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Social Work Advocates Efforts Stave off Social Work Job Loss

A recent Op-Ed in the NY Daily News, “When social work is a felony” and news accounts by NY1 paint a fearful and distorted picture of an issue NASW-NYS and the NYS Society for Clinical Social Work have dedicated a considerable amount of energy and resources, in conjunction with the NYS Education Department- Office of the Professions, allied social work organizations, and executives of agencies impacted by the corporate practice statute to resolve the issue. The resulting waiver process, due in large part to our legislative work, was agreed upon by all participants in this Social Work Alliance as an acceptable solution to this unintended consequence of implementing the social work statute (and that of other mental health professionals). To date nearly 1,000 agencies have applied for a waiver, including that of the Op-Ed’s author. The primary objection voiced by many agencies to the 4 page, no cost waiver application process has been related to the required submittal of a moral character attestation by directors, trustees and officers. It is important to note that the waiver process is far less stringent than what is required by any other licensing or regulatory body.

To provide a brief history of the issue, as of September 1, 2004, the practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work became restricted to licensed persons (or those exempt from licensure under the law); however, NYS “corporate practice” law specifically prohibits the practice of licensed professions by a business or corporation.  This is problematic because many community based providers who have a long history of providing social work and mental health services, are (in many instances, unknowingly) in violation of corporate practice statute.  As a consequence of the agencies inadvertent violation of law, the State Education Department could not accept clinical experience obtained in, or issue permits to practice in such settings, impacting the ability of new practitioners to enter the workforce and preventing others from attaining their clinical license.

With such a significant amount of the workforce unknowingly providing services illegally, taking punitive actions such as the consequent alternative of layoffs would have created a huge disruption in the availability of services across the state and would not have been in the best interest of the individuals, families and communities being served nor that of affected providers. Therefore NASW-NYS worked in conjunction with the Social Work Licensure Alliance (social work and agency provider groups as well as other relevant stakeholders) and the NYS Education Department to address the situation. 

The possibility of seeking an exemption to the corporate practice law like that which a few select professions have been granted was explored. However it was clear that there would be opposition from certain stakeholder groups that would make the fight for such legislation lengthy and given the enormity of the potential impact of this situation on consumers and social workers, a more immediate remedy was needed.  To that end, a bill was drafted at the end of the regular 2009 session (S. 5921 and A.8897).  The bill proposed amending Title VIII of the Education Law to allow the State Education Department to register entities that do not possess operating certificates or authorization to employ licensed individuals.  However this was an unacceptable resolution to the legislature. It was in June of 2010 that the NYS Legislature passed the law addressing the practice of clinical social work and other scope protected tasks including the provision of mental health counseling and psychotherapy in currently unauthorized corporate settings. The law also allowed the Education Department to issue a waiver from corporate practice prohibitions to qualified not-for-profit and education corporations.

The Board of Regents approved permanent regulations to implement the law, and as such, the Department began accepting waiver applications beginning February 2, 2011 with an initial deadline of June 16, 2011 which did not in our opinion provide a sufficient timeframe. NASW-NYS went back to the legislature and successfully worked on an extension bill that pushed the deadline to February 1, 2012.  

NASW-NYS in conjunction with the NYS Association of Deans of Schools of Social Work produced an informational video regarding this issue to clarify who the law pertains to, which corporate entities might require a waiver and the application process. We collectively engaged in extensive outreach to field agencies of the schools of social work, members of the Social Work Alliance, members the NY Council of Nonprofits (who hosted the video on their YouTube channel) as well as our respective members to promote awareness of the waiver and prompt affected agencies to complete the brief (4 page no-cost application) prior to the February 1^st deadline. 

Sincerely,

Reinaldo Cardona MSSW, LCSW R                            Marsha Wineburgh, PhD, DSW, LCSW
Executive Director                                                        President
NASW-NYS                                                                  NYS Society for Clinical Social Work

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Annual Election of Officers Election Report
December 7, 2011

     On behalf of the State Board of the NYSSCSW thanks and appreciation are extended to the wonderful candidates who ran in this year's election. Marsha Wineburgh, Shannon Boyle, Martin Lowery, Andrew Daly, Linda Wright and Robert S. Berger we applaud you for your dedication as volunteers in our wonderful organization. It is a commitment of time and energy to serve on a board.

     Volunteerism is the backbone of many organizations and programs and it is the mainstay of the NYSSCSW. Thank you for your dedication, passion and contribution to the field of clinical social work.
 
Election results:
President Elect:  Marsha Wineburgh MSW, DSW, LCSW, BCD.

First Vice President: Robert S. Berger, PhD, MS, LCSW

Treasurer:  Shannon Boyle (MSW)

Member-at-Large: Martin Lowery,  Andrew Daly , Linda Wright MSW, LCSW-R, BCD
                            

Sarah Zahnstecher, LCAT will present a workshop

“Art and Countertransference”

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Washington Square Institute Library, 41-51 E. 11^th Street

near University Place, 4^th floor, NY, NY 10014

Refreshments to follow plus an optional no fee WSI lecture

Sign in is required at reception desk

 Please call Sandra Indig, LCSW-R, LP, ATCB, Committee Chair

 To verify address and to reserve a seat: 212-330-6787

This workshop will discuss countertransference, defining it with specific clients in mind and using art to create the environment necessary for the relationship to thrive.  It will involve a series of exercises designed to help us use our feelings in relation to our clients in order to assist them.

Please bring your favorite magic markers or other instruments of color.

Educational Objective:  Participants will learn an innovative method to transform these emotions in order to be present and create the distance necessary for integration and insight to occur.  They will also use a “process over product” orientation with simple materials, such as markers and paper.  This process of allowing the marker to have a mind of its own brings us closer to understanding our own symbols and, therefore, the client’s.

Sarah Zahnstecher, LCAT is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist with over 20 years experience.  She has Master’s degrees in Art therapy as well as Fine Arts.  She now works in private practice in Brooklyn, NY after decades of agency and hospital work with a wide variety of populations.  She has presented numerous workshops on diverse subjects to train and develop staff and professional associates.  She has supervised both Art Therapists and Social Workers.

Met Chapter's Annual Holiday Party
Sunday, December 11, 2011 from 4:00 to 7:00pm

Once again we will be gathering to celebrate the Holiday Season
At
"107 West"
2787 Broadway, at 107th Street

Come to share some holiday cheer (complimentary hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks) with your colleagues. Meet old and new friends, Board members and committee chairpersons.

Feel free to bring a guest. There is no entry fee or RSVP needed.


NYSSCSW Met Chapter Conference/Workshop
RICHARD BROWN, M.D.
Presenting
HEALING THE HEALER, HEALING THE PATIENT
Integrating Neurobiology and Psychotherapy

Saturday, March 3, 2012
9 AM - 5 PM
At the Chelsea SUBUD Center
230 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001
(Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
One block from the #1 train, 28th Street Stop

The Met Chapter of NYSSCSW is delighted to bring to our Members, Friends and Colleagues a renowned psychopharmacologist specializing in alternative medicine and alternative treatment.

