CULTIVATING THE WELL-BEING OF “ENOUGH”:
A RENEWAL RETREAT FOR WOMEN THERAPISTS

With Carolyn Foster and Becky Wright

NOVEMBER 19-21, 2010
Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael

Sometimes I need
only to stand
wherever I am
to be blessed.

Mary Oliver

We have forgotten what enough feels like…. So many good-hearted people I know are exhausted… How do we reclaim a life of deep sufficiency? We begin within ourselves.

Wayne Muller

               

This weekend retreat for women therapists focuses on how we can tend the precious resource of well-being in all its aspects – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. In pouring ourselves out for our clients, we may have over-tapped the water-table of our own natural resources. Mirroring our clients’ anxieties can bring out our own insecurities and wear us down. To heal, we must cultivate our own garden of well-being.

Retreating in good company can help us re-enter what Wayne Muller calls “a life of deep sufficiency.” Through writing, sharing, guided meditation, art, and ritual, we will create space for renewal and resilience. Come rest in the beauty of Santa Sabina’s rooms and gardens. From a place of renewed clarity, we will be well-equipped to enjoy the end of this year and to begin afresh past the holidays. Come to let go and to be held, nurtured, and refreshed by the retreat experience!

REGISTER by calling Carolyn’s voicemail, (510) 484-3078 on or after Tuesday, September 7.  We are sharing the center with a quiet group, so there are a limited number of rooms available. You can also e-mail Carolyn at cjf@creativechoices.net. The cost of the retreat is $300 for a double room, $350 for a single room. This includes lodging, program, and six meals, from dinner Friday night through lunch Sunday.  Special note: We have been approved to offer CEUs for our retreats (provider #PCE 4594). You can receive 12 CEUs for an extra charge of $35. 

Please share the word about this opportunity with your colleagues. 

Carolyn Foster, M.A. leads writing-based workshops and contemplative retreats that guide people to their own depths and to clarity of purpose.  In her coaching and consulting private practice, she works with clients in areas of professional and personal development.  Trained as a family therapist, Carolyn wrote a national bestseller on family patterns of attitudes and behavior that landed her on Oprah.  She was on the faculty of California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco for 10 years and now teaches for Stanford Continuing Education and the Graduate Theological Union. 

Becky Wright, M.S., has been a Marriage and Family Therapist for 17 years and currently sees clients at the Interfaith Counseling Center in Berkeley. She works as a therapist, coach, teacher and supervisor with students and religious professionals at San Francisco Theological Seminary. As the clinical supervisor of a community counseling and addiction recovery center, Becky has supervised staff and interns and led therapy groups for men, women and teens.  Her true passion is leading spiritual journey groups and retreats, which she has been doing for over 20 years.  She also has a private practice in Berkeley. 

Santa Sabina Center offers retreatants gracious hospitality, beauty, and a refuge for contemplation and renewal. On the grounds of Dominican University, but away from the main campus bustle, the retreat center draws people, birds, and deer.  Whether you want to be cozy inside or clear your mind outside, the house, built around a central courtyard and fountain, and the gardens offer dozens of places for letting go into serenity. Retreats here alternate scheduled program times with free time for hiking, napping, playing in the art center, reading, or lying by a fire and drifting. The silences and conversations are as healing a diet as the good food.

To receive email or regular mail notification of details of this retreat and how to register, go to the contact page and call or email Carolyn with your request.

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