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March 25, 2010
Thursday All Day Workshops 9:30 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 5 pm
101 - From Play to Revelation: Defeating the Hobgoblins of Everyday LifeJude Treder-Wolff and Wells Hanley We all know that the excitement of life depends on our capacity to embrace the dynamic unfolding of spontaneous events. Yet, many of us spend our days trying to control everything that occurs. In this workshop, we’ll learn how to use Theater Games--improvisations of comedy, music, storytelling, and drama--to generate a “state of play” in which we’ll suspend our need to know what’s going to happen next. We’ll use the “language” of music, story, comedy, and dramatic action to explore alternatives to workaday reality. You might, for example, create a deathbed scene for the Relentless Inner Critic or compose an original Country Western tune called “Insurance Billing Is Killing Me.” You’ll learn how to tap into your inner impresario to discover how the flat, discouraging, and defeating aspects of your daily life can become a source not only of play and good humor, but of genuine revelation. Jude Treder-Wolff, L.C.S.W., writes the e-newsletter Lives in Progress. She’s the author of Possible Futures: Creative Thinking for the Speed of Life. Wells Hanley, M.A., a freelance musician, has performed at festivals like the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Spoleto Music Festival. He’s appeared and/or recorded with Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, and many others.
102 - Opening to the Heart of HealingMaggie Phillips According to recent neuroscience research, the heart seems to act as if it had a “mind” of its own and has an energy field more than 60 times stronger than that of the brain. Not only does it send many more messages to the brain than the brain sends back to the heart, but heart-rate variability is considered the most dependable gauge of inner emotional states. This experiential workshop will offer a variety of approaches, including Heart Math tools, breathing techniques, mindfulness practice, and energy psychology, to stimulate heartfelt positive emotions, like love, compassion, and gratitude, and create “hearth healthy” states of inner coherence and harmony. We’ll explore and practice effective methods for the rapid regulation of chronic toxic emotions often related to trauma that generate stress reactions, compromise the immune system, and strain heart health. You’ll come away with an enhanced capacity for becoming a more mindful therapist and for helping yourself and your clients resolve traumatic stress and achieve neural integration through heart-centered awareness. Maggie Phillips, Ph.D., director of the California Institute of Clinical Hypnosis, is the author of Reversing Chronic Pain. Other books include Healing the Divided Self and Finding the Energy to Heal.
103 - A Day for MindfulnessAnh-Huong Nguyen and Thu Nguyen Mindfulness meditation can help us reduce stress, manage pain, and expand our capacity to joyfully embrace life in the here and now. Led by teachers ordained by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, this workshop will introduce you to the art of mindful living through the technique of conscious breathing. Via individual and group exercises, you’ll devote the day to getting in touch with your inherent capacities for inner expensiveness, healing, and renewal. Dress comfortably and bring a mat and/or blanket for the total-body-relaxation period. Please bring your lunch or preorder a box lunch on the Registration Form, so we can practice mindful eating together at lunchtime. Anh-Huong Nguyen, M.S., a student of Thich Nhat Hanh for 30 years, has translated several of his books into English, including The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion. She and her husband Thu Nguyen, were among the first students ordained as Dharma teachers by Thich Nhat Hanh. Thu Nguyen, Ph.D., is a cofounder with his wife of the Mindfulness Practice Center of Fairfax in Oakton, Virginia.
104 - The Joy of DanceRichard Gonzalez The expansive experience of dance has accompanied rituals of birth, weddings, funerals, religious occasions, and significant communal events from time immemorial. It enhances the joy of triumph, consoles and contributes to recovery during times of sadness and loss. In this workshop, we’ll use dance to awaken our bodies and spirits and help us feel more part of the community of fellow humans. Dancing to Afro-Caribbean music, we’ll explore free, unscripted movements that’ll get your heart beating, attune you to the joyful dancer within, and liberate you from inhibitions that you may have carried since childhood. Whether you’re convinced you can’t dance and have two left feet or are an experienced dancer, you’ll leave feeling revitalized, exhilarated, and euphoric.
105 - Awaken the Writer WithinKaty Butler Do you have a story to tell, but hold back out of fear? In this workshop, you’ll learn to free your writing hand from your self-editing (and self-censoring) brain. In the morning, we’ll do focused, rapid, pen-to-paper exercises designed to outfox, outrun, tame, and even befriend your inner critic. In the afternoon, we’ll share our budding work in a safe, creative sanctuary and begin to shape promising starts into short stories, poems, Op-Ed pieces, personal essays, or the beginnings of articles. Break up the inner logjams, melt the ice floes, and be prepared for amazement at the quality and quantity of the work you produce. Bring a big spiral-bound notebook and plenty of free-flowing pens. Katy Butler, features editor of the Psychotherapy Networker, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and More magazine, among other publications. She regularly teaches memoir writing at the Esalen Institute.
106 - Eating and AwarenessJean Kristeller Bringing a state of mindful awareness to the sensations of hunger, taste, fullness, and satisfaction, and to the feelings that trigger hunger, can transform our relationship to food from one of continual struggle to one characterized by pleasure, gratification, and contentment. Coupled with the selection of healthy, nourishing foods, mindful awareness can contribute to weight loss, improved mood, and a more balanced approach to eating. In this workshop, we’ll explore the Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Treatment (MB-EAT), a research-supported program that’s helped people experiencing a wide variety of eating issues. You’ll learn how to become aware of the difference between emotional and physical hunger, how to bring conscious choice to eating patterns, and how to become more attuned to the sensory pleasures of eating (as opposed to overeating mindlessly). You’ll also have an opportunity to practice four mindful-eating techniques that will transform your own experience with food. Jean Kristeller, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and director of the Center for the Study of Health, Religion and Spirituality at Indiana State University. She’s used meditation-based interventions for eating disorders and obesity for more than 20 years.
107 - Awakening Your Body WisdomDaniel Leven As long as our bodies are working alright, we tend to regard them as loyal servants, expected to do our bidding without complaint. But our bodies deserve much more than that. They have their own wisdom, their own stories to tell us that we need to hear. In this workshop you’ll learn to relate to your own body as an ally and friend, to regard body experience--including tension, discomfort, and pain--as messages that you need to heed and respect. You’ll experientially explore the emotional body, which lives in and through your physical body, learn the language it speaks in the sensations it sends, and respond with compassion and appreciation for its gifts. You’ll be guided through a process that synthesizes mindfulness and a sense of the body with the expressive arts, including drawing, moving, and journaling. At the end of the workshop, you’ll experience both an expanded awareness of your physical senses and gratitude for the rich wisdom your body can provide. Daniel Leven, R.S.M.T., is founder and director of the Leven Institute for Expressive Movement, where he trains practitioners in mind-body healing and wellness.
108 - Focusing: Contacting Your Creative FlowJoan Klagsbrun Each of us has within ourselves a wellspring of creativity and an intuitive feeling for “what works” in any imaginative endeavor, but many of us lack the knowledge of how to tap into it. In this workshop, you’ll learn the Focusing method developed by psychologist Eugene Gendlin that helps you find this natural source of creative vitality by experiencing your “felt sense” of an issue, situation, or experience: messages or knowledge held in your body’s deeper self. We’ll apply Focusing to different expressive modalities (writing, art, movement) to access the body’s innate wisdom, creative intelligence, and inner stores of vitality. We’ll address blocks to our creative expression, like writer’s block and procrastination, and explore ways to clear them. Finally, we’ll discuss techniques for getting unstuck by transforming the inner critic into a trusted friend. Joan Klagsbrun, Ph.D., a psychologist in private practice in the Boston area and an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University, has been teaching Focusing internationally for more than 30 years.
109 - Brain UpgradePaula Oleska How can you improve mental tasks like reading and comprehension, memory, focus, and organization, as well as reduce stress, without tedious memory exercises or endless crossword puzzles? Based on research at the cutting edge of neuroscience, the Brain Upgrade uses targeted “smart” exercises--a combination of physical movements and sensory stimulation--to improve coordination among your thinking, feeling, and action brain centers, including the right and left hemispheres. Almost immediately, you’ll experience improvements not only in your thinking capacity, but in your ability to handle emotions. You’ll leave this workshop better understanding how information is processed in the brain and knowing how to do a dozen activities that coordinate different brain areas. You’ll also know a new technique for modulating emotions and changing ingrained habits. Paula Oleska, M.A., is known internationally as a lecturer, teacher, and pioneering practitioner of new approaches to brain development. She’s the author of Memory Moves and The Wisdom of Anger.
110 - Therapist, Heal--and Celebrate--Thyself!James Gordon Roughly 2,300 years ago, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, was already reminding his students that they couldn’t heal others if they weren’t at the same time restoring their own equilibrium, clarity, and inner harmony. Like our clients, we must face life’s difficulties while celebrating the capacity for joy, peace, and inner wisdom we hold within ourselves. In this workshop, you’ll explore your own untapped gifts for self-healing as you discover the steps in your own journey to greater health and contentment. You’ll learn a wide range of mind-body techniques--meditations, guided imagery, movement and dance, drawing and written dialogue--to mobilize your imagination, reconnect with your body, and awaken your spiritual self. You’ll leave with a new understanding of your clients, not as sufferers from a disease or disorder, but as fellow travelers on a journey to health. James Gordon, M.D., the founder and director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and a professor of psychiatry and family medicine at Georgetown Medical School, is the author of Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven Stage Journey Out of Depression.
111 - Finding Your VoiceDana LaCroix Singing, one of the most primal forms of human communication, has been used since the dawn of history to mark life’s milestones, overcome challenges, accompany rituals, and bridge the gap between the physical and spiritual worlds. Many of us yearn to express ourselves in song, yet, in our time, singing has come to be regarded as the sacrosanct territory of the professionally trained. In this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to find your own singing voice in a safe, supportive environment where uninhibited musical self-expression is the goal. Through the use of breathing exercises, traditional work songs, gospel music, musical theater games, and the exploration of rhythm, you’ll have an opportunity to sing, shout, laugh, improvise, and experience the thrill of lifting your voice and blending with others in a communal celebration of song. Dana LaCroix, is a professional singer, songwriter, and critically acclaimed recording and touring artist. She’s written songs for feature films, been director of music at the New Drama School in Copenhagen, Denmark, and worked as a vocal coach at the Danish Academy of Music.
112 - Paint Your VisionDavid Daniels Learn to express your personal vision in watercolors. This hands-on workshop will introduce basic watercolor techniques to help you tap into and enjoy your creative energies. Grounded in the belief that anyone can paint, this daylong experience will give you the enthusiasm, self-confidence, and know-how to continue painting for a lifetime. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to bring photos or other images for inspiration. David Daniels, M.A., is resident watercolor instructor for the Smithsonian Institution and an instructor at the National Museum of American Art. He’s on the art faculty of Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. His work has been featured in “Best of Watercolor Composition” in American Artist magazine.
113 - Older but Healthier: Cultivating Physical Well-Being in Middle Age (and Beyond)Kelly Dorfman We all know we’re supposed to eat better, exercise more, stimulate our brains, take the right kind of vitamins, yada, yada, but most of us can’t afford to hire personal trainers and chefs or take the time to study the ever-more-towering healthy lifestyle literature. In this workshop, you’ll get a one-day crash course on the effects of nutrition, exercise, and supplements on our bodies and minds, as well as a chance to create a personal blueprint that optimizes your genetic potential and keep your brain and body strong and healthy into advanced old age. In the morning, we’ll review the scientific research on the relationship between diet, mood, and energy, as well as how to use diet and nutrients to get healthier and smarter. In the afternoon, we’ll break into small groups to formulate individual strategies that address the issues important to you--weight, strength, flexibility, hormone balance--with food, supplements, and exercise. You’ll leave with a clear, flexible, individualized, and appealing plan for staying healthy for life. Kelly Dorfman, M.S., is a medical intuitive who utilizes her 25 years of experience in her work as a nationally-known clinical nutritionist and health-program planner. Her specialty is strategy-development for complex medical problems.
114 - Centering: Back to the Basics of our Nature with ClayDavid Flohr Clay is elemental--the raw substrate of creation, the dense, earthy matter from which our human form emerged. Touching, smoothing, molding its damp, heavy solidity puts us in touch with something primal about ourselves and our existence. In this workshop, we’ll explore our creativity through the medium of clay, accompanied by guided visualizations, and group-based experiential processes. We’ll begin by calling forth “child energies,” emphasizing simplicity and spontaneity, then explore the direct sensation of the clay in silence and later with music. We’ll work around a potter’s wheel, hand-build clay shapes, and work with polymer clay. During the day, we’ll have two “centering circles” during which participants take turns “stepping into the center” to share their experience, while the circle “holds the space” through witnessing and mirroring. Throughout the workshop, we’ll move between the energy of the circle and the still, primal substance of clay as it responds and changes shape with our touch. David Flohr, Ph.D., is in private practice in Falls Church, Virginia, and is an advanced clinician in Imago Relationship Therapy.
115 - The Tao of ImprovRobert Taibbi If it’s true that all the world’s a stage, it’s also true that our roles are always unscripted. Life is all about improvising--about working with what life hands us, and even more so in these times of rapid and sudden change. We need to make bold choices, yet always be ready and willing to surrender our plans and adapt. In this experiential workshop, you’ll learn the process, principles, and skills of comedic improv. You’ll have day-long opportunities to create scenes, work in a team, and think on your feet. You’ll have loads of fun, laugh a lot, and learn to trust. Most of all, you’ll discover that there really are no mistakes and that wonderful parts of you are living just outside your comfort zone. Dress comfortably and come prepared for adventure. Robert Taibbi, M.S.W., who has 36 years of clinical experience, is the author of Doing Family Therapy and Doing Couple Therapy. He provides clinical trainings nationally and is a former member of the improv troupe The Improfessionals.
116 - The Waking DreamRubin Naiman Could it be that dreaming isn’t merely “the royal road to the unconscious,” as Freud called it, but the actual territory? Maybe dreams aren’t cloaked messages from our deeper self, but direct experiences of it. In fact, dreaming doesn’t just happen during nightly REM periods--it takes place throughout the waking day. This waking dream is a universal human phenomenon--a wondrous and accessible form of perception that reveals the sacredness behind all things. Through multimedia presentations, movement, guided imagery, and even a bit of liberating madness, this workshop will gently guide you through a personal experience of the waking dream and expand your awareness in a way that can recontextualize ordinary life events. These techniques aren’t meant to radically change your life, but rather to gently shift your attitude toward it. Rubin Naiman, Ph.D., is the sleep and dream specialist and clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arizonas Center for Integrative Medicine. His publications include Healing Night, The Sleep Advisor and Healthy Sleep (with Andrew Weil).
117 - The Joys of Social NetworkingMarina London and Michael Klaybor You know there are a lot of new social-media technologies out there and suspect you really must learn them, but it’s just all too overwhelming. Help is here! If you can power-up a laptop, surf the Internet, and send an e-mail, you can easily learn to use these and other platforms to make new contacts, influence people, and increase your professional visibility. In this workshop, we’ll review--from a therapist’s perspective--the current social media, including Web 2.0, and the most important platforms--Twitter, Skype, Ning, blogging, etc. You’ll get hands-on practice at setting up a blog and leave the workshop having posted your first one! You’ll also learn how to set up an effective and professional Twitter presence. We’ll discuss the ethical, legal, and practice guidelines for these activities as well. Participants who want to learn how to Twitter and blog must bring their own laptops and be able to connect to the Internet. Marina London, M.S.S.W., is the author of iWebU, a weekly blog about the Internet and new media for technophobic mental health professionals. Michael Klaybor, Ed.D., a professional counselor for more than 25 years, has developed an online treatment program for women with high-risk pregnancies.
118 - The World of MagicJay Efran Have you ever wanted to be able to keep other people spellbound? Here’s your chance. In this workshop, using everyday objects and easily assembled props, you’ll learn some of the secrets of practicing magic that have delighted people of all ages for thousands of years. The presenter, a magician and therapist, will discuss the principles of magic and explain how and why people willingly suspend their powers of observation and analysis in favor of enchantment. By the end of the day, you’ll have learned a series of mind-boggling magic effects for connecting with clients and young people, spicing up lectures, entertaining family and friends, and--who knows?--acquiring bewitching new clinical powers! Jay Efran, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of psychology at Temple University. He’s coauthor of Language, Structure and Change: Frameworks of Meaning in Psychotherapy and The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction.
119 - Embracing Our Polarities: A Day of YogaAmy Weintraub In the West, we tend to think of Yoga as a routine of physical postures with perhaps some breathing exercises thrown in. But Yoga offers a profoundly rich tradition of practices engaging mind and body that help us fully open ourselves to life, whatever it may bring, embracing its complexities and contradictions as well as its glories. In this day-long workshop, we’ll practice ancient meditative forms of Yoga and Yogic self-inquiry that help us explore the dualities of existence. We’ll practice a mood-balancing Yoga meditation that takes us gently back and forth between negative and positive, hot and cold, comfort and discomfort, expanding the mind and opening the heart to accept and embrace nature’s inherent polarities. We’ll incorporate a variety of calming, meditative practices, physical warm-ups, and stretches, along with mantras and breathing exercises, that’ll leave us feeling more calm and grounded as well as more spacious and expansive, ready to welcome whatever comes our way with confidence and acceptance. Amy Weintraub, M.F.A., ERYT500, is the author of Yoga for Depression and founder of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute. She’s a leader in the field of yoga and mental health and offers certification trainings for mental health professionals.
120 - Feng Shui from the HeartBarry Gordon Our physical surroundings exert a powerful influence on our sense of well-being and inner harmony, but most of us don’t know ways to improve the space around us. In this workshop, we’ll explore how our environment interacts with our intentions and discover how to adjust it both to create harmony in ourselves and open up possibilities in our lives. You’ll learn basic Feng Shui rules and how to apply them to the floor plan of your house. You’ll practice a simple Feng Shui meditation to increase your intuitive appreciation of your environment. You’ll also learn a ritual to clear negative energies from any location, and practice it by clearing your home at a distance through your floor plan. If you’d like the presenter to analyze your floor plan, provide an overhead transparency of it, and he’ll randomly choose three to discuss. Barry Gordon, co-owner of the BTB Feng Shui Masters Training Program, has been an international Feng Shui practitioner and educator since 1984. Following a near-death experience in Vietnam, he’s explored shamanic work, spiritual practice, therapy, and esoteric studies for 30-plus years.
121 - Breathing into Full AlivenessJessica Dibb and Jim Morningstar Breathing is the first and last act of our lives and our most important physiological function, but few of us know how to breathe in a way that improves our physical health, emotional well-being, and spiritual awareness, let alone how to share that knowledge with clients. In this workshop, we’ll practice breathing techniques and take a profound inner journey that relieves stress, promotes a healthier lifestyle, relieves chronic emotional pain, and encourages spiritual awakening. You’ll learn how to do belly-oriented breathing, which tones the parasympathetic nervous system, and heart-centered breathing, which affects the sympathetic nervous system and can heal the body at a deep level. This day of breathing will create a radical transformation for you as you experience how to use therapeutic integrative Breathwork to treat panic attacks, anxiety, traumatic stress, and other disorders in your clients not reached by more cognitive therapies. Jessica Dibb is the founder and spiritual director of Inspiration Community, a nondenominational consciousness school that promotes personal, relational, and planetary wellness. She’s a coordinator of the International Breathwork Training Alliance. Jim Morningstar, Ph.D., is director of Transformations Incorporated and a coordinator of International Breathwork Training Alliance. He’s the author of Breathing in Light and Love and Spiritual Psychology.
122 - The Eye of the Soul: Experiencing Nature through PhotographyDick Anderson Evocative photographs create a bridge between the outside world and our inner life journey. In this workshop, we’ll explore our relationship to the world of nature through photography. We’ll begin with a brief orientation, discussing sample photographs not just as records of specific surroundings but as statements about the photographer’s essential character and world view. Then each of us will spend a solitary, meditative morning in Rock Creek Park just outside the conference hotel. Our goal will be to capture the essence of our inner experience of this natural setting in a single photograph. After lunch we’ll gather to share our images with each other--not to critique them, but to appreciate the remarkable variety of human experience they represent. Bring your digital camera with your USB cable, a laptop computer if you wish to share your images electronically, and appropriate outdoor clothing rain or sunshine.
123 - A Day of QiGongPatrick Dougherty Qigong, an ancient Chinese mindfulness practice derived from Taoist traditions, is an elegantly simple, but powerful, way of balancing one’s energy to reduce stress, promote health, slow aging, and enhance emotional well-being. The regular practice of Qigong unblocks the flow of energy though the body, which helps treat and prevent many illnesses. At a deeper level, the practice offers greater engagement and more profound connection with all life. In this workshop, you’ll learn the simple movements, visualizations, and breathing exercises of this tradition from a Western psychotherapist who teaches Qigong and is himself the student of a Qigong master. When practiced regularly, these movements can be an antidote to emotional fatigue, burnout, anxiety, depression, and physical ailments. By helping you balance your own energy, practicing Qigong makes you more acutely aware when others are out of balance, which can enhance your therapeutic alliance. Patrick Dougherty, M.A., is a licensed psychologist who’s been in private practice for more than 30 years. He’s been teaching Qigong for over 14 years, and is the author of Qigong in Psychotherapy: You Can Do So Much By Doing So Little and the forthcoming A Whole-Hearted Embrace: Finding Love at the Center of Everything.
124 - The Journey to Oneness: The Four Levels of ConsciousnessRudolph Bauer In the world’s contemplative traditions, the spiritual journey involves an expansion of consciousness from everyday experience to a broader awareness of oneness with the universe. In this day-long experiential workshop on meditation, we’ll explore the stages of this journey, beginning with a heightened appreciation of “standard issue” thinking, sensation, and fantasy. From there, we’ll focus on the fundamental meditative awareness that we’re not our thoughts and feelings. We’ll proceed to an “awareness of awareness,” in which we give up our life’s storyline and experience no longer being fused with our normal identities, but rather experience the field of awareness as our own self. We’ll even explore the fourth, and rarest, level: the sense of pure awareness or pure radiant void, a mystical state achieved at the highest levels of Tibetan Buddhism. While achieving the final state may be a long shot in this one-day workshop, you’ll experience a rich and profound voyage to the edges of your current state of awareness. Rudolph Bauer, Ph.D., director of the Gestalt Therapy Training Center in Washington, D.C., and codirector of the Washington Center for Consciousness Studies, has published extensively on existential psychotherapy and studied with many Tibetan Dzogchen and Chinese Qigong masters.
125 - The Creative Challenges of the Midlife CrisisKathleen Brehony Whether it happens at age 35, 45, 55, or even later, there may come a time in life when we find ourselves questioning everything we thought we knew about who we are and what we want out of life. In this experiential workshop, we’ll explore the psychological, physical, relational, and professional angst that can threaten to tear down our carefully constructed houses of identity. You’ll learn why this often painful period can be an opportunity to reclaim parts of your lost identity and do some of the real growing up that you may have postponed for years. You’ll leave with five strategic tools for successfully navigating this difficult and promising state of being: Building Containers; Dreamwork; Creativity; the Life of the Spirit; and Living in the Body. We’ll also examine inspiring examples of individuals who succeeded in using the midlife transition to reclaim their authentic selves and live with deeper peace and greater passion. Kathlenn Brehony, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and life coach in Manteo, North Carolina, is the author of the bestsellers Awakening at Midlife; Ordinary Grace; and After the Darkest Hour.
126 - Getting Unstuck: Energy Psychology as a Pathway to Creative FlowDawson Church and David Feinstein Are there intentions you’ve held for years that never seem to manifest? Are there patterns in your life that keep repeating despite all the therapy and personal-growth techniques you’ve tried? In this experiential, hands-on workshop, we’ll play freely with the techniques of Energy Psychology to help you unblock the creative flow you intuitively sense is possible in your life. Combining individual work in your chair, the power of the group’s dynamics, and onstage demonstrations, you’ll be able to focus on any area you wish--from irrational fears, anger, and guilt to obstacles to success, interpersonal difficulties, or anxiety about the future. Dawson Church, Ph.D., the founder Soul Medicine Institute, is the author of The Genie in Your Genes and the editor of the peer-reviewed journal Energy Psychology. David Feinstein, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist whose five books on energy healing have each won a national award. He and his wife, Donna Eden, coauthored The Promise of Energy Psychology with EFT founder Gary Craig.
127 - Ethical Issues in 21st Century PracticeMary Jo Barrett It takes a lot of energy to establish and maintain ethical boundaries in therapy. When clinicians have expended too much of their energy and are suffering from compassion fatigue, they’re much more vulnerable to boundary confusion in their relationships with clients. In this workshop, we’ll discuss the importance of self-reflection, peer supervision, sharing concerns with colleagues, and establishing and maintaining clear boundary guidelines. We’ll focus particularly on self-care, with participants developing a plan for their own personal and professional well-being, to keep them grounded, mindful, and confident so that compassion fatigue becomes much less of an issue as a trigger for boundary problems. Note: this workshop fulfills many state board requirements for training in ethics and risk management. Mary Jo Barrett, M.S.W., is director of the Center for Contextual Change and teaches at the University of Chicago. She’s the author of Systemic Treatment of Incest and Treating Incest: A Multiple Systems Perspective.
128 - Beginning Your CareerLynn Grodzki You’re just beginning your career as a therapist and you’ve started seeing clients, but all kinds of questions and problems arise day to day that were never addressed in graduate school. Where can you go for guidance? In this all-day workshop, we’ll come together to explore the range of baffling professional issues faced by beginning therapists trying to chart their career path. You’ll get advice on how to simplify your most difficult cases, retain clients longer, and stay calm and grounded when sessions get tough. We’ll explain the basics of clinical supervision--what kinds of questions supervisors ask and what they look for--so you’ll know what to pay attention to when you assess your own work. We’ll also reveal the secrets and strategies of building a successful private practice, even in today’s economic climate. The workshop is designed to create a safe atmosphere for sharing your situation, brainstorming with others, and making some new and lasting connections that will enable you to build your own professional community of colleagues. Lynn Grodzki, L.C.S.W., is a Master Certified Coach and the author of five books on practice building. Her latest is Crisis-Proof Your Practice: How to Survive and Thrive in an Uncertain Economy.
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