1. health and fitness
2. disorders

THE MPA ANNUAL
CONVENTION 2014
Maryland Psychological Association/Foundation
10025 Governor Warfield Pky, #102
Columbia, MD 21044
EARN UP TO 7 CEs IN ONE DAY
NON-PROFIT
US POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT 211
COLUMBIA, MD
Choose from 11 different workshops plus
a one-hour bonus workshop for those
registering for the whole day. Workshops
include offerings to meet the Maryland
License Renewal Requirements for
Ethics/Law/Risk Management, and the
Cultural Diversity Requirement.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014
SHERATON HOTEL
173 JENNIFER ROAD
ANNAPOLIS, MD
COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACHES IN
CONTEMPORARY
PRACTICE
THE MPA ANNUAL
CONVENTION 2014
Maryland Psychological
Association/Foundation Presents
W E L C O M E
T
he Maryland Psychological
Association (MPA) leadership and the
MPA Education Committee and would
like to extend a personal invitation to each
of you to attend the MPA’s Annual Convention
this year. As those who look forward to the
Convention every year know, it is both an
educational and social event. In addition
to having a wonderful educational
experience, the Convention allows us to
enjoy a break from work to catch up with
old friends and make new ones. The
Convention is not only a time for learning,
but for celebrating what a joy it can be
to be part of such a dynamic, diverse
community of professionals. Whether this
is your first Convention or your 22nd,
your questions, insights, and conversation
enrich the experience for everyone.
The Education Committee is delighted
with this year’s line-up of esteemed
presenters and workshops. This year’s
convention focuses on expanding your
skill and approach in a variety of critical
clinical areas. We hope that each of you
will leave invigorated with new ideas to
use in your practice. We also hope that
our Ethics offering will serve to bring
clarity around divorce issues, and our
Multicultural workshop delivers up-to-theminute information about treating families
with disability issues.
We would like to thank Ann Cipro,
Continuing Education Coordinator; Judith
DeVito, Executive Director; Bethany
Wetherill, Public Relations Coordinator;
and Megan Smith, Office Manager, for
their tireless efforts in making this event a
reality. We would also like to thank all the
members of the Education Committee
whose creativity, hard work, and insight
have kept us mindful of our commitment to
excellence in continuing education.
Under the leadership of Past Chair,
Rebecca Resnik, and incoming Chair,
Beth Williams-Plunkett, the Education
Committee focused their efforts in
developing programming that will expand
our members’ knowledge in a range of
areas. For our 2014 Convention, we
offer opportunities for broadening your
areas of expertise, through attention to
the ‘nuts and bolts’ of clinical work, and
in keeping up-to-date on new assessment
tools. As always, MPA is interested in
providing you with CE that expands not
only your clinical skills but stimulates your
intellectual curiosity. Our goal is to bring
the best and the brightest presenters to our
continuing education programs.
Lastly, we would like those of you
who are not members to consider joining
the only organization working to promote
and defend the practice of psychology in
the state of Maryland. Each and every
one of you is important in helping
psychology continue to thrive as a
profession during these challenging and
changing times. To those of you who are
members, thank you for your continuing
support of MPA. Your membership allows
us to continue to be heard in places that
shape the future of our profession.
We welcome you and look forward
to seeing you at Convention.
MPA Elected Officers as of 9/1/14
Laura Estupinan-Kane Ph.D., President
Joann Altiero, Ph.D., President-elect
R. Patrick Savage, Jr., Ph.D., Past President
Grady Dale, Jr. Ed.D., Rep. to APA Council
Richard G. Wirtz, Psy.D., Treasurer
Dana O’Brien, Ph.D., Secretary
MPA Educational
Affairs Committee
Elizabeth Williams-Plunkett, Ph.D., Chair
Esther Finglass, Ph.D.
Scott Holzman, Ph.D.
S. John Jeffreys, Ed.D.
Gwen Martinsen, Ph.D.
Venus Masselam, Ph.D.
Diane Pomerantz, Ph.D.
Sheela Reddy, Ed.D.
Carol Ann Robbins, Ph.D.
Cheryl Rubenstein, Ph.D.
Scott Wolfe, Ph.D.
Anne Molloy, Psy.D., Diversity Rep.
Matt Golebiewski, MPAGS Rep.
MPA Staff
Judