4/11/08

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN ADULTS: A COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL APPROACH

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) was once considered an intractable disorder. With the development of disorder-specific cognitive behavioral treatment strategies, alone, and combined with psychopharmacological intervention, OCD can indeed be successfully treated. This workshop will focus on specific cognitive behavioral interventions shown to be effective in treating obsessions and compulsions.

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5/16/08

SHHH! COMPASSION FATIGUE AND THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT

The ethical guidelines of our profession were once governed by simple, direct, unambiguous rules; however, in today’s far more complex therapeutic climate, the old rules don’t seem so clear anymore. Clinicians and supervisors, working continuously, hour after hour with clients, hearing the pain and suffering of poverty, PTSD, abuse and trauma, depression, loss, or other special needs, begin to suffer from the very symptoms they are attempting to manage in others. This workshop will help professionals gain an understanding of what compassion fatigue is, as well as explore the ethical dilemmas they face around treatment boundaries and the importance of self care.

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6/13/08

BIPOLAR DISORDER IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS: ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES & TREATMENT PLANNING

Bipolar disorder is a chronic, recurring, serious, and potentially life-threatening disease. If left untreated, episodes are likely to grow more severe and resistant to treatment. This workshop discusses key issues in assessment and treatment, including how bipolar manifests clinically, how it appears different in children versus adults, how to use specialized self-report and parent-report measures to aid in differential diagnosis, and how to use cognitive-behavioral therapy to address the specific needs of children and adolescents dealing with bipolar disorder.

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9/5/08

POWER OF THE MIND TO HEAL

Your mind is one of the most powerful instruments in the universe. How does one access that power to help oneself and others? Using techniques drawn from ancient wisdom and modern science, this workshop will teach you how to: heal and renew your body, mind and soul, understand research in mind and immunity, connect with universal healing energy, develop more focused mental awareness, tap into intuitive wisdom, elicit the relaxation response, and experience the inner peace and clarity of your spiritual self.

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10/3/08

ADDICTIONS AND DUAL DISORDERS:  GROUP TREATMENT AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE TREATMENT ADHERENCE

Poor treatment adherence is a common problem among persons with psychiatric, substance use, and dual disorders. Poor adherence contributes to poorer clinical outcome as well as frustration on the part of families, clinicians, and caregivers. This workshop will examine the issue of treatment adherence, factors affecting adherence and the impact of adherence on treatment outcome. Group strategies, system barriers, clinician barriers, and advantages of group treatment will be presented in this workshop.

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11/7/08

STOPPING SEXUAL HARM IN YOUTH:  AN EMPIRICALLY DRIVEN APPROACH TO TRAUMA

This presentation will illustrate a collaborative approach for engaging families in treatment with sexually aggressive youth in community-based and residential settings. This model explores family members strengths and resources to heal the pain of sexual abuse. While offender specific treatment challenges each perpetrator to stop destructive behavior, families receive support for healing related painful experiences. Youth and families learn to destroy powerful secrets of sexual abuse that may have influenced their lives for generations. Treatment addresses struggles with power, control, and connection that have often dominated the lives of these families.

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COMING IN 2009:

4/24/09 - PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND EVIDENCE:  NEW BRAIN AND BODY SCIENCE 2009
featuring Dr. Charles Parker, Psychiatrist and Medical Director of CorePsych, Virginia Beach

5/15/09 - RECOVERY ORIENTED MENTAL HEALTH  
featuring Lori Ashcraft, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Recovery Opportunity Center, Arizona

6/12/09 - BUILDING RESILIENCY IN AT-RISK YOUTH  
featuring Michael Ungar, Ph.D., Research and Social Work Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

10/9/09 - THE PRACTICE OF ACCEPTANCE & COMMITMENT THERAPY 
featuring Patricia Bach, Ph.D., Assisant Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and author of the inital sudy of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Psychosis

Check back soon for more details and the full 2009 Professional Training Series calendar - we will have more workshops to offer!