Psychotherapy Networker SYMPOSIUM 2013
March 21-24, 2013
THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
We all know that enlivening feeling of
being with people who speak our language, share our interests, know the
challenges we face, get our jokes, and share our gripes. There’s no better
place to find these people—these members of our tribe—than the Networker Symposium,
where 3,500 psychotherapists gather, year after year, to recharge, re-energize
and explore new clinical approaches.
Child Center and Adult Services, Inc.
(CCAS),
www.ccascounseling.org
The Child
Center and Adult Services, Inc. (CCAS) is a private, non-profit agency in
its 35th year of providing mental health services to children, adults and
families. CCAS also offers clinical services to women with prenatal and
post-partum depression. It has a Positive Aging Program for older adults at the
Rockville Senior Center and at the Oaks in Gaithersburg. We provide mental
health services in primary care community clinics in Gaithersburg, Takoma Park
and at Mobile Med. We have a support group for young adults who have multiple
sclerosis as well as a support group for parents of children with special
needs.
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AND COFFEE: 8:30 A.M. • PROGRAM: 9:00 A.M. – 12:15
April 5, 2013
The use of Play Therapy with
Abused/Traumatized Children
May 10, 2013
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for
Eating Disorders
May 31, 2013
DBT Skills and Concepts for
Working with Families
April
5, 2013 Eliana Gil, PhD The use of Play Therapy with Abused/Traumatized
Children
This
workshop will look at the impact of childhood trauma and some of the ways that
play therapy can assist children to process and manage their difficult
experiences. State of the art information will be presented on the impact of
trauma on child development and then specific expressive techniques that
facilitate assessment and treatment will be provided. Participants will have an
opportunity to view children’s art work and sand tray scenarios and learn how
children’s traumatic experiences are manifested in their play. Basic play
therapy principles will be presented to provide a rationale for the application
of play therapy with trauma.
This
workshop will allow participants to:
*List
three consequences of childhood trauma;
*Describe
Herman’s 3 phases of treatment;
*Name 3
basic curative factors of play therapy;
*Describe
the phrase “post-trauma play”;
*List 2
assessment strategies using play therapy;
*Name 3
variables that help children process trauma through play
Eliana
Gil, PhD, LMFT has
worked in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment for the last 30
years. She has written numerous books and articles on child abuse and the
healing power of play. A recent book is Helping Children Heal from
Interpersonal Trauma: The Power of Play. She is a former president of the
Association for Play Therapy and recently received the Association’s Lifetime
Achievement Award.
May
10, 2013 Irene Rovira, Ph.D. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders
This
clinically-oriented workshop will provide a general overview of the use of CBT,
which is considered best practice and the first line of treatment for Eating
Disorders (ED). Special emphasis will be made on the identification of eating
disorders behaviors and best practice for assessing ED symptoms. Discussion
regarding the impact of social and cultural influences on body image and its
relationship to ED will also be provided. Dr. Rovira will discuss working with
adolescent, child and adult clients and their families. Although obesity is not
considered an ED, Dr. Rovira will also address obesity in her talk.
Learning
Objectives:
*To
assess Eating Disorder behaviors and symptoms
*To
identify different ED diagnoses
*To
describe principles of CBT used to treat Eating Disorders
*To
explain the impact of body image on the development and maintenance of Eating
Disorders.
Irene
Rovira, Ph.D. is
a licensed clinical psychologist who serves as the Psychology Coordinator and
Director of Psychology Postdoctoral Program at the Center for Eating Disorders
at Sheppard Pratt (CED). She provides training and supervision to
psychologists-in-training, mental health counselors, and social workers in
their practice of treating eating disorders on an inpatient and day hospital
unit.
May
31, 2013 Patricia Harvey, LCSW-C, ACSW, DBTC DBT Skills and Concepts for
Working with Families
This
workshop will focus on how DBT skills can be used by mental health
practitioners to understand the needs and concerns of families and to provide a
validating and non-judgmental therapeutic environment. Participants will have
an opportunity to practice some of the skills discussed – such as mindfulness,
validation and developing a non-judgmental understanding of behaviors – that
can be used with families and taught to families to increase effective
interactions and communication. We will also discuss how DBT assumptions and a
dialectical approach can guide the work of practitioners with families.
Finally, the workshop will provide a brief overview of DBT skills that can be
taught to family members.
Participants
will be able to:
*Develop
a validating and non-judgmental therapeutic environment
*List 8
DBT assumptions that can guide DBT treatment with families
*Practice
DBT skills related to mindfulness, distress tolerance, walking the middle path,
emotion regulation *and interpersonal effectiveness
*Apply
and teach DBT skills in therapeutic work with families
Patricia
Harvey, LCSW-C, ACSW, DBTC specializes
in DBT skills training groups for parents, siblings and family members. She
does coaching and support groups for parents of children and adults with
Emotion Dysregulation. She has been a program consultant and trainer at St.
Luke’s House. Ms. Harvey has published in the area of parenting a child who has
intense emotions and has done extensive teaching and training regarding
Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
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