February 11, 2019
I. Announcing the New Website
I am excited to announce the updated website for my practice, which now features:


  • a Digital Offerings section (consisting of the Relationship Unconscious Podcast Series and the Group Seminar Audio Series, as well as information on my video teleseminars)
II. New Digital Offerings
III. Group Meetings on Saturday, February 16, 2019
The Men's Group: You May Not Like What You Are to Others *
10:15 to 11:30 AM

It appears to be the case that how you are perceived matters much more than who you really are. And, by extension, who you are is typically very different than how you are perceived. A wide body of psychological research and theory suggest that the social world is dominated by projections, distortions, and highly personalized biases. How you impact others is a component of self-understanding that many people do not really investigate or ever gain access to. Yet, what you represent to and elicit in others activates powerful relational and social dynamics that ultimately dictate your experience in the world far more than how you see, or feel about, yourself . In the next meeting of the Men's Group on Saturday, February 16, 2019 (10:15 to 11:30 AM) , we will discuss this underground of social experience and explore ways to investigate the thematic quality of how you are perceived.
The Relationship Group: Your Fate Is Neurobiologically Sealed *
11:45 AM to 1:00 PM

Beyond our awareness, we are neurobiologically communicating our history to others in ways that ultimately seem to perpetuate that history. The latest research indicates that a person's brain and nervous system, imprinted by early developmental events and relational dynamics, create a kind of "aura" or neurobiological cue that is transmitted into the social world. Others who come into contact with us "read" the cue and respond to it without ever knowing they are relating to us primarily on this plain and less directly on others. Consequently, what happens to us gradually takes on a particular pattern, often an insidious one that seems more powerful than what we intend or desire. In the next meeting of the Relationship Group on Saturday, February 16, 2019 (11:45 AM to 1:00 PM) , we will explore the notion of a neurobiological aura and consider ways to navigate it so that we are not "fated" to live out certain types of experiences again and again.
The Dynamic Psychotherapy Process Group *
 1:15 to 2:30 PM

This therapy group utilizes the emerging dynamics among group members, and between the group members and facilitator, as a basis from which to examine one's characteristic ways of thinking, feeling, and relating to others.  Our next group session will be on Saturday, February 16, 2019 (1:15 to 2:30 PM) at the Laguna Hills office location.  
* If you would like to attend the Men's Group and/or the Relationship Group on February 16, 2019, please RSVP to me at 949-338-4388 or  jt@jamestobinphd.com . There is a limit of 14 attendees for each group and registrants will be accommodated on a first-come/first-serve basis. The fee is $25.00 (payable via cash or check at the time of the group meeting).

Location:
The Water Garden Business Center
23421 South Pointe Drive, Suite 130
Laguna Hills, CA, 92653

Please note that the Men's Group and the Relationship Group are psychoeducational in nature, not therapeutic, and do not constitute psychotherapy or counseling. In contrast, the Dynamic Psychotherapy Process Group is a therapeutic experience and entry occurs only after a pre-group screening interview.
James Tobin, Ph.D., PSY 22074 | 949-338-4388 |   jt@jamestobinphd.com