California Society for Clinical Social Work
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Presenter: Allen Ruyle, LCSW
Description:
This presentation will help clinicians understand the frequency with which boys and men experience sexual abuse, the special challenges abuse creates for male survivors and the best practices for working with these clients toward meaningful and lasting improvement.
Attendees will be able to:
About the Presenter:
Allen is a Trainer & Consultant, providing education and consultation for clinicians regarding the screening, assessment and treatment of male survivors of sexual abuse and sexual assault.
Since 2011, he has had a Private Psychotherapy Practice in Individual, Couple and Group Psychotherapy. His areas of special focus include: Male Sexual Abuse Survivors (individual and group), Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Trauma & Domestic Violence, Grief & Loss, Sexuality & Intimacy, & Self-Esteem,
THE SAN DIEGO DISTRICT PROGRAMS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST SATURDAY MORNING OF EACH MONTH, FROM 10-12 NOON, AT OUR PRESENT JFS LOCATION.
CEUs: 1.5 CEU hours for LCSW’.s, MFT’, and LPC’s. Note: Registered Associate Clinical Social Workers -- as long as your supervisor approves participation, you can now use CEs toward LCSW hours
The San Diego Chapter of CSCSW holds its meetings on the first Saturday of the month from September through June from 10:00 to 12:00 at the Jewish Family Service building, 8788 Balboa Avenue in Kearny Mesa. Meetings begin with a half hour of mingling, networking, and community building, followed by our program. CEU programs meet the requirements for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs as specified by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; CEUs are FREE to our members.
District Main Point of Contact: Ros Goldstein | Email: goldsiegel@gmail.com
Presenter: Michael P. Frank, MA, LMFT, CGP, LFAGPA
Description: Calling upon his many years of group therapy practice and teaching, Michael will present what he has come to believe are essential elements of leading an effective psychotherapy group. Going beyond theory and technique, this workshop will explore how a therapy group actually helps the clients, how the being of the therapist is often more important than the doing, and how there is no one right way to do this work. The workshop will include didactic presentation, case examples, and discussion.
Learning Objectives:
Michael P. Frank, MA, LMFT, CGP, LFAGPA Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Certified Group Psychotherapist Life Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association Clinical Supervisor and Coordinator of the Group Therapy Program at The Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills www.michaelpfrank.com
Light refreshments are provided. Bring your flyers, business cards and brochures.
NOTE: REGISTERED ASWs can now accrue CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS towards their license, as long as they receive prior approval from their supervisor.
RSVPs are preferred to ensure your seat.
For more information or to renew your membership contact: info@clinicalsocialworksociety.org or 650 460-9210
Tanya Moradians Ph.D, LCSW | 818-783-1881 | tmoradia@ucla.edu
Presenter: Gordon Wong, MD
Description: Dr. Gordon Wong gave an excellent introduction on the issues around marijuana use last year as this substance was now becoming legal in California. This presentation will be an update. Dr. Wong will point out that "successful use of cannabis in medicine is challenging and its usefulness that we hear about in the media is actually not very well proven. Due to its wide distribution in the body and that nearly every organ system has cannabis receptors, it is difficult to not have undesired side effects in both short and long term use. THC and CBD from plants as well as synthetic cannabis behave very differently and future studies should give clearer guidelines on how to use them effectively."
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will:
LOCATION INFORMATION:
The meeting room is on the third floor next to the cafe with free parking below the building. Take the Main Elevator. Meeting time is 12-2:00 PM with the first 15 minutes reserved for signing in and networking. The presentation starts at 12:15 PM following announcements.
CEU INFORMATION: 1.5 CEUs will be offered for LCSWs - members earn credits at no cost. Non-members are charged $10 admission and an additional $15 for CEUs ($25)
DISTRICT COORDINATORS:
Joan Berman | berman.joan@gmail.com
Ginny Frederick | ginnyfred@aol.com
All clinical disciplines are welcome. ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs with the approval of your supervisors, can use these educational credits toward your hours. To register and to sign up for membership or for more information contact info@clinicalsocialworksociety.org or Call 650-460-9210.
