CONCILIATION COURT EXCHANGE

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.174-1617.1963.tb00961.x
• Published date: 01 June 1963
• Date: 01 June 1963

CONCILIATION COURT EXCHANGE

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Stan

Cohen

is the newest addition to the

Los Angeles Counseling staff, replacing Bill

Brockley when Bill went to San Diego. Stan came

to the Court

in

April and

is

already knee-deep in

agreements and minute orders.

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John

Peschel

is the second member of the

new San Diego counseling staff, This must set a

new record

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Court began operation January

28,

1963;

second counselor added in

June,

1963!

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Judfle Roger

Alton

Pfuff

is

preparing a

new pamphlet entitled,

“A

Blueprint for a Success-

ful Marriage,” to be given to each Los Angeles

County couple applying for a marriage license.

Briefly summarizing material from the marriage

agreement, it also notes that the services of the

Conciliation Court are available if the couple should

need them in the future.

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Mike

Elkin

completed a successful year

as President of the Group Psychotherapy Associa-

tion of Southern California with the Tenth Annual

Conference held June

15

at the Statler-Hilton Hotel,

Los

Angeles. Also in

June

he

appeared on “Survey

’63,”

a

TV

program on Channel

4,

together with

Judge

Roger

Alton

Pfaff,

on

the

topic, “Divorce

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Teen-Age Style;” and on, “Teen-Age Trials,”

beamed on Channel

2

from Los Angeles.

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Superior Courts in Tucson and St. Louis

are seeking qualified counselors

in

order

to

begin

Conciliation Court activity.

In

St. Louis County

Judge Franklin Farriss reports that due to “inabil-

ity to secure the services of a properly trained and

qualified marriage counselor,” start of a Court there

is being delayed.

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June Dunbar

was an interested participant

in a symposium at

Los

Angeles State College in

June on “New Patterns in the Lives of Women.”

The meeting featured Morton

Hunt,

author of “Her

Infinite Variety: The American Woman” as keynote

speaker.

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Bob

McCambridge

attended a two-day

Idylwild Institute in May on “Transactional Analy-

sis and Family Therapy,” featuring Dr. Eric Berne.

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Henry Pucek’s

labors on the development

of

a Preliminary Conference form have resulted in a

revised form which can be used for research purposes.

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