Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of EAPA
Please join us for our next monthly meeting held on
July 8th, 2025
Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of EAPA
Please join us for our next monthly meeting held on
July 8th, 2025
News and Events
Monthly Meeting
The San Francisco Bay Area EAPA chapter meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month (there is no meeting in August). Each training provides a minimum 1.5 continuing education units (CEU's) from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) and/or 1.5 professional development hours (PDH's).
The next chapter meeting will be held on July 8th, 2025
Topic:
Embracing Conflicts and Cultural Differences: An Introduction and Overview of EMBRACE and PEACEMAKING
Date and Time:
June 10th, 2025
11:30AM-1:30PM
Location:
All Virtual
Click here to register:
https://conta.cc/4n4FnRT
Speaker:
Mary Foston-English, LMFT, CEAP, SAP
Description:
Mary Foston-English will be presenting an overview of two (2) alternative models of conflict/dispute resolution, EMBRACE© and PEACEMAKING. EMBRACE© was
developed by Mary as an alternative/specialized type of conflict management emphasizing Equity, Belonging, Racism, Accountability Conversations in Educational institutions and PEACEMAKING is a traditional Native tribal way to manage conflict based on values. Articles about EMBRACE© can be found in the CAMFT September/October 2021 professional magazine for Marriage and Family Therapists and in the October 2022 EAPA Journal: https://issuu.com/eapa/docs/q422jea_final/32
Mary will utilize our own personal cultural identifiers to establish the foundation and value of cultural differences and their relevancy to different ways to manage conflict.
Outline:
Who Am I and What are my Cultural Identifiers?
- We are different in many ways
- The more we include the ways we're different, the more options we have for connection and being understood and valued
What is mediation and when is it applicable to the work we do as Employee Assistance Professionals
- Understanding our own preferred style of managing conflict
- The intersectionality between preferred style of conflict management and when/how we utilize mediation and/or refer for mediation
Culturally Relevant Mediation
- EMBRACE overview
- PEACEMAKING overview
Bio:
A well-accomplished and notable professional awarded Stanford University Counselor/Staff Emeriti for her unrivaled accomplishments in the areas of
psychotherapy, sport/performance consulting, and DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) and Social
Justice training seeking opportunities that incorporate using a combination of the expertise skills listed to provide transformative, professional and customized
consulting services to individuals and teams. Experienced psychotherapist with individuals, couples and families
