WISR SEMINARS R OCTOBER, 2005

I. INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR

Participatory Action Research, (Continued)                        Thursday, October 20, 6:30-8:30pm

Marilyn Jackson, Ph.D., & John Bilorusky, Ph.D., WISR Faculty, co-facilitators.  This will be a continuation of the August seminar discussion on Participatory Action Research.  We will watch the ½ hour video, With Peoples Wisdom, on participatory research which involves people who are sources of information as active participants rather than passive subjects.  Please come with examples of what kinds of action research you are doing or thinking of doing and how use of participatory research methods might make a difference in your work.  Also please bring your ideas to discuss possible future seminar topics. (Upcoming interdisciplinary seminar: 11/16, led by Dr. Cynthia Lawrence.)

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                        II. MARRIAGE  FAMILY THERAPY (MFT) SEMINARS

These seminars, though designed for students pursuing an MFT license, are open to all students.

MFT Faculty request that nonstudents planning to attend MFT seminars let them know in advance.

Child & Teen Therapy IV - Adolescent Challenges        Saturday, October 8, 10:00am-3:00pm

Ronald Mah, MA, MFT, WISR Faculty. The first part of the seminar will complete child treatment issues, followed by the underlying cross-cultural and development principles of the therapeutic and life games, manipulations, and seductions practiced by adolescents (with themselves, with their peers, and with adults) will be conceptualized.  This will allow clinicians to successfully meet the demands of the adolescent inter-relational “game.”  Clinicians will be guided in how to validate the existential world of the teen by “playing” the game successfully (gaining respect and credibility versus losing the same), and then promoting therapeutic change leading to behavior, attitude, and value development.  (Ronald Mah’s upcoming seminars: 11/12-Child/Teen Therapy V; 12/10-Psychopathology I (Depression & Anxiety); 1/14/06.)

Counseling Older Adults, Part II                                Saturday, October 22, 10:00am-1:00pm

Michael McGlathery, MA, MFT, WISR Faculty.  This is the continuation of a two part series on counseling the older adult.  We will finalize our interesting discussion of theories and techniques for working with this population and talk about how the field of gerontology will be the next largest area of practice. Baby boomers are much more psychologically sophisticated then the last generation and will demand more access to mental health resources. Recommended readings; 1. "Counseling the Older Adult: A Training Manual in Clinical Gerontology," Patricia A. McDonald, Margaret Haney. 2. "Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Older Adults," Duffy, M. (Ed), (1999) New York. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (Michael McGlathery’s upcoming seminars: 11/19; 12/17; 1/21/06.

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III. ANNOUNCEMENTS

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