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• Board Meeting (September 2019)

  • When
    Sunday, September 22, 2019
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    River Road Unitarian 6301 River Road Bethesda

  Full board meeting

  
  

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• Emergency Coverage of Your Practice: Practical and Ethical Considerations

  • Start
    Friday, September 27, 2019
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  • End
    Friday, October 18, 2019
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Sunrise at Chevy Chase | 2201 Colston Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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  PRESENTER: Melinda Salzman

  Category 1 | 6 Ethics CEUs (two sessions) - must attend both sessions to get credit -- when you register you are signing up and paying for both sessions

  DESCRIPTION: 

  This is one workshop broken into two sessions: Friday, September 27 and Friday, October 18.  To receive the full 6 credits you must attend both sessions.

  If you suddenly were to become incapacitated, due to injury, illness or death, who would contact your clients? Which details of your condition would you want your clients to know and who should tell them? What arrangements would need to be made for your clients and your place of work?

  Just as it is important for an individual to write a will to protect personal assets and provide for his or her dependents, it is also prudent for a clinician to prepare for an untimely or unanticipated inability to carry out their functions at work. The purpose of this course is to help clinicians anticipate the needs of their clients and their business or the organization where they work, should such an emergency arise. Participants will identify and recruit individuals who could step in if needed. Between the two meetings, you will begin writing instructions for your “professional executors,” covering topics such as how to contact your current clients, gain access to and retain your treatment records, and oversee billing and banking.

  Teaching modalities will include discussion, reading and a writing assignment. In drafting this document, clinicians typically encounter a number of ancillary tasks they must perform, such as copying keys and shredding records. The process can be both tedious and time-consuming. To assist participants in completing and distributing their emergency instructions, the class will meet for two sessions, to provide structure, support and an opportunity to problem solve together. Participants will read some short articles. The class will meet for two three-hour sessions.

  Learning Objectives:

  Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify and describe legal and ethical issues pertaining to an unplanned interruption in the clinician’s practice
  2. Address ethical principles regarding confidentiality in informing patients of the interruption
  3. Apply ethical principles in selecting individuals to carry out necessary clinical and business tasks
  4. Apply records retention requirements as mandated by the therapist’s jurisdiction
  5. Recruit suitable individuals to carry out necessary clinical and business tasks in a professional manner
  6. Draft instructions which spell out procedures these individuals are to follow and provide detailed descriptions of how to find needed information

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• How to Use Intuition in Clinical Practice (SESSION 1)

  • When
    Friday, October 04, 2019
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    9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Location
    5319 Lee Highway Arlington, VA 22207
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  PRESENTER: Marilyn Stickle, LCSW

  www.MarilynStickle.com
  

  Category 1 | 3 CEUs 

  The first of two sessions.  Registrants are encouraged to register for both.  

  SESSION 1: Friday, October 4

  • Definition of clinical intuition
  • Stickle & Arnd-Caddigan research: Clinicians define intuition as “the acquisition of information about the client and/or course of therapy, attained by means other than overt communication, including how to use it to further the client’s well being and goals in psychotherapy.“ (Intuition in Psychotherapy)
  • Forms, characteristics and use of clinical intuition
  • Major Forms: Seeing, hearing, feeling, knowing
  • Characteristics: 1) cannot be forced; 2) subtle; 3) unemotional; 4) short and to the point; 5) dissipates quickly; 6) repetitive
  • Use: 1) intuitive messages are situation specific and most relevant in the moment; 2) what to do with them when they arrive; 3) developing an intuition informed practice
  • Clinical application of intuition: Participants will identify and discuss a personal example

  Learning Objectives:

  Participants will be able to:

  1. Articulate a definition of intuition.
  2. Name the forms in which clinical intuition arrives.
  3. Identify four characteristics of intuition.
  4. Give an example of application of clinical intuition.