We are excited to be partnering with the Outreach Committee of SFV-CAMFT for this special event!
Presenters: Wendy Ashley, PsyD, LCSW and Dr. Allen Lipscomb, PsyD, LCSW
CEUs: 3.5
SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION: The multitude of requests for additional dialogue and opportunities for clinical integration have resulted in this dynamic workshop. Dr. Wendy Ashley and Dr. Allen Lipscomb will facilitate experiential activities to increase your understanding of the power, privilege and implicit biases you bring to clinical spaces and their impact on your work. The facilitators will provide participants with tools to apply workshop content to support client empowerment, promote social justice and to embrace intersectionality in micro, mezzo and macro practice settings. It will hone in on the power and privilege dynamics that are inherent in practice settings, offer strategies to integrate intersectionality in a variety of practice contexts and provide techniques to be a true ally to marginalized populations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
As a result of attending this training, participants should be able to:
Wendy Ashley, PsyD, LCSW is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair of the California State University at Northridge’s Masters of Social Work program. Dr. Ashley received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) from Ryokan College and her MSW from the University of Southern California. She has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1998 and has over twenty years of social work experience in the areas of community mental health, child welfare and addiction recovery. Dr. Ashley is the author of multiple publications, speaks at conferences nationwide and internationally, maintains a private practice and provides training for multiple community agencies. Research interests include treatment models for working with African American and Transgender clients, effective trauma interventions, creative engagement of involuntary clients, the impact of power and privilege on macro and micro practice, and child welfare. She is passionate about promoting social justice, and infuses an intersectionality lens in her teaching, practice and research.
Dr. Ashley can be reached at: Wendy.Ashley@csun.edu Website: drwendyashley.com
Allen Eugene Lipscomb, PsyD, LCSW, Assistant Professor in the Social Work Department. Dr. Lipscomb is a clinical psychologist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of California. Dr. Lipscomb received his doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) with a clinical emphasis in marriage, family and child psychotherapy from Ryokan College and his master of social work (MSW) from the University of Southern California. Upon completing his doctorate, he earned a certification in mixed-methods community based research from the University of Michigan in the School of Social Work. In addition, Dr. Lipscomb studied diversity and inclusion practices for human resources within organizations through Cornell University; earning a certification from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell. Dr. Lipscomb specializes in providing anti-oppressive and inclusive mental health services to individuals, children, youth and families of color. He has worked in collaboration with Alhambra Unified School District; Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health; Los Angeles County Department of Probation; Los Angeles Unified School District and California Community Care Licensing.
His areas of research are centered on the psychiatric epidemiology among racialized and marginalized individuals who have experienced trauma (i.e. complex trauma, traumatic-grief and race-based trauma). Specifically, Dr. Lipscomb has conducted numerous qualitative research studies on racialized Black identified men across the Black/African Diaspora exploring their grief, loss and complex-trauma experiences.
His pedagogy is centered on cultural anti-oppressive and clinically-responsive inclusive practices with consumers. Dr. Lipscomb maintains a private practice; conducts local, national and international trainings; is a clinical consultant and keynote/motivational speaker. Dr. Lipscomb is an author and published his first book titled: Black Male Grief Reaction to Trauma: A Clinical Case Study of One Man's Treatment.
