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Below is a list of services and projects worthy of your support. Let us know the number of the item you wish to have your support.

1. In-classroom treatment for autistic children

2. In-classroom treatment for traumatized children

3. Scholarships for children to attend preschools delivering Cornerstone in-classroom treatment services for autistic or traumatized children or children with multiple diagnoses of serious emotional and cognitive disturbances

5. Ann Martin Cornerstone Service for emotionally and cognitively disturbed children. This service site also serves as a demonstration laboratory for training new therapists. (Piedmont, California).  Supervision by Gilbert Kliman, MD

6. Cornerstone Argentina Service under the direction of Alicia Mallo, MD (Buenos Aires), in consultation with Gilbert Kliman, MD

7. Cambridge-Ellis Cornerstone Service, directed by Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Alexandra Harrison, MD (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

8. Support for independent outcome research, including third party psychological testing 

9. Training for teachers and therapists in carrying out the Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy, including stipends for advanced doctoral students to train while serving at Cornerstone service sites.

10. Stipend support for the International Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship in Cornerstone Service and Research

11. Video conferencing service costs to support frequent long distance supervision and ongoing training of new Cornerstone teachers and therapists  

12. Transcription of videos for scientific study from our extensive archives of actual in-classroom Cornerstone treatment sessions.

13. Production and distribution of training materials and videos of actual treatments to qualified professionals who provide a signed Confidentiality Agreement

14. Publish and disseminate Personal Life History Books designed especially for Homeless children

15. Publish and disseminate Personal Life History Books for Foster Children and Manual for parents, teachers and mental health professionals

16. Please use my support according to the agency's current priorities.

17. Development of Cornerstone materials in Mandarin to support training for Chinese speaking mental health professionals and teachers who request to work with children in China using Cornerstone methods.

18. CHINA:  Ongoing psychological help using Cornerstone guided activity workbooks for children and families. Training of Chinese teachers and therapists in Cornerstone treatment for children with autism and other serious emotional and cognitive disorders. See: News

19. US Disaster Relief for children and families traumatized by natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornados, earthquakes and fires using evidence-based Guided Activity Workbooks for psychological first aid.  See: News

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PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA - PROVIDED BY CPHC

A letter from our Medical Director, June 2008

Dear Friends of Cornerstone:

The Children’s Psychological Health Center (CPHC) responded to the massive earthquake of May 12th in China by rapidly creating a mental health resource for traumatized children and families. It is a culturally adapted guided activity workbook now translated into Mandarin for distribution by Mercy Corps. Our earlier workbook My Earthquake Story was rewritten and expanded by Dr. Kliman with the help of China America Psychoanalytic Alliance (CAPA).  Chinese artists volunteered to adapt illustrations for cultural relevance. I volunteered over 100 hours of urgently provided time in creating the new workbook and administering the collaboration. The result is My Sichuan Earthquake Story. China America Psychoanalytic Association estimates that approximately fifteen million children potentially stand to benefit from CPHC's collaboration with that agency and Mercy Corps to make this happen. The first 50,000 copies are now being printed for distribution by Mercy Corps.

CPHC is working with CAPA, Mercy Corps and other agencies to identify and train adult helpers (Chinese therapists, teachers and health care workers) to present the book to children and support its use for maximum healing and coping benefits. As you may know, CPHC's guided activity workbooks are a derivative of the Cornerstone method of reflective network therapy. They have been studied and shown to reduce symptoms of PTSD. You can read about this high speed collaboration among CPHC, CAPA and Mercy Corps on our website in the News section as well as read the English version of My Sichuan Earthquake Story.

We are requesting donations for our costs in training Chinese mental health professionals and teachers who have volunteered to work with children using the workbook. CPHC is especially in need of help to cover the costs of high quality video conferencing. In addition, we are projecting travel costs for on site intensive training in the Cornerstone Method of Reflective Network Therapy.  Interest is growing among new friends of Cornerstone made during the process of developing My Sichuan Earthquake Story. Chinatown San Francisco Rotary Club has already identified volunteers to translate the Cornerstone Method Manual into Mandarin. If you can make a tax deductible contribution, please to the Donate section of our website.

Gilbert Kliman, MD, CPHC Medical Director

A NEW WAY TO HELP HOMELESS AND TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN

Key points from A letter to Friends of Cornerstone from our Medical Director - December 2007

Dear Friends of Cornerstone,

We have a new philanthropic opportunity to serve homeless children right in their shelter preschool classrooms. I had a marvelous experience applying the Cornerstone method to homeless children in a Seattle shelter this December, demonstrating the techniques to 7 therapists and 7 teachers. The Seattle staff are now very excited about treating homeless preschoolers at Family Services of King County's preschool, where there are 30 homeless and highly traumatized preschoolers at any one moment. They plan to serve 90 homeless preschoolers a year with Cornerstone and Personal Life History Book methods -- the latter being a derivative of Cornerstone.

The homeless children's teachers jaws dropped when they saw their three year old pupils opening up and talking meaningfully and movingly about their traumas, and showing behavioral improvements and cognitive leaps in their very first Cornerstone sessions. Videotapes show the Seattle homeless kids are wonderfully responsive to the Cornerstone Method of in-classroom therapy. Will you help our agency with such projects? Our agency needs your financial help to continue developing training events, workshops, seminars and training materials for staff at new sites. We could be helping treat hundreds of children over the next few years by training more therapists and teachers with your financial support.

NEWS: THERE ARE NOW FOUR CORNERSTONE SITES WE ARE HELPING BY TRAINING AND SUPERVISION, AS WELL AS FUNDING.

REQUEST FOR YOUR GIFT: I hope you will make a tax deductible donation of $250 or more in the remaining days of this year. The Children’s Psychological Health Center needs your support for helping many more children at these new Cornerstone service sites. Demand is growing for our help, as more and more professional therapists and teachers recognize that the Cornerstone Method can help some of the nation's most troubled preschoolers. Your contribution can help expansion of service at established service sites, provide scholarships for needy child patients, training of new Cornerstone therapists and teachers, and help add to our body of outcome evidence for mental health gains based on testing and retesting of Cornerstone children.

A year ago we had responsibilities at two Cornerstone sites. We now provide ongoing training and supervision to four Cornerstone service sites. We appreciate your help to support this rapid expansion of services.

Sincerely,

Gilbert Kliman, MD
Medical Director, The Children’s Psychological Health Center, Inc.
Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Senior Life Fellow & Diplomate, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Certified Psychoanalyst for Adults, Children and Adolescents, American Psychoanalytic Association

The Children's Psychological Health Center
2105 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
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