Salaam Bar Hamegy and Happy Nowruz,
Our next Zanan meeting will address questions like:
1. Can �Western psychotherapy� be effective in bringing about positive change in the life functioning of Iranian individuals, couples, and families?
2. What to look for when choosing a psychotherapist for yourself or your child?
3. What factors affect the outcome of your psychotherapy?
4. What do research findings indicate about the role of medication in improving client�s mental health?
5. What are the most common practices in the field of psychology?
6. How do you know that your therapy is working?
Ziba Taghipour, our dear guest, is a Behavioral Marriage and
Family Therapy intern working with families, couples, and children
at Santa Clara County and other non-profit mental health
organizations. In April's gathering, she divides the time of the
meeting into two different sections. In the first section, she will
address some of the most frequently asked questions (see the list
above) by Iranian individuals, couples, and families about the role
and effectiveness of Western psychotherapy in improving mental
health of Iranian individuals and families. In the second section, she
will introduce her interpretations of and approach to human
suffering, called �psychopathology� by conventional psychology. In
this part of the meeting, she will use some examples of techniques
used in her practice to demonstrate her approach to mental health. At
the end of each section, there will be a few minutes for questions
and answers. The content of this meeting will be informational and
not therapy.
Topic: "Effective Psychotheraoy" : Myth or Reality?
What to look for when choosing a psychotherapist.
WHEN: Saturday April 19
TIME: 2 to 5 PM
LOCATION: Program Room
Los Altos Library
13 South San Antonio Road
Los Altos, CA 94022-3056
DIRECTION: From San Jose, Taking US-101 N toward SF
Merge onto CA-237 West
CA-237 W becomes Grant Road
Turn Right onto Cuesta Drive
Turn Right onto S San Antonia Road
From San Jose, Taking CA-85 N
Merge onto I-280 North toward SF
Merge onto Foothill EXPY toward Grant Road
Turn slight Right onto S San Antonio Road
From SF, Taking US-101 South
Take the San Antonio Rd South exit toward Los Altos
From Berkeley, Taking I-880 toward San Jose
Either take CA-84 W toward Dumbarton Bridge (pay toll)
then US-101 South
Take the San Antonio Rd South exit toward Los Altos
OR: take CA-237 East
CA-237 W becomes Grant Road
Turn Right onto Cuesta Drive
Turn Right onto S San Antonia Road
Hope to see you all there,
Jamileh
From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
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Event InfoName:
From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
Host:
Seattle Choral Company
Type:
Music/Arts - Concert
Time and PlaceDate:
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Mark Taper Auditorium at Benaroya Hall
Street:
200 University St.
City/Town:
Seattle, WA
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Description
Seattle Choral Company gives the west coast premiere of "From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez" for women’s voices, vielle, ’Oud and handdrums. This five-movement suite is based on the 14th century poems of Sufi mystic Hâfez al-Shirazi, and focuses on love, longing, fire, and other Sufi themes that have long pervaded Persian poetry. Fred Coleman conducts.
Cost : $20-$40
Benefit Dinner & Concert in support of iranian.com
The Host Commitee cordially invites you to join
Kiosk's Arash Sobhani & Hamed Nikpay along with other well-loved
Iranian Artists for a special evening of art & music to benefit.
Sat, April 19. Cocktail Reception & Art Exhibit/Silent Auction - 6PM
Dinner - 7PM. Concert and Festivities -
http://iranian.onefireplace.com/Default.aspx?
Benefit Dinner and Concert
supporting the expansion of
Iranian.com
The Host Committee
Honorary Co-Chairs
Shahrnush Parsipur
San Francisco Supervisor, Ross Mirkarimi
San Francisco Commissioner, Dr. Elahe Enssani
Behzad Golshan
Maryam Jahangani
Maryam Majidy
Amir Salamat
Lale' Shahparaki Welsh
Wayne Willis
with Master of Ceremony, Bruce Bahmani
Registration Levels
Benefactor Single (1 ticket) - $150
Benefactor Couple (2 tickets) - $250
Ruby Benefactor (2 tickets) - $1,000
Diamond Benefactor (2 tickets) - $3,000
Diamond and Ruby Benefactors will be recognized in the Program and on the website.
The Host Committee cordially invites you to join
Kiosk & Hamed Nikpay
along with other well loved Iranian artists for a special evening of art & and music, to benefit Iranian.com
Saturday
April 19, 2008
Cocktail Reception - 6 pm
Dinner - 7 pm
Concert and festivities - thereafter
Palms / Luxor Restaurant
(near El Camino and I-380)
101 Brentwood, So.San Francisco
Contributing Artists
(in alphabetical order)
Musical Artists
Anoosh Khazeni
Babak Khiavchi
Hamed Nikpay
Ardalan Payvar
Arash Sobhani
Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai
Visual Artists
Ali Dadgar
Taraneh Hemami
Shahab Laal
Simin Meykadeh
Amir Salamat
Shiva Pakdel
Hadi Tabatabai
Background For The Benefit
For the past 13 years, Iranian.com has been an unbiased forum for hundreds of authors, artists and others to share their stories, essays, poems, cartoons, thoughts, feelings, pictures -- and many other expressions of the living culture. It operates with one full-time editor (Jahanshah Javid) and volunteers who contribute their time without pay. The site operates on a breakeven basis, based on modest revenues from advertising -- it's basically a labor of love.
In 2007, the old site was unacceptably primitive. It did not have any of the modern tools that readers wanted -- things like comments, blogs, on-site search, and the ability to upload content for consideration. Therefore, Iranian.com borrowed some money and commissioned a major overhaul on the site. Unfortuneately, that effort went over budget, and the funds raised were completely used to deliver the site that you see today.
The community wants and deserves more! It wants a vibrant community calendar. It wants directories that will help members find Iranian businesses and community resources or organizations. It wants better / faster news coverage, more music features and better support for mobile access. If Iranian.com is to serve the needs of the community in the 21st Century, it simply MUST build and provide these "Web 2.0" features.
The net proceeds from the Benefit Dinner and Concert will be used exclusively to build out the technology on the site in order to better serve the community. Your help is appreciated.
Major contributions would be welcomed and credit on the site itself is available to significant donors.