Recent publications:
Ashley, W. & Lipscomb, A.E. (2018). Culturally Affirming Clinical Supervision in Graduate Field Education: Enhancing Transformative Dialogue in the Supervisory Dyad. International Research in Higher Education, 3 (3). https://doi.org/10.5430/irhe.v3n3
Lipscomb, A.E. & Ashley, W. (2018). Black Male Grief Through the Lens of Racialization and Oppression: Effective Instruction for Graduate Clinical Programs. International Research in Higher Education, 3 (2). https://doi.org/10.5430/irhe.v3n2p51
Lipscomb, A.E. & Ashley, W., Mountz, S. (2017). From the Teachers' Perspective: Exploring Ways to Navigate Transformative Dialogues about Microaggressions in Social Work Higher Education. International Research in Higher Education, 2 (3). https://doi.org/10.5430/irhe.v2n3p50
Book:
Lipscomb, A. E. (2016). Black Male Grief Reaction to Trauma: A Clinical Case Study of One Man’s Mental Health Treatment. https://www.amazon.com/Black-Male-Grief-Reaction-Trauma/dp/1533288119
Online registration is preferred to ensure your seat. Registration at the door will be an additional $15.
ATTENDANCE AND CEU INFORMATION: This presentation meets the qualifications for 3.5 CE units for LCSWs, ASWs, LPCCs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. All clinical disciplines are welcome. You can attend any CSCSW meeting throughout the state.
LOCATION AND PARKING INFORMATION:
Signs will be out front of the church and we will have someone in the inside door for registration. There is a small parking lot but mostly it will be parking on the street. Parking is very accessible in this area.
CONTACT:
Natasha Singer, LCSW | nsingerlcsw@gmail.com
Presenter: Paul Lesnik, LCSW
Description: Family Sculpture, largely developed by Virginia Satir, has its roots in Psychodrama, an action based therapy that allows participates to explore their Family of Origin through enactment. Attendees will create a Social Atom, an illustration of their network of connections in their Family of Origin world and then have the opportunity to see a volunteer put the world of their family in action. Presentation is both didactic and heavily experiential.
Presenter: Laura Alongi, LCSW
This presentation is designed to teach basic knowledge, skills and values about working with children who have experienced traumatic stress, specifically within the child welfare system. We will define traumatic stress and its impact on children, and begin to connect trauma reactions to how children may be inaccurately diagnosed or conceptualized. The overall objective of this presentation is to create and promote trauma informed practitioners and systems.
Laura Alongi, LCSW received specialized training through the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, teaches at the UCLA Department of Social Welfare and is a field consultant with the California Social Work Education Center program, a statewide program that trains social workers to become professional public child welfare workers. She has worked primarily with emotionally disturbed children and their families, in individual, family and group modalities at South Bay Child Guidance, the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, and Aviva Children and Family Services. Currently, she has a small private practice, and provides supervision and consultation to new and unlicensed social workers.
CSCSW is a BBS approved provider for CEUs. This workshop issues 2.0 CEU hours for LCSW’s, MFT’s, and LPC’s. Note: Registered Associate Clinical Social Workers -- as long as your supervisor approves participation, you can now use CEs toward LCSW hours
Parking: In addition to street parking, two kosher markets, Glatt Mart and Elat, have given permission to use their parking spaces, behind their stores on Saturdays. They are both located on Pico Blvd, between Wooster and Shenandoah Streets. If you park in their lots, (on the South side of Pico) cross to the North side of Pico, and walk one long block north on Shenandoah St. to 1110 S. Shenandoah.
Questions?
Monica Blauner | monica@monicablauner.com
Session 1: Healthy Sex vs Sexual Pathology | new date: November 8, 2019 Session 2: Kids, Sex, and the Internet, SWOT analysis | new date: December 13, 2019 Session 3: Prodependence | new date: January 10, 2020 Session 4: Untangling Meth, Sex and Intimacy | new date: February 14, 2020
Cost: Members: $25 per session or $90 for all four Nonmembers: $40 per session or $140 for all four
Session 1: Healthy Sex vs Sexual Pathology Presenter: Robert Weiss, PhD, MSW Date: November 8, 2019 - 12:00-1:30 p.m. CEUs: 1.5
In this presentation, Dr. Robert Weiss discusses sex and gender issues that commonly arise in clinical settings. He discusses the need for at least a few basic sex-related questions during assessment, what questions to ask, and how to ask them. He notes that healthy sex looks different for every person and every relationship. Topics specifically addressed include: Sexual Orientation; Gender Identity; Kinks, Fetishes, Paraphilias; Sexual Dysfunction; Infidelity; Highly Sexual vs. Asexual; Sexual Compulsivity/Addiction; and Sexual Offending. At the end of this session, participants should have a basic understanding of sex and gender issues as they present in clinical practice, including how to assess pathology vs non-pathology and when/how to move forward with treatment.
