The Saturday Series: Workplace Relations and Scapegoating
John Dyckman PhD and Eric Greenleaf PhD

Saturday May 7, 2011
in Corte Madera, Marin County, CA
9 am -12 noon
Registration begins at 8:30 AM

To Reserve:
email Ilene Wolf at Ilene@ilenewolf.com

Cost: $50.00
Send check payable to Eric Greenleaf, PhD,
1398 Solano Ave.,
Albany, CA 94706

Location:
Mind Therapy Clinic
150 Nellen Ave.,
Corte Madera, CA 94925
-- Just off the Lucky Drive exit from 101 South
-- Between Gold's Gym and Big 5 Sporting Goods
-- PARKING at the building

3 CEU's for PhD, PsyD, RN, LMFT and LCSW

Eric Greenleaf, PhD		John Dyckman, PhD
Director, The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area		Teacher, researcher, clinician, HMO psychologist the Bay Area and author of Scapegoats at Work

Each year, thousands of workers seek professional help for job stress, and many more attempt to cope through alcohol, drugs, angry outbursts or emotional and social withdrawal. Employee turnover, absenteeism, substance abuse and stress claims cost the economy billions of dollars each year, and yet many workplaces have developed a culture which actively promotes all of these ills. This is the culture of scapegoating: a process of identifying individuals then blaming and punishing them for problems that rightly belong to the larger organization.

This workshop teaches participants about recognizing and combating this process by understanding how the individual and the system act together to bring a myth to life. It is a survival manual for people caught in a scapegoating workplace. It is also a workshop for workers and managers who wish to develop cooperative ways of dealing with individual differences and to create a working environment that is not only more humane, but also more efficient.

Timed Outline

8:30- 9:00 AM Registration
9:00- 9:30 Scapegoating: Social Development and Treatment. Lecture
9:30-10:30 Demonstration of Interview and Problem Solving Approaches.
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Pairs Practice in utilizing these approaches while role-playing workplace relationships.
11:45- 12:15 Discussion.

Past events

Thank you to all of you who came to Cody's Books in Berkeley on January 14, 2004 and made it a successful event.

John was interviewed by Dr. Mike Riera on his Family Talk radio show on Friday, October 31, 2003. You can hear the recorded interview here or on the archives page of Family Talk by going to www.iciclenetworks.com and downloading it. You'll need a copy of RealPlayer to listen to this program, which runs for about 40 minutes.