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• Emerging from Covid-19: Addressing "Social Malnutrition" in Clinical Practice

  • When
    Saturday, May 04, 2024
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Silver Spring Library (900 Wayne Ave. Silver Spring)
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    31

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  Presenter Joel Kanter
  

  CEUs: Category 1 | 1.5 

  Location: Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library - Small Room

  Although the trend toward a reduction in social ties and social isolation has been evident for over a decade, the "social malnutrition" of many children, teens and adolescents was exacerbated during the Covid-19 crisis.  As a result, the incidence of depression, anxiety, suicide and addiction has increased significantly, even attracting the attention of the Surgeon General as a public health crisis.  In our clinical work, we see the impact of increasing social isolation in our daily practice; a vicious cycle ensues where isolation impacts interpersonal competence and lack of interpersonal competence increases isolation.  

  Also, in our professional activities, we have all suffered from a loss of “professional nutrition” since Covid began four years ago: less collegiality, networking and opportunity to learn from colleagues. Join us IN-PERSON (with coffee and bagels!) and discuss these challenges to our personal and professional lives.

  
  

  Workshop Objectives:

  Upon finishing this training, participants will be able to:

  Identify the social trends that have greatly impacted the reduction in social ties and increase in social isolation.

  1. Identify the social trends that have greatly impacted the reduction in social ties and increase in social isolation.
  2. Identify how social isolation impairs personality develop in adolescents and young adults.
  3. Outline clinical social work interventions for addressing ongoing social isolation.

  Agenda:

  • Intro: 10 minutes
  • Formal Presentation: 50 min
  • Coffee Break: 20 min
  • Discussion: 40 mins

  Recommended Reading:
  Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community (2023).

  Presenter bio:­ Joel Kanter, MSW, LCSW-C is in private practice of clinical social work in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is a faculty member of the Institute for Clinical Social Work and the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance. He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Clinical Social Work and Psychoanalytic Social Work Journals and has been recognized as a Distinguished Practitioner by the National Academy of Practice in Social Work. He has authored over 50 articles and chapters and the book Face to Face with Children: The Life and Work of Clare Winnicott (Routledge).

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• Clinical Practice with LGBTQ+ Patients: An Intersubjective/Relational Approach

  • When
    Sunday, May 05, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online ZOOM
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    11

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  Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Lebolt 
  

  CEUs: Category 1 | 3.0 

  Appropriate for ALL LEVELS/WILL NOT BE RECORDED

  What do we mean by LGBTQ+ (especially the +)? How can we work effectively with patients with a different gender identity or sexual orientation from our own? Drawing on Gray's intersubjective, improvisational approach to psychoanalytic treatment, I will present a case in which I demonstrate how the clinician's use of self in the relationship with the patient leads to a sense of agency and growth. I will invite participants to share their own case material.

  Workshop Objectives:

  At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the meaning of LGBTQ+
  2. Define "intersubjective" and "relational"
  3. Explain Gray's improvisational psychoanalytic approach 
  4. Describe how clinicians may use their sense of self to move treatment forward in work with LGBTQ+ patients.

  Agenda:

  • Introduction
  • Define "intersubjective" and "relational"
  • Explain Gray's improvisational psychoanalytic approach
  • Q & A
  • Break
  • Case presentation
  • Participant cases
  • Wrap-up

  Recommended Reading:

  • Atwood G. E. & Stolorow, R. D. (1984). Structures of subjectivity: Explorations in psychoanalytic phenomenology. Routledge.

  • Barsness, R. (Ed.) (2018). Core competencies of relational psychoanalysis: A guide to practice, study and research. Routledge.
  • Benjamin, J. (1990). An Outline of Intersubjectivity: The Development of Recognition. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 7, 33-46.
  • Cornett, C. (Ed.) (1993). Affirmative dynamic psychotherapy with gay men. Jason Aronson.
  • Davies, J. M. (1994). Love in the afternoon: A relational reconsideration of desire and dread in the countertransference. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 4, 153-170
  • Dimen, M. (2011). With culture in mind: Psychoanalytic stories. Routledge.
  • Domenici, T. & Lesser, R. (Eds.) (1995). Disorienting sexuality: Psychoanalytic reappraisals of sexual identities. Routledge.
  • Gray, A. (2015). Living truthfully under imaginary circumstances: Improvisation in psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 25, 725–742.
  • Grossmark, R. (2018). The unobtrusive relational analyst: Explorations in psychoanalytic companioning. Routledge.
  • Guzzardi, S. (2024). Toward a queered psychology of the self: Empathy and passibility from the margins to the center. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 19, 33-48.
  • Lebolt, J. (1999). Gay affirmative psychotherapy: A phenomenological study. Clinical Social Work, 27, 355-370.
  • Malamed, C. (2022). A Safe Space to Play Dangerously: Contextualizing Gender Play in Therapy. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 32, 198-206.
  • Ogden, T. H. (1988). On the dialectical structure of experience—Some clinical and theoretical implications. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 24, 17-45.
  • Suchet, M. (2011). Crossing Over. Psychoanalytic Dialogue

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• Presentation and Discussion of DEI Strategic Plan, by Melanie Hood-Wilson

  • When
    Monday, May 06, 2024
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online ZOOM

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  Category 2: 2 CEUs

  Please join for our next Town Hall Meeting, facilitated by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) consultant, Melanie Hood-Wilson!

  The meeting will include a presentation of GWSCSW's DEI Strategic Plan, as prepared by Ms. Hood-Wilson. This plan is the culmination of many hours of surveys and interviews with membership (you!) to outline the demographics that exist within our society, the feelings and needs of our members, and our growth areas as an organization. Ms. Hood-Wilson will also share key recommendations for our continued DEI work. There will be an opportunity for small group and large group discussion about the presentation and recommendations.

  Please consider attending! This is your organization, and your voice is important! This is an important moment for GWSCSW, as we make necessary changes to our organization to maintain relevance for ALL of our members, now and in future generations. We want as many members as possible to participate, to feel that you have a seat at the table for that change process.

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• Relational Ethics and Social Work Practice

  • When
    Friday, May 31, 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Online ZOOM

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  Presenter: Theresa A. Beeton, LCSW

  CEUs: 3.0 (ETHICS CREDIT)

  Review the NASW code of ethics and apply it to your current interactions with clients. This workshop will also review the Virginia Standards of Practice.  Earn these Ethics credits -- VA members can submit for your VA renewal due this June.

  Workshop Objectives:

  Participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the basic concepts of ethical practice in terms of beliefs, values and moral standards related to the development of ethical standards.
  2. Learn ethical standards developed by NASW Review Virginia standards of practice.
  3. Describe personal practice and the processing of ethical dilemmas related to practice.
  4. Practice steps to resolve ethical dilemma.

  Agenda:

  • Introduction and statement of goals
  • Participants develop personal worksheet
  • Small group interaction
  • Review and definitions of Beliefs, values, and moral standards
  • Broad overview of ethical code
  • Virginia Standards of Social Work Practice
  • Steps for coping with ethical dilemmas
  • Review and explore ethical dilemmas and counseling

  Practice with personal examples
  Course reading NASW Code of Ethics //www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp

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• Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Sexual Health Issues

  • When
    Saturday, June 01, 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar
  • Spaces left
    36

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  Presenter Brittany Hudspeth

  • Licensed Professional Counselor
  • National Certified Counselor
  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
  • AASECT Certified Sex Therapist

  
  

  CEUs: Category 1 | 3.0 

  Modern culture often does not support people who have individual sex issues due to harmful messaging around sex especially outside of couple’s issues (Buehler, 2022). This means that most people with individual sex issues enter treatment initially with physical health professionals who are not often trained in the emotional component of the sexual issues due to the specialized nature of the training (Buehler, 2022). This approach looks at Values, Identity, and Messaging that has prevented psychological flexibility within individuals in relation to their sexual health issues. An approach employing ACT to address an individual’s sexual health issues will be presented as a brief intervention tool. The Contextual Interview focuses specifically on the individual’s values, gender, and sexual identity while exploring any precipitating events, triggering factors, and maintaining factors along with workability in an individual’s sex life. Once a Contextual Interview is completed with a client, evidence of psychological inflexibility around their sexual issues will be explored. If the issue of psychological inflexibility can be approached, reframing can be attempted to create psychological flexibility and new value-oriented behavior.
  Aims: To provide the audience working in individual counseling a streamlined approach using ACT to help those struggling with sexual health issues. All Levels of Clinicians

  Workshop Objectives:

  By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
  

  • Construct a Contextual Interview with clients
  • Describe how ACT fits into Sexual Health Issues
  • Be able to identify Psychological Inflexibility within the sexual health issue
  • Create value guided actions for clients needs

  Agenda:

  • Intro to ACT with Sexual Health 10-10:45 AM
  • Introduction to Contextual Interview for Sexual Health 10:45 AM -12 PM
  • Psychological Flexibility and Values Guided Behavior 12:00 PM-12:30 PM
  • Q and A 12:30 PM -1 PM

  Recommended Reading:
  

  • Buehler, S. (2022). What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex. Springer Publishing.
  • Harris, R (2009). ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (1 st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.
  • Robinson, P. J., Gould, D.A., & Strosahl, K. (2010). Real behavior change in primary care: Improving patient outcomes & increasing job satisfaction. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
  • Strosahl, K., Robinson, P. Gustavsson, T. (2012) Brief Interventions for Radical Change: Principles and Practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (1 st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.
  • The Leather Couch: by Stefani Goerlich

  Citations that will be used in the workshop:
  

  • Buehler, S. (2022). What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex. Springer Publishing.
  • Harris, R (2009). ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (1 st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.
  • Robinson, P. J., Gould, D.A., Strosahl, K. (2010). Real behavior change in primary care: Improving patient outcomes increasing job satisfaction. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
  • Strosahl, K., Robinson, P. Gustavsson, T. (2012) Brief Interventions for Radical Change: Principles and Practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (1 st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.

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• Lets Talk About Sex Baby, Lets Talk About Sex In Therapy

  • When
    Saturday, September 07, 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library | 900 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  • Spaces left
    40

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  Presenter: Brittany Hudspeth

  • Licensed Professional Counselor
  • National Certified Counselor
  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
  • AASECT Certified Sex Therapist

  CEUs: Category 1 | 3.0 

  Addressing sexual topics in therapy has been something that most therapists report not being trained in properly (Buehler, 2022). This lack of training contributes to the stigma and silence around individuals’ sexual health issues (Buehler, 2022). The purpose of this workshop is to have people talk about sexual topics in a more accessible and humorous way with evidence-based practices. Application of an ACT model can provide support for therapists while guiding their clients through sex work. Understanding how to use the pillars of psychological flexibility in a sexual health context can profoundly help the individual struggling with sexual health issues. Using Sexy Pillars of Open Wide (Willingness & Defusion), Deep In It (Present moment & Self as Context), and Lets Do it (Values & Committed Action) aim to address the Psychological Inflexibility around a client’s sexual health issues. Using sex-specified skills will help the client move from being stuck in their sexual issue to being able to pivot towards their sexual values. For any clinician on any level.

  Workshop Objectives:

  Upon finishing this training, participants will be able to:

  By the conclusion of the class, participants should be able to:
  Discuss how ACT fits into sex therapy work
  Be able to apply and discuss the pillars of flexibility with sex therapy work
  Recognize what tools/activities can be used when there is psychological inflexibility
  The importance of being able to discuss sex in therapy
  

  Agenda:

  1. Intro to Act and how it fits in with sex therapy work
  2. Pillars of psychological flexibility and sex therapy activities
  3. What to do if things go sideways
  4. Q and A

  Recommended Reading:
  

  • Buehler, S. (2022). What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex. Springer Publishing.
  • Harris, R (2009). ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (1st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.

  Citations that will be used in the workshop:
  

  • Buehler, S. (2022). What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex. Springer Publishing.
  • Harris, R (2009). ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (1st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.

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• How to Help a Client Have a Psychologically Flexible BDSM Relationship

  • When
    Saturday, October 12, 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar
  • Spaces left
    40

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  Presenter Brittany Hudspeth

  • Licensed Professional Counselor
  • National Certified Counselor
  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
  • AASECT Certified Sex Therapist

  CEUs: Category 1 | 3.0 

  For any clinician at any level. This workshop will discuss psychological flexibility within an BDSM relationship. How to increase clients discourse of the relationship in a affirming and non judgmental way. This workshop with discuss terminology that is used in BDSM dynamics along with best practices.

  Workshop Objectives:

  1. By the conclusion of the class participates will be able to:
  2. Will be able discuss best practices for working with someone in a BDSM dynamic
  3. Will be able to describe different terms for BDSM dynamics
  4. Create a BDSM dynamic contract with clients
  5. Recognize how to increase client disclosures of BDSM relationships

  Agenda:

  • Introduction to ACT and Psychological Flexibility
  • How to increase clients disclosure
  • Terms
  • How to create a contract/ aftercare
  • Best Practices
  • Q & A

  Recommended Reading:
  

  • Buehler, S. (2022). What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know 
  • The Leather Couch: by Stefani Goerlich

  Citations that will be used in the workshop:
  

  • Buehler, S. (2022). What Every Mental Health Professional Needs to Know About Sex. Springer Publishing.
  • The Leather Couch: by Stefani Goerlich

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