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SUMMER SEMINARS:

All 2008 Offerings

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Weekend A

Evolving Theories For Clinical Practice
June 12-14, 2008

Thursday, June 12, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

08-111a
The Forgotten Mourners:
Helping Bereaved Children and Adolescents
Robert Zucker, M.A., L.C.S.W., F.T.

08-112a
Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Increase Clients’ Acceptance and Motivation to Change

Anna L. Remen, Ph.D.

08-113a
Trauma and Forgiveness: A Radical Approach to Healing Intimate Wounds
Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

08-114a
Techniques for Teaching Social Work
TBA

Friday, June 13, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

08-121a
Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy:  Are They Complimentary?
Jean Esther, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.

08-122a
Mindfulness Practice for Adults in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Bonnie Atkins, L.I.C.S.W.

08-123a
Transference and Countertransference:
Navigating the Interpersonal Matrix

Manfred J. Melcher, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

08-124a
Sleep and its Disorders

Brian W. Smith, M.D.
Alan Seigel, L.I.C.S.W., B.C.D.
Kenneth Jaffe, M.D.

08-125a
Dreams and Their Use in Therapy

Sherry Richman, L.I.C.S.W.


Saturday, June 14, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

08-131a
Co-Creating the Future: An Introduction to Life Coaching

Steven E. Perkel, D.S.W., L.C.S.W

08-132a
Integrating Art Therapy into Clinical Treatment

Laura Seftel, M.P.S., A.T.R.-B.C., L.M.H.C.

08-133a
Making Contact: Engagement, Alliance, and the Therapist’s Use of Self with the Hard-To-Reach Patient
Mark Steinberg, Ph.D.

08-134a
Working with Trauma from a Somatic Experiencing® Perspective
Lois Bass, L.I.C.S.W.

08-135a
Eating Disorders: A Multi-Layered Metaphor for Dealing with Life’s Adversities
Davina Miller, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.

08-136a
Assessment and Treatment of Female Offending/Aggression

Susan Robinson, .L.I.C.S.W.

 

Weekend B

Children, Adolescents and Families
June 19-21, 2008

Thursday, June 19, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

08-211b
Applying Psychoanalytic and Attachment Perspectives to the Treatment of the Parent/Child Dyad

Marcia Black, Ph.D.

08-212b
Working with Small Children in Family Therapy
Charlotte Spiegelman, L.C.S.W.

08-213b
Teaching Mindfulness in Adolescents

Jay Indik, L.I.C.S.W.

08-214b
All the Rage: Helping Adolescent Girls in Crisis

Martha Straus, Ph.D.



Friday, June 20, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

08-221b
Treating Childhood Anxiety Disorders
Edward H. Plimpton, Ph.D.

08-222b
The Legacy of Developmental Trauma: Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents and Families

Martha B. Straus, Ph.D.

08-223b
Is it ADHD or Something Else?
Advanced Understanding of the Brain and Behavior in ADHD and Related Conditions
James Foley, M.S.W., L.I.S.W

08-224b
Hurting Outside and In: Working with Self-Destructive and Self-Harming Adolescents
Johanna Hammer, L.I.C.S.W.

08-225b
Applying Infant and Early Childhood Development to the Clinical Context

Marit Appeldoorn, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.



Saturday, June 21, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

08-231b
Listening to Cassandra: The Hidden Impacts of Affective Deprivation Disorder
in Asperger’s Relationships
Harriet (Holly) Simons, Ph.D., L.I.C.S.W.

08-232b
Working with Children with PDD-NOS, High Functioning Autism, Asperger's Syndrome and Other Social Disabilities
Barbara Cooper,  M.P.S., A.T.R.-B.C., L.M.H.C.

08-233b
Bullying: Restoring Social, Behavioral and Emotional Health
James Foley, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.

08-234b
Narrative Approaches to Working with Children and Adolescents

Beth Prullage, L.I.C.S.W.

08-235b
Play Therapy with Children

Alice Barber, M.S., L.M.H.C., A.T.R.-B.C.

 

Weekend C

Current Trends In Social Work
July 17 & 19, 2008

Thursday, July 17, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

08-311c
Counseling Oncology Patients and Their Families

Floyd V. Allen, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

08-312c
Tools for Solving Ethical Dilemmas
Catherine Clancy, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

08-313c
Art Therapy with Children

Laura Seftel, M.P.S., A.T.R.-B.C., L.M.H.C.

08-314c
Structural Theory of Dissociation

Denise J. Gelinas, Ph.D.

08-315c
Orientation to the Field (for Smith Field Affiliates)

Carolyn du Bois, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Anthony C. Hill, M.S.W.


Friday, July 18, 2008 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

Note: Due to the 90th Anniversary Celebration, there will be no Friday courses in July 2008 only.


Saturday, July 19, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

08-331c
Clinical Treatment of Problematic Anger, Hostility and Violent Behavior

Mark Nickerson, L.I.C.S.W.

08-332c
Identifying and Addressing Vicarious Traumatization  in Clinical Supervision

Rachel Michaelsen, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

08-333c
Basic Intersubjectivity
Joan  C. Dasteel, M.S.W., Ph.D.

08-334c
Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Children and Adolescents
Susie Ryder, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

08-335c
What’s the Evidence on Evidence-Based Practice?  Surviving and Thriving in Today’s Accountable Practice Environment

Daniel L. Buccino, L.C.S.W.-C., B.C.D.

08-336c
Cultivating Curiosity in the Clinical Inquiry

Anton Hart, Ph.D.

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All Seminars

Weekend A:
June 12-14, 2008

Weekend B:
June 19-21, 2008

Weekend C:
July 17 & 19, 2008

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