GWSCSW Continuing Education
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Supervision: Cross-Cultural Supervision
Fri Mar 02 2012
This workshop will address issues related to cross-cultural supervision and includes a discussion of the dynamics of power, trust and shared meaning (from the first workshop) as they relate to a cross-cultural supervisory relationship. The presenter will introduce a model based on dialectic thinking. Participants will review a self-assessment tool that they can use with their supervisees in order to develop a deeper understanding of each other's cultural context and the impact of that context on their work. This workshop can be taken as part of a three session series to fulfill a 12 hour certification in supervision. It also meets criteria as training in diversity.
| Date: | Fri Mar 02 2012 |
| Time: | 08:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Location: | Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center, 1420 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
| Presenter: | Tamara L. Kaiser, PhD, LICSW, LMFT |
| Phone Contact: | 202-537-0007 |
| Email Contact: | Email for more information. |
| Cost (Members): | $60.00 ($70.00 on or after Feb 24) |
| Cost (Non-Members): | $100.00 ($110.00 on or after Feb 24) |
| CEs: | 4.0 hours |
| To Register: | You must have a GWSCSW online account to register. |
Supervision: Additional Two Hours for Virginia
Fri Mar 02 2012
For those needing an additional two hours to complete the Virginia requirement. Those signing up for the additional two hours must complete the entire supervision series. Format of the additional hours will be determined based on enrollment.
| Date: | Fri Mar 02 2012 |
| Time: | 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM |
| Location: | Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center, 1420 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
| Presenter: | Tamara L. Kaiser, PhD, LICSW, LMFT |
| Phone Contact: | 202-537-0007 |
| Email Contact: | Email for more information. |
| Cost (Members): | $30.00 ($40.00 on or after Jun 01) |
| Cost (Non-Members): | $50.00 ($60.00 on or after Jun 01) |
| CEs: | 2.0 hours |
| To Register: | You must have a GWSCSW online account to register. |
Adoption As Trauma: Effective Treatment of Adoptees in Practice
Fri Apr 13 2012
Adoption is often society's nice neat solution to a tragic situation. The myriad of situations that lead to a baby or a child being disconnected from their biology, identity and families is so traumatic for the adoption triad (birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptee) that it is rarely spoken of as such. In the past 30 years there has been an increasing body of literature and research documenting the common responses in adoptees to this primal wound which parallel the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. This workshop will outline existing literature and resources on the complicated reactions to adoption trauma in adoptees. Clinical examples will be shared to illustrate how to accurately identify and interpret the symptoms an adoptee experiences. Clinicians will be empowered with concrete information and statistics about adoption trauma in order to normalize, validate and ultimately empower their adoptee clients to integrate their adoption experience. Effective trauma intervention and treatment strategies will also be outlined and community resources will be shared.
| Date: | Fri Apr 13 2012 |
| Time: | 09:30 AM - 01:00 PM |
| Location: | 1555 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20036 |
| Presenter: | Julie Lopez, PhD, LICSW |
| Phone Contact: | 202-265-1000x1 |
| Email Contact: | Email for more information. |
| Cost (Members): | $45.00 ($55.00 on or after Apr 06) |
| Cost (Non-Members): | $75.00 ($85.00 on or after Apr 06) |
| CEs: | 3.0 hours |
| To Register: | You must have a GWSCSW online account to register. |
Straight Clinician/LGBT Client: Bridging the Gap
Sat Apr 28 2012
The course is a lively and practical guide to the many issues confronting straight therapists working with members of the LGBT community. The presenters encourage awareness of the sensitivity of racial, cultural, religious, class and gender issues among this population, and stress the importance of learning from each client and not making assumptions based on preconceptions or stereotypes of LGBT concerns. The last 20 years have seen dramatic shifts in the general acceptance of gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals, as well as the explosion of trans awareness and activity powered through the internet and other media into the everyday world. Now, as a result of homophobia and other traumatic experiences, these individuals are increasingly likely to seek competent and empathetic therapy.
| Date: | Sat Apr 28 2012 |
| Time: | 11:00 AM - 02:30 PM |
| Location: | Tenely Public Library, 4450 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington DC 20016 |
| Presenter: | Grace Riddell MSW, LICSW, LCSW-C, MEd |
| Phone Contact: | 301-942-3237 |
| Email Contact: | Email for more information. |
| Cost (Members): | $45.00 ($55.00 on or after Apr 21) |
| Cost (Non-Members): | $75.00 ($85.00 on or after Apr 21) |
| CEs: | 3.0 hours |
| To Register: | You must have a GWSCSW online account to register. |
Supervision: Practicum on Supervision
Fri May 04 2012
This 4-hour workshop will be an opportunity for participants to apply material from the first two workshops of this series through case presentation and consultation. Recruited participants from the two previous workshops will work with the presenter throughout the year regarding both the use of self-reflection tools with their supervisees as well as challenges in supervision encountered in their practice. Those recruited will do formal case presentations followed by discussion. Other participants will be invited to share cases of their own. This workshop can be taken as part of a three session series to fulfill a 12 hour certification in supervision.
| Date: | Fri May 04 2012 |
| Time: | 08:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Location: | Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center, 1420 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
| Presenter: | Tamara L. Kaiser, PhD, LICSW, LMFT |
| Phone Contact: | 202-537-0007 |
| Email Contact: | Email for more information. |
| Cost (Members): | $60.00 ($70.00 on or after Apr 27) |
| Cost (Non-Members): | $100.00 ($110.00 on or after Apr 27) |
| CEs: | 4.0 hours |
| To Register: | You must have a GWSCSW online account to register. |
Working With Dreams
Fri May 11 2012
In this workshop, you will become aware of one of the most intimate conversations we can have with ourselves dream work and explore how it can be a powerful technique to use in your work. Since dreams are the gateway into the unconscious, the symbolic representations in a dream state are the players giving voice and meaning to the client's own dissociated or integrated parts. The focus will be on processing different types and pieces of dreams: premonitions, recurring dreams, nightmares, lucid dreaming, changing the outcome of a dream, or finishing an unfinished dream. Participants will experience the use of guided imagery, meditation, artistic expressions, movement and role-playing as techniques to enhance the client's ability to interpret their inner world. Archetypes, symbols and active imagination taken from a Jungian theoretical basis will be utilized to help interpret the dream state. Individuals are encouraged to bring in their dreams or client's dreams to share and interpret as a way of deepening the levels of understanding.
| Date: | Fri May 11 2012 |
| Time: | 08:45 AM - 04:00 PM |
| Location: | 10726 Brewer House Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852 |
| Presenter: | Vivien B. Deitz, MSW, LCSW-C, BCD |
| Phone Contact: | 301-770-1111 |
| Email Contact: | Email for more information. |
| Cost (Members): | $90.00 ($100.00 on or after May 04) |
| Cost (Non-Members): | $150.00 ($160.00 on or after May 04) |
| CEs: | 6.0 hours |
| To Register: | You must have a GWSCSW online account to register. |
