page 2 - Winter Issue of Empowerment Magazine

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Empowerment Magazine W I N T E R 2 0 11 Inside this issue: Top Three Ways to Promote Wellness

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Finding Happiness and Contentment during the Holidays Q & A on Co-Occurring Disorders

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Reaching Across Stockton

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How to Pick a Counselor or Therapist

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We Advocate For You!

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New Direction

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Sacramento Launches Mental Health Promotion Project to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination

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Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Interview with Dianne Ross, RN, Founder and CEO of AHMI

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What You Can Do To Speed Up Your Disability Application

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Minestrone Soup and Mary Jo’s Revised French Chocolate Cake

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Resource Page

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Special Thanks to Marilyn Washington

Gail Erlandson, MA

Hisham Soliman, MD,MPH

Terry Zick, M.A.

Thomas Hushen

Melanie Martinez

Rosario M. Ramirez, (Social Security Administration)

Anne Adams

Tammy Dyer. M.S.W.

Cynthia Wakefield

Chelsea Bagias, Psy.D.

Ron Risley, M.D.

The Infinite Life Project

Cindy Tuttle

C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic Inc.

Chris Woodyard

Dianne Ross, RN

David Kiesz

Office of Patients' Rights

Mary Jo

Sacramento County Division of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS)

Phommasone Griffith

Randall Stenson M.D.

Pat Hubbert

Eric Zuniga

Kunde Kyubwa

Kim Navarez, M.F.T.I

Barbara N. Dawson

Teens for Teens by Teens

We continue to thank the Wellness Recovery Center North (WRC) for allowing us to use the facility!


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