MC Counseling Professional Development

Working With Clients with Addictions: Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches March 12, 2010 Registration at 8:30 Workshop from 9am – 12pm Keynote Speakers: Dr. Catherine McAlpine Manager of Community Support Services Montgomery County Dept. of Health and Human Services Meghan Westwood, Executive Director Maryland Treatment Centers 3 CEUs available Presenters: Dr. Stephen Carroll, Adjunct Professor, Loyola Univ. Strategies Addressing Spiritual & Religious Issues in Addictions Kathy Brennan, LCPC Supporting Clients with Addictions Dr. Elizabeth Nyang, Journey to Self Understanding Interventions Used in a Holistic Focused Addictions Program Location: Loyola University, Columbia Campus 8890 McGaw Road Columbia, MD 21045 Costs: Early-bird (Until 2/12/10) Pre-Registration (2/13/10-3/9/10) Late Registration (3/10/10 or after) Professional Members $40 $40 $50 Professional Non-members $40 $50 $60 Student/Retired Members $25 $25 $30 Student/Retired Non-Members $25 $35 $40 For more inform...

Discover New Possibilities For Your Practice or Your LIfe Online Registration Open Now! Symposium 2010: When the times say pull back,Break Through March 25 – 28Washington, DC Join Us.Register Now and Save!Plus, register before December 31st and you'll receive a free audio CD of Mary Pipher's “Reflections of the World's Worst Buddhist” at the Symposium. Identifying and Managing Aggressive Student Behaviors, Attitudes and Emotions Thursday, February 11th, 3:30-5:00pm EST If you cannot make this date and time, you can watch the recording. The recording is included at no extra charge. Overview This seminar is designed to assist faculty and staff to better understand how to identify and manage aggressive behavior in those around them. The training is centered on the research of John Byrnes, a nationally recognized leader in Aggression Management who has taught his program to the US Army, NASA, US Postal Office, Citibank, Walt Disney World and educational settings. This seminar w...

There has been a growing emphasis on wellness in our society and at our colleges and universities. Students and staff are not only redefining ways to balance mind, body and spirit in their daily lives, they are also finding healthier ways to meet the demands of challenging academic and social environments. During the last decade, the American College Health Association created Healthy Campus 2010 ( www.acha.org/info_resources/hc2010.cfm ); this document outlines 200 health objectives in areas such social and emotional health, coping with stress in competitive educational environments and creating links between campus health services and other academic and service departments. Campuses around the world have responded to similar promising research and practices by developing and implementing a variety of health and wellness initiatives. These efforts illustrate the importance and scope of this emerging topic.The breadth of what wellness encompasses raises many questions and provides us a...

Now Enrolling for the January 2010 Class The Graduate Certificate in Transformative Leadership, a brand new executive-format educational experience, is designed for established and emerging leaders seeking an empowering and innovative path to enhance their skills in order to create constructive change in the workplace, in the larger community, and within themselves. Students come from a variety of professional backgrounds and find this program highly relevant to their own unique settings. The Transformative Leadership graduate certificate program consists of the first nine months of Tai Sophia’s Transformative Leadership and Social Change master’s degree program (formerly Applied Healing Arts). Graduate certificate enrollees are simultaneously accepted into this master’s degree program. After earning the graduate certificate, students have the option to continue their studies and also earn a Master of Arts in Transformative Leadership and Social Change. Program Objectives Recover a new...

Montgomery County Commission for Women Counseling & Career Center Using the DSM-IV-TR: A Practical Visual Approach Friday, November 13, 2009 12:30 - 4:15 p.m. (Afternoon Training) COST: $55 Presented by Dr. Carlton Munson, Professor School of Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore For more information go to: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cfw Maryland Career Development Association Link Up, Link In, Using Social Networking Resources to Enhance Your Career Goals Date & Time: Thursday, December 3, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Location: Webinar: attend via Internet Connection Directions: Directions will be email from GoToMeeting one day in advance Presenter: Susan Gordon, MS, NCC, LCPC; Director of Career Development at American University Increasingly, social networking sites such as LinkedIn.com and Facebook are playing a critical role in the recruiting and job search process. These tools present amazing potential for the job seekers of all ages, as well as fo...

Local Seminars and National Conferences Interested in local seminars? If, so PESI sponsors an array of stimulating seminars!!! Go to: http://www.pesi.com/search/seminarresults.asp American Counseling Association 2010 national Conference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 18-22, 2010 The ACA Annual Conference & Exposition is the largest gathering of professional counselors in the world and is the premier source for professional development across all counseling specialties and work settings. For more information go to: http://www.counseling.org/Convention/ ACA Podcast Series: Hot Topics (HT) 2009 ACA has launched a series of podcasts to help you save time and money as you strive to stay well-informed on professional issues. These podcasts—prerecorded interviews posted on the ACA website—can be downloaded to your computer so that you can listen to them at your convenience while at home or work. They also can be added to your iPod for use while taking a walk, on the treadmill, in the car...

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