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Alumnae/i Association 2009-2010 Schedule
Buffet supper and Networking - 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Presentation 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Please RSVP to Rebecca Kucsan at rkucsan@ackerman.org or 212-879-4900, ext 140.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Presenter: Richard P. Brown, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, integrates psychopharmacology and CAM and teaches Aikido (4th Dan), yoga, and meditation. Author: How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care.
Psychotherapists looking to compliment their practices can benefit greatly from mind-body practices rooted in yoga, qigong and Buddhist meditation. Coherent Breathing and Open Focus Meditation are two highly effective self-regulation techniques that help to relieve anxiety, improve focus and increase one’s feeling of well-being. Coherent Breathing—which involves rhythmic breathing that, with practice, can be done during daily activities—enhances and optimizes brain, heart and lung function and stimulates the nervous system’s relaxation response.
Friday, Janaury 29, 2010
Presenter: Diana Fosha
Dr. Diana Fosha is one of the leading contributors to contemporary affect theory. Her work highlights affect as a vehicle for radical change and pays attention to the therapist’s active use of explicit empathy. The author of The Transforming Power of Affect and one of the editors of the forthcoming, The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development & Clinical Practice, Dr. Fosha teaches both nationally and internationally. On January 29th, she will present an overview of her work and show clinical examples.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Treating Children with Relational Trauma
Engaging children who are living with a bitter divorce, domestic violence, sexual abuse or parental alcoholism in therapy can be a daunting clinical challenge. Loyalty bonds, unacknowledged secrets, the need to protect one parent, lack of trust for the therapist and anger all may silence kids in therapy and lead to a therapeutic stalemate. In this workshop, we’ll discuss a systematic structure that combines individual and family sessions to soothe children’s anxieties, make them feel their concerns are respected and encourage them to share their thoughts and feelings.
Presenter: Marcia Sheinberg, LCSW, Director of Training and Clinical Services, Director, Center for Children and Relational Trauma, Ackerman Institute; co-author The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment .
Friday, April 16, 2010
Buddhist Psychology for Family Therapists
Although separated by different historical and cultural contexts, Buddhist psychology and family therapy actually have a great deal in common. This evening presentation will offer a brief overview of Buddhist psychology and consider its application to systemic work. In particular, we will examine the Buddhist practice of mindfulness as a way of helping clients become more connected to themselves and others.
The evening will include didactic presentation clinical examples and video- tape.
Presenter: David Kezur, LCSW, has been a faculty at Ackerman member since 1991. He has taught systemic therapy in Hong Kong and Japan and is presently responsible for providing training in systemic therapy at the Japanese Association of Clinical Counseling in Tokyo, Japan. A former member of the Infertility and Couples Research Project, Mr. Kezur co-authored Couples Therapy for Infertility and several articles on this topic published in Family Process.
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