Using Guided Visualization To Move Through Career and Caregiver Conflicts
presented by Lynn Joseph & Sally Gelardin
Millions of working adults are juggling the demands of managing a career while caring for aging parents or a disabled spouse and family. Learn to identify the symptoms that inhibit the ability to focus on career, leading to lower productivity, lost career opportunities, and loss of self-identity. Experience first-hand guided visualization exercises. Receive a Guided Visualization CD for Caregivers, a Compassion Fatigue Questionnaire, a 24-page Stress Indicator and Health Planner, and a Personal Career/Care-giving Portfolio. Earn a Guided Visualization Caregiver Certificate.
Lynn Joseph, Ph.D., is a psychologist, and a career and life transition specialist who has extensively researched the subject. Dr. Joseph authored an article in the Career Planning & Adult Development Journal (Winter 2007-2008) titled Guided Imagery for Emotional Survival of Caregivers: Helping Clients Achieve Mental, Emotional, Physical and Spiritual Renewal. She also created a guided imagery protocol designed to help family caregivers maintain emotional health, renew hope for the future, and restore life balance, a sense of control, and a sense of personal peace to their lives. Dr. Joseph has studied the development and application of guided imagery technology for over twenty years. Through her doctoral research, she found that emotional and mental preparation can reduce landing a job by months. She has presented many workshops in a variety of venues, and has been featured on hundreds of radio and TV programs nationally. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the California Psychological Association.
Sally Gelardin, Ed.D., counselor educator, has designed, administered, and instructed educational programs for counselors, educators, and adult learners for 25 years. She is an internationally recognized author and public speaker. After moving her mother in 2007, she served as guest editor of the Winter 2007-2008 issue of the Career Planning and Adult Development Journal on Making a Career of Counseling and Advising Caregivers and is editor of an upcoming National Career Development Association monograph on Career and Caregiving: Putting the Pieces Together. Gelardin has provided workshops for seniors at San Francisco's Montefiore Senior Center and other senior facilities and for the California Department of Aging. She was a founding member of the Spiritual Eldering movement in San Francisco and has co-presented workshops on housing options for seniors. Dr. Gelardin was interviewed on the topic of Coping with Caregiving on wsradio.com and is originator of ICDC-sponsored tele-interviews on career and wellness topics. She is an active member of the National Career Development Association and the American Counseling Association.
Customized workshops available. Call 415.312.4294 or send email to http:// careerwell.org .
REFERENCES
Gelardin, S. (2008). Making a Career of Counseling and Advising Caregivers. Career Planning and Adult Development Journal. Volume 23 Number 4. More information...
Gelardin, S. (2007). Starting and Growing a Business in the New Economy: Leading Career Entrepreneurs Share Stories and Strategies (National Career Development Association). www.entrepreneurkits.com.
Gelardin, S. (2004). The Mother-Daughter Relationship: Activities for Promoting Lifework Success.www.askdrsal.com
Available Through Dr. Lynn Joseph
Joseph, L. Job-Loss Recovery Guide and CDs: A Proven Program for Getting Back To Work - FAST! www.joblossrecovery.com.
Joseph, L. Job-Loss Recovery Program: Supplemental Guided Exercises. www.joblossrecovery.com.
Joseph, L. Emotional Renewal Guided Imagery for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself While Helping a Loved One CD.www.joblossrecovery.com...
Additional Resources
CRG Stress Indicator & Health Planner and other assessment tools.
Click on CRG logo to learn more ...careerresourcegroup.com...
Christner-Lile, D. Aging in Place: Safely Living in Your "Home Sweet Home" until you're 110+. www.mentorcentral.org...
Frost, A. (2002). "Are You Experiencing Burnout and/or Compassion Fatigue?" The Resource Center for Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Center of Riverside County. http://www.amyfrost.com