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Spring 2010 Conference

 
Holiday Inn Hotel
& Suites Gateway
515 Bypass Rd.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
 
The Family Therapist & the Law: A Guide to Ethical Practice
Anne Marie "Nancy" Wheeler, J.D.
and
Pathways to Change: Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy with Challenging Children & Adolescents
Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, LCSW
April 23, 2010
8:00am - 5:30pm


 


 

Inova Kellar Center is co-sponsoring this conference.

Workshop Overviews

These workshops provide participants with an opportunity to both complete an ethics training program and learn more about the application of Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy with Children and Adolescents. The ethics training will provide practical advice concerning how to follow your ethical obligations to clients while conforming to all legal requirements that cover the practice of psychotherapy. The Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy Approach helps therapists work effectively with children and adolescents who present with oppositional, explosive, self-harming, eating-distressed, school-disruptive and heavy substance-abuse behaviors. Such clients can be a nightmare for even the most seasoned therapists. This “hands-on” practiceoriented workshop will help participants learn how this approach can capitalize on the strengths of clients and family members. A special emphasis in this workshop will be placed on the therapist’s creative use of self and inventiveness.


 

CONTACT HOURS:
2 Hours (Ethics Only)
6 Hours (Collaborative Strengths-Based Only)
8 Hours (Both)

 

Certificate Will Be Provided

 

Conference Schedule
7:30am - 8:00am    Registration for Ethics or Both Trainings
8:00am - 10:00am Ethics Training
9:30am - 10:15am Registration for Collaborative Strengths-Based Therapy Training
10:15am - 12:15pm Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy - Part I
12:15pm - 1:30pm Lunch (provided) & Poster Presentations
1:30pm - 5:30pm Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy - Part II


 

Speaker Biographies

Anne Marie “Nancy” Wheeler, J.D., is an attorney in practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, and is co-author of the book “The Counselor and the Law: A Guide to Legal and Ethical Practice.” Additionally, she has made contributions in other books and articles on this topic. She has extensive experience in managed care contracting, licensure, and health care privacy issues (including HIPAA regulations); and she has provided consultation involving legal and ethical issues for both the American Counseling Association and the American Psychiatric Association. Nancy is also a regular presenter at conferences for therapists throughout the United States.


 

Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, LCSW, is a family therapist and addictions counselor in private practice and the co-director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions, an international family therapy training and consulting firm in Evanston, Illinois. Matthew received the Walter S. Rosenberry Award in 1999, 2000, and 2006 from The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado, for having made significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences. Matthew is the author of numerous family therapy articles and of five professional books. He has presented workshops on his Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy Approach with challenging children, adolescents, and adults extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Australia.


 

Workshop Goals

Ethics:

Provide participants with an overview of the legal and ethical issues that they may encounter when providing therapy to individuals and families.

Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  1. Explore how HIPAA Regulations affect day-to-day therapy practices.
  2. Be made aware of legal and ethical practices when working with individuals and families involved in custody issues.
  3. Be made aware of how to follow ethical and legal practices when dealing with subpoenas.
  4. Learn about the new red flag rules when conducting client billing.

Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy

Provide participants with an overview of how to use the Collaborative Strengths-Based Therapy Model with adolescents and children.

Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  1. Learn how to use pre-treatment experiments to identify and capitalize on clients’ self-generated pre-counseling changes and effective coping strategies.
  2. Learn how to use therapeutic questions to elicit client expertise,well-formed treatment goals, and for co-creating compelling future realities.
  3. Learn how to develop a client-driven treatment plan that honors their goals, expectations, and choices.
  4. Learn how to use the improvisational use of self outside the comfort zone with challenging clients.
  5. Learn about effective engagement strategies with challenging and resistant children and adolescents.
Accommodations

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Gateway with a special rate of $89 per night plus taxes. Mention VAMFT when you make your reservation.


 

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Gateway
Williamsburg, VA
757-229-9990


 

Fees & Cancellation Policy:
Ethics Only
$48    for VAMFT members
$60    for non-VAMFT members
     
Both Trainings or Collaborative Strengths-Based Training Only
$199    for VAMFT members
$209    for Non-VAMFT members
$99    for full-time students
    No Charge for VAMFT student members
     
    Individuals requiring refunds will be charged a $35 processing fee.
    Registration confirmations will not be sent. Please consider your credit card record or cancelled check as proof of registration.
Complete registration form and return with check made payable to VAMFT. Mail to:

David Niemeyer
6108 Club Commons Ct.
Glen Allen, VA 23059

For questions concerning the conference, please contact Ed Hendrickson (703-994-0034) at edhendrickson@comcast.net.

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