A panel discussion with: 
Larry Axelrod, PhD, Dean of the Adler School of 
Professional Psychology (Vancouver campus); 
Gloria McArter, PhD, Spirit-based Counselling Therapist; 
Brian Fraser, PhD, Lead Provocateur at Jazzthink, and
Presbyterian minister.

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Do you feel supported and loved at work?

Whether it's through a bullying boss or a malicious colleague who routinely debases others, shame and shaming appear far too often in today's workplaces. For those on the receiving end -- and even the shamers themselves -- how do we identify, address and heal this sickness of the soul and its resulting sense of inferiority and incompetence?

Our dynamic panel, comprised of three professionals well-versed in handling toxic behaviour, will discuss a variety of ways to transform a shame-based workplace into one full of spirit and openness. How do we replace criticism, ridicule and rejection with mutual respect, dignity, and love of self and others? The panelists will reveal work situations that affirm connectedness and appreciation: ones that encourage and support the full range of human experience from joy and contentment to sadness and fear.


                       
             click here to RSVP  -or-  phone: 604-685-6560


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Date:          Thursday, June 21, 2012  --  12:00 - 1:30 pm

Location:    Suite 700 - 1090 West Georgia Street, at Thurlow, Vancouver
                   Adler School of Professional Psychology
                   (Diagonally across from the Terasen Centre)

Cost:           Without lunch: $10
                   With lunch:  non-members - $20;  members - $15

Lunch:        Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
                   (RSVP requested for food)


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Option/Price

Ethics Breakfast (members) $7.00 CAD Ethics Breakfast (non-members) $10.00 CAD Luncheon-no food $10.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (for Members) $15.00 CAD Luncheon-with food (Non-Members) $20.00 CAD Membership: Basic $25.00 CAD Membership: Breakfast $70.00 CAD Membership: Lunch $150.00 CAD Membership: Full $200.00 CAD

 

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About Our Panel:

Larry Axelrod, PhD, is dean of the Vancouver Campus of the Adler School of Professional Psychology. He is a past president of The Neutral Zone Coaching and Consulting Services, providing a variety of services from strategic facilitation to education and training and mediation. Larry has extensive knowledge of professional ethics and served on the Vancouver Hospital ethics committee for six years.

Larry is co-author of Turning Conflict Into Profit: A Roadmap for Resolving Personal and Organizational Disputes, published by The University of Alberta Press. He completed his B.A. in communications at University of Illinois at Urbana, his M.A. in social psychology at San Francisco State University, and his PhD in social psychology at the University of British Columbia. His studies have included a wide range of areas from attitude formation and value systems to theories of motivation.
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In her 20+ years as a counselling therapist, Gloria (Glo) McArter, PhD draws on her rich experiences as an educator, personnel consultant, and human relations and communications trainer. As her clients (individuals, couples, and families) meet the challenges of daily life, she stimulates their creative expression and inherent wisdom.

Gloria acknowledges the influence of the spiritual in her own healing journey to understand and accept her life experiences with shame. Her mission is to integrate the spiritual with counselling and to help others recognize the positive relationship between the spiritual-mental-physical, and workplace wellness. Gloria speaks and writes to guide people as they transform their inner shame into love of self and others, into what she calls "the wisdom of worth". 
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Brian Fraser, PhD is the lead provocateur of Jazzthink. As a speaker, coach and facilitator, he uses the wit, wisdom and workings of jazz to inspire people to have conversations that are SMARTer (more Soulful, Mindful, Astute, Responsible and Trusting). 

Before launching Jazzthink in 2002, Brian was dean of St. Andrew's Hall, the Presbyterian college at UBC, and taught leadership and organizational development at Vancouver School of Theology. He ministers part-time with Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Burnaby, BC, and teaches coaching skills at Douglas College in Coquitlam, BC.