RELIGHT YOUR INNER FIRES.
REACTIVATE YOUR APPROACH TO PRACTICE.
RELEASE ACCUMULATED STRESS.

JOIN US FOR A DIDACTIC/EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP.

Members: $75 by January 15, 2012; $95 after January 15^th
Non-Members: $125
Non-Members who join at registration will receive the member's rate.
SW students (with appropriate ID): $50

CEUs will be given

RICHARD BROWN,MD, INTEGRATING NEUROBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: Please complete the form below (if you’re a Student and a Member, check both spaces) with a check made payable to NYS Society for Clinical Social Work and mail to:  ROBERT S. BERGER, PHD, 150 West 95 Street, Suite 1A, New York, N.Y. 10025-6612

Name: __________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________________________________________

Phone: _________________________________ Cell Phone:________________________

Degree: ________________________ 

Professional Affiliation: _________________________

Member of NYSSCSW:  Yes___ Chapter_____________________

Not a Member___        

Student____

REGISTER NOW - SPACE IS LIMITED

For information email bobbaj@verizon.net or call Bobba Jean Moody, LCSW at 212-529-1973.

Nassau Chapter November Board Meeting & Social Networking Continued: Facebook & Twitter
When: November 20, 2011 at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
Presentation By: Mitch Topol

There is no charge to members. 

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com. 

Nassau Chapter Clinical Conference: The Relational Brain and Psychotherapy: Neuroscience in the Treatment Room
Nassau Chapter Annual Conference
When: December 3, 2011, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Where: Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave
Rockville Centre
All-Purpose Room,  NEW Building ("The Public Square")

Presentation By: Terry Nathanson, LCSW

8:45 - 9:15: Registration, Refreshments, & Networking
9:15 - 9:30: Welcome
9:30 - 10:30: Terry Nathanson Part I
10:30 - 10:45: BREAK
10:45 - 11:45: Terry Nathanson Part II
11:45 AM - 12:30:  Questions & Discussion

Terry Nathanson, LCSW will help us understand how the emotional brain functions and why words-talk therapy-sometimes fall short in modulating emotions, experiences, attachments, and thoughts originating in our childhood  pre-verbal nervous systems. Drawing on the work of Daniel Siegel, MD, Stephen W. Porges and trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, Terry will offfer a comprehensive and thought-provoking presentation at Molloy's Wilbur Arts Center.   His interest in mind-body healing and the need to bring body into awareness began with work as a massage therapist. Terry explained how he has integrated neuroscience in his practice with clients struggling with eating disorders and trauma. 

Please Bring Your Brochures or Other Practice Information for Display

CEUs Will Be Awarded

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.


Nassau Chapter Board Meeting & Presentation - January
When: January 22, 2012 at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
There is no charge to members.

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.

Nassau Chapter Board Meeting - February

When: February 12, 2012 at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
There is no charge to members.

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.

Nassau Chapter Board Meeting & Presentation - March
When: March 18, 2012 at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
There is no charge to members.

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.

Nassau Chapter Author Brunch
When: April 22, 2012 at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
There is no charge to members.

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.

Nassau Chapter Board Meeting & Presentation - May
When: May 20, 2012 at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
There is no charge to members.

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.

Nassau Chapter End of Year Brunch

When: June 3 or 10, 2012 at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
There is no charge to members.

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.

Queens

Sunday  12/11/2011  11AM-1PM    David Grand, LCSW, Ph.D. 

Holliswood Hospital

87-37 Palermo St.

Holliswood, NY 11423

Rockland

PRIVATE PRACTICE GROUP

     The next Private Practice Meeting will be held on Sunday December 18th
from 10:30am-12:00pm. ( please note time change) At the RomanoCenter
upper level board room at St, Thomas Aquinas College, Route 340,
Sparkill, NY. This month will be an open format.

RSVP encouraged.

Sharon Forman, LCSW -R
845-536-8875
Sharroo2@aol.com

PRIVATE PRACTICE GROUP

     The Rockland Chapter Private Practice Group will resume our monthly meetings beginning Friday October 14th from 7:00-8:30pm at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY in the Romano Center upper level boardroom. Meetings will generally take place alternatively on the second Friday or Sunday of the month.The Private Practice Group meets to discuss the professional needs of clinical social workers maintaining a private practice. For location, directions and additional information about the Private Practice Group contact Sharon Forman LCSW-R at (845) 536-8875 or email sharroo2@aol.com.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – December

When: December 11, 2011
Where: Sullivan Theater (Maguire Hall) at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda:
10am: Film Presentation
12:00pm: Discussion and Lunch to follow

During our discussion, we will use the couple in the film “Blue Valentine” as our example of a couple in distress and how to increase our assessment and intervention skills from Object Relations Theory and Attachment Theory perspectives.  A brief understanding of gender role, class and economic stressors will also be incorporated into this presentation.  We will discuss how our expectations and choice of a love object are formed by our primary relationships, how individual members in a couple can become emotionally dysregulated, and how we can help them to improve communication skills and relationship behavior.

Hope Eliasof, LCSW, LMFT, has been a relationship therapist, parent educator and instructor for over 25 years.  She received her Master’s degree in Social Work at the Wurzweiler School of Social work and her Bachelor’s degree from CUNY at Brooklyn.  She also received postgraduate certification in psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from The Institute of Mental Health Education in Englewood, NJ and a Supervisor Certification from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York City.  Ms. Eliasof has been an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work’s Masters and Post-Masters Programs and she is a Part-Time Supervisor at Pascack Mental Health Clinic in Park Ridge, NJ.  She is Former Director of the Parenting Center, Temple Beth El in Closter, NJ and Parenting Group Leader at the Jewish Community Center on the Palisades.  She continues to present Parenting and Relationship Workshops and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy for individuals, children, families and couples in Bergen County, NJ.  Her work has appeared in The Parent Paper and About Our Children.

THIS PROGRAM IS FREE FOR STUDENTS & MEMBERS;
NON-MEMBERS - $15; SENIORS - $5
3.0 CEU’S WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ATTENDANTS

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at (201) 848-5276.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – January
When: January 22, 2012
Where: McNelis Commons at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda:
10am – 11am: Board Meeting
11am – 12:15pm: Clinical Case Presentations and Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lecture

The Exceptional Marriage Method:  An experiential, energetic and expressive approach to couples work by Elizabeth S. Carl, LCSW, CASAC (Met Chapter, lizcarltherapy@gmail.com).

