Café CAMFT

Informal Setting  •  Personal Sharing  •  Meaningful Topics
Lively Discussions  •  Networking  •  Laughter

Café CAMFT meets the 4th Friday of every month from noon to 1:30 at the Santa Cruz Friends Meeting House, 322 Rooney Dr., Santa Cruz. It is located just off of Hwy. 1 and Morrissey Blvd. There is ample parking! See driving directions below.

March 26, 2010: Kathryn Johnson will lead a discussion on "Medication Management of Individuals with Anxiety Disorders."

Questions for discussion:

  • When should the therapist refer an anxious client for medication?
  • What considerations are there about anxiety medications in the presence of a dual diagnosis?
  • What are the potential consequences of untreated anxiety?
  • What are the categories of medications used to treat anxiety?
  • What are the treatment considerations for using a benzodiazepine? For using an SSRI?

Kathryn Johnson is board certified as both an Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist and Adult Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Kathryn has 35 years of psychiatric nursing experience. Kathryn holds a masters degree in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan and a postgraduate certificate at the University of California San Francisco, where she is an Assistant Clinical Professor. Kathryn's areas of clinical interest include the psychopharmacologic treatment of adults and adolescents with mood, anxiety, attention and thought disorders and the treatment of perinatal mood disorders.

Café CAMFT provides a venue for you to meet your colleagues in an atmosphere of diversity, enthusiasm, and warm peer support. Bring your questions and personal experiences. The facilitator starts the discussion with a 15-20 minute exploration on the theme and the group does the rest.

To volunteer to speak on a topic of your own or to suggest a topic, contact Sylvia Yee or Connie Grimes at CafeCAMFT. We also invite members to join the Café Team to participate in the organization and production of this stimulating and important ongoing activity. Café CAMFT is provided to you by Santa Cruz CAMFT members.

We open each Café meeting by "checking in" so people have an opportunity to introduce themselves and share current information. There is also a drawing for a free lunch, so bring your business card.

We hope to see you there!

Directions to Santa Cruz Friends Meeting House:

From the SOUTH: Take Highway 1 North. Exit at Morrissey Blvd. Turn right. Then take an immediate left on to Rooney. Drive past two homes, and then turn into the large driveway on the right.

From the NORTH: Take Highway 1 South. Exit at Morrissey Blvd. Turn left at the stop sign (Fairmount) and left again at the traffic signal onto Morrissey Blvd. Follow the road to the right for a full 360-degree turn, then turn right again on Rooney. Turn left into the first driveway.

The meeting location is 1/4 mile from #69 bus stop.