SPMI Meeting on Thursday, 1/26: AN EXPLORATION OF SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PSYCHOSIS THAT WORK WITH MINIMAL OR NO NEUROLEPTICS

 

SPMI MEETING

January 26^th, 2012, 12:30-1:50

Long Island Room, Winnick Center

 

AN EXPLORATION OF SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PSYCHOSIS THAT WORK WITH MINIMAL OR NO NEUROLEPTICS

 

Speaker: Daniel Mackler, LCSW is the director of the 2008 documentary “Take These Broken Wings,” a feature-length film on recovery from schizophrenia without medication, and the 2011 documentaries “Healing Homes” and “Open Dialogue,” both on alternative treatment programs for psychosis. He is also the co-author (with Matthew Morrissey, LMFT) of the 2010 book, A Way Out of Madness: Dealing with Your Family After You Have Been Diagnosed with a Psychiatric Disorder, published by ISPS-US, the United States chapter of the International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia. Additionally, he is the co-editor (with David Garfield, MD) of Beyond Medication: Therapeutic Engagement and the Recovery from Psychosis (Routledge, 2008). Mr. Mackler was a psychotherapist in New York City for ten years.

The Adelphi Postgraduate Programs in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and the Adelphi Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 2010-2011 Colloquia Series

Friday, November 5, 2010, 7:30 pm
Book Launch and celebration

Resistance, Rebellion, and Refusal
in Groups: The 3 R’s

Richard M. Billow, Ph.D.
In an interactive format with attendees, Richard Billow will present theoretical and case material applicable to individual as well as group psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Dr. Billow defines the essential therapeutic task as addressing the hunger for truth, an appetite stimulated by the psychoanalytic situation itself. Patient(s) and analyst bring infinite potential into the room, but the truth that is developed and realized is bounded by the nature of their interrelationships, individual psychologies and perspectives, as well as by human limitations in processing experience to make it meaningful. How the analyst and patient(s) respond to the need for truth in the immediate clinical context creates the dynamic forces of “resistance, rebellion and refusal”.

Location: Adelphi University, University Center, Rm. 313, Garden City

Friday, January 21, 2011, 7:30 pm
Redefining Mental Health

Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D.
A paradigm shift in our profession has caused a movement away from the traditional emphasis on the healing relationship toward technical procedures directed to ameliorate externally observable symptoms of categorical disorders. A vital focus that has all but disappeared during this paradigm shift is our shared conception of overall mental health, defined by inferred internal experience, not just observable phenomena. In the mid-twentieth century there was spirited professional conversation about this topic. We need to revive such conversation. Accordingly, this presentation will review traditional constructs pertaining to mental health as well as more recent conceptualizations and their implications for both treatment and mental health policy.

Location: Adelphi University, Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Ave., Garden City.

Friday March 18, 2011, 7:30 pm
Mirror, Mask and Masquerade
in the Art of Frida Kahlo

Danielle Knafo, Ph.D.
Frida Kahlo’s artwork, consisting primarily of poignant and breathtaking self-portraits, can be characterized as a bold self-disclosure expressing the anguish of the corporeal battles she fought throughout her life following a horrific and debilitating bus accident at age eighteen. However, far more meaning scintillates beneath the surface of her art.. The infant Frida suffered neglect by her mother and later filled her canvases with images of childbirth and nurturance that reflect conditions of both ecstatic union and unbearable derailment. Her artistic oeuvre reveals her harrowing losses and betrayals as well as the reparative attempts to contextualize her suffering within a transcendent vision of life.

Location: Adelphi University, Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Ave., Garden City.

Friday, May 20, 2011, 7:30 pm
Engaging the Child’s Desire in Psychotherapy

Michael O’Loughlin, Ph.D.
This presentation will focus on Lacanian notions of desire and demand. Dr. O’Loughlin will describe an approach to working with children that focuses on identification of child losses and creating a space for the emergence of desire and possibility. The presentation will include a film excerpt, slides from Dr. O’Loughlin’s archive of children’s drawings, and autobiographical material, to illustrate a formulation of loss and trauma in children and to demonstrate a particular therapeutic approach to working with such experiences in children.

Location: Adelphi University, Blodgett Hall, Rm. 201, Garden City

Wine and cheese will be served -

Please RSVP to jherskovits@adephi.edu

Anxiety Disorders in Children: Integrating Research Into Practice- March 4, 2010

Anxiety Disorders Association of America presents

Anxiety Disorders in Children: Integrating Research Into Practice
 
March 4, 2010
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
 
This is the only multidisciplinary meeting focusing on children with anxiety disorders. If you focus on children and adolescents in your research or practice, don’t miss this unique conference.
 
These internationally renowned experts will present their research:
Anne Marie Albano, PhD, Columbia University, and John Walkup, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College–co-chairs
Daniel S. Pine, MD, National Institute of Mental Health
·         Ronald Kessler, PhD, Harvard Medical School
·         Philip Kendall, PhD, Temple University
·         Moira Rynn, MD, Columbia University
·         Ron Rapee, PhD, Macquarie University
·         BJ Casey, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College
·         Leonard Bickman, PhD, Vanderbilt University
·         John March, MD, MPH, Duke University
The conference includes lunch, features a poster session and networking opportunities, and it offers CE/CME credits

http://www.adaa.org/conference&events/2010/PreconferenceInstitute.asp

Recognition and Treatment of Morbid Obsessions

Suffolk County Psychological Association
 
Recognition and Treatment of Morbid Obsessions
Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
 
Friday, December 4, 2009       7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
SCPA Members: no fee                     Nonmembers: $10  
(Sign-in will begin at 7:00 PM. Advance registration is encouraged so there will be sufficient handouts for attendees.)
CE Credits are available for a fee of $15. 
Location:  Commack High School: 1 Scholar Lane, Commack
(Facilities are handicapped accessible)
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About the Presentation
 
Morbid thoughts, both violent and sexual, are common varieties of obsessions within Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  They are also among the most misunderstood and poorly treated symptoms of the disorder.  Taken out of context, they can pose serious conundrums for practitioners.  This presentation will summarize and describe the main forms these thoughts can take to enable participants to make accurate diagnoses when confronted by them.  Representative case examples will be presented and discussed.  The theoretical background of Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy for OCD will be explained and participants will be helped to be able to apply specific evidence-based strategies and techniques to thoughts of this type.
 
 Participants will learn to:
Understand what constitutes a morbid obsessive thought, as well as the different forms these thoughts take.
Discriminate between ego dystonic obsessive thoughts and those which ego syntonic.
Create a fear hierarchy that will become the basis for a treatment plan.
Assemble a treatment plan for an OCD patient with morbid thoughts.
Put a treatment plan into effect, and be aware of potential treatment pitfalls

Please call Dr. Diane Sherlip at 631-864-8459 or by email at drsherlip@aol.com to register for this workshop and CE credits. Any fees due will be payable on-site. Please call the SCPA office at 631-423-2409 if you have special needs.