Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Change

Change can be your friend.
Who said that, Freud?
I said it. Who are you?
Someone who is experiencing alot alot of change.
Not so much. Others have changed more.
I changed my job.
I am changing my relationship with my body to a more positive one.
Getting healthy
Being Happy..
Those are good changes.
Can I have some of what you are having?
Come and get it.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Getting Up Again

I come from a long line of rough houser. When I was a kid I'd wrestle with my little girl and boy friends. Under water was the best. My sister once clobbered me and gave me a bloody nose. At least that is how she tells the story. As I got older, I wrestled less and got more fearful. Instead of blows, I got teased and bullied. I didn't make a wise crack back...I would cry.
Now I want to learn how to take the blows that life dishes out...mainly emotional and physical. I am starting to rough house again. I am getting out again and learning how to weave away from danger. Also I am learning to recover quickly and bounce back into action. It feels great to let my Dragon out. RRRRRRRHHHHGGGGGGG!!!

Monday, February 5, 2007

Tooting Our Own Horn

Compassionate Care for the Creative Soul

Brownstone Therapeutics
Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC
Director of Brownstone Therapeutics
http://brownstonetherapeutics.blogspot.com/
brownstonetherapeutics@gmail.com
773-859-1276

Mission:
Brownstone Therapeutics is a therapeutic private practice that aims to encourage clients to connect with themselves and others through the creative arts. Brownstone Therapeutics offers individual and group therapy, supervision for students, corporate and organizational trainings, and oral history services

Accomplishments:
Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC has facilitated groups since 1990. She is a Group Specialist and Expressive Arts Therapist. Eve has worked with 3,000+ clients over the past seventeen years in groups and one to one. In Twinsburg, OH,
Eve led a Giving Birth to your Truth Workshop for 500 twins and their families. Eve co-facilitated and co-founded a Twin's support group in Boston for two years called Twins Inc. Eve co-founded DreamShop Inc, a therapeutic arts not for profit corporation and served as Board President for four years. Eve also facilitated an Anger Managment Group for six years.

Eve served as Director and Producer for two video-documentaries: Wise Friends: The Beauty of Reminiscing and Community Building: One Story at a Time.
She interviewed 40+ movers and shakers in Rogers Park for http://www.rogerspark.com/. Most recently Eve interviewed former Il Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Neil Hartigan. Currently, He serves as Chairman of The World Trade Center of Chicago.

Collaborations:
DreamShop, Inc, Twins Inc, Englewood Community Health Organization, Chicago Youth Centers, Elliott Donnelley Youth Center, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, Saint Francis Hospital, Resurrection Health Care, Advocate Health Care, The Admiral, The Methodist Homes, White Crane Adult Wellness Center, University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Columbia College, The Festival of Life, ASPSAC, ASGPP, Twins' Day Festival, The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce, The Edgewater Historical Society, The American Swedish Museum, Unity Church of Chicago, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, Lakeshore Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, DevCorp North,www.rogerspark.com, Howard Area Community, The Mitziut Jewish Community, ICASA, UpCorp, EarthDance, Artists of the Wall, The Loyola Park Advisory Council and The Rogers Park Community Council.

Media Attention:
Eve’s work has been featured in The Boston Herald, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-times, New Star Press, Conscious Choice, The Monthly Aspectarian, Jewish Star, RP2000, and The WGN Morning Show. Eve was also featured as a guest expert on twins on talk shows The Charles Perez Show and The Danny Boneduci Show.

The Power of Exercise

The Power of Exercise

Sweat dripping down my spine.
Thoughts of muscles bulging from my arms
Getting stronger everyday

Believing in myself
Breathe
Do those squat
Kick some butt
You are getting a cute butt

Whoa, look at me run!
It is my own pace..I am running :)
Another five minutes...
30 minutes and I am still breathing
40 minutes and I am breathing...
I am craving yogurt
Usually I crave chocolate when I am all sweaty
Not today buddy
Yogurt and sushi

I am engaging the warrior within me.
The one who is fearless,
who could fly through the air in a back hand spring to back flip and land that dismount
I am running again .... I feel my fire.... flying again..whooaaa!

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

A Grief Group from Brownstone Therapeutics

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, please contact Laura Brownstone, LCSW, at 773-983-0237.
(January 30, 2007)

A new psycho-educational, grief support group will start March 22 and will run until May 3 in the Rogers Park area. The support group will be sponsored by Brownstone Therapeutics..

“Grief feels all consuming, overwhelming and crazy making. You could be sitting on a crowded bus and feel an ocean of tears well up in your eyes or you could be in a supermarket and feel great longing for the one you lost. These are both normal reactions to grief. Grief is a whole body response to a loss which feels devastating to the soul and spirit,” said Laura Brownstone, LCSW.

As an experienced facilitator, Laura Brownstone, LCSW, plans to lead a psycho-educational grief support group for those who have suffered past and recent losses. She would like to invite those who are ready to let some of their grief be expressed and witnessed in a safe space. She encourages use of creativity and members’ own imaginations to lead them to further healing. Ms.Brownstone also uses some didactic learning as well as provides a focus on the mind, body and spirit.

By their friends and family, people are told to get “over it and to stop wallowing.” This may not be helpful advice. Embedded grief over time does affect the whole person. “In doing necessary grief work, people can feel less crazy, more grounded in the present and better able to imagine their future,” added Laura Brownstone, LCSW.

When: Thursday, March 22- May 3 from 6-7:30 p.m.
Where: East Rogers Park, 1227 West Jarvis, Chicago, by the lake.
Who: Anyone who wants support for their loss and feels capable of being in a new group. Cost: $35 per group.

Facilitated by Laura Brownstone, LCSW. Sponsored by Brownstone Therapeutics. Ms. Brownstone has at least seven years of experience working with grief and loss. If you wish to participate, please call, Laura Brownstone, LCSW, at 773-983-0237.

Brownstone Therapeutics is a therapeutic private practice which aims to encourage clients to connect with themselves and others through the creative arts. Brownstone Therapeutics offers individual and group therapy, supervision for students, corporate and organizational trainings, as well as oral history services.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Being Productive

I am being very productive.
Finishing drafts..finishing interviews...
Returning emails..Sending necessary emails
Answering questions for Ask Eve..
Please send more questions.

Working out for an hour today keeps me going.
Walking in the sun.... bliss...

Brownstone Therapeutics Services

Brownstone Therapeutics

You don’t have to be good. You don’t have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Wild Geese, Mary Oliver

Compassionate Care for the Creative Soul

Eve Brownstone, MA, LCPC
Seventeen years experience

Now Offers:
Individual Therapy
Group Psychotherapy
Trainings
Psychodrama/Action Method Techniques
Art Therapy
Giving Birth to Your Truth Workshops
Supervision/Consultation
Oral History Services

For more information call (773) 859-1276
Or visit http://brownstonetherapeutics.blogspot.com/