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08-111a
The Forgotten Mourners:
Helping Bereaved Children and Adolescents
Robert Zucker, M.A., L.C.S.W., F.T.
Too often, bereaved young people are disenfranchised grievers – misunderstood, ignored or forgotten. Participants of this daylong seminar will learn practical and essential strategies for helping grieving youngsters and young adults facing death. Topics will include, meaning making challenges, childhood developmental factors, magical thinking, managing overwhelming feelings, keeping healthy memories alive, and managing traumatic grief. This powerful and comprehensive clinical training is for individuals who counsel and support children and teens and/or those who counsel adults whose children are grieving.
Faculty: Robert Zucker, M.A., L.C.S.W., Fellow in Thanatology - grief counselor, writer and teacher. Received two Testimonials of Appreciation from the American Hospital Association and two blue ribbons from the New England Healthcare Assembly for work in the field of death and dying. The working title of his new book is Grieving Hand in Hand: How to Help Yourself and Your Child When Grief is Shared (St. Martin’s Press, publication pending).
08-112a
Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Increase Clients’ Acceptance and Motivation to Change
Anna L. Remen, Ph.D.
The so-called “third wave” cognitive-behavioral therapies are a group of relatively new treatments that are rapidly gaining attention from clinicians and researchers. Whereas traditional CBT relies primarily on change-based technologies, such as cognitive restructuring, these more recent, innovative approaches add a major emphasis on acceptance strategies, such as mindfulness, dialectics, and values. One such therapy is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan. DBT is an evidence-based treatment that has been found to be effective in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and related disorders. In this workshop, we will discuss the ways in which acceptance and change strategies are incorporated into the treatment philosophy and, specifically, into the DBT skills of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Emotion Regulation. Dr. Linehan has recently made significant revisions to the Emotion Regulation skills module, and, although not yet published, these new skills will receive special emphasis in the workshop. In addition to working with clients with BPD, applications to using the skills with Axis I disorders will be discussed. Teaching techniques will include experiential exercises, case examples, group discussion, and didactics. The course is appropriate for all levels of clinicians interested in learning ways to incorporate empirically tested acceptance and change-based strategies into their clinical work.
Faculty: Anna L. Remen, Ph.D. -- Director, Northampton DBT Program, Servicenet. Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University. Independent Practice, Haydenville, MA
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08-113a
Trauma and Forgiveness: A Radical Approach to Healing Intimate Wounds
Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
We have been taught that forgiveness is good for us and good people forgive. But are some interpersonal traumas – betrayal, abuse, neglect – unforgivable? This workshop will describe a radical, new model for healing the self called Acceptance and spell out ten steps hurt parties can take to overcome their obsessive preoccupation with the injury and make peace with the past – without forgiving an unrepentant offender. Genuine Forgiveness is reserved for those offenders who have the humility and courage to make meaningful repairs. What exactly offenders must do to earn forgiveness, such as bearing witness to the pain they caused, delivering a meaningful apology, and taking responsibility for the harm they caused will be described, and what exactly hurt parties must do to foster forgiveness will be detailed. The teaching format will include didactic, experiential, and clinical case material.
Faculty: Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. - nationally acclaimed expert on issues of trust, intimacy, and forgiveness. Author of After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful, and How Can I Forgive You? The Courage to Forgive, The Freedom Not To. Her clinical practice of thirty years is in Westport, Connecticut.
08-114a
Techniques for Teaching Social Work
NOT AVAILABLE
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08-121a
Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy: Are They Complimentary?
Jean Esther, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
How are 2500 year old Buddhist teachings on suffering and its release relevant to our modern life and 21st century Western Psychology? What can we learn from a behavioral perspective from the practice of mindfulness meditation? How can we attend sensitively to these issues within the psychotherapeutic relationship? How can a therapist's own practice of mindfulness affect his or her clinical work, including his or her various theoretical orientations, i.e. psychodynamic, systemic, behavioral, relational? How might a Buddhist psychological perspective affect treatment focus, goals and outcomes? This day long seminar will combine basic Buddhist psychological teaching with direct instruction and practice of mindfulness insight meditation. Case presentation, question and answers and discussion will be geared towards the above questions.
Faculty--Jean Esther, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W. – Psychotherapist, private practice – Northampton, MA. Associate Teacher – Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, Easthampton, MA; Teacher – Cancer Connection, Northampton, MA, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA and Northampton Insight Meditation Community. Spiritual Mentor, Insight Meditation Society.
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08-122a
Mindfulness Practice for Adults in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Bonnie Atkins, L.I.C.S.W.
Mindfulness is at the core of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. In order to learn emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness in skills training and in individual treatment, DBT practitioners teach mindfulness to their clients in order to develop the ability to notice, to describe their experiences, and to participate. This requires practice in being non-judgmental and in learning how to do one thing at a time. Likewise DBT consultation teams practice mindfulness together in order to best be ready to tolerate and regulate and act effectively in relationships. Mindfulness allows for acceptance and choice making in change. This course will focus not so much on the whys of mindfulness but on the whats and hows. We will spend the full day practicing mindfulness and will discuss how best to teach and practice mindfulness with clients and colleagues.
Faculty: Bonnie L. Atkins, L.I.C.S.W. - Clinical Supervisor and Day Treatment Clinician, Valley Counseling Center, Holyoke, MA; former Executive Director, Mirim Associates, Chicopee, MA. Extensive training experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and EMDR level 1 and level 2.
08-123a
Transference and Countertransference:
Navigating the Interpersonal Matrix
Manfred J. Melcher, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
This seminar will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary treatment interventions designed to address the inevitable interpersonal enactments characteristic of the transference/countertransference matrix. Contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy views transference and countertransference dynamics as mutually created, maintained, and continually influential of each other. Whether viewed as aspects of the past or present, of fact or fiction, based in reality or in fantasy, these fascinating aspects of the treatment relationship challenge and enrich the clinical experiences for both participants. With respect to the intersubjective model of treatment, we will explore practical and accessible interventions designed to help our clients understand and make use of transference and guide clinicians in managing and navigating these dynamics with insight, clarity, and confidence. Special attention will be given to issues of “difference” and its impact, meaning, and usefulness in our work with clients.
Faculty: Manfred J. Melcher, M.S.W. LICSW - maintains an independent practice in Easthampton, MA. Serves as an Adjunct Faculty member for the Smith College School for Social Work
and is the author of Becoming A Social Worker.
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08-124a
Sleep and its Disorders
Brian W. Smith, M.D.
Alan Seigel, L.I.C.S.W., B.C.D.
This course is an overview of sleep medicine. Topics covered will include normal sleep physiology, sleep disorders, pharmacological treatment of sleep disorders, psychological treatment of sleep disorders, and approach to the patient with excessive daytime sleepiness. Classes of sleep disorders covered will include insomnia, parasomnias, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, restless legs syndrome, and sleep related breathing disorders. Insomnia and its treatment will receive more extensive coverage. This will include a more in depth review of cognitive behavioral treatment of insomnia.
Faculty:
Brian W. Smith, M.D. -- Board Certified Neurologist and Sleep Specialist, Co-Director of Sleep Medicine Services of Western Massachusetts; Attending Neurologist Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
Alan Seigel, LICSW, BCD -- Psychotherapist and Director of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Program, BayState Behavior Health Services, Springfield, MA. Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry lecturing to Tufts and University School of Medicine students. Community consultant.
08-125a
Dreams and Their Use in Therapy
Sherry Richman, L.I.C.S.W.
The “secret language of dreams: provides a gateway of entrance into the internal world of the dreamer. In this course, we will begin to understand dreams from different perspectives: classical, self psychological and Jungian. Participants will learn how to better help their clients become more curious about their own association to dreams to better understand what aspects of dreams we, as therapists, respond to. Interested participants will have the opportunity to present a client’s dream within the context of a clinical hour for class discussion.
