WOW – Wine, Women, and WOW…Briarwood Country Club 3-21-16
I will be speaking on the subject of STORIES….Women telling their stories, while they can. It will be a fun hour with lots of stories shared. By the end of the hour, women will have a heightened appreciation for their own stories and tips on how to begin writing.
Red Feather Lake Book Clubs – August 14, 2015
Carol Strazer, author of Barbed Wire and Daisies, invited me to speak about my book, My Clients…My Teachers, and the value of stories to three book clubs. We had a delightful luncheon and stimulating discussions. What a diverse group of talented writers and true pioneer women. I enjoyed them immensely.
A great gathering of rural women who love writing, reading, sharing, and laughing.
Bisbee Book signing – March 28, 2015
Bisbee Books and Music is a wonderful little store in the Copper Queen Plaza in Bisbee, AZ. Owner Carol Lokey graciously hosted my book signing. I had a fun and productive day sharing the open mall with Bisbee Coffee Company, Fiber Shop, Untamed Confections, Paleface Trading Company, and Magnetic Threads. Many tourists and local shoppers stopped by to chat about my book and all my inspiring client stories. Great Day!
Tucson Festival of Books – March 14 & 15
If you are ever in Arizona during the middle of March – this is a must go to event. You will enjoy it whether you are a writer – publishing consult, or a lover of authors and books and reading. It is two days of total inspiration.
Of the 300+ authors to choose from, I was able to see:
Mitch Albom – Michael Perry – James Deem – Carmen Duarte – Alex Kava – Becky Masterman – Susan Cummins Miller – Gail Sheehy – Alice Hoffman – Jacqueline Winspear – Daniel James Brown – Richard Collins, and H. Alan Day
Mitch Albom was real, humorous, humble, and a true humanitarian. He spoke lovingly of the many people he highlights in his books, and he is very involved with a orphanage and school in Haiti. A genuine gifted gentleman!
Gail Sheehy was so open and very funny. She told us about her career and her love life and her successes and failures. Her husband died and she spoke of the grieving process and how she managed to move forward. Her book is about a woman’s passage with aging. What a great role model and supporter of real women in today’s America.
RH Johnson Library – Arizona – 1-13-15
A wonderful morning at the Sun City West Library. Main Librarian Jane Kauzlaric was so gracious and organized. Gary McCarthy and I were the only authors signing and it was a very pleasant experience.
12-14-14 Article in the Sierra Vista Herald
BISBEE — From the moment she sat down in the chair of a professional mental health counselor, the wheels began turning in Dr. Jennifer Goble’s mind.
She couldn’t stop thinking about what a great book could be published of the stories she was hearing from her clients. The purpose of the book was never sensationalism nor capitalism, but rather to use the stories to help people who may be in need of counseling get the help they need, and to give aspiring psychotherapists an idea of what the work entails before they commit to years of academic study.
“Their stories were just like, wow! What people can get through, what they can survive from childhood and how they manage — it takes a lot of courage,” said Goble, who splits her semi-retirement between Bisbee and Estes Park, Colo.”And it takes a lot of courage to get through counseling,”
So when she retired in 2010 after 20 years of full-time private practice, Goble penned and self-published her book, “My Clients… My Teachers: The Noble Process of Psychotherapy.”
The book is broken into nine chapters: Abuse, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Infidelity, Loss, Mental Illness, Parenting, and Relationships.
Each chapter contains short vignettes of actual stories from actual clients of hers, and at the end of each chapter, she comments briefly on what those clients taught her about the matter.
Though the names, places and any other identifying characteristics have been changed, writing a book about even anonymous clients can be a dicey matter with regard to confidentiality.
“I have written permission from all of them — at least the ones I could find,” Goble said. “These are stories from 20 years and files are destroyed after seven, so I located all I could, and the ones I couldn’t, I couldn’t.”
Goble wrote all of the stories from memory and when she’d completed that, she broke them into defining categories.
“Here’s the category on addiction, so I talk about addiction, and after each story, here’s what I learned,” she said. “No. 1, I wanted to give just the basics of the story and not all of the details to keep it confidential, and (the details are) not important to the story.”
