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.

 SPRING 2013
SIGN-IN 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

Each workshop provides three hours of continuing education credit. The Child Center and Adult Services is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors and the Maryland Board of Social Work 
Examiners. CCAS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CCAS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CCAS is offering this activity for 3 hours of continuing education credit. Full attendance is required to receive credit; credit for partial attendance will not be awarded.

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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