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Herbert Jay Rosenfield, ACSW, LCSW, BCD
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Director


Helping You Solve Life's Problems™ since 1980



Cheshire Meriden Danbury

(203) 271-1234 (203) 639-1234 (203) 790-1234


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Fall 2010

 

 

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"Love of Life Perpetual Birthday & Anniversary Calendar" ©

Printable Description and Directions

You've been looking for an easier way to remember and to commemorate the important  dates and occassions in the life of your family or of your friendship relationships.  

Here it is!   Forgetting those milestone dates is over!  Your spending hours re-entering  those occassions into a new calendar -- annually & with a chance for errors -- is over! 

Your “Love of Life Perpetual Birthday & Anniversary Calendar”© will offer you decades of enjoyment, timely colorful reminders, and the warm feelings of connection with those people about whom you care. 

Enjoy!  And these calendars make an excellent, unusual,  and affordable gift that those about whom you care will remember and cherish forever!

Printed in the USA by our local printing company.    Its finished size is 15.5" x 20". 

It is printed in 4 colors on a durable 65# white cover stock that gives a warm appearance.

Our suggestions on reverse side offer how you might use your "Love of Life ... Calendar". 
 
Available for $18 (including postage & handling) … plus $1.08 … 6% sales tax for CT residents.

Purchase yours on E-Bay using your PayPal account or send your check, to “A&FCC, LLC”: 

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NEW SERVICES AND PROGRAMS

*  “WHOSE Group” for girls in grades 4 and 5 --    “Working Hard On Self-Esteem” ™

*  “Support Groups for Siblings of Kids       
             with Significant Behavioral Problems”

*  “CareTakers Support Group --“for adults responsible for care of aged/ailing family member  

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 TIPS for the HOLIDAY SEASON

 “PUTTING GOD, FAMILY,  AND MENTAL HEALTH  BACK IN THE HOLIDAYS”            
From a presentation, St. Thomas Becket Church Women’s Organization                          
By Herbert Jay Rosenfield, ACSW, LCSW, BCD

The Holiday season is stressful for everybody!   

For some folks, the stress is from the past; for others, current issues weigh on them.  For many, disappointments and/or losses, past and present, are raised by the Holidays. For others, economics plays a large role; so many wrestle with health issues for themselves or for loved ones. For everybody, time is too short and the tasks many!                           

Here are some suggestions that participants have
offered to you to try: 

  1. Make a list of things for which you are thankful.  Read your list each morning or evening and give thanks for them
  1. Set realistic expectations for each holiday.
  1. Try to control your time better than last year:  Slow down.  Pace yourself.  Begin your preparations by making a list of what you need/want to do and how you can do them.
  1. Engage family members to share the opportunity and responsibility to prepare for and make your holiday celebrations successful. They benefit, too.
  1. Eat and drink moderately during the holiday season.  Pay attention to your special diet needs.
  1. Maintain important elements of your normal patterns. Sleep; eating times’ exercise; social contacts; work rhythms; etc.   
  1. When feeling ‘blue’, make healthy choices that best help you to feel more in control: music; sing a song; call a friend; take a nap; avoid alcohol, a depressant; take a walk; count  your blessings; help somebody else; think positive thoughts.
 © A&FCC 1983, 2010

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Social Groupwork Works!!!

A Therapy Group is one of the most effective modes of therapy for many people and for many different diagnoses. A&FCC staff members are currently groupworking the following Groups:

We are ready to offer these groups, as soon as we develop an adequate membership:

If you, a family member, or a patient or client would benefit from being in a therapy group, contact our Intake Coordinator, Linda J. Rosenfield, LCSW, at 203 271-1234.

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Introducing Our Newest Professionals

The A&FCC, now in our 30th year, welcomes these clinicians to our professional staff!  We proudly offer the community the benefit of their skills, experience, and personalities. We invite you to view their backgrounds and credentials in the "Our Professional Staff" link.  We think you will be as impressed as Director Herb Rosenfield has been in making them additions to our fine staff.

 *  Thomas M. Foster, LCSW,  joins our staff to provide "Behavioral Change" services to our clients, including Eating Disorders, Smoking Cessation, and Pain Management.
 *  Susan A. Rynkiewicz, LCSW, LADC, joins us with strong addictions background, credentials as a CT "Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor", and a way with kids and adults. 
 *  Keri Loper Fryer, LMFT, Keri Loper Fryer, LMFT, is experienced in mediation of custody cases, alimony, child support and parenting issues.  
 *  John T. Maloney, Jr., LMFT, offers his Marriage & Family Therapy training and agency experience to us with increased prevention and intervention counseling services.
 *  Sarah A. Grondin, LCSW, is also a Certified School Social Worker with a passion for providing services and counseling that helps pre-schoolers and youngsters to get off on a strong start.

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"Q.U.I.T." (sm) -- "Quit Unwanted Intake of Tobacco" (sm)



"Today" is a hard time to be a smoker. Workplaces are becoming more restrictive. More restaurants are moving toward being fully non-smoking. Non-smokers are speaking up more to their smoking friends. The daily news reports about the negative impact of tobacco products are scary. The cost of tobacco products keep rising.

Now you can choose to quit AND to obtain the emotional, psychological and peer supports in order to succeed. Q.U.I.T. (sm) is our cognitive-behavioral approach to helping you "Quit Unwanted Intake of Tobacco" (sm).

Click here to download the complete QUIT brochure.



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"Relax … and Live Better !” Workshop

Everybody is stressed by something!

In our daily lives, we are each exposed to a variety of stressors – circumstances, expectations, realities, and invasions into our lifestyles -- that cause us some degree of tension, anxiety, frustrations, and/or anger or depression. Recent events added a whole new layer to our stress. Each of us is an individual, with his/her own needs, priorities, previous experiences in life, and coping skills, and behaviors. However, we each can learn to view and manage what happens to us with less distress and to meet life’s challenges and opportunities in a healthier, successful manner.

The Adolescent & Family Counseling Center, LLC, offers you an opportunity to increase your own ability to negotiate daily life more successfully. A Stress Management & Relaxation Workshop. Click here to view the “Relax … and Live Better!” ™ flyer.

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Understanding Sexual Abuse
a 6-8 session psycho-educational workshop series

This in NOT Group Therapy; the format is primarily the “presentation of information” by Ms. Cynthia Davis, LCSW, with some time for questions and discussion.

Series #1 is for Women 18 and older who have been sexually abused in your childhood or adolescence. She will assist you and the other survivors to increase your cognitive understanding of what happened, so that you can better heal emotionally.

Series #2 is for Male Victims of sexual abuse;

Series #3 will be for Family of sexually abused members;

Series #4 will be for Medical, Mental-health, and Educational Professionals.

Click here to download the “Understanding Sexual Abuse” flyer.

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