Genograms: Assessment & Intervention

with Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, Sueli Petry, PhD, & Debra Chatman Finley, MA

Friday, March 7, 2008

Cost:

$100

Training:

6 hours

Location:

Neumann CenterDirections

Date:

Friday, March 7, 2008

Faculty:

Monica McGoldrick, Sueli Petry, & Debra Chatman Finley

The genogram is not just a graphic illustration of a family’s cast of characters, but also the repository of an extraordinary amount of vital clinical information and if used well, an invaluable tool for guiding treatment. This presentation will focus on new developments in genograms and demonstrate the use of family play genograms to facilitate clients’ bridging cutoffs and overcoming family conflicts which interfere with their functioning and contribute to depression, addiction, anxiety, behavioral problems and underfunctioning. We will discuss innovative ways to use this tool in therapy, cultural, racial, and spiritual legacies and family play genograms, increasing clinicians’ ability to use genograms creatively with clients to tap into their cultural and familial resources.

Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Working with Troubled Adolescents

with Kenneth V. Hardy, Ph.D.

Thursday & Friday, November 1-2, 2007

Cost:

$200

Training:

12 hours

Location:

Neumann CenterDirections

Dates:

Thursday & Friday, November 1-2, 2007

Faculty:

Kenneth V. Hardy, Ph.D.

Adolescence is one of the most complex phases of human development. Under the best of circumstances, puberty, the elevated sense of significance assigned to peers, self-centeredness, and a generalized spirit of experimentation, exploration, and “testing of limits” make working with adolescents a challenging endeavor. This work is further complicated when the “normal developmental struggles” of adolescence are compounded by a myriad of emotional, behavioral, and familial difficulties. Working effectively with adolescents is challenging for many human service providers, especially when faced with youth who are involved with drugs/alcohol, violence, and other destructive behaviors. A framework for understanding adolescents who are prone toward angry, aggressive, and explosive behaviors will be presented. Specific strategies for enhancing effective assessment, engagement, and treatment with troubled adolescents will be provided.

Healing and Resilience

One Day Workshop

Offered 3 times: August 24, 2007, October 19, 2007 or January 11, 2008

Cost:

$150
(includes lunch & materials)

Training:

6 Hours

Location:

Multicultural Family Institute Directions

Dates:

Not Yet Set - please call for details

Faculty:

Charlesetta Sutton, LCSW

Healers and Caretakers recreate and restore balance and harmony in people’s lives. They encourage others to “retreat” and take breaks. This workshop-retreat cultivates an appreciation for the contributions you provide in the healing of others. The experiential course enhances the skills of practitioners and other caretakers in a position to facilitate positive coping strategies and building resilience. Participants explore how their own beliefs and styles of coping may influence their work. Participants also recognize, develop and expand skills and strategies to enhance their capacity to work with clients.

Immigration: Myths and Realities

One Day Workshop

Cost:

$100 (Space strictly limited)

Date:

Friday May 4, 2007

Faculty:

Nydia Garcia Preto, Eliana Catao de Korin, Roxana Llerena-Quinn

Training:

6 hours

Location:

Neumann CenterDirections

Myths and realities of the immigration experience will be the focus of this workshop The effects of cultural discontinuities across the generations for immigrant families generally go unacknowledged in our society, until there is a crisis as they negotiate life cycle changes in the new context. The losses families experience, and changes they have to make to adapt in the new culture create major shifts in family relationships, and have a dramatic impact on family structure. This workshop will present a life cycle framework for appreciating the multigenerational traumatic impact of immigration on families going through this life cycle process. Video illustrations and case examples will be used to illustrate intergenerational conflicts, gender issues, and identity.

16th Annual Culture Conference: Crossing Cultural Bridges: Hope, Hard Conversations, and Healing

Two Day Summit

Cost:

$225 (Space strictly limited)

Date:

Friday and Saturday, April 13 & 14, 2007

Faculty:

See Below - over 40 presenters

Training:

12 hours

Location:

Neumann CenterDirections

Over 40 presenters, including: Salome Raheim, Angela Yuen, Ken Hardy, Elaine Pinderhughes, Matthew Mock, Roxana Llerena Quinn, Fernando Colon, Vanessa Jackson, Vanessa Mahmoud, Makungu Akinyela.

