Urban Balance's Joyce Marter was honored to be invited to present to dozens of small business owners at the Small Business Resource Group (SBRG). Founded in 2004, SBRG identifies and partners with people and businesses willing to provide preferred pricing, programming, and or products to businesses that need them the most.

Joyce provided insights gained from her work as a psychotherapist and business owner.  Among suggestions reviewed were:

• Bring your attention to the present.  Honor the past, learn from it, accept it and let it go.  Do not obsess or worry about the future.  The best decisions are made when grounded in the present.  
• Discover the power of intention.  
• Develop your vision. 
• Create work/life balance. 
• Practice self-care. 
• Silence your inner critic. 
• Practice positive thinking. 
• Embody the values of your business. 
• Surround yourself with good people. 
• Be resilient.  
• View setbacks as opportunities for growth. 
• Let go of that which you can not control. 
• Appreciate that progress is not linear. 
• Practice gratitude.  

Joyce Marter will be speaking at the Small Business Chicago Education Series tomorrow, February 1st at 9:00am about the psychology of a successful business. The SBRG Small Business Chicago Education Series is designed for small business owners and operators and tomorrow's event is open to the public. Tickets are $40 with the promotional code joyce50off.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: http://2012sbrg1.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=event_reminder&utm_term=event_title

Urban Balance's Joyce Marter was invited to meet with the clinical staff of Hazelden Chicago, a renown addictions treatment facility located in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.  Joyce discussed UB's mission to normalize therapy and counseling and make it affordable by accepting insurance.  Joyce shared information about UB's services for individuals, couples, families and groups as well as adjunct services such as mediation, anger management counseling and Gestalt Equine Psychotherapy.  The Hazelden staff shared updates about their current treatment programs.  Urban Balance appreciates its relationship with Hazelden for cross referral and collaboration in client wellness.  

For more information about Urban Balance, please visit www.urbanbalance.org. For more information about Hazelden Chicago, please visit http://www.hazelden.org/web/public/chicago_il_substance_abuse_addiction_treatment_center.page.

  

Urban Balance hosted a networking event for counselors through the Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association (IMHCA).  UB's Joyce Marter currently serves on the board of IMHCA as the Membership Committee Chairperson.  Counselors who attended the event learned about updates in the Illinois licensure rules and earned a Continuing Education Unit (CEU).  Attendees also learned about upcoming IMHCA conferences and other membership benefits.  Urban Balance is proud to support IMHCA and will host future networking events at various UB office locations.  

For more information about Urban Balance, please visit www.urbanbalance.org.  For more information about IMHCA, please visit www.imhca.org.