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Mental Health Conference 2008

Introduction / Featured Speakers / Discussion Groups / Order Tickets

NRC 2008 Brochure
NRC 2008 Concert Reply Card
NRC 2008 Concert Invite
in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Discussion Groups

  • What About Me? The Sandwich Generation
    • Ann Ohlrogge Johnson, LCPC, LMFT, Exec. Dir. Samaritan Counseling Center
    • Tamara Newell, LCSW, Dept. of Psychiatry, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
  • Through a Gender Lens: Women and Addiction
    • Sylvia Lackey, LCSW, CADC, MC.ED, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
    • Kate Mahoney, LCSW, Exec. Director, PEER Services
  • Parenting Girls in the New Millennium
    • Renee Summers, MSW, LCSW, BCD
    • James Walsh Ph.D., Associate Chair of School Psychology Program, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
  • Through the Looking Glass: Women and Anxiety
    • Dr. Danielle Black, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
    • Sandra Rosenberg, LCSW, ACSW, BCD
  • Sexual Function: Signs of Mental Health Issues
    • Laura Grimes, LCSW. Constance Sheehan, LCSW, The Family Institute at Northwestern University
  • Baby Blues: Perinatal and Post-Natal Depression
    • Dr. Laura Miller, M.D. University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, Womens Mental Health Program
    • Rebecca Christopherson, APN, CNP, U I C Dept. of Psychiatry
    • Joan Mudd, Jenniver Mudd Houghtaling Postpartum Depression Institute
  • Relationship First Aid: What's Normal, What's Not?
    • Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, Exec. Dir. Center for Contextual Change
    • Anita Mandley, MSW, LCPC, Dir. Adult Services, Center for Contextual Change
  • Trauma with a Big T: Tools for Recovery
    • Jamie Riley, Psy.D. Associate Clinical Director, The Youth Campus
    • Sharon Risch, Ph.D., Kate L. Goldhaber, Ph.D., The Family Institute at Northwestern University
  • Navigating the Transitions of Divorce
    • Karen Grais Meyer, LCSW; Carroll Cradock, Ph.D.
  • Living With Chronic Illness
    • Dr. Daniel Loiterstein, M.D. Asst. Professor Depts. of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Rush Medical College
  • Use of Spirituality in Mental Health Recovery
    • Kate Phiben Ph.D., Samaritan Counseling Center
    • Rabbi Joe Ozarowski. D. Min., Chaplain, Jewish Healing Network
  • Forming Alliance: Educating Men to Become Allies With Women
    • Michael Fogel, Psy. D., ABPP
    • Wendy M. Schiffman, Psy.D., Dept. of Forensic Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology