Workshops & gatherings

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 FEE: Free – “Gratitude Bowl” will be accepting gifts each week LEADER: Claire Houston, and other WSW-trained leaders
*Want to join remotely? 1 seat-by- telephone or Skype available each week!*  Must be reserved ahead.

New Thought Circle
Are you a student of Louise Hay, Abraham-Hicks, Science of Mind,
Course in Miracles, Unity, Eckhart Tolle, and other of the New
Thought teachers? We, who have long been on a spiritual path, have
been reading the books of all the great teachers through history,
learning from the current living teachers of our time, and now
something new is coming. Be a part of this emerging hybrid buffet of
The Best of New Thought Principles. Each week, we will look at a New
Thought principle, discuss what it means, how it works, and most
importantly, how each of us can apply it in our daily lives. We will
use written exercises, meditations, view DVD clips, listen to audio
tapes, and share our insights together. The recommended fee is $10
per person, per meeting. More if you have it, less if you don't. 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: Thursdays; ongoing through August 17, drop-in. TIME: 9:30 – 11 am FEE: $10 - * CFS available LEADER: Claire Houston, MS, LCMHC
Claire is a licensed psychotherapist, founder /director of WSW, and a teacher and student of New Thought for 20 years.

International Day of Prayer to Bless the Waters of Earth
At the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Conference in Sedona, Arizona, on December 6, 2009, a message came to reach out to all belief systems to manifest energy for our planetary waters on May 18, 2010. Through the astrological realms, planetary alignments indicate that May 18 would give us the most powerful energies to manifest pure and abundant waters for all nations. Water has crystalline properties, and many believe this structure allows it to ‘remember’ and hold vibrations. We will meet at the WSW Center, then walk down to the river together, and share our appreciation, love, and gratitude for water, thereby imbuing it with that vibration, through simple ceremonies, song, rhythm, stories, and whatever ways we’re inspired. Rain or shine, but we’ll make adjustments for rain! For more info about this global event, go to goldeneagleceremonies.com 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, May 18 TIME: 10 – 12 noon FEE: $14 members; $24 non-members - *CFS available LEADER: Claire Houston
Claire is the founder and director of WSW, a licensed psychotherapist, and an Interfaith Ministry student.

Vibration/Sound Healing; Moving Into Harmony
Every organ, bone, tissue and other part of the body has a healthy resonant frequency. When that frequency alters, that part of the body vibrates out of harmony and this is what is termed disease. Vibration/sound therapy projects the correct resonant frequency into the part of the body that is diseased, and creates an environment whereby the organ returns to its normal frequency and a healing occurs. Women and men welcome. Offered two different times. 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, May 18 ~ OR ~ Thursday, July 15 TIME: 7 – 9 pm FEE: $20 members; $25 non-members – *CFS available LEADER: Dave Estes, Shamanic Practitioner
Dave is a Shamanic practitioner of the Dagara traditions of Africal. He has also studied the Toltecs and the other aboriginal healing modalities. A shamballa practitioner as well, he incorporates sound and drumming into the most ancient of healing arts: Shamanism. Come meet WSW’s newest neighbor from down the hall!

Astrology for Beginners
This two part workshop is an introduction to Astrology that will help you to begin to understand the symbols of the planets, signs and houses. You may know that you are an Aquarius or a Scorpio, but there is so much more to learn about Astrology - an ancient symbolic language that is a powerful tool for reflection and self discovery! This workshop will give you some basics of astrological meanings and some tools to continue to learn more about yourself and others. The psychologist Carl Jung said "astrology represents the summation of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity”. Rise above the silly newspaper astrology columns and begin to learn the fascinating language of Astrology! 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. DATE: 2 Wednesdays, June 16 and 23 TIME: 9 – 11 am FEE: $28 members; $48 non-members - CFS available LEADER: Lesley Zaret, LICSW
Lesley is a psychotherapist and dream therapist whose office is in Dover, NH. She began studying and practicing astrology as a teenager. Her interest in astrology was the catalyst for a life-long passion for psychology, dreams, symbols, and the work of Carl Jung.

Are You Listening?  Dreams and Nightmares have something to tell you...
This workshop will introduce some simple but effective ways to listen to your dreams and nightmares and to learn from their messages. Have you wondered what your dreams mean? Are you listening to the wisdom within you? Techniques for understanding dreams are not new-age fads but tools that have been used for healing through the ages. These tools help us to have a deeper understanding of our relationships, life patterns, passions, yearnings and practical changes that can be made for greater awareness and happiness. Bring a dream, a snippet of a dream - old or new - or just your desire to listen more closely to your unconscious mind! 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, July 13 TIME: 7 – 9 pm FEE: $14 members; $24 non-members - CFS available LEADER: Lesley Zaret, LICSW
Lesley is a licensed clinical social worker, a psychotherapist and dream therapist whose office is in Dover, NH.

Nutritional Summer Cleanse
After last summer’s fascinating group experience,The Cleanse is back by popular demand. Why would someone want to do a cleanse? By eating only nutritious non-allergenic foods, three meals a day for 10 days, the digestive system gets to rest and renew and the body cleansing systems get to focus energy on removing old waste. A nutritional supplement drink is used, twice a day, to provide extra support for liver detoxification systems. This type of cleansing can often relieve symptoms associated with congestion and toxicity such as fatigues, allergies, headaches, digestive upset, irritability, foggy thinking, and skin problems. We will set our intentions for this cleanse at the 1st meeting, using both the literal and the symbolic aspects of cleansing, and adjust our emotional gauges along the way to stay on track. This program is for adults only. Men and women both welcome. A 15 minute phone consult with Joy prior to first meeting is necessary for health and medication screening purposes. Final day to register and pay for this workshop is June 30. Actual cleanse begins 7/20 & finishes 7/29. Additional SUPPLEMENT COST: $105. 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: Monday, July 19, Friday, July 23, Thursday, July 29. TIME: 6:30 – 8:30 pm FEE: $42 members; $72 non-members + $105 LEADER: Joy Bicknell, MS, CNS, LDN & Claire Houston, MS, LCMHC
Joy is a clinical nutritionist licensed in MA. Claire is a licensed psychotherapist with great interest in the gut and psychology connection. Checks payable to Joy.

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 * CFS available LEADER: Claire Houston, MS, LCMHC Claire is the founder and director of WSW, a licensed mental health counselor, and has been using & teaching this model of leadership for 20 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 Claire is the founder and director of WSW and has been using and teaching this model of leadership for 20 years.

* CFS stands for Cooperative Fee System. It means that the fees are posted, but if you would not take the workshop due to inability to pay, you are invited to pay what you can, and go ahead and register. Those who can afford the published fee might be able to pay a little more. By all cooperating, everyone’s needs are met!

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