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at aennis16@gmail.com or (201) 848 - 5276.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – February
When: February 19, 2012
Where : McNelis Commons at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda :
10am – 11am: Board Meeting
11am – 12:15pm: Clinical Case Presentations and Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lecture

All About Social Work Licensing by Beth Pagano, LCSW-R, bethpagano678@msn.com

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at aennis16@gmail.com or (201) 848 - 5276.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – March
When: March 25, 2012
Where : McNelis Commons at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda :
10am – 11am: Board Meeting
11am – 12:15pm: Clinical Case Presentations and Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lecture

Meditation and Psychotherapy: How they Complement Eachother by Hillary Volper, LCSW. She is from Westchester Chapter and NYC Institute, HGVolper@aol.com

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at aennis16@gmail.com or (201) 848 - 5276.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – April
When: April 29, 2012
Where : McNelis Commons at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda :
10am – 11am: Board Meeting
11am – 12:15pm: Clinical Case Presentations and Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lecture

Integrating Psychodyamic Psychotherapy and 12-Step Programs by Betsy Robin Spiegel, LCSW (Met Chapter, betspie@aol.com)

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at aennis16@gmail.com or (201) 848 - 5276.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – May
When: May 20, 2012
Where : McNelis Commons at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda :
10am – 11am: Board Meeting
11am – 12:15pm: Clinical Case Presentations and Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lecture

Neuropsychiatric Illness associated with Lyme and other tick borne diseases by Angela La Manna, LCSW-R. She is from Westchester Center, almmsw@gmail.com

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at aennis16@gmail.com or (201) 848 - 5276.

Dr. Jennifer Levitt-LaDuca, Clinical Psychologist
Coordinator, Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom & New Dawn Readjustment Services

Brooklyn VA Hospital

At: Island Shores Senior Residence
1111 Father Capodanno Blvd.
Staten Island, New York 10306

$15 for nonmembers

December Chapter Meeting
Saturday December 3, 2011, NYSSCSW-Westchester Chapter General Meeting
TIME: 9:00 AM Practice Groups Meet
        10:00 Refreshments and Networking
        10:15 Business Meeting
        10:40 Speaker
PLACE: The Mental Health Assoc., 29 Sterling Ave., White Plains, NY

SPEAKER: Hilary Ryglewicz, LCSW
TITLE: “Attachment, Secure and Insecure: The Promise and Perils of Adult Relationships”

ABSTRACT
The emotional tasks of making and maintaining our most important adult relationships are multiple, unremitting, daunting and profound.  Our need for the ‘secure base’ continues to be pressing throughout our lives.  Yet the risks we run--in choosing our significant others, in exposing ourselves to intimacy, in trying to offer and obtain love—are substantial.  How we manage loss, rupture and disappointment in our adult attachments is a major theme of therapy and a major challenge of adult life.  This presentation will address some of the issues of adult attachment through clinical and fictional case material.

BIO
Hilary Ryglewicz, LCSW is a psychotherapist with over 30 years clinical experience, whose background includes both psychodynamic and cognitive approaches.  Ms. Ryglewicz is a supervisor and faculty member of the Couples Program of the Training Institute for Mental Health in New York City.  She maintains a private practice with individuals and couples in Manhattan and in Nyack.

Recent Events


State Events
New York State Society for Clinical Social Work's Annual Meeting - Sunday, September 18th
In Honor of Drs. Eda Goldstein and Jeffrey Seinfeld

Contemporary Perspectives on Object Relations Theory:
Its Relevance to Private Practice, Agency Work, and Clinical Social Work Education

Sunday, September 18, 2011
9am - 4pm
New York's Hotel Pennsylvania
401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.)
New York, N.Y. 10001
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New York State Society for Clinical Social Work’s 42^nd Annual Educational Conference
The Multiple Dimensions of Narcissism and How to Survive Them
Saturday, May 7, 2011
The Nightengale-Bamford School Auditorium
20 East 92^nd Street
New York, NY 10128

8:00am: Registration and Refreshments
9:00am: Welcome – Jonathan Morgenstern, LCSW, President, New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
9:15am:  Opening Remarks and Introductions – Susan A. Klett, LCSW-R, BCD, Chairperson, Education Committee, New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
9:30am: Keynote Presentations –
                Breaking Through: Helping the Narcissistically Vulnerable Couple Engage ~ Dr. Judith Siegel, Associate Professor at the New York University Silver School of Social Work. She is the author of over 20 journal articles and book chapters, as well as 4 books on marriage and relationships including Repairing Intimacy, Countertransference in Couples Therapy, What Chaildren Learn from their Parents Marriage and Stop Overreacting. Her work integrates object relations and systems theories with emotional regulation. She has presented at professional conferences and workshops throughout the United States and Canada and has private practice in Mamaroneck, New York.
                The Hidden Pain in Narcissism ~ Jane S. Hall, LCSW, FIPA, is past President of the New York Freudian Society, a member of the IPA, ApsaA, AAPCSW, Div. 39. Training and Supervising Analyst who has taught, lectured, and consulted on how to deepen psychoanalytic work for the past twenty-five plus years. Hall is the author of: Roadblocks on the Journey of Psychotherapy (2004) and Deepening the Treatment (1998), published by Jason Aronson; and other articles. She consults and supervises in person and via Skype and telephone, and is on faculties of three NY institutes. A founder of the New York School for Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Hall was first director of the Psychotherapy Track at NYFS. A graduate of the Institute for the Study of Psychotherapy, and the New York Freudian Society-Institute, Hall is in private practice in New York City.
12:00pm: Lunch
1:45 – 3:45pm: Afternoon Workshops –
                 1) Narcissism and the Sibling Relationship ~ Joyce Edward, LCSW, BCD, Distinguished Practitioner, National Academies of Practice
                 2) My Patient, My stalker: Occupational Hazard and Cautionary Tale ~ Sharon K. Farber, PhD., LCSW, BCD, Adjunct Faculty, New York University School of Social Work
                 3) Learning to Love In An Intimate Attachment: Addressing Avoidant Attachment Dynamics In A Narcissistically Self-preoccupied Man ~ Marc Wayne, LCSW, BCD, Senior Supervisor, Training Analyst and Faculty, at the Training Institute for Mental Health
                4) Uncovering The Lost Self: Expanding Positive Narcissism in A Neurotic Patient ~ Roberta Ann Shechter, DSW, Faculty, Supervisor and Training Analyst, Washington Square Institute
                5) Narcissism As A Defense ~ Leah Pittell Jacobs, LCSW, LP, NCPsyA, Faculty and Senior Member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis
                6) Reconsidering An Elusive Concept: Narcissism As Superegotistical Attack ~ Barbara Tholfsen, LCSW, Founder of the online-resource group, “Lacanian Foothold”
                7) Narcissistic Injury In A Marriage Stung by an Affair: An Integrative Approach For The Clinical Situation ~ Gildo M. Consolini, PhD., LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health and Social Services at Personal Touch Home Health Care; Tripp Evans, Ph.D., LCSW-R, Faculty/Supervisor in the 2-Year Couple Program of the Training Institute for Mental Health
                8) Shattering The Mirror of Narcissism: Treatment of an Adolescent Male ~ Janice Michaelson, LCSW, Founder and first President, New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Work


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Creativity & Transformation Committee

The New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
Committee for Creativity & Transformation in Clinical Practice

George Hagman, LCSW will present a workshop and paper
“Creative Analysis: Comparing Artistic and Psychoanalytic Processes”

Thursday, November 17, 2011
6:30 – 8:00pm
Washington Square Institute Library, 41-51 E. 11th Street near University Place, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Refreshments to follow plus an optional no fee WSI lecture  -   Sign in is required at reception desk

Please RSVP Sandra Indig, LCSW-R, LP, ATCB, Committee Chair: 212-330-6787, psych4arts@hotmail.com, subject line: CC&T 11/17

This workshop will discuss: the dynamics of creativity in psychoanalytic treatment and how the model of artistic creativity may be useful in understanding the analytic process. Several phases of the creative process are planned for discussion; first as it is manifest in art and then as we see it in the analytic process. A case example will be presented with several recommendations for enhancing analytic creativity.