  Click here for online registration for SESSION 2 | Friday, November 1: How to Use Intuition in Clinical Practice (SESSION 2)

  
  

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• Transgender Competency: Reducing stigma and harm when treating transgender and gender variant clients

  • When
    Thursday, October 10, 2019
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    10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Ingleside at Rock Creek | 3050 Military Rd. NW, Washington DC, 20015

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  Category 1 | CEUs: 3
  

  Cost: Student/Graduate/Retiree- $30 | Members - $60 | Nonmembers - $90

  Presenter: Julian Harris

  This training qualifies for LGBTQ CEU's and is intended for clinicians who want to provide therapy to transgender and gender variant individuals. It will provide guidance on ways to better address the needs of transgender clients in a trauma informed manner.  

  Workshop objectives:

  By the conclusion of the workshop, attendees should be able to:

  • Use gender affirming language.
  • Feel comfortable supporting trans-identified clients through the social and medical components of transition and across the lifespan.

  A light lunch will be provided by Ingleside at Rock Creek at 11:30 am.  The event runs from 10 am-1:30pm.

  
  

  
  

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• Rethinking Borderline: Relational Trauma (October)

  • When
    Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    207 Park Avenue, Suite B-3 | Falls Church, VA 22046
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  PRESENTER: Dalal Musa, LCSW

  Category 1 | 1.5 CEUs

  DESCRIPTION: This presentation will provide brief overview of history of borderline diagnosis, and deeper examination of how this diagnosis represents relational/developmental trauma; how it overlaps with dissociative spectrum, and psychodynamic approach to treatment. Discussion encouraged. The presentation is geared toward intermediate to advanced clinicians, however any post-graduate level practitioner welcome.

  WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

  By the conclusion of the class, participants should be able to:

  • Have general understanding of psychodynamic origin of borderline diagnosis
  • Understand meaning of relational/complex trauma as distinguished from acute trauma
  • Have a basic understanding of dissociative continuum
  • Have increased understanding of necessity of psychodynamic treatment for individuals with relational trauma, sometimes in conjunction with DBT

  SPECIFIC AGENDA:

  5-6:30: Presentation of material (as outlined in objectives), with questions and discussion in process encouraged.

  Parking and entrance in back of building. Will provide parking passes for participants.

  ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Dalal Musa facilitated individual and group therapy with patients experiencing dissociative disorders, subsequent to developmental trauma, at inpatient unit of Center for Treatment Post Traumatic Disorders in DC from 2012 to 2017.  Ms. Musa has been in private practice in Falls Church since 2002, where she continues to provide therapy to individuals and couples, group therapy to survivors of early life trauma, and clinical supervision to new social work professionals.

  
  

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• Fall 2019 New Member Brunch! FREE!

  • When
    Sunday, October 20, 2019
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    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    7313 Millwood Road Bethesda, MD

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  Who: Any GWSCSW member who has joined in the past 2 years are warmly invited to join us! And all current members are invited to come meet new members!

  What: A chance to learn more about what GWSCSW can provide you, how you can get involved, plus a chance for us all to get to know each other better and enjoy a beautiful brunch!

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• 2019 Legislation & Advocacy Luncheon: THIS IS THE YEAR FOR L&A: OUR SOCIETY’S ROLE IN LEGISLATION AND ADVOCACY

  • When
    Sunday, October 27, 2019
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    11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Maggiano’s Tyson’s Galleria 2001 International Drive | McLean, Virginia 22102
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  One of your important member benefits!

  Join Us at the ANNUAL FREE AND FABULOUS

  2019 Legislation & Advocacy Luncheon

  FREE PROGRAM AND LUNCH-REGISTRATION REQUIRED! 

  ALL MEMBERS INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND! 

  Three (3) CEUs | Category 2 are available for $60.
  

   THIS IS THE YEAR FOR L&A:

  OUR SOCIETY’S ROLE IN LEGISLATION & ADVOCACY

  Sunday, October 27, 2019, 11:30 am-3:00 pm

  Maggiano’s Tyson’s Galleria
  2001 International Drive | McLean, Virginia 22102

  The news can be overwhelming: mass shootings, family separations at the Mexican border, DHHS rollback of protections against discrimination, and the list goes on.  Then there are the insurance companies reluctant to cover psychotherapy treatments of any depth, the Medicare audits, and the need to keep up with state legislation and the Board of Social Work regulation changes.  Our mission is to protect our clinical practice and to work to ensure Americans’ access to affordable quality mental health care.  And beyond?  Watching the news, our social work values remind us to ask:  What can we do as individuals to strengthen our voice? What can we do together?

  Join us for a stimulating discussion with our Virginia lobbyist Sue Rowland, our Maryland lobbyist, Pam Metz Kasemeyer, and our DC co-chair of L&A, Margot Aronson. Margot will also inform us about the national role of CSWA as their Deputy Director of Policy and Practice. Adding to the perspectives will be Judy Gallant, Judy Ratliff, Adele Natter – and YOU!

  Please note:  The luncheon is a free member benefit, but advanced registration is required. Chicken piccata, eggplant parmesan and a vegetarian lasagne will be offered for our main course. If a vegan main dish is requested please note this on your registration and the restaurant will accommodate this. 

  Our Society needs YOU to help us advocate and impact legislators in many different ways, or our messages simply will not get out. 

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• Steps or Stepping Stones? CHOICES in Substance Misuse & Addiction Recovery

  • When
    Thursday, October 31, 2019
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Forest Hills in DC | 4901 Connecticut Avenue, NW • Washington, DC 20008
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  PRESENTER:  Eryca Kasse, LICSW

  Category 1 | 1.5 CEUs per session

  DESCRIPTION: 

  Appropriate for all clinical levels. Target audience: clinicians working with clients living with co-occurring substance use disorders and histories of trauma.  Analyze language of the 12 steps through a trauma-informed lens.  Provide clients with alternative language options to promote healing empowerment & prevent re-traumatization.

  Learning Objectives:

  Participants will be able to:

  1. Understand secular, harm reduction and moderation approaches to substance use.
  2. Identify 10 peer support alternatives to AA/NA to refer clients.

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• How to Use Intuition in Clinical Practice (SESSION 2)

  • When
    Friday, November 01, 2019
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    9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Location
    5319 Lee Highway Arlington, VA 22207
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  PRESENTER: Marilyn Stickle, LCSW

  www.MarilynStickle.com
  

  Category 1 | 3 CEUs 

  SESSION 2: November 1

  1. Differentiating intuition from intellectual process
  2. Learning to distinguish intuition from linear thinking
  3. Identification of the arrival of intuitive information
  4. Learning to discern the meaning of intuitive impressions
  5. Timing and use of intuition: clinical application
  6. The patient’s worldview
  7. The therapist’s language
  8. Clinical considerations
  9. Intuition as a process that comes holistically through direct experience

  Learning Objectives:

  Participants will be able to:

  1. Define intuition distinguishing it from intellectual process.
  2. Identify, from their own perspective, the source of their intuitive knowing.
  3. Explain how an intuitive insight arrived in their clinical work.
  4. Describe the timing and use of an intuitive insight in the clinical process.

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• Alice Kassabian Memorial Conference | On Being A White Therapist: Countertransference, Color and Culture in a Diverse Psychodynamic Practice

  • When
    Saturday, November 09, 2019
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    9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Cosmos Club 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC

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  REGISTER NOW:  EIGHTH ANNUAL ALICE KASSABIAN MEMORIAL CONFERENCE

  Presenter:  Barbara Berger, PhD
  Discussant: Kerry Leddy Malawista, MSW, PhD

  Our GWSCSW's 8th Annual Alice Kassabian Memorial Conference focuses on a challenging and timely topic that currently animates the external and internal world of our clinical social work practice and we can benefit from having an informed and mindful conversation about it.
  

  Our presenter, Barbara Berger, PhD, BCD, a clinician, educator and author, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the conference discussions. She has a full time clinical social work practice in Chicago and is Faculty Emerita and member of the Board of Trustees at the Institute for Clinical Social Work in Chicago. She has served as editor of The Clinical Social Work Journal and The Psychoanalytic Social Work Journal.  Barbara is also former president of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work and chair of the Social Work Academy in the National Academies of Practice, elected as Distinguished Practitioner in 2002. Among her many honors, she received the Award for Distinguished Service from The Institute for Clinical Social Work in 2012 and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work in 2013. Most importantly, Barbara Berger is cherished for her capacity to teach with clarity, respect, and intelligence in her down to earth engaging style.

  Our own Kerry Leddy Malawista, MSW, PhD, will be the conference discussant. She is a clinical social worker psychoanalyst and maintains a full time private practice in Potomac, Maryland and McLean, Virginia. She is on the faculties of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, the Contemporary Freudian Society, George Washington University’s PsyD program, Smith College and VCU Schools of Social Work, and the Washington School of Psychiatry. Kerry is also a well known prolific writer on clinical issues.  

  Cosmos Club Dress Code: Business Professional

  

  GWSCSW honors the memory of Dr. Alice Kassabian, a former president of our Society, clinician, advocate for social justice and excellence in clinical practice. Dr. Kassabian was an active member of the Diversity and Social Action Committee of American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW) which promotes excellence in clinical practice by providing opportunities for expanded conversations regarding the centrality of focused attention to culture and issues of diversity.

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• Using Present Moment Interventions to Address Anxiety

  • When
    Friday, November 15, 2019
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    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    TBD | Maryland

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  Category 1 | CEUs: 2

  Presenter: Rachel Phillips-Anderson, LCSW-C (https://www.rpatherapy.com)
  

  Description: 

  Clients often enter therapy preoccupied with threats – real and perceived. Trying to control their anxiety can eat up much of their attention, with little left over for what is really important in their lives. Present-moment awareness techniques can help clients regain control over their attention so that anxiety doesn’t have to get in the way of valued activities.

  Objectives

  By the end of this workshop, participants will:

  1. Understand anxiety from a present-moment awareness perspective.
  2. Help clients recognize the negative impact of anxiety, learn control strategies and increase their acceptance of anxiety.
  3. Identify 5 psychological tasks involved in present-moment awareness.
  4. Describe how mindfulness can help clients regain focus on valued activity.

  Agenda

  12:00 – Introductions and assessment of audience experience & objectives

  12:15 – Theory of anxiety from a present-moment awareness perspective

  12:30 – Presentation of a five-phase present-moment clinical approach:

              1) Notice, 2) Name, 3) Detach, 4) Practice self-compassion, and 5) expand

  1:15 -- Experiential exercise

  1:35 – Conclusion and summary of how clinicians could incorporate these ideas/skills in

  their practices

  1:50 – Q and A

  Bibliography

  Eifert GH, Forsyth JP (2005). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. Oakland, CA, New Harbinger Publications.

  Fleming, JE, Kocovski, NL (2009). Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Group Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Treatment Manual, available at: http://www.actonsocialanxiety.com/pdf/Treatment_Manual.pdf

  Hayes, S.C., Strosahl, K.D., & Wilson, K.G. (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

  Roemer, L., & Orsillo, S.M. (2005). An acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. In S.M. Orsillo & L. Roemer (Eds.) Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety: Conceptualization and treatment (pp. 213-240). New York, NY: Springer.

  Strosahl, K., Robinson, P. J., & Gustavsson, T. (2015). Inside this moment: A clinician's guide to promoting radical change using acceptance and commitment therapy. Oakland, CA: Context Press.

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• Board Meeting (January 2020)

  • When
    Saturday, January 11, 2020
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    River Road Unitarian 6301 River Road Bethesda

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• Board Meeting (April 2020)

  • When
    Saturday, April 04, 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    River Road Unitarian 6301 River Road Bethesda

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