The book is available on Amazon, Kindle and jennifergoble.com, and in the part-time phone counseling Goble still does, she finds herself using the book with clients.
“I can be working with somebody and say, look up the story on Misty. Just see what you can gain from that story because yours is so similar. What would you do differently to have your story turn out differently?” Goble said.
Mostly, Goble hopes her book encourages people to break down barriers that keep them from getting help. And with a private practice in the rural regions of northeastern Colorado, she was quite familiar with those barriers.
“One of the things is money, and another thing is it’s harder in a small town — there’s still some stigma to it,” Goble said. “It’s not as much as when I started in the late 80s, but still, I’d have people who would park down the street and walk in. Ministers’ wives or people who didn’t feel like they had the freedom (to come to therapy) — they were supposed to be perfect.”
As one who came to psychiatry later in life, Goble hopes her book will let young people interested in the field get a taste of what awaits them.
“I had children and I worked in the school system. I always had kids coming to me and asking about things and I figured I should find out what I’m doing so I can do this right,” Goble said. “I became a school counselor and did that for 7 or 8 years and was in private practice for 20… It was always about what I learned from my clients. It’s always in the back of my mind, all this schooling, the PhD, you learn so much more from these people who sit across from you.”
Book signing in Sierra Vista, AZ – Hastings Book Music and Video
It is always fun to talk about my book – especially to total strangers … It is also rewarding when they spend their hard earned money on my book – One more person it might help….I wrapped them for gifts at this signing…Simply stated – just like my client’s stories.
Guest Author at my daughter’s book club in Sterling, CO
Trina treated us with an elegant wine and cheese dinner, and the women contributed an intimate discussion about the book. What fun! THANK YOU!
My book at the LoDo Tattered Cover…I went to the store to see and feel the thrill
My book accepted into all three Tattered Cover Book Stores….YEAH!
AND….They are still at all three Tattered Cover Stores because they are selling. (8-2015)
Book Signing July 11, 2014 at Macdonald Bookshop in Estes Park.
Such a sweet bookstore, and owner Paula was just as sweet and accommodating! The event was very successful in that I met and sold a lot of books to buyers who loved my client stories and what I learned from them.
5-17-14 Book Signing at Atlanta’s Music and Books in Bisbee, AZ
This was my first book signing, and owner Joan Werner taught me so much about how to set up the table and place the books. She also told me I had a GREAT number of sales. She made it so easy and I had a very social day visiting with all the tourists who visit Bisbee for a get-away from the cities.
Book Signing in Akron, Colorado 6-6-14
It was very special to go back to my hometown of Akron, where I was born, raised, and lived most of my life. It was held in the library that I loved as a kid. Librarian, Jan McCracken could not have been more gracious and supportive. It was most touching to have so many friends and clients come to get a signed copy of my book. It was a “heart” day for sure.
Book signing at Sterling Library, 6-8-14
Thank you to Forest Hershberger at the South Platte Sentinel and to Callie Jones from the Journal Advocate for the wonderful coverage for the event. I enjoyed both interviews.
I had a wonderful turnout at the Sterling Library for my major book launch. As always, my daughter Trina helped me with muscle, ideas, and support. Also, my husband Cal is always my greatest sales agent. Thanks! We catered wonderful refreshments with Debbie Becker, gave a short slide presentation, and just had fun visiting and signing books. It was a wonderful Sunday afternoon. Thank you to Librarian Sandy Vandusen for her help and encouragement. I gifted a book to the library so anyone can check it out and gain insight into the strength and wisdom in My Clients…My Teachers.
It was so special to see friends I hadn’t seen in a long time…I so appreciate their support and encouragement!
I am available to visit your book clubs and/or give presentations to organizations on the value of telling our story. History is recorded and our lives are validated when we write our stories. Many clients have thanked me for writing their story so they were not forgotten. Their sharing will help so many people. Their suffering and life lessons were not in vain – they were real and valuable. They showed so much courage in seeking help and in sharing their stories.
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