Objectives:
Session 2: Kids, Sex, and the Internet, SWOT analysis Presenter: Robert Weiss, PhD, MSWDate: December 13, 2019 - 12:00-1:30 p.m. CEUs: 1.5
In this presentation, Dr. Robert Weiss introduces the idea that today’s kids are faced with very different (digital-era) challenges than predecessor generations. The Triple-A Engine of Accessibility, Affordability, and Anonymity is introduced, with discussion of how this affects today’s young people. The discussion then moves to a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis related to kids and life online. Today’s kids have more access to information, entertainment, and connection than any previous generation, but they may be less tuned-in to real-world interaction. They can engage socially in exciting new ways, but they are simultaneously exposed to threats ranging from peer-focused cyber-bullying to adult-child stranger danger. How do parents and clinicians help kids deal with all of this? What tools are available to protect young people while still allowing them access to the online world in which they live and interact? At the end of this session, participants should have a basic understanding of why young people are so digitally oriented and how they can be helped to interact online healthfully and safely.
Session 3: Prodependence Presenter: Robert Weiss, PhD, MSW Date: January 10, 2020 - 12:00-1:30 p.m. CEUs: 1.5
The past 35 years have brought endless new, useful, and cutting edge treatments to the addiction space. During this time we have integrated all sorts of methods like: motivational interviewing, Smart Recovery, EMDR, trauma work, somatic and equine therapies, and more -- all to foster better outcomes for our addicted clients. But when it comes to the treatment of an addict’s partner and loved ones, we have seen little new thought since the concept of codependency was first fleshed out over three decades ago. Prodependence, the first attachment-based model for the treatment of addict’s partners and loved ones, moves beyond the trauma-based theories of codependency and co-addiction, allowing us to view this population with fresh eyes and fresh ideas. Prodependence as a model is more invitational, less pathological, and more personally affirming to those who are intimately involved with addicts, as Prodependence neither assumes nor assigns any pathology or label to people simply because they are loving an addict in the best way they can.
Session 4: Untangling Meth, Sex and Intimacy: Chemsex in the MSM Community Presenter: David Fawcett PhD, LCSW Date: February 14, 2020 - 12:00-1:30 p.m. CEUs: 1.5
This presentation examines the increasing prevalence of chemsex in the MSM community. Although combining stimulants, other drugs and sex is widespread among all populations, in the MSM community it has merged with the HIV epidemic, especially among Black and Latinx men. This workshop reviews epidemiology and the neurological impact of meth on the reward circuitry of the brain. These changes have implications both for high-risk sexual behaviors and a difficult recovery from the neurotoxic effects of meth. The fusion of meth and sex will be examined including recommendations for clinical approaches both for recovery from the drug and reclaiming healthy sex and intimacy.
ABOUT ROBERT WEISS:
Robert Weiss PhD, MSW, Chief Clinical Officer of Seeking Integrity LLC, is a digital-age sex, intimacy, and relationship specialist. Dr. Weiss has spent more than 25 years developing treatment programs, educating clinicians, writing, and providing direct care to those challenged by digital-age infidelity, sexual addiction/compulsivity, and other addictive disorders. He is the author of several highly regarded books on sex and intimacy disorders including Prodependence, Out of the Doghouse, Sex Addiction 101, and Cruise Control, among others. He also podcasts (Sex, Love, & Addiction 101) and hosts a free, weekly interactive sex and intimacy webinar via SexandRelationshipHealing.com. His current projects are:
For more information or to reach Dr. Weiss, visit SeekingIntegrity.com. You can also follow him on Twitter (@RobWeissMSW), LinkedIn (Robert Weiss LCSW), and Facebook (Rob Weiss MSW).
