MC Counseling Professional Development

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Presenter : John Chamberlain, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist Where : Friday, January 14, 2011 9:00am - noonat the Kolmac Clinic 1003 Spring St.,SilverSpring Md. 20910 Workshop is offered free of charge; 3 Category 1 CEUs offered for $20 This 3-hour workshop will address: · Symptom profile, assessment, and etiological theories of OCD. · Overview of cognitive-behavioral treatment using exposure with response prevention (E/RP). · Application of E/RP to the most common obsessive themes: contamination, harm to self or loved ones, sexual “perversions,” religious transgressions, aggressive impulses, perfectionism, and obsessing about obsessing. · Complicating factors, including “overvalued ideation,” comorbid disorders, “Tourettic OCD,” family members who enable compulsions, and emotions other than anxiety. · Application of techniques to milder OCD features. Case examples will be provided t...

EVIDENCE, ETHICS AND RELATIONSHIP TRENDS IN MENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISION When : Friday, December 10, 2010, 12:30PM - 4:15PM Where : Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Ave First Floor Meeting Room COURSE DESCRIPTION This seminar focuses on the mandates and trends in clinical, legal, administrative, and management aspects of mental health supervision. The focus is on the supervisor's role in management of services provided by agency practitioners and private practitioners. Traditional effective supervisory practices are reviewed as well as new and emerging generally accepted supervisory practice standards in an increasingly complex practice world. There will be specific focus on requirements for supervision for licensure. The training will also contain information about the changing role of clinical supervisors in the mental health field under the new federal health care law. Presenter(s) Dr. Carlton E. Munson is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and Di...