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Professional Development

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER: A COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR APPROACH TO CONCEPTUALIZATION AND TREATMENT When: November, 19, 2010, 12:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Where: Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave, First Floor Meeting Room, Rockville, MD 20850 Program Description: This presentation reviews the diagnostic criteria and clinical presentations of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. As OCD can have a wide range of manifestations, it is important for clinicians to properly assess for the underlying themes so that an effective treatment can be developed. Successful treatment relies on effective interventions and creative clinicians. Interventions and treatments for clients with OCD involve cognitive behavioral strategies including hierarchy development and Exposure and Response Prevention. Also addressed will be the importance and rationale of the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) as part of hierarchy development and E/RP. Program Objectives Participants will: • Become familiar with symptom

Professional Development Opportunities

PESI Buddha's Brain: the Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom Note: This live webcast (audio & video) will be broadcast LIVE over the internet on Monday, October 25, 2010 , starting 8:00 AM Eastern Time. You may access this event from anywhere with an established internet connection. Speaker: Rick Hanson, Ph.D. Price: $169.99 Course №: PLW77853 Duration: 380 Original Program Date: Monday, October 25, 2010 Have additional participants that need credit? Click here for additional CE for this webcast! · 4 steps to internalize positive experiences and heal pain and dysfunction · Learn from the “Olympic athletes” of brain training (lessons from 2,500 years of contemplative practice) · Understand the brain’s negativity bias, the greatest challenge in psychotherapy · Work with the brain’s 3 motivational systems (Approach, Attach, Avoid) · Strengthen the neural circuits of contentment, belonging and peace · Teach cli

Professional Development Opportunities

Chinese American Scholar Association (CASA) is pleased to invite you to attend E-Leader at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, January 3-5, 2011 and E-Leader at Zagreb, Croatia, June 6-8, 2011. CASA is a non-profit NYC firm founded in 1989. E-Leader is a global forum for Entrepreneurs, Ethics, E-commerce, and E-Learning in all academic disciplines. Since 2006, CASA ran nine successful E-Leaders in Asia and Europe. Four hundred people attended and raved about the conferences. CASA now has 111 board members from 29 countries, including Iran and South Africa, http://www.g-casa.com Submit your paper now by emailing it to: proposal@g-casa.com Topics of presentation include, but are not limited to: * Leadership (female, developing, inspirational) * Social and global issues, ethics, negotiation, conflict resolution * Accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing * E-Competencies (learning, training, communication) * Healthcare, teacher education, nursing, engineering, physical sciences Re