This year’s annual Culture Conference will focus on the challenges of building cultural bridges across race, class, culture and gender. We will focus in particular on staying at the table for hard conversations across difference, on finding sources of hope and on exploring culturally specific healing practices. We will have a Keynotes by Salome Raheim on “The Role of Songs in the Struggle against Racism: Links to Our Past and to Hope” And Angela Yuen “Linking Lives: From Stories of Oppression to stories of Caring, compassion and sense of Justice.”

Sexual Abuse and the Family System: Assessment & Intervention

One Day Workshop

Cost:

$100(Space strictly limited)

Date:

March 23rd, 2007

Faculty:

Debra Chatman-Finley and Robbin Loonan

Training:

6 hours

Location:

Neumann CenterDirections

Sexual abuse of a child can have a devastating impact not only on the victim but on the entire family. The impact of the abuse spans the victims’ life-cycle and that of the family, for many generations. This workshop will examine impact of sexual abuse on the family as well as the cultural and socioeconomic factors that influence assessment, disclosure and strategies for therapeutic intervention.

Supervision of Family Therapy Supervision

Cost:

$150 per hour

Dates:

Arranged

Supervisor

Nydia Garcia Preto, LCSW

Supervision will be provided for Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and other mental health professionals who are supervising clinicians who are working with families in their agencies. A framework for supervision and guidance through the relevant supervision literature will be provided. An individualized supervision program will be arranged. Fees will depend on the number of participants being supervised at the same time.

Healing and Resilence

with Charlesetta Sutton

Cost:

$150 (includes lunch and materials)

Location:

Multicultural Family Institute Directions

Dates:

Friday, July 21 or Friday, August 25

Training:

6 hours

Faculty:

Charlesetta Sutton, LCSW

Healers and Caretakers recreate and restore balance and harmony in people’s lives. They encourage others to “retreat” and take breaks. This workshop-retreat cultivates an appreciation for the contributions you provide in the healing of others. The experiential course enhances the skills of practitioners and other caretakers in a position to facilitate positive coping strategies and building resilience. Participants explore how their own beliefs and styles of coping may influence their work. Participants also recognize, develop and expand skills and strategies to enhance their capacity to work with clients.

Working with Sexually Aggressive Children:

Integrating play therapy and cognitive-behavioral approaches

Cost:

$450 (Space strictly limited)

Date:

December 1st - December 3rd, 2006

Location:

Multicultural Family Institute Directions

This workshop focuses on the special needs of abused and traumatized children. Play therapy will be highlighted as a treatment option with abused children integrated with other approaches.

This workshop provides information on normative childhood sexuality, problem sexual behaviors in children, and how to differentiate between the two. In addition, assessment and treatment guidelines will be provided with special attention to children’s normal resistance to acknowledging these problem behaviors. Therapy formats will be discussed including individual, group, and family therapy. Play therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques will be described.

For further information please go to www.elianagil.com

Eliana Gil, PhD, Director, Starbright Training Institute, is a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, a Registered Art Therapist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Renowned author, Adjunct Faculty at Virginia Tech University and Faculty, Multicultural Family Institute. National Expert on Child Abuse and Neglect, Winner of 2006 American Family Therapy Academy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice.

Sand Therapy Integrated with Play Therapy

Theory and Application

Cost:

$450 (Space strictly limited)

Date:

August 4th - August 6th, 2006

Times:

9AM - 4PM each day

Training:

18 hours

Location:

Multicultural Family Institute Directions

This course explores the remarkable power of sand therapy for both assessment and treatment purposes. Participants take part in experiential exercises and receive didactic and clinical information on the therapeutic use of sand therapy.

For further information please go to www.elianagil.com

Eliana Gil, PhD, Director, Starbright Training Institute, is a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, a Registered Art Therapist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Renowned author, Adjunct Faculty at Virginia Tech University and Faculty, Multicultural Family Institute. National Expert on Child Abuse and Neglect, Winner of 2006 American Family Therapy Academy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice.