Consultant and Instructor offering: Half-day seminars and training for those in the human service, educational, medical and law enforcement fields.

Seminar Title: Reclaiming Self: Insights from a Survivor – One Woman’s Journey through Fear, Desperation, Love, Self–discovery and Wholeness

Expounding upon her combination of personal and professional experiences, Cathy Brochu invites people behind the closed-doors of self-discovery and reveals insights about the entire process of moving from victim to survivor and from survivor to author, educator and activist.  With specific references to first-hand accounts, Cathy explores a wide range of issues underlying depression, including loss of self and family, care giving, grief, and a candid look into family violence and incest as can only be told by someone who experienced it.  Audiences are equipped with specific coping strategies, pragmatic tools, and a gripping story of hope and personal triumph.   

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The Lavender Inkwell Bookshoppe

304 North McBride Street, Syracuse, N.Y., 1:00 - 4:00

Colloquium: Family violence and sexual assault

April 30, 2008

S. A.V.A.R., Cayuga Counseling Services, Inc.

Auburn City Hall, 24 South Street, Auburn, N.Y., 5:30 - 8:30

Guest Speaker and book signing: Take Back the Night March and Rally

Lost Innocence: A Daughter's Account of Love, Fear and Desperartion, New Beginnings: In Serach of Self and Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Self will be available for purchase and a percentage of each book will be given to the Child Advocacy Center in Auburn in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness month. 

April 24, 2008

Laci's Cafe' at The Palace

2384 James Street, Syracuse, N.Y., 7:00 - 8:00

Guest Speaker and book signing: In celebration of Sexual Assault Awareness month and the Clothesline Project

"Meet and Greet with the author" and "come hear Cathy share her jounrey as a survivor, author and activist."

See the Clothesline Project and learn about how art on a t-shirt gives voice to victims, survivors and allies of sexual assault in our community."

Lost Innocence: A Daughter's Account of Love, Fear and Desperation, New Beginnings: In Search of Self and Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Self will be available for purchase and a percentage of each book will be given to the Clothesline Project in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness month.

April 15, 2008

Onondaga Community College

4585 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, N.Y., 5:30 - 7:30

Keynote Speaker: Take Back the Night March and Rally

January 2008

Syracuse University, Graduate School of Social Work Dept., Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research

May 2007

Syracuse University, Graduate School of Social Work Dept., Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research 

April 2007

S.A.V.A.R., Cayuga Counseling Services, INC., Auburn, NY

Guest Speaker: Take Back the Night Rally

January 2007

Syracuse University, Graduate School of Social Work Dept., Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research

May 2006

Syracuse University, Graduate School of Social Work Dept., Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research

January 2006

Syracuse University, Graduate School of Social Work Dept., Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research

November 2005

Understanding the impact of incest, Cortland, NY

Co-Facilitated Workshop: Educational workshop on incest for professionals

June 2005

Host: Dan Cummings   

               WCNY

           Central Issues

         Syracuse, New York

Guest

May 2005

Syracuse University, Graduate School of Social Work Dept., Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research

April 2005

Vera House Incorporated and Rape Crisis Center of Syracuse, Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: From victim to survivor to activist

April 2005

McMahon-Ryan Child Advocacy Site, Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Kickoff event for the 2005 Clothesline Project

January 2005

Syracuse University, Graduate School of Social Work Dept., Syracuse, NY

Guest Speaker: Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research

August 2004

Host: George Kilpatrick

                 WCNY

              HOUR CNY

          Syracuse, New York  

Guest

April 2001

Madison Family Outreach, Cazenovia, NY

Guest Speaker: Educating and Collaborating

December 1999

Mental Health Association, Cortland, NY

Guest Speaker: The Victim of Sexual Abuse

October 1995

The Sexual Abuse of Children: Impact and Effects, Cazenovia, NY

Guest Speaker: Moving Forward

October 1985

Sexual Attitude Reassessment, Syracuse, NY

Co-Facilitated Workshop: Attitudes as it relates to one’s own sexuality

July 1985

Sexuality and the disabled, Syracuse, NY

Co-Facilitated Workshop: Integration of self and sexuality