Continuing Education Events

Location: Live Webinar. You will receive the Zoom link after you register. Presenter: Jennifer Dean, PhD, LCSW Discussant: Lynn Rosenfield, PhD, LCSW Date: Sunday, September 17, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) Followed by a short ceremony to celebrate Dr. Dean’s graduation Download the PowerPoint Slides from the Presentation   Course Description …

Child Sexual Abuse and the Link to Commercial Sexual Exploitation Read More »

Homelessness is a problem with many causes and few solutions and many of the unhoused suffer from serious mental illnesses (SMI). The enormity of the problem, its multiple facets, and the obstacles faced by clients and workers is devastating and overwhelming. Our three-part program is an introduction to these issues. The first part will be …

The Challenges Facing the Unhoused Mentally Ill: Clinical Perspectives Read More »

TICKETS SOLD OUT!   Overview - What are Boundary Dilemmas? PRESENTER: SAMOAN BARISH, PHD, LCSW Course Description: There is a growing appreciation in contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy of the inevitability of boundary dilemmas, given the inherently subjective, intersubjective, and interpersonal nature of the therapeutic enterprise. Thus, this course addresses some of the complexities and subtleties of …

Ethical Considerations: Boundary Dilemmas Read More »

Presenter: Geri Goldmann, PhD, LCSW, MSW Discussant: Sylvia Sussman, PhD “Meet & Greet” at 10am. Presentation Start at 10:20am 12:00-12:20pm: Ceremony to honor the three former Sanville students who completed their doctoral degree program at the Institute for Clinical Social Work in Chicago. Do we say one thing to clients regarding their parenting and then …

The Mutual Impact of Being a Clinician/Mother Read More »

Presenter: Catherine Cheyette, Ph.D, LCSW Discussant: Silvio Machado, Ph.D “Meet & Greet” at 10am. Presentation Start at 10:20am This research was an exploratory study of the lived experience of having estranged from a parent and the experience of working on issues related to the estrangement in therapy. The findings from the data on the experience …

Estranging From a Parent and The Implications for Clinical Work Read More »

Presenter: Jennifer Bulow, LCSW, PhD Discussant: Samoan Barish, DSW, PhD This presentation will focus on the findings of qualitative research exploring therapists’ personal and professional experiences and clinical exchanges regarding “the political” in psychotherapy and the applications of these findings to ongoing practice. Jennifer Bulow is in private practice in the Atwater neighborhood of Los …

Re-envisioning Politics in Psychotherapy: The Therapist’s Experience Read More »