LoveSpringSF: Kathryn James on the Languages of Love, Melissa Otero

Languages of Love with Kathryn James.
What's Love Got to do With It? Now that we are in Valentine's Season, I find it most appropriate to write about love and different types of love. There are three different kinds of love- agape, altruistic, and erotic. Agape is Greek for brotherly love or how one might feel for a friend, parent, or sibling. Altruistic love is love for humankind- think of Mother Theresa. Finally, erotic love is romantic love or how we feel for our spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend. All of three of these loves combined together is called Consummate Love. I will offer information and skills for greater understanding in love languages to increase your awareness and movement towards a Consummate Love experience. Whether you are single, dating, partnered or married, this talk will give you valuable insight to improve your love language with yourself and the people around you. Kathryn James
Kathryn is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in San Francisco. She conducts individual therapy and group therapy in depression/anxiety, relationships, grief & loss, and trauma to help her clients attain freedom, joy, love, & peace in a nonjudgmental, active, & constructive manner. Her experience comes from actively listening, providing validating, intuitive feedback, and working with individual strengths to meet personal goals. As a very seasoned clinician, she values building solid, trusting, therapeutic relationships. Kathryn's specialties are relationships, depression/anxiety, addiction, bereavement, & trauma. For relationships, she supports understanding and receiving the love you want. Her in-depth experience with substance abuse & addiction has helped individuals & families. She incorporates an understanding of loss that leads to acceptance & healing regarding bereavement. When addressing trauma and depression, she teaches self-soothing techniques & skills. "With compassion and understanding, I guide individuals, couples, and families to find resolution to a wide range of personal concerns. I will work with you to attain and maintain a more balanced life." Melissa Otero Born in New Jersey and raised in Puerto Rico, Melissa has had hits on European and Caribbean charts with her Latin-influenced pop. For us, she'll keep it down to earth, just her womanly voice accompanied by guitar. She studied extensively under vocal coaches Don Lawrence (Lady Gaga/Whitney Houston), Sandra Quintana and Mike St. Pierre as well as acting, Piano, and dance for the past ten years. In 2006 she released her first single “My First Everything” which reached #1 for two consecutive weeks. In 2008 Melissa released her first album “My Spirit”, which included the hit single “10:40pm” in Europe, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Colombia. With the success of her first album “My Spirit”, she was approached by Karate America of Little Chute, WI to tour as part of a benefit concert series for the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. In 2010 while in Miami, Melissa met famed record producer Clay Ostwald (Gloria Estefan), together Clay and Melissa produced a new version of her single “Phantom of My Heart” in both an English and Spanish. "Phantom" went on to be a huge success in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Florida. In 2011, her hit single “Angels & Demons” was chosen by US Airways as part of their radio rotation. Melissa is currently writing music and working with some famed songwriters in preparation for recording her new studio album due out in 2012.