Faculty: Sherry Richman, L.I.C.S.W.—Private practice—Lexington & Somerville, MA Former Associate Director, Tufts University Counseling Center, Medford, MA
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08-131a
Co-Creating the Future: An Introduction to Life Coaching
Steven E. Perkel, D.S.W., L.C.S.W
Life Coaching is rapidly growing service that is different from psychotherapy, or counseling. Life coaches help clients identify and manage specific personal projects, enhance business successes, and effectively work through transitions in the client's personal life, relationships or profession. Life coaching is oriented to the present and the future. Through a process of discovery, the Life Coach helps the client identify goals, overcome challenges, choose and successfully implement a course of action.
Social workers with Master’s degrees and experience in practice and administration have basic skills, value orientations and a knowledge base that uniquely prepares them to engage in life coaching. While coaching is not psychotherapy, the steps in the process are similar to client centered models of helping.
This one day course will provide attendees with an opportunity to explore the dynamics of life coaching, assess their own interest in providing life coaching services and to learn a model of life coaching that is consistent with the skills, practices and values of the social work profession. The course will be both interactive and didactic. Participants will have opportunities to explore assessment strategies, practice coaching techniques, and use proven tools.
Faculty: Steven E. Perkel, D.S.W., L.C.S.W. – President, Steven E. Perkel & Associates, LLC. Steven received his DSW from the University of Pennsylvania; He has led continuing education workshops at Smith College, School of Social Work and has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Rowan University. In addition to his coaching practice, Steven currently is a Senior Associate at the Rutgers University Business School, Rohrer Center for Management and Entrepreneurship at Camden. Steven also holds appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Cooper Hospital University Medical Center.
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08-132a
Integrating Art Therapy into Clinical Treatment
Laura Seftel, M.P.S., A.T.R.-B.C., L.M.H.C.
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Many clinicians who utilize art in their practice have questions about how to select appropriate interventions, discuss the finished product with clients, and use art for assessment. This course provides the opportunity to consult with an experienced art therapist on the best practices for integrating art-making into treatment with clients of all ages. Because non-verbal modalities are best learned through a hands-on approach, participants are invited to engage in exercises to experience their advantages and challenges. A slide presentation of client artwork is also included. Participants acquire not only a deeper understanding of the creative process, but specific art therapy techniques they can apply in their current work.
Faculty: Laura Seftel, M.P.S., A.T.R.-B.C., L.M.H.C. - Board Certified Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor; co-director of the Art Therapy Studio in Northampton, MA, private practice, supervision and training. National speaker for the American Art Therapy Association and author of Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss Through the Arts (2006).
08-133a
Making Contact: Engagement, Alliance, and the Therapist’s Use of Self with the Hard-To-Reach Patient
Mark Steinberg, Ph.D.
Withdrawn, non-related patients employ complex and rigid defensive structures that are schizoid or narcissistic in nature. Although the employment of the se defenses enables these patients to ward off intense anxiety, it comes at the cost of authentic engagement with others. Thus, psychological growth is resisted since it threatens to place the patient in closer proximity to others and to their own affective experience. This ultimately challenges the formation of a true working alliance. With an emphasis upon contemporary relational theory and intersubjectivity, the instructor will provide overviews of several theoretical paradigms. Implications for comparative therapeutic strategies will be discussed. Using actual case material from the presenter and from participants, emphasis will be placed upon potential levers for therapeutic change including projective identification and countertransference, as well as the role of enactment and therapist self-disclosure. Participants will expand their understanding of the dynamics of the hard-to- reach patient from these various theoretical perspectives, and increase their breadth and depth of therapeutic intervention.
