Dear Colleagues,

We are acutely aware that the principles and values we hold are disregarded in many of the policies that our government is pursuing. We have decided to voice our concerns as a collective group of mental health professionals in order to help effect positive change. We have therefore composed this Petition outlining our core principles and values and calling upon our public leaders to support those policies, legislation and programs that are in accord with our beliefs.

We are asking you to sign onto this Petition as an individual. We are also asking our professional organizations to endorse this Petition. We anticipate that by collecting thousands of signatures and publicizing this petition through a myriad of mental health professional organizations, a resounding statement can be made that is heard by our public leaders, the press and the general public. And we anticipate that this will encourage others to be active in furthering the ideals of our professions.

Please click here to sign the petition and forward this information to your colleagues and professional organizations throughout the country, with your personal note.

We are a group of psychotherapists whose vision is to create connection and community as we work on local and global social actions. We have on-going discussions leading to action about the affects on families of current policies such as preventive wars, the Patriot Act, corporate  injustice, cuts in services, and harm to the environment. We are drafting articles and presentations for outreach and education of other therapists and the public.

Therapists for Social Responsibility currently has meetings in Sacramento and Therapists for Peace and Justice meets in the Bay Area. Please contact us if you want to start or join a chapter with other concerned therapists in your area.

See Meetings for more information.

Contact Shauna Smith at gushauna@yahoo.com.

Therapists for Social Responsibility Steering Committee Members

2 CEUs now available for attendance at Therapists for Social Responsibility meetings for $10. Sign in and out and pick up your certificate at the end of the meeting (PCE #628.)

Leaflet "For The Health and Welfare of Our Children, Choose Toys and Games Care-fully."

You can download a master with three on a page, print, copy, cut, and distribute. Choose black and white (can be printed on colored papers if you’d like) or color.

You can also download one on a page to print as a poster. Choose black and white or color.

Some suggested places: physician and therapist offices, hospitals, schools, coffee shops, bookstores, children’s stores, hair salons, restaurants. Any place that will allow it!

Please download as pdf file and feel free to send it to anyone who may have a place to post or distribute it.

4 CEUs and OWN the DVDs and CDs!

"Riveting"
"A gift to all who attended. I felt as though I were seeing a new part of our civil society forming before my eyes."
"Extremely excellent speakers--all very strong and interesting and inspiring"
"It was terrific--both content and context. Thanks so much!"

If you missed the Symposium, would like to experience it again, or want to share it with family or friends, you can now order professionally produced DVDs or CDs directly from our videographer Steve Kolb.
Cost: DVD set: $25; CD set: $15, (Shipping included).
Please send checks to:

The Official Photographer
P. O. Box 188971
Sacramento, CA 95818.

Steve's email is Mackolb@Mac.com.

To get your 4 CEUnits just complete the enclosed brief post-test and mail it with a check for $20 special to

Elisabeth Bower, (PCE # 628)
3431 Clemens Way,
Sacramento, CA 95864

and she will send you your certificate. Elisabeth's email is ElisabethHB@cs.com

IT'S THAT SIMPLE AND EASY.

For entire program go to workshops.

Therapists Speak Out
For Social Responsibility, In And Out of the Clinical Hour

Please consider submitting an article, poem or artwork for our book Therapists Speak Out designed to be used in college courses and for the general public. You will find details and suggested topics at Therapists Speak Out.

You must be or have been in the field of psychology, counseling or social work or be a published author in these areas in order to have your work considered for this book.

Proceeds from Therapists Speak Out will go to nonprofit organizations in keeping with our intent to promote peace and justice and to create a sustainable world.

 For additional information, contact Shauna L. Smith, MSW, MFT at 916-447-5706