Workshops & gatherings
Brown Bag Lunch Thursdays
This simple weekly meeting welcomes new and seasoned participants to
join in. Bring your own lunch on Thursdays at 12 noon, sharp, and
we'll dine and chat in Women Supporting Women Center style. We'll
all share a "New and Good," and then have a go around regarding a particular topic. Topics can be seasonal, current events-oriented, or totally original! Please call ahead to say you're coming so we'll
know to have a chair for you. It's a fun way to experience the
Center. Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111 Water
Street, Exeter, NH.For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATE: Thursdays
TIME: *12 noon, sharp - 1 pm * Note time change
FEE: Free
LEADER: Claire Houston, and other WSW-trained leaders
The Enneagram Experience
The Enneagram is an ancient and incisive study of human personality.
It teaches that each of us develops into one of nine basic
personality types. What is the desire that drives us? How do we
protect ourselves from pain? Through the observation of how our
habits effect our lives and our relationships, the Enneagram offers
us the means to identify those patterns of behavior which stand in
the way of our personal growth, creativity and self-expression.
Women & men welcome. *This program has been approved for 7 Category 1
Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258
CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons College
Schools of Social Work Authorization Number 38344-1. NASW-NH will
recognize MA approved workshops. Held at Women Supporting Women
Center, located at 111 Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATE: Friday, September 12
TIME: 8:30 – 4:30 pm; Lunch on your own. Many lunch spots nearby, or bring.
FEE: $150
LEADER: Andrew Hahn, Psy.D
Andrew is a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Guided Self
Healing (GSH) in Lexington, MA. He is a certified Enneagram teacher,
and teaches workshops nationally.
Leadership Skills for a Changing World
Create the kind of community you want to live in. Be an effective,
authentic, appealing leader, offering the kind of leadership you're
looking for. Strengthen your own self-worth so you can value others'
worth. Learn alternatives to sarcasm. Replace self-deprecating humor
with empowered humor. Distinguish the difference between aggressive
power and empowered leadership. Practice constructive validation
rather than "constructive" criticism. Reap what you sow, and enjoy
the more peaceful, alive world you yearn for. 12 CEUs available to
mental health professionals through the NH-NASW. Both women and men
welcome. This class is taught both on and off site. If you would like
to arrange to bring it to your setting, contact the leader. "When I
signed up for this class, I thought I might learn a thing or two.
Instead, this class has changed my life." PG, retired
psychotherapist. Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at
111 Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: TBA Contact Center to be counted on a waiting list;.
TIME: TBA; include days/times of your availability
FEE: $84 members; $144 non-members
LEADER: Claire Houston, MS, LCMHC, DAPA
Claire is the founder and director of WSW, a licensed mental health counselor, a Diplomate in the American Psychotherapy Association, and has been using & teaching this model of leadership for 19 years.
Leaders in a Changing World: A Support Group For Leaders
Now that you've taken the basic Leadership class, deepen your
insights and understanding. Come meet with other leaders committed to
a different approach to leading. Give and receive support, share
leadership stories of challenges and victories. Explore questions and
answers. Create the kind of community you want to live in. Be a
constructive participant, offering the kind of participation you're
looking for from others. Be an effective, authentic, appealing
leader, offering the kind of leadership you're looking for. Shore up
your own self-worth so you can value others' worth. Learn
alternatives to sarcasm. Replace self-deprecating humor with
empowered humor. Distinguish the difference between aggressive power
and empowered leadership; the limitless power of vulnerable
leadership. Practice constructive validation rather than
"constructive" criticism. Reap what you sow, as you enjoy the more
peaceful, alive world you yearn for. Both women and men welcome. Held
at Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111 Water Street,
Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: TBA
TIME: TBA
FEE: $14 members; $28 non-members per meeting
LEADER: Claire Houston, MS, LCMHC, DAPA
Claire is the founder and director of WSW and has been using and teaching this model of leadership for 19 years.
Attraction Marketing
First impressions are lasting impressions. You have one opportunity
to get attention when you enter a room, are they getting the right
impression. By dressing the whole person, you present yourself as you
want them to see you, who you are and what you want to attract. This
is an interactive and life changing approach to creating your own
personal style that will increase your personal power and help you
live your best life. Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located
at 111 Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: 2 Wednesdays, September 17, 23
TIME: 10 – 12 noon
FEE: $28 members; $48 non-members
LEADER: Andrew Dupont, Feng Shui Consultant
Andrea brings 25 years of experience into her Holistic Image and
Lifestyle consulting practice. She is passionate about helping people
achieve all that they wish for in their life. By looking and living
"authentically" you are always aligned with what surrounds you.
Manifesting Compassion Through Chant & Sound
Spend a morning in the power of chant, sound and meditation, intoning
deities of compassion from ancient traditions. Deities referred to
here are manifestations of our own consciousness and are not external
to our experience of them. Their names when chanted carry a specific
energetic frequency that informs our body,our self and and our
actions that flow from it. There will be time for discussion. Women &
men welcome. Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111
Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATE: Saturday, September 20
TIME: 9:30 – 12 noon
FEE: $18 members; $23 non-members
LEADER: Steven Kleitzel, LCSW
Steve has been a trained Gestalt/ Jungian oriented psychotherapist
for 30 yrs. His workshops are enriched with myth, ritual, poetry,
dream, imagination, and soul. He comes from Westchester, NY and has
presented here last winter.
Women’s Book Group
Do you love Jane Austen as much as I do? What's not to love: Happy
endings? Lessons about human relationships? And writing with not one
wasted word? Join me and discuss three of them beginning with Pride and
Prejudice. Arrive prepared to discuss it and have fun at our first
meeting! Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111 Water
Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: 3 Mondays, Sep 22, Oct 20, Nov 17
TIME: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
FEE: $42 members; $72 non-members
LEADER: Elizabethe Plante
Elizabethe is the manager of Water Street Bookstore, and loves,
loves, loves reading and books.
Christian Meditation Introduction
Experience a simple, ancient Christian discipline of silently
reciting a prayer-word, for going beyond thoughts and distractions,
and entering into the prayer of the heart. Held at Women Supporting
Women Center, located at 111 Water Street, Exeter, NH.For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: 6 Thursdays, Sept 25 – Oct 30
TIME: 9:30 – 11 am
FEE: We’ll pass around a hat each week, by donation
LEADER: Mary K Robison, artist, experienced meditator, Benedictine
Oblate of the World Community for Christian Meditation, and WSW-
trained peer leader.
Reflexology Introduction
Why are some areas of your feet tender? Want happy feet? Come join us
for this "hands on" foot workshop. Learn how to work out the
tender zones of your feet or your loved ones'. Feel the total body
relaxation that occurs with a simple 10 minute session. Come by
yourself or bring a partner or a friend. Both women and men are
welcome. Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111 Water
Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATE: Friday, October 3
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
FEE: $14 members; $24 non-members
LEADER: Gale Forrester, LMT
Gale is a licensed massage therapist and has a reflexology massage
practice, The Relaxation Zone, in Exeter, NH.
Find Balance and Joy with Ayurveda
Ayurveda, the "wisdom of life" is the ancient holistic health system
of India, practiced continuously for over 5000 years. Ayurveda
teaches us how living in harmony with the rhythms of Nature. In class
we will determine our unique body/mind type and learn simple,
effective tools to improve health and promote longevity. Held at
Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111 Water Street, Exeter,
NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATE: Tuesday, October 7
TIME: 6 – 9 pm
FEE: $21 members; $28 non-members
LEADER: Beverly Walsh Gobbi, AyC, RYT, RN
Beverly is a Kripalu certified Ayurvedic Health Consultant, yoga
teacher, registered nurse, and WSW-trained peer leader.
Dream Sharing Group
Dream insight can be enlightening, mysterious, fun and can help
people of all ages! Group dream sharing multiplies the benefits of
working with dreams through the insights and projections of the group
members. In this three week group we will experience the wisdom of
dreams and nightmares, and learn about the meaning, inspiration and
solutions they can bring to our lives. Dreamwork allows us to view
the world in a different ways, through the stories and symbols of the
unconscious and reminds us of our shared humanity. New awareness
from your dreams can increase creative problem solving skills, add
clarity about life situations and relationships, and help to develop
intuition. Experience the power of group dreamwork in a supportive
environment. Bring your curiosity and your dreams (even a dream
image or fragment will do). Held at Women Supporting Women Center,
located at 111 Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: 3 Wednesdays, October 8, 15, and 22
TIME: 8:30 am – 9:45 am (early in the day, while dreams are fresh)
FEE: $21 members; $28 non-members
LEADER: Lesley is a psychotherapist in North Hampton and Wolfeboro, NH,
working with dreams for more than 30 years. She is consistently
dazzled by the magic of dream sharing and dream work. Lesley is a
member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams -
A Peaceful Divorce
This group is for women going through the process of divorce or who
are living through the aftermath of the journey. We will look at the
many emotional challenges of divorce, including grieving, coping with
children's reactions, dealing with an ex-spouse (who may or may not
be peaceful), and moving on. Divorce will be framed as a spiritual
opportunity for personal growth that can broaden one's perspective on
life and one's sense of compassion for self and others. Held at Women
Supporting Women Center, located at 111 Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: 3 Thursdays, October 9, 16, 23
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
FEE: $42 members; $72 non-members
LEADER: Ashley Davis Prend, LCSW, ACSW
Ashley is a psychotherapist and a writer. She is the author of
"Transcending Loss" and "Claim Your Inner Grown-up" and has also
lived through her own peaceful divorce.
Journaling For Wellness
Looking for an excellent, inexpensive, and simple tool for personal
growth and healing? Scientific studies prove that journal writing
enhances the immune system! Discover insight as you do guided
informal writing exercises in a gentle, non-judgmental setting. Bring
a journal notebook, your favorite pen, along with an open mind. No
writing experience required! Held at Women Supporting Women Center,
located at 111 Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: 4 Tuesdays, Oct 28, Nov 4, 11, 18
TIME: 10 – 12 noon
FEE: $56 members; $96 non-members
LEADER: Alexis Teitz
Alexis has over 15 years experience teaching literature, poetry, and
journaling, and is a WSW-trained leader.
A Day of Attunement With Andrew Shier
Master Attunement Teacher and Practitioner Andrew Shier relocated
from Colorado to New Hampshire a few years ago, and we want to take
advantage of his proximity to the Seacoast area by hosting a day of
individual Attunement sessions here at WSW, with Andrew. Whether
you're merely curious about this unique form of energy work, or have
an ailment that needs healing, or are a health care professional who
wants to replenish your own wellspring, contact WSW to schedule your
one-hour appt. Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111
Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATE: Friday, October 31
TIME: 9 am – 4 pm in hourly appts.
FEE: $60 – $80, sliding scale
LEADER: Andrew Shier
Learn more about Attunement in general at
www.attunementpractitioners.org or about Andrew at his website
The Blended Family Step-Dance
This group is for women and men who are working to create a blended
family in a modern world. Issues to be considered are coping with
your new partner's children, dealing with your own children, focusing
on the couple relationship that brought you all together in the first
place, managing relationships with ex-spouses, balancing family
dynamics, and finding joy in the unique and complicated blends that
are unique to blended families. Find support in the process of
accepting change while learning new and exciting ways of relating.
Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at 111 Water Street,
Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATES: 3 Thursdays, November 6, 13, 20
TIME: 9 am – 11 am
FEE: $42 members; $72 non-members
LEADER: Ashley Davis Prend, LCSW, ACSW
Ashley is a psychotherapist and a writer. She is the author of
"Transcending Loss" and "Claim Your Inner Grown-up" and has also
lived through her own peaceful divorce.
Holiday Open House and Brown Bag Lunch
Come for the brown bag lunch, and celebrate the season afterwards
with snacks, holiday music, and warm women's community. Bring a
healthy snack if you can, and join us to share hugs and good cheer!
This weekly lunch support meeting will include a theme in keeping
with the season. Held at Women Supporting Women Center, located at
111 Water Street, Exeter, NH. For registration or information, contact 603-772-0799 or click here for registration form.
DATE: Thursdays
TIME: 12 noon – 1 pm, then hang out for a while
FEE: Free; bring a healthy snack
LEADER: Claire Houston
Claire is the founder and director of WSW.
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