Faculty: Mark Steinberg, Ph.D. - Faculty, Harvard Medical School, Program for Psychotherapy and the Cambridge Health Alliance. Consultant, Cambridgeport Legal Services and Counseling. Graduate in Psychoanalytic Training, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. Private practice, Swampscott, MA.
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08-134a
Working with Trauma from a Somatic Experiencing® Perspective
Lois Bass, L.I.C.S.W.
For many clinicians, working with clients who have lived through overwhelming life events can pose difficult challenges. Current research supports the notion that trauma is in the whole nervous system and not in the event itself, which is why simple talk therapy often does not fully resolve symptoms of traumatic overload. Somatic Experiencing®, a therapeutic model developed by Dr. Peter Levine, is designed to address the psychobiological consequences that can result from unresolved developmental and shock trauma. Working in a carefully titrated way with the survival instincts mobilized in the fight/flight/freeze response, SE® allows the body to return to its natural range of resilience. Somatic Experiencing® has application for individual clinical work as well as for interventions at the site of natural disasters or community trauma. This workshop will offer a window into how to incorporate the principles of Somatic Experiencing® into more traditional therapeutic perspectives. The basic concepts of this model will be presented through lecture, demonstration, video clips, and case material. There will also be time for participants to share case material.
Faculty: Lois Bass, L.I.C.S.W. - Somatic Experiencing Practitioner®, Amherst, MA. Faculty Field Advisor and an Associate Adjunct Faculty member, Smith College School for Social Work. She has been a clinical social worker since 1979 and has worked in school settings, community mental health agencies and, for the past twenty years in private practice, specializing in issues of developmental and shock trauma. She completed her SE® training in 2004 and has been assisting at trainings for the past three years. She has a part-time therapy practice in NYC and has been doing mental health relief work in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
08-135a
Eating Disorders: A Multi-Layered Metaphor for Dealing with Life’s Adversities
Davina Miller, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
A great deal has been written about eating disorders since their exponential increase in Western culture some forty years ago. The extensive clinical literature has greatly expanded our knowledge of their multi-causal etiologies. However, as diseases with physical and psychological elements inextricably intertwined and as complex metaphors for women’s lives, their treatment remains challenging and daunting for many practitioners. This course will offer an up-to-date analysis of the dynamics of each of the three major eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. An effort will be made to look at eating disorders from several different clinical perspectives and to locate them within the context of modern U.S. life. Treatment will be discussed from psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral and systems perspectives. The very effective new family treatment model developed by the Maudsley Hospital in England will be described. Despite the somewhat larger numbers of men with eating disorders being seen recently, the main focus of the course will be on working with women in individual, group and family treatment. There will be a chance for participants to consider the counter transference feelings evoked by working with women with eating disorders and the resultant reluctance to take on these often challenging cases.
Faculty: Davina Miller, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W. -- Specialist in individual, family and group treatment with clients suffering from eating disorders. Former Director, Counseling Services, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Private practice and consultation Northampton, MA.
08-136a
Assessment and Treatment of Female Offending/Aggression
Susan Robinson, .L.I.C.S.W.
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Most research on offending and aggression has been centered on males. To many, female offending has been viewed as a contradiction in terms, given that females are socialized to be the nurturers, not the aggressors. This apparent contradiction has led to a general denial of female offending. Yet females do offend in a myriad of ways and their narratives help researchers and clinicians understand their trajectories to violence. The current thinking is that aggressiveness is gendered and treatment models need to be developed through a lens of female development and epistemology. This course will provide an overview of some of the research on female offending. Developmental and clinical issues, risk factors, considerations for assessment and evaluation, and treatment needs will be discussed. This course will focus on both adolescent and adult female aggression. Gender differences (e.g., brain research and the role of hormones) will also be explored.
Faculty: Susan Robinson, LICSW, is a psychotherapist at The New England Counseling and Trauma Center in Williston, Vermont. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of adolescent and adult female offenders, and is published in the area of adolescent females with sexually abusive behavior.
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