis is widespread unemployment. This life crisis hits individuals and families hard, and the emotional and psychological effects can be far reaching. The Iowa Psychiatric Society, Des Moines University, and the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center are sponsoring a free public service presentation to offer information and suggestions designed to help individuals and families cope with the dilemmas unemployment creates. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
9:00 a.m. to Noon; Registration begins 8:30 a.m.
Student Education Center Auditorium
Des Moines University
3200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines
• Recognizing and Managing Symptoms of Emotional Distress
Douglas F. Steenblock, M.D., Psychiatrist, Iowa Veterans Home
• How Unemployment Affects the Ways We Think About Ourselves
J. Jeffrey Means, M. Div., Ph.D., Associate Professor & Chair
Department of Behavioral Medicine, Des Moines University
• Helping Children Cope with the Stresses of Unemployment
Kelli Hill Hunt, Ph.D., Child Psychologist, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
Call the Iowa Psychiatric Society office 515-633-0341 for more information.
Annual Meeting Announcement
The Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center’s Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday, February 18, 2010. The event will be held at Walnut Ridge, 1701 Campus Drive in Clive, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. dinner and meeting. The program will feature J. Jeffrey Means, M.Div., Ph.D., Director of the Center’s Institute for the Practice of Ministry. His presentation is titled, “Looking Back to the Future.” If you are interested in attending the annual meeting, please call the Center (274-4006).
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
Twelfth Annual Luncheon
*Friday, March 12, 2010*
"What we can teach each other as women at any age, is that being vulnerable is not the same as being weak. The display of vulnerability requires a most intimate form of trust. We trust one another, and then learn to trust ourselves. Only then are the possibilities of our talents, confidence, and ultimately our hearts, fully opened.”
Speaker: Franci Phelan
Topic: To Boldly Go
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Sheraton West Des Moines
1800 – 50th Street, West Des Moines
Tickets: $45 (includes lunch); $400 / table of 10
Since 1999, the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center has sponsored an annual luncheon to raise awareness of our work with women struggling with the challenges of life on limited resources and to generate funds to help subsidize counseling for low-income women and girls. Please join us for this uplifting event in celebration of women.
Franci Phelan, this year’s featured speaker, grew up on a farm in Iowa where she learned about values, hard work and a sense of adventure. The teachings from the farm are now the guiding principles she uses in her personal and professional life. “To Boldly Go” is the story of how Franci uses her Iowa experiences to focus on mission-driven causes, and how having a strong personal foundation provides the courage to experience life to its fullest. “Every year I establish several goals to accomplish throughout the year with the intention to grow, expand, give, and be bold. The world is big and wherever life takes any of us, we can and must Boldly Go.”
Invitations will be in the mail early February 2010. Call the Center today to request an invitation.
Franci Phelan is the chief human resources officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, WA.
Prior to joining the Gates Foundation, Franci served as vice president of human resources
at Pioneer Hi-Bred, and before that she worked in human resources
at Cummins Engine Company, Miller Brewing Company,
TDS Telecom, Principal Financial Group, and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.
Franci holds a Bachelor of Arts in business communication from Arizona State University
and a Master of Science in management from Indiana Wesleyan University.
She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
and Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR).
You can always help the Center year-round in our work with women and girls by sending in a contribution to the Women Helping Women Fund at any time.
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