2022 American Academy of Psychotherapists

Mid-Atlantic Chapter VIRTUAL Winter Workshop

HOPE & REBIRTH

Saturday, February 26, 2022
1:00pm-6:00pm (Eastern Standard Time)

Please join fellow psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and counselors for our virtual 9th Annual MAAAP Winter Workshop

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AAP - WHAT TO EXPECT

This workshop will largely consist of process-oriented work much like one would experience in the here-and-now, I-Thou, real-time moments of individual, couples, and group psychotherapy. Individuals take personal risks by self-reflecting and sharing feelings as they relate to self and others.

Whether attendees are new, recently acquainted, or long-time AAP members, the possibility for personal encounter, growth, and maturation is abundant. We encourage you to set an intention to be your truest self and show up with courage and vulnerability.

MAAAP - OUR INVITATION TO YOU

We hope you will bring your best, adventurous and imperfect selves, along with your fears, courage, and desires. Plan to participate fully and expand your horizons on your journey to becoming a more effective psychotherapist. We are confident that you will be deeply affected by what transpires. This workshop can have profound meaning for your sense of self, connection to friends and colleagues, and for your ability to feel invigorated in your work.

AAP - WHAT YOU WILL BE OFFERED

1. Community Meeting

2. A 3-Hour Virtual Process Group led by various Academy members (held on Zoom & limited to 15 participants)

Date: Saturday 2/26/2022

Time: 1:00pm-6:00pm EST

You will earn 3 Continuing Education Credits for this workshop.

Course Content Level: Intermediate

AGENDA

1:00-2:30pm EST: Community Meeting

We will begin the workshop with our traditional community meeting. This large group experience will be a 1.5 hour leaderless space where people are free to share their experiences, speak what is on their mind and in their heart, and contribute to a ‘container’ that offers greater connection with the organization. Many liken the experience to a Quaker meeting for worship.

2:30-2:45pm EST: 15-Minute Break

2:45-6:00pm EST: Process Groups (including 15-minute break)
4:30-4:45pm EST 15-minute break

During these process groups, participants are encouraged to relate with direct sharing of experience, feelings, and attunement to self and other. Individuals are invited to take personal risks via self-reflection as a way of exploring the development of the therapeutic relationship. By acknowledging their countertransference, the role of the unconscious, and owning the subjective nature of therapeutic interpretations, the participants will achieve a greater sense of self and their relationship to others.

In order to receive your continuing education units, you must stay for the entire workshop.

Certificates will be available following course completion at www.ceuregistration.com. You will receive an email the week after the workshop with directions on how to download your certificate.

For more information on CE’s, please visit: https://www.midatlanticaap.com/s/2022-CE-Lang.pdf

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

L.O. #1: Identify at least three major theories of countertransference.

L.O. #2: Compare and contrast their own needs for safety/containment vs. risk/expression within the bounds of three competing theories to author their own narrative.

L.O. #3: Explain and list three ethical issues that impact therapist - client interpersonal dynamics in the therapeutic process.

L.O. #4: Describe and contrast their own transformational process in the establishment of a therapeutic relationship.

L.O. #5: Define and label transference and countertransference issues during process work relating to safety vs. risk discussions with their clients.

L.O. #6: Differentiate a variety of therapeutic approaches to working with their countertransference and the patients’ transference to achieve a greater expression of feeling in their lives.

L.O. #7: Summarize discussion in the process groups related to the significance of the interpersonal dynamics and the importance of the healing medium of group psychotherapy.

L.O. #8: Demonstrate a system of therapeutic practices from a humanistic-existential perspective to work with transference and countertransference.

L.O. #9: Identify and integrate your awareness and your ability for presence and availability in your consultation room. Promote personal and professional growth in order to improve your capacity for fostering healing.

LOCATION

ZOOM: Links will be sent for the community meeting and your process group the week of February 21, 2022.

WORKSHOP PREFERENCES

When you are ready to register, please choose from the following list of process group leaders.  The groups will close after 15 participants register.  If a group is full, please choose one that is available.

1) Pam Finnerty, PhD & Judy Lazarus, LCSW-C

Pamela Finnerty, Ph.D. has been a psychotherapist in Washington, D.C. for over 30 years. She specializes in relationship and sexual issues with individuals and couples. Her interest in sexuality and aging spans the length of her career and includes writing and teaching. Dr. Finnerty loves working with clients of all age groups but she is especially interested in helping older couples navigate the relational and sexual challenges of aging.

Judy Lazarus, LCSW-C I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-C) with over 35 years of experience in private practice. I work with adolescents and adults of all ages, who struggle with issues of identity, loss, anxiety and depression.I bring understanding, warmth and trust in the process of these conversations, as well as a practical approach to solving problems.

2) Doug Cohen, Ph.D.

Douglas L. Cohen, Ph.D. has enjoyed leading psychotherapy and process groups for over 40 years. He practices in Washington, DC. where he offers group, individual, and couples therapy as well as supervision. A past president of AAP, he has led numerous workshops and process groups for AAP meetings.  

3) Fern Beu, PhD

Dr. Loos Beu received her PhD in Clinical Psychology in 1980, and has been in Private Practice in Washington, DC and Maryland for 42 years. She is an expert in the Co-therapy model of Group Psychotherapy, concerning which she has presented workshops nationally. At present, in addition to her clinical practice, she co-leads Supervision Groups with 19 other clinicians from various therapeutic disciplines. She is also an artist, and has exhibited in numerous Group shows, as well as having had 4 Solo shows of her work, which delves into the characters of the people she paints.

4) Gayle Neufeld, M.D. & Dean Chelpon, LCSW

Gayle Neufeld, MD is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in private practice. She spent the first 15 years of her career doing only medication evaluation and management, but as she followed her own journey of psychotherapy and supervision she began taking on patients for individual, couples and group psychotherapy, and has never looked back. Her practice is now the most balanced and fulfilling it’s ever been.

Dean Chelpon, LCSW implements effective psychotherapy methods to instill self-understanding and encourage new attitudes and feelings towards life situations. Since opening the doors of his practice in 2000, he has provided patients in the Washington, DC area a wide range of mental health services. From small scale circumstances to traumatic experiences - his services are personalized to suit everyone’s needs.

5) Jane Baxter, PhD

Jane Baxter is a clinical social worker specializing in individual, couples, group and family therapy, and maintains a private practice in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC. With over 17 years experience as an individual and marriage therapist, and as a graduate of The University of Maryland specializing in mood disorders and addictions, she is currently serving as a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of patients. Among her areas of expertise are depression, anxiety, binge eating disorders, addictions and exercise as a requisite need in the treatment of these disorders.

FEES

Registration Fee with 3 CEU’s: $45
Registration Fee without CEU’s: $25

*No refunds after February 12th, 2022.

REGISTRATION

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QUESTIONS?

Please contact MAAAP Co-Chairs, Brooke Bralove or Sharilyn W. Hafkin:
midatlanticaap@gmail.com
Sharilyn - 202.768.9432
Brooke - 202.256.4646