Educational Objective: Participants will learn an innovative model of creativity in analytic practice. They will also hear clinical vignettes illustrating the model, and acquire special skills that will enhance their own creative potential.

George Hagman, LCSW is a psychoanalytic clinical social worker in private and public practice in New York City and Connecticut. He is also the Director of Out-Patient Services at the Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center in Connecticut. He is a member of the faculty of the Training Institute of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis as well as the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology and he is Scientific Program Chair of the Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. George has published numerous articles in a number of major psychoanalytic journals such as the International Journal of Psychoanalysis He has presented at meetings of the International Psychoanalytic Association, American Psychoanalytic Association, the Annual Meetings on the Psychology of the Self and other national professional meetings.  In March 2012 he will present at the annual conference of the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis. His book Aesthetic Experience: Beauty, Creativity and the Search for the Ideal was published in 2005 by Rodopi Press as Volume 5 of the series Contemporary Psychoanalytic Studies, and he is the co-editor of a special issue of Psychoanalytic Inquiry titled “Creativity, Art and Psychoanalysis: Current Perspectives” published by the Analytic Press in 2006. In June 2010 Routledge published, The Artist’s Mind: Creativity, Modern Art and Modern Artists.

Workshop Committee: Sema Gurun, LCSW-R and Joy Sanjek ,LCSW

January 9:
George Hagman, LCSW, BCD: The Artful Brain:Survival Through Creativity
March 13:
Paul Giorgianni, LCSW, BCD: Objects In The Psychotherapy Environment
(*Rescheduled for) May 15:
Helen Hinckley Krackow, LCSW, BCD: Mirrors of the Soul: Evoking the Unconscious Body Image through Hypnosis

WHERE AND WHEN:
130 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
(18^th Street is the cross street) in Manhattan
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday

RESERVATIONS:
Please contact Sandra Indig to verify address and  to reserve a seat:
(212) 330-6787 or Psych4arts@hotmail.com

SAVE THE DATE FOR MOMA!
Monday, February 21st
The New York State Society for Clinical Work
Committee for Creativity & Transformation in Clinical Practice
 
Join us for a tour of 'Abstract Expressionist New York' Exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
The first eight callers are FREE!
Society Members Only: Call Joy Sanjek at (646)469-9733.
When: Monday, February 21st
Time: 12:45 pm
Where: The Museum of Modern Art
Rear exit wall in the lobby at 12:45 p.m. That exit is after the information desk.
Committee contact number at MOMA: 917-450-0337
 
Joy Sanjek, Workshop Committee member and host to our Workshop Presentations generously donated guest passes to the first eight callers. One past guest presenter may come as Sandra Indig's guest.  It is a fun, collegial way to get together. 

Sandra Indig ,LCSW-R, LP, ATR-BC, Chair
Joy Sanjek, LCSW-R, Coordinator
Sema Gurun, LCSW, Professional Relations

SAVE THE DATE FOR A WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC BILLING
October 15, 2011, 10:00 to 1:30, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 88^th Street and Lexington in Manhattan
Presented by the Vendorship and Managed Care Committee

Practical information on billing services, practice management software, direct billing of insurance companies and Medicare, and the basics of HIPAA compliance.
Whether or not you feel ready for electronic claims submission or transfer of electronic records, this is information you need to have going forward.  Take one more step toward digital competence.

Click Here for More Information


Helen T. Hoffman LCSW
Chair, Vendorship and Managed Care Committee
212-873-3052 
helenhoffman@verizon.net


Medicare Webinar 
February 28

On Monday, February 28, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., National Government Services will provide a seminar and teleconference on Medicare.   

Kathy Dunphy and James Bavoso of NGS will provide an overview of provider enrollment, PECOS, documentation, and other provider responsibilities, and will discuss the future direction of Medicare, including electronic billing.  Following the initial presentation there will be a question and answer period.  

This seminar will take place at 1 Liberty Plaza in Manhattan, 14^th floor, The Presentation Room.  Nearest subway stop is Fulton/Nassau on the 4, 5, or 6 train.   Photo ID required to enter the building.   

Members unable to attend in person will be able to participate by teleconference while following a Power Point presentation available on the NYSSCSW website.

This Webinar is being created expressly for the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work and should provide important information for Medicare providers.

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Metropolitan

Movie Night
Met Chapter Committee on Psychoanalysis
Presents: MOVIE NIGHT
Featuring The Kids Are All Right (A Lisa Cholodenko Film, 2010)

Friday, October 28, 2011, 7-10 PM
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NEW YORK
John H. Holmes Community House
Gallery Room
 28 East 35th Street

Free admission for Met Chapter Members
($10 for nonmembers)

Directed by Lisa Cholodenko, this film explores the family dynamics that ensue when the children of a lesbian couple (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) discover the man (Mark Ruffalo) who is their birth father and invite him into their family. Join us (refreshments served) for the movie and discussion afterward.

Ritz Gazarik, LCSW, will facilitate the discussion. She is the director of Family Life Cycle Mental Health Associates, a multicultural practice of family therapists. A graduate of the Ackerman Institute for the Family and the Family Institute of Westchester, she also teaches at the postgraduate program of the Hunter College School of Social Work and at the social work school at Charles University, in Prague. Rita is chair of the Couple and Family Practice Committee for the NYSSCSW, Met Chapter, and writes about couple and family therapy. She is in private practice, in Manhattan.

Food for Thought
Join us for a delicious dinner and a professional presentation on
Wednesday, October 26^th, at 7:15 p.m.
The Atlantic Grill at Lincoln Center
49 West 64th Street on Broadway

This program is once again being brought to you by your
Met Chapter and its Membership Committee!

The Presenter:  Janet Burak, LCSW
Janet Burak is in private practice doing individual and marital therapy. She is a graduate of the Metropolitan Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and did doctoral work at NYU. She is the NY Membership Chair of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work and a long-standing member of the NYSSCSW-Metropolitan Chapter. She conducts workshops for single, mid-life women.

The Topic: "I Love Him, I Love Him Not - Intimacy Issues of Single Mid-Life Women"
New choices and opportunities abound in today's world for mid-life women. Yet often women experience difficulty meeting available men, feel ambivalent about their current relationships or are unsure about being in a relationship at all. Women struggle with fantasies and inhibitions related to life in former times, while living in a culture that continues to idealize youth, beauty, style, and money. These themes will be elaborated on, with reference to self-psychology, contemporary oedipal theory and object relations in the treatment of two or three women in their forties and fifties. The question becomes what do these women want now?

The Menu: Choice of mixed baby green salad or soup of the day; choice of entree: roasted organic chicken, mahi mahi, or ravioli; vegetables; lemon brulee tart; unlimited soft drinks, coffee, and tea
The Cost: $40
To Register:  Attendance will be on a first come-first served basis and space is limited to 25 guests. To attend: RSVP to Maria Baratta at Mbarmail@aol.com. Upon your e-mail registration being acknowledged, send your check for $40 made out to NYSSCSW in order to secure your seat to Dr. Maria Baratta, 300 Central Park West - Suite 1C, New York, NY 10024.


“Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better” Brunch
The Education Committee of the Metropolitan Chapter of the NYSSCSW presents:
Topic: The Role of Forgiveness in the Working Through of Traumatic Events – A Dialogue
Sunday, October 16, 2011
11:00am – 2:00pm (11-11:30 Networking)
PPSC – 80 Fifth Avenue, NYC (14^th St) Room 1408C
Presenter: Gwenn A. Nusbaum, LCSW, BCD

Through intensive therapeutic work, opportunities to transcend traumatic events and achieve post-traumatic mastery are possible for people.  This workshop will discuss components of post-traumatic growth as conceptualized by Richard Tedeschi, and link the question: Is forgiveness necessary to the process of working through and healing from traumatic events – especially those involving victimizations – and if so, why?  A brief statement about “forgiveness therapies”, and the controversy surrounding it, will be offered.  Clinical vignettes will illustrate instances in which traumatized patients have grappled with the question of forgiveness and what it has meant to both forgive and not to forgive. Significant time will be given to participants, for a dialogue about these inquiries.

Gwenn A. Nusbaum, LCSW, BCD, CGP, has treated survivors in individual, couple and group therapy for over 25 years.  She has published on the subject of the efficacy of psychodynamic group treatment for women with histories of childhood sexual traumas, the relationship between sexual abuse and eating disorders and the need for defiance in women with abuse histories.  A relational psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, Gwenn maintains a private practice in the East Village and is senior faculty of the Postgraduate Group Therapy Department as well as Training Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center.

It is respectful to the organizers of this event to RSVP early. Registration will be on a first come, first served basis.  Space is limited. 

E-mail Susan Appelman @ ShrinkSGA8@aol.com or call (347)268-9794 (leave name and number).

This event is for Metropolitan Chapter Members Only
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

Met Chapter Clinical Ethics Committee

 Friday, June 24, 2011
4-6 PM
Location: 80 Fifth Avenue (at 14th Street)
RSVP: dreileenain@gmail.com, 917-747-2890. 

Since our April Met Chapter conference covering professional ethics, patient records and the resolution of ethical dilemmas many complex questions have emerged, adding to the growing lexicon of the ethical dilemmas we face. 

At this end-year meeting we will review and wrap what we have explored, and prepare a calendar  for next year's meeting and conference. I hope you join us and if you were at the conference, it would be good to again see you and take a few moments to share feedback. 

Eileen Ain, DSW, LCSW-R
Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee
Metropolitan Chapter of the NYSSCSW


SPEED NETWORKING
Saturday, June 11th, from 11-3 p.m.

Interested in meeting other Met Chapter members?
Want to hear what others are doing to promote their practices?
Want to share your marketing ideas?
Want to see the listserv come alive?
Want an opportunity to polish your elevator speech?
Want to make and receive new referrals?

In addition to 5 minute sit-down opportunities to meet and talk with everyone in the room, there will also be opportunities for informal networking and socializing.

Remember to bring your business cards!

WHEN: Saturday, June 11th, from 11-3 p.m.
WHERE: Immanuel Lutheran Church
                Lexington Avenue bet. 87th & 88th Streets
                (entrance next to CVS)
TO REGISTER: Contact Richard Joelson:  RBJoelson@aol.com

Lunch will be served.
Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Once again, thanks to your membership dues, there is no fee for this event.

Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better...
You are cordially invited to attend 
A Reception for
New, Current and Prospective Members
of the
Met Chapter---NYSSCSW
on
Friday, June 3, 2011, 7 to 9 p.m.
At the home of Richard Joelson, Membership Committee Chair
115 East 87th Street – Apt. 27D
(between Lexington & Park Avenues)
Refreshments will be served.

All new, old and prospective members are invited to attend.
Whether you are a new member or have been around for a while, this event will be a wonderful opportunity to:

Meet fellow Met Chapter Members,
Meet members of the Met Chapter Board,
Learn about our Listserv and its many benefits,
Learn about the work of our committees,
and
Discover opportunities to become involved in the life of your organization.

We hope to see you!
Please RSVP to Richard Joelson, Membership Committee Chair at
RBJoelson@aol.com or (212) 369-1239.


Met Chapter's Spring Gathering
Sunday, May 22, 2011 from 4pm to 7pm
"107 West"
Located at 2787 Broadway, at 107th Street

Come and join us at the Met Chapter's Spring Gathering!
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks, with your colleagues.
Meet old and new friends: Our President, Board Members, and Committee Chairpersons.
There is no entry fee.

Met Chapter
Couple and Family Practice Committee Sponsors:
Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy
Presented by Linda Marks
Friday, May 6th
1:30 to 3PM
Please arrive by 1:15PM for networking, as we will start promptly
at Rita's Office, 130 Fifth Ave, Suite 900
RSVP please, ASAP

This will be organized by Linda Marks who was a student and is now a practitioner of this model.
RSVP:
Rita Mae Gazarik, LCSW
Committee Chair
130 5th Ave Suite 900
New York, NY 10011
212-727-1568
rg@familylifecycle.com

The Psychiatric Medicine Dilemma: Children and Adolescents
How to Decide When Medicine Might Help!
Sunday, November 6, 2011, Workshop
10:30am – 12:30pm Daylight Saving Time
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Conference Room B
Poughkeepsie, New York

Our Presenter will be Dr. Kevin T. Kalikow, Clinical Assistant Professor in Child Psychiatry at New York Medical College, who also teaches at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  He is the author of:  Your Child in the Balance: An Insider's Guide for Parents to the Psychiatric Medicine Dilemma, and Kids on Meds: Up-to-Date Information About the Most Commonly Prescribed Psychiatric Medications. 

Dr. Kalikow writes that both books were written to address the thorny topic of prescribing psychiatric medicines to children.  The former volume helps parents and clinicians understand how doctors decide to prescribe medicine and whether medicine is the right treatment for their child.  The second reviews the use, side effects and theory behind the many medicines used in child psychiatry.

All mental health clinicians and students are welcome. CEU’s available.
To Register, please write:  Jeanne Asma  jeanneasma@optonline.net
For information, write: Rosemary Cohen  rosemarycohen@gmail.com

DBT (Linehan) and Mentalization (Fonagy) with Jacinta ‘Cindy’ Marschke, Ph.D., LCSW
Saturday, April 23, at Benedictine Hospital
Conference Room, 10:15am-12:30pm

Dr. Marschke will present a brief overview of current research and its relevance for understanding and treating this patient population.  The two models will be described and contrasted.  Discussed will be a rationale for matching different models of treatment with differing patients who share a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.

