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Physician Life Balance

Selected Readings from Family Practice Management


Where to Go for Help

Aviva! Wellness Institute
P.O. Box 2035
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: 707-431-8835
Fax: 707-433-8092

The Aviva! Wellness Institute offers workshops and retreats about mind-body wellness to help physicians develop healthy and fulfilling personal, family, social and spiritual lives.

Center for Professional Well-Being

21 West Colony Place Ste. 150
Durham, NC 27705
Phone: 919-489-9167
Fax: 919-419-0011
Web site: http://www.cpwb.org

The Center for Professional Well-Being offers various educational, consulting, and advisory programs and services. The Center is devoted to promoting well-being among healthcare professionals, including students, and their families, their practice organizations, and other professionals. In addition to workshops and seminars, the Center for Professional Well-Being offers individual and practice assessments, telephone consultations and a newsletter in which physicians exchange ideas about professional satisfaction.

Center for Professional and Personal Renewal

555 Bryant St. Ste. 160
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 800-377-1096
Fax: 650-329-1887

The Center for Professional and Personal Renewal offers one- and two-day workshops that focus on revitalizing physicians' professional and personal lives. Workshops are held several times annually and are led by practicing physicians and experts in professional renewal.

Hazelden
PO Box 11 CO3
Center City, MN 55012
Phone: 800-257-7810
Web site: http://www.hazelden.org

Hazelden is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recover from alcoholism and other drug addiction. They provide residential and outpatient treatment for adults and young people, programs for families affected by chemical dependency, and training for a variety of professionals. Hazelden is also known as the world's premier publisher of information on this subject and related areas.

Menninger Leadership Center
PO Box 829
Topeka, KS 66601
Phone: 800-288-5357
Fax: 913-648-3155
Web site: http://www.menninger.edu/

The Menninger Leadership Center at the Menninger Clinic offers individual and group practice consultation as well as a three-day personal and career development seminar. The clinic also provides a program for professionals in crisis.

Professional Renewal Center

1201 Wakarusa Ste. A-4
Lawrence, KS 66049
Phone: 877-978-4772
Fax: 785-842-5231
Web site: http://www.prckansas.org

The Professional Renewal Center is a national treatment center for professionals with substance and/or behavioral addictions.

The Woods Development Institute

325 Cafferty Road
Pipersville, PA 18947-1610
Phone: 610-294-8151 ext. 201
Fax: 610-294-9842
Web site: http://www.wdi-inc.com

The Woods Development Institute (WDI) is dedicated to assisting healthcare professionals enhance their effectiveness and increase their satisfaction, happiness, and fulfillment by helping them achieve positive, measurable, and sustainable improvements in their personal leadership skills.