ABOUT DAVID FAWCETT:
Dr. David Fawcett is a substance abuse expert, certified sex therapist, and clinical psychotherapist. He is the author of “Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Recovery.” In his clinical practice, Dr. Fawcett addresses a wide range of concerns, including addiction, trauma, and issues related to chronic illness, especially HIV/AIDS. He has been is a national trainer for the HIV Spectrum project of the National Association of Social Workers and presents workshops for professionals both nationally and internationally. He frequently presents workshops on LGBT health, addiction, HIV, and co-occurring disorders both in the US and internationally. He is a regular contributor to TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com, writing about HIV, mental health and substance abuse and he has been published in Huffington Post, Positively Aware, and other journals. He was a founder and Chair of the South Florida Methamphetamine Task Force, a nationally recognized coalition that addressed the meth epidemic through training, prevention, and intervention. Dr. Fawcett most recently co-produced “Crystal City,” a documentary about crystal meth and the gay community in New York.
Presenter: Wendy Justus, LCSW
DISTRICT COORDINATOR:
Presenter: Wendy Justus, MA, LCSW
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a truly integrative and effective approach to treating the kind of complex, developmental trauma we see with so many of our patients. Over the last decade, EMDR has begun to receive positive attention from traditional therapists thanks to the publication of books like Bessel Van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score.
Once thought of as a fairly radical, even bizarre treatment for single incident “Large T” trauma (like rape, war, earthquakes, etc), EMDR is now known to greatly decrease the disturbance of the kind of repetitive “small t” developmental trauma we clinical social workers see so frequently and find so hard to resolve. While not a magic bullet, EMDR does seem to improve the lives of many patients significantly.
Attendees will learn the fundamentals of EMDR and gain an understanding of who in their practice might benefit. We will discuss Resourcing, a powerful preparatory phase of the EMDR process. Finally, a case presentation will further illustrate the process of how adjunctive EMDR therapy looks in practice.
Wendy Justus, MA, LCSW is a certified psychoanalytic psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker with a second master’s degree in transpersonal psychology. In addition to her traditional psychodynamic therapy practice, she is also a Certified Therapist in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).
Wendy specializes in treating complex (developmental) PTSD using EMDR. She does this work in her own psychodynamic practice as well as working adjunctively with other clinicians.
She did her graduate work at New York University and her psychoanalytic training the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, also in NYC. Since 2004 she has been practicing in Menlo Park, California.
All clinical disciplines are welcome. ASWs, AMFTs, and APCCs with the approval of your supervisors, can use these educational credits toward your hours. To register and to sign up for membership or for more information contact info@clinicalsocialworksociety.org
Presenter:
Annual Holiday Meet & Greetcelebrating CSCSW’s 50th Year Anniversary
CSCSW, San Diego District invites you to our “Annual Holiday Meet and Greet” event (in lieu of our monthly CEU program - this is a FREE event).
Presenter: Nancy Haug, PhD
Presenter: Richard Almond, M.D.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
Richard Almond, M.D., is a therapist/psychoanalyst in Palo Alto, founding faculty member of the Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (“PAPPTP”), and member of the American Psychoanalytic Association Workshop on New Technologies.
Presenter: Greg Bellow, MSW & Geri Goldman, LCSW
Description: SOCIAL WORK MONTH
Presenter: Andrew Penn, RN & Patricia Penn, LCSW, PhD
CSCSW | P.O. Box 60937, Palo Alto, CA 94306 | 310-254-9471 | info@clinicalsocialworksociety.org
Professional Development | Advocacy | Connection