She is an MSW graduate of Fordham University and completed her Ph.D. at Smith College School of Social Work.  While in that program she conducted a follow-up study of formerly hospitalized adolescents diagnosed with BPD, who were treated using James Masterson’s psychoanalytic treatment model.  Since then she has introduced the DBT model to mental health providers and conducted groups with patients with BPD and their parents.  Currently she is in private practice in Kingston, New York, and works for the EAP Services of the Mid-Hudson Valley.  She has been a past president of the NYSSCSW and of its Mid-Hudson Chapter. 

All mental health providers and students are welcome.  Networking and refreshments beginning 10:00am.
Mid-Hudson Chapter workshops are free to members; $25. for non-members; and, $15. for students.
Please address inquiries to:  Rosemary Cohen at:  rosemarycohen@gmail.com

Play Therapy with Gloria Robbins, LCSW
Saturday, March 19, 2011, Workshop
10:15am-12:30pm
Vassar Brother Medical Center Conference Room A
Poughkeepsie, New York 
 
Gloria Robbins is a longtime private practitioner in the Hudson Valley, trained in Psychodrama, Bio-energetics, Rhythmic Integration, Jungian Analysis and Play Therapy.  Ms. Robbins has studied with many Spiritual Masters, and has conducted workshops and trainings internationally. She has led The Women’s Group in Poughkeepsie for over thirty-five years. 

She will present her teaching video “Ego In Motion”, showing four pre-school children in various stages of ego development.  The viewer observes the presenting problem, interventions by the therapist and changes that occur over time.   The less developed ego demands a more passive presence by the therapist, in order to enhance and strengthen the ego.

The more developed ego demands more interaction between the therapist and child in the working through of unresolved conflicts.  The principles of play therapy will be discussed during the viewing and can be generalized to treatment with children of all ages, adolescents and adults. 

All mental health clinicians and students are welcome.
Sign in, refreshments and networking at 10:00 am.
Society members: no fee; non-member participants: $25. Students; $15.
Please send inquiries to:  rosemarycohen@gmail.com

Theraplay, a Relationship-Attachment Based Family Play Therapy
New York State Society for Clinical Social Work - Mid-Hudson Chapter
Saturday, January 22, 2011, 10:30am – 12:30pm
Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Conference Room B, Poughkeepsie, New York
 
     Alan Spivack, LCSW, a founder of the Family Therapy Center of Poughkeepsie, presents his workshop on Theraplay, a fun, innovative short term treatment method that uses structured play therapy methods with its participants.  After an extensive pre-therapy evaluation, there are 10 sessions which involve therapist and child, parent and child, and sometimes parents and therapist.  
           This method is very helpful for use with adopted/foster care children with difficult symptom pictures, autistic children, children with regulatory disorders and sensory integration problems, adolescents or children with oppositional and disassociated problems and children with emotional or physical trauma histories.  The method involves observed, nurturing touch and considers it essential for success.  
 
All mental health clinicians and students are welcome.
The Workshop is free to NYSSCSW members; $25 nonmembers, and $15 students.
Write for more information, to Rosemary Cohen  rosemarycohen@gmail.com

Nassau

When: October 23, 2011at 10am
Where: Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY
Presentation By: Mitch Topol

There is no charge to members.

For more information, contact Sheila Peck at (516) 889 - 2688 or Sheila2688@aol.com.

GUEST SPEAKER – CATHLEEN FANSLOW-BRUNJES
“Using the Power of Hope to Cope with Dying.”  
“(This book) is an interesting and moving contribution to literature.”
                                                              -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD

DATE:             SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011
TIME:             10:00 AM TO NOON
LOCATION: HOME OF SUSAN H. KAHN, LCSW, BCD
                    GREAT NECK, NY
This event is for members only! Reservations a must!!  

     The Annual Book-Author Brunch, sponsored by the Nassau Chapter of the New York State Society of Clinical Social Work has been scheduled for Sunday, April 10^th 2011.  We are honored this year to have as our guest speaker, Cathleen Fanslow-Brunjes, author of the book “Using the Power of Hope to Cope with Dying.”  Cathleen Fanslow-Brunjes is an internationally-acclaimed expert in the fields of death, dying, grief, and hospice care. She has presented over 600 workshops and lectures on the subject and was the keynote speaker at the First International Congress for Hospice and Palliative Care in Rome.  Please see attachment for further information.  As space is limited, reservations are necessary.  Please contact Susan H. Kahn, LCSW, BCD at 516-482-1269 or shkahn@verizon.net.

Exploring the Neuroscience of Psychotherapy:Why What We Do Works and Doesn’t Work
Sunday March 20, 2011, 10am - Noon
Please note change of location:  Molloy College • Wilber Arts Center • Multipurpose Room • 2nd Floor

     What do premature infants, colicky babies, children with ADHD, people with autism and teenagers have in common?  What does the music of the 50’s, early 60’s and today’s rap tell us about pair bonding, predatory behavior and the use of our voice during sessions?  What can a 1200 pound polar bear and a wolf teach us about the deepest aspects of our work?  These seemingly disparate questions are answered as we discuss the fascinating work of Dr. Stephen Porges, a neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of the psycho-neurobiology of social engagement and therapeutic change.  Illustrating Porges’s “Social Engagement System,” we will discuss a view of the mind-body ‘resiliency zone’ that is radically changing our understanding of what happens in clinical treatment.

     Terry Nathanson, LCSW, has been an active student and practitioner of mind-body models of treatment for over 25 years.  He integrates Gestalt, Internal Family Systems, trauma based somatic approaches, interpersonal neurobiology and eastern contemplative perspectives.  Fascinated with the limitations of talk therapies and the hyperarousal of cathartic therapies, Terry has been passionately drawn to the inquiry of why psychotherapy works and doesn’t work.  He has brought his neurobiological orientation to his work with populations as diverse as reactive couples, disordered eaters, adult and juvenile sexual offenders and victims of attachment trauma and maintains a private practice in Ossining and Port Jefferson, NY. He can be reached at terrylcsw@optonline.net

For Information please contact:  Lorraine Fitzgerald, MSW, LCSW-R @ lorraine@grieflistener.com  or (516) 987-6931.

Exploring the Functions of Out of Control Sexual Behavior
Nassau Annual Conference
February 13, 2011
At Molloy College in the Anselmo Room of the Kellenberg Building
Watch for registration details on the list serve and in the January 2011 Newsletter.

     Individuals presenting with driven, out of control sexual behavior may put their work, relationships and even their lives at risk. Working with these patients involves attending to the possible functions of these behaviors as they relate to patients' struggles with intimacy, attachment and sense of self. Clinical material will be presented that represents these issues and provides an opportunity to explore both the functions of the symptoms as well as treatment approaches.  Additionally, ecological factors influencing these symptoms including advancements in technology and the use of the internet will be explored.

Michael M. Crocker, MA, LCSW is a private practitioner working with individuals, couples, groups and organizations. He provides psychotherapy services that address trauma, cross addiction, out of control sexual behavior, as well as sexual inhibition and intimacy anxiety. He also functions as an Adjunct Professor for the Social Work Department at Iona College teaching courses on Trauma, Violence and Resilience. He is currently a doctoral candidate at The University of Pennsylvania where he is studying the connection between out of control sexual behavior and attachment disorders.

Susan Malewicz,  LCSW, CASAC, CSAT, SAP is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor, a certified gambling counselor, a certified sex addiction therapist and a substance abuse professional.
Susan received her training with Patrick Carnes PhD at  the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals in 2001 where she remains a member .  Susan went on to receive her master's degree in social work from the University of Stony Brook  where she has returned to lecture on the subject of sexual addiction and treatment. She is  a member of the Society for Advancement for Sexual Health, the National Association for Social Workers  and serves as a committee member for the Criminal Justice Addiction Work Group.
Susan has developed, coordinated, and conducted several outpatient programs for level I, II, and III sex offenders at Passages Counseling Center, Crossings Recovery Centers  and for The Center for Addiction, Recovery and Empowerment
Susan's private practice is located in Bohemia where she specializes in treating sex offenders, sex addicts, partners and their families.

For more information, please contact:
Dolores Colgan, MSW, LCSW by email at colgan@aol.com or by phone at (516) 655-3506
Or  Lorraine Fitzgerald, MSW, LCSW-R by email at lorraine@grieflistener.com or by phone at (516) 987-6931.

Working with Divorced Couples and Families
Presented by Carl Bagnini, LCSW, BCD
January 23, 2011
10:15 AM - Noon
Refreshments and Program
Molloy College • Kellenberg Bldg. • Reception Room
No Charge to Members of NYSSCSW

     The workshop will cover the dynamics and effects of separation and divorce on the partners, children and especially the therapist. Divorce is about loss, grief, love and hate, and the problem of moving on when letting go is so difficult. We will apply object relations concepts to practice with couples, families and children in the throes of love gone bad. Topics to be covered include: marital love and hate; the therapist's beliefs and working hypothesis in divorce situations; expected and unexpected break ups in couple therapy and the strains on therapist's holding and containment; working with children and parents before and during a divorce situation.

     We will use the presenter's and participant's cases in the clinical discussion and application of workshop ideas. Participants will have an opportunity to add related practice topics during the discussion.

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Queens

November Educational Presentation
Sunday, November 13th  11:30 AM-1 PM
Holliswood Hospital

"Web Site Development to Promote Your Private Practice"
Michael Greene, LCSW

A website is an important promotional tool. More and more potential clients are locating therapists on the Internet. But many clinicians hesitate to develop a website, not knowing what to do and how to get started. Others who already have a website don't know how to draw traffic to their website or how to use their website to draw new clients into the office. In fact, building a basic, simple and effective promotional website isn't difficult, and can be done with a moderate investment of time and money and minimal technical expertise.

In this meeting, clinical social worker and veteran web developer Michael Greene will provide guidance about how to build and maintain a website, how to draw potential clients to your website, and how to integrate your website into your online and "off-line" marketing strategies, as well as fielding questions from the audience.

Prior to becoming a licensed clinical social worker Michael Greene's first career of 20 years in the technology industry included working on Internet projects in the corporate environment and for several non profit organizations that he co-founded. In the past five years Michael has worked as a social worker serving families of children with Aspergers and Autism as part of a multi-purpose private group in NJ, and at a community based clinic in Queens. Michael is starting his own private practice in Great Neck, and is using the Internet as a key practice building tool. Check out Michael's own website at michaelgreene.info.

For further information contact Fred Sacklow, LCSW, President, Queens Chapter: freds99@aol.com

Bring a colleague for this informative talk that will enhance your knowledge and skills.

Sunday, June 12^th 11:30-1
Holliswood Hospital
87-37 Palermo Street
Holliswood, NY 11423

Networking from 11-11:30
Presentation 11:30-1 PM ~  Luanne Pennisi, RN, MS
"Staying Healthy in an Ailing Economy"

Luanne Pennisi, RN, MS   How do you maintain your health and stamina while the economy is crashing? Luanne Pennesi, RN, MS takes you step by step through the basics of how to maintain your focus and your health without spending a lot of money. Luanne Pennesi is a registered nurse with over 30 years in both conventional and integrative medicine. For more information about her go to - http://metropolitanwellness.com/about.html  

For more information contact Fred Sacklow, LCSW, President Queens Chapter Freds99@aol.com.

May Educational Presentation
Sunday, May 15^th 11:30-1
Holliswood Hospital
87-37 Palermo Street
Holliswood, NY 11423

Networking from 11-11:30
Presentation 11:30-1 PM ~ Kachina Myers, LCSW, ACSW  
“Making More Money Than You Ever Thought You Could Doing What You Love (Here's How)”  

Kachina Myers LCSW, ACSW, is on the faculty and is a supervisor at the psychoanalytic training institute ICP (Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy).  She is a supervisor and co-founder of the not-for-profit psychotherapy clinic ALGAP (Association of Lesbian-and-Gay-Affirmative Psychotherapists).  Her article, Show Me the Money: (The ‘Problem’ of) The Therapist’s Desire, Subjectivity, and Relationship to the Fee, appears in the Winter 2008 issue of Contemporary Psychoanalysis.  A long-standing crusader for therapists' rights to earn not just living wages but thriving ones, she offers money, success, and practice building supervision to clinicians.  Kachina also maintains a psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice for couples, families, and individuals in Manhattan.  www.kachinamyers.com    

Members-Free
Non-members-$10
Certificates of attendance are provided.
Light refreshments

April Educational Presentation
Sunday, April 17^th 11:30-1
Holliswood Hospital
87-37 Palermo Street
Holliswood, NY 11423

"Learning Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Psychotherapy: Implications of Neuropsychological Deficits for the Psychotherapist."

Board Certified Psychologist Dr. Edward M. Petrosky (www.toolsforstudents.info) discusses how attention, executive functioning, memory, and information processing weaknesses affect client communication and participation in therapy and practical intervention strategies for therapists.

March Educational Presentation
Sunday March 20, 2011 at 11:30am
Holliswood Hospital, 87-37 Palermo St.
(Off the Grand Central Pkwy at 188th St.)
There is plenty of parking, refreshments and certificates of attendance will be provided.

There will be a DVD showing of Dr. William R. Miller on "Motivational Interviewing".

February Educational Presentation
Sunday 2/13/11 begining at 11:30 at Holliswood Hospital.
The address is 87-37 Palermo St. It is off the Grand Central Pkwy at 188th St.
There is plenty of parking, refreshments and certificates of attendance will be provided.

Crayton Rowe, M.S.W., B.C.D-P, will present his contribution of the undifferentiated selfobject which is a fundamental selfobject that is integral to understanding addictive, suicidal, compulsive and attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) behavior. He will present a brief film that demonstrates its development in infants. A discussion of the treatment value of this fundamental selfobject will follow the film, and participants will be able to present clinical examples.

