Upcoming AFTNC Events
ADHD--Models, Policy, Families, Treatment Strategies, and Stigma
with Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D.
ADHD is skyrocketing in terms of prevalence and controversy. This talk will separate facts from myth, discuss the huge discrepancies in diagnosis and treatment that exist, probe underlying models, emphasize family factors, and cover medication and family-oriented treatments. Stigma will also be covered.
Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as Department Chair from 2004-2011, and is Vice Chair of Psychology (and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry) at UC San Francisco. He received his B.A. from Harvard (1974, summa cum laude), and his doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA (1983). After a post-doctoral fellowship at the Langley Porter Institute (UCSF), he joined the Berkeley faculty. His work focuses on developmental psychopathology: peer and family relationships, neuropsychological risk factors, pharmacologic and psychological interventions for children with ADHD, assessment and evaluation, conceptual and definitional issues, mental health problems in teenage girls, the stigmatization of mental illness, and international training efforts
Where: Argosy University
1005 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
When: Thursday May 16th, 2013 - 6:30pm-9pm
Cost: Free Event; CE Units for $15
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Process vs. Content--Diagnosing and Treating Families with Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT)
with Marcie Rubel, LCSW
In this training we will learn about this strength based and evidence based family therapy model that has been extensively evaluated for more than 25 years. It has been found to effectively treat adolescent drug use and other young people’s problem behaviors such as conduct problems at school and at home, oppositional behavior, mood and anxiety disorders, delinquency, associating with antisocial peers, aggressive and violent behavior and risky sexual behavior.
We will examine the different dimensions of diagnosing family dynamics, and learn about joining, enactments, mapping, diagnosing interactions, positive reframing and other restructuring tools. We will apply our knowledge to different family vignettes that participants may choose to offer, using BSFT Clinical Intervention Strategies.
Marcie Rubel, LCSW entered the mental health field in 1990 as an intern at The Child Guidance Clinic in Sacramento, a non-profit agency that serves children and families. She completed her MSW from Sacramento State University in 1992. Following her graduation, she began her clinical practice in Hayward at La Familia Counseling Service, a non-profit community mental health agency where she saw individuals, children, couples and families for almost 20 years, often using her fluency in Spanish. In 2004 Marcie received training through University of Miami Family Studies Center for Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT). In 2007 she completed a three year training program in the Early Childhood Mental Health Program with Children’s Hospital of Oakland. From 2008 to 2010 Marcie trained and supervised staff and trainees at the La Familia outpatient and children’s day treatment in BSFT and early childhood mental health. In 2011 she began a private practice in Oakland seeing individuals, couples and families. Currently she continues to see clients in her private practice and to teach BSFT at mental health agencies in Alameda and Marin County.
Where: Argosy University
1005 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
When: Friday November 1st, 2013 - 6:30pm-9pm
Cost: Free Event; CE Units for $15
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Managing Rage in Couples Therapy - Three Approaches: Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Systems Centered Therapy
with Bonnie Macbride EdD, MFT & Timothy West PhD, MFCC
& Phyllis Vince MFT
Rage, one of seven primitive brain states, is as integral to the development of couple
intimacy as it is often frightening to clinicians and our clients themselves. In this two hour workshop, Bonnie Macbride, Phyllis Vince, and Tim West will offer the perspectives of Systems Centered Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the Gottman Method on how to use the couple's rage to actually bring the partners closer together. After the presenters offer an overview of their respective approaches, they'll examine actual cases raised by audience members (who are encouraged to be prepared to disucss them) as well as their own.
Where: Argosy University
1005 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 9450 - Room 110
When: Saturday, July 6th, 2013 - 9:30am - 12pm
Cost: Free Event; CE Units for $15
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