Creative Change Conferences
"What we love to do and why!"
Creative Change Conferences is a subsidiary of Palm Springs TheatreSports, Inc  We are a
non-profit 501 C3 corporation dedicated to bringing quality Education Workshops and
Conferences to the Coachella Valley and beyond and to provide scholarships for children
raised in foster care, to give them an equal opportunity at a quality education.

Our first conference in March 2009 "Adults Healing From Child Abuse, It Happens to Boys":
was a great success.  Through that conference we reached out to the community to help
educate parents, teachers, young victims, adult survivors and partners of survivors.  Many
men have come forward as a result of the conference to talk about their abuse and get the
help they need
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The Second Annual Conference was March 5th and 6th  2010 with our headline Speaker,
Dave Pelzer who wrote the best selling book "A Child Called It" , Dr. Robert Ackerman
,"Silent Sons", Jerry Moe, director of the children's program at Betty Ford Center, Dr. Cindy
Carter, Deborah Meints, MFT, Carol Teitelbaum, MFT, Bill Protzman and eight courageous
healing men who shared their stories. We also had a break out session for partners of those
who were abused to give them some healing tools, led by Cathy Boyd and Teri Cortland, Psy.D

May 8, 2010  Welcome to Midlife with  Dr. Johnathon Young, Using Mythology and Storytelling,
Dr. Rita Stec, Dr. Jeralyn Brossfield,  Dr. Cindy Carter, Deborah Meints, MFT, Carol Teitelbaum,
MFT and Rena Rodman. MFT., "Welcome to Midlife" This was a fun and informative
conference.  Midlife offers many challenges and we need to be prepared to meet them.

September 18, 2010 featured  Maureen Murdock author of "The Heroine's Journey"  lead an
inspiring memoir writing workshop.

November 20, 2010 Cancer: Healing Body, Mind and Spirit with Deborah Meints. MFT, Litsa .
Mitchell, MFT. Dr. Michael Solomon. Dr. Tom Reynolds and JoAnne Lehmer, RN

January 29, 2011 A New and Powerful approach to Health Eating and a Healthy Weight with
Kelly Lewallen, MFT and Berth Mulligan, PA-C.  This workshop was so well received it will be
repeated.

January 30th saw the return of legendary Poet, David Whyte.

March 4 and 5, 2011 Third Annual It Happens to Boys Conference.
With Keynote speakers: Dave Pelzer, John Bradshaw, Dr. Jonathan Young and Jerry Moe, plus
A day filled with education and healing for our participants.

October 8, 2011 Featured World Renowned Author, Screenwriter, play write Julia Cameron for
a inspiring day of Creative Myths and Monsters  featuring Mary Gordon, M.A. Opening the day
with dance and drums, Artist Kimberly Nichols, Dr. Cindy Carter and the Playback group from
Ventura, Calif. And Life Coaches and Authors Leslie Gebhart and Carolyn Ingram.

March 2, 3rd 2012 offers up our 4th Annual It Happens to Boys conferences.




Conference Organizer is: Carol Teitelbaum, MFT a licensed Therapist since 1985.  Carol is also
Co-Chair of Prevent Child Abuse, Riverside County, It Happens to Boys Project, President of
CAMFT, Desert Chapter As well as Trauma Response Coordinator for California Association of
Marriage and Family Therapists, Desert Chapter.  Carol has been a Conference Speaker for
many years and now has combined her talents for bringing people together to organize great
conferences for the Coachella Valley.
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Creative Change Conferences
41-750 Rancho Las Palmas D-2
Rancho Mirage, California 92270
760-346-4606  catbaum@earthlink.net
Fax 760-346-4547