Crayton Rowe is founder of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work; founding member of The New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology; and member the International Psychoanalytical Association. He is the author of Treating the Basic Self and co-author of Empathic Attunement, The "Technique" of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. He is a contributor to Progress in Self Psychology and author of a number of psychoanalytic papers.

As an added attraction we will have Peggy Russell from the Community Mediation Services come to talk to us from 11-11:30 about her agencies services, mediation services in general and training opportunities.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – November

When: November 6, 2011
Where : McNelis Commons at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda :
10am – 11am: Board Meeting
11am – 12:15pm: Clinical Case Presentations and Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lecture

Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Social Work Supervision by David G. Phillips, DSW, LCSW (the new Ethics Committee Chair, dgphillips@nyc.rr.com) and Jonathan Morgenstern, LCSW, President NYSSCSW.

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at aennis16@gmail.com or (201) 848 - 5276.

Rockland Chapter Meeting and Educational Presentation – October
When: October 16, 2011
Where : McNelis Commons at St Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Agenda :
10am – 11am: Board Meeting
11am – 12:15pm: Clinical Case Presentations and Lunch
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lecture

Walking the Tightrope:  Balance and Dissociation in Psychotherapy With Sexually Abused Men by Stewart M. Crane, LCSW-R . He is from Westchester Center, smcrane716@aol.com

For more information, please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW at aennis16@gmail.com or (201) 848 - 5276.

“SoulCollage as a Tool in Clinical Practice”
The Rockland Chapter of the
New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
Invites You to an Educational Presentation:

 By Cynthia Shaw, MA
Sunday, May 15, 2011

-SoulCollage® is a unique and therapeutic expressive arts process which uses the art form of collage to illuminate all facets of one’s self.
-In working with clients, we can use this fun and intuitive process to assist them in bringing to light what may be beyond work.
-Due to solely using images and no words, Soul Collage® cards have a way of bypassing the left brain and can deepen a clients understanding of parts of themselves and then can help them with interpretation, which holds deep personal meaning.
-This “lecture” will be your own personal time to experience SoulCollage®! This will be a fully experiential “workshop”….so come ready to cut and glue. Absolutely no artistic experience necessary, just an open, curious and adventurous mind!

Cynthia Shaw is a professional New York State licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience. Her private practice is located in Nyack and she has done much work in the fields of Reproductive Mental Health and women’s issues.
Cynthia is also an artist and has for many years attended workshops and classes on bringing creativity into the therapeutic setting. In 200, she became a trained SoulCollage® facilitator.

Lecture will be help in the McNelis Commons Conference Room at St. Thomas Aquinas College.

10am: Board Meeting
11am: Clinical Case Discussions
12pm: Lunch (included)
12:15pm – 1:30: Educational Presentation
$15 for Non-Members. Checks can be made to NYSSCSW, Inc. for payment at the door.
Please contact Aimee Ennis, LCSW, Education Chair, at (201) 741-6408 with any questions.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Anger Management Training
     ~ Anger is the most poorly managed emotion in the U.S. today, but it does not have to be that way!
     ~ Learn how to help clients take personal responsibility for their anger-related responses, how to think before responding, and how to utilize the art of de-escalation.

     ~ Consequences of Anger & Stress will be discussed.
     ~ Help create change in the lives of your clients by empowering them for a higher level of responses.
Calvin Patrick, MSW is Director of Access/Counseling LLC, a center located in Nyack, NY, which specializes in anger, road rage, domestic violence and related issues. 
DATE:           Sunday, April 10, 2011
LOCATION:   Private Dining Room at McNelis Commons Dining Hall
                     St. Thomas Aquinas College
                     Route 340, Sparkill, New York 10976
SCHEDULE:  10:00 am Board Meeting
                     11:00 am Clinical Case Discussion
                     12:00- 1:30 Educational Presentation
                                                (Lunch Included)
THIS PROGRAM IS FREE FOR STUDENTS & SOCIETY MEMBERS; NON-MEMBERS $15
1.5 CEU’S WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ATTENDANTS

* For additional Information, please contact Aimee Ennis, Education Chair at (201) 848 - 5276.

Saturday October 1, 2011, NYSSCSW-Westchester Chapter General Meeting 
TIME: 9:00 AM Practice Groups Meet
        10:00 Refreshments and Networking
        10:15 Business Meeting
        10:40 Speaker
PLACE: The Mental Health Assoc., 29 Sterling Ave., White Plains, NY
SPEAKER: Rhona Engels, LCSW, ACSW
TITLE: “Mistake or Opportunity: Choice Points in Psychotherapy”

DESCRIPTION: Whichever approach or theoretical perspective we clinicians may hold, it is in the nature of the psychotherapy process to make what we consider to be “mistakes.” This may negatively affect our image of ourselves and prevent us from talking openly about these mistakes with colleagues and patients. In this presentation I will use several events that occurred over the course of a long-term therapeutic relationship as a catalyst for attendees to share instances of mistakes in their own practices, and to examine if/how they became therapeutic opportunities. Together, we will discuss what constitutes a mistake, what constitutes an opportunity, and how we can define what it is to be a “good enough” therapist.

BIO: Rhona Engels, LCSW, ACSW has been in private practice in NYC for 27 years, working with individuals, couples and groups as well as providing individual and group supervision. She has taught in the graduate School of Social Work at New York University, at the Fifth Avenue Institute and at the Karen Horney Institute. She has published frequently in clinical journals and led many workshops, all providing her with extensive experience in making mistakes and trying to transform them into therapeutic opportunities.

Saturday, June 4, 2011, NYSSCSW-Westchester Chapter General Meeting
TIME: 9:00 AM   Groups Meet
        10:00   Refreshments and Networking
        10:15   Business Meeting
        10:40   Speaker - Steven A. Weisblatt, MD 
PLACE: The Mental Health Assoc., 29 Sterling Ave., White Plains, NY
TITLE: “Avoiding Diagnostic Deficit Disorder: The Accurate Assessment and Treatment of Sub-Syndromal Mood Disorders”
     Often patients in therapy do not benefit maximally, and continue to not function to their best potential, due to a co-morbid, unrecognized, misdiagnosed or mistreated biochemical imbalance.  Clinicians misdiagnose adults with full spectrum bipolar disorder nearly 70% of the time.  Usually they incorrectly diagnose and treat the patient for “depression.”  The misdiagnosis rates are higher in children, seniors and people with organic brain disease.  This high rate of misdiagnosis also does not include the rate of mis-medication, which is higher yet.  In this presentation we will review the symptoms (often obvious and occasionally subtle) that promote making a correct diagnosis and the medications that might be best used for treatment. We will also review how to distinguish between palliation of symptoms versus treatment of a disorder to remission.
     Dr. Steve Weisblatt is currently Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Downstate Medical Center.  In addition to being the author of the former "Clinician's Corner" column in Bipolar Magazine, he has spoken widely in the US, Canada and Europe on the subject of accurate diagnosis and effective treatments for patients with mood disorders.  Currently, Steve is in private practice with offices in New Rochelle, NY and Pocono Lake, PA.