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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Gabor Mate, MD

If you've never seen this man speak, any opportunity is a good one.

He is booked to run a seminar in Toronto on May 6-7 2010 entitled "Taming the Hungry Ghosts". This seminar will illuminate where and how addictions originate and what they have in common. A large component of the seminar will be devoted to learning about brain chemistry and physiology of people with substance dependency.

He is also well know for his books/seminars: Scattered Minds, When the Body Says No, and Hold On to Your Kids.

You may find this workshop noted at http://www.leadingedgeseminars.org/
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Upcoming ASD workshops

If you are interested in Autism Spectrum information/approaches/treatment the following are reportedly excellent seminars:

Understanding the Autism Spectrum: Moving Beyond the DSM
Led by John M. Ortiz, PhD
Thursday May 27, 2010

and

Creative Strategies for Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Nonverbal Learning Disorders.
Led by John M. Ortiz, PhD
May 28, 2010

Register online at: http://www.leadingedgeseminsars.org/
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Interesting Books

  • When the Body says No (trauma)
  • Scattered Minds (ADHD)
  • Cinderally Revisited
  • It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark
  • Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
  • The Optimistic Child by M.Seligman
  • Where the Pavement Ends by Wadden
  • Codependent No More by M.Beattie
  • Raising Adopted Children by L. Ruskai Melina
  • the Dance of Anger by H.G.Lerner
  • Queen Bees and Wannabes by R. Wiseman
  • Get Out of my Life, but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall?
  • Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by M. Pipher
  • Dinosaurs Divorce
  • No Body's Perfect Journal by K. Kirberger