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Bill Cross, PhD, will discuss somatic experiencing therapy, which is aimed at relieving and resolving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client’s perceived body sensations, or somatic experiences.  Cross is a New York state- licensed marriage and family therapist and an officer at the Zen Center of Syracuse, where he teaches conscious stress reduction. Dr. Cross may be reached at 315-474-3762.

Read more about somatic experiencing:
www.traumahealing.com
www.traumaresourceinstitute.com
www.supporttroopsnetwork.org 

Upstate’s Dr. Donna Bacchi, and family and psychiatric nurse practitioner Ann Sweet, talk about maternal depression – prenatal and postpartum – and how it affects a baby’s development.

Read more about:
Syracuse Healthy Start program at Upstate
Onondaga County Healthy Families - 464-3100
Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic at Upstate

Child and adolescent psychiatrist and pediatrician Teresa Hargrave talks about how depression manifests itself in children and adolescents, how it is diagnosed and treated, and how parents/grandparents can be alert for signs and symptoms. Learn what parents and grandparents can do to help the youngsters in their life cope with adversity and disappointment, so that “depression” does not develop.

Read more about:

• The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Education and Support (C.A.P.E.S.) program for primary care physicians.
• The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic at Upstate Medical University.
• Military Parent Information from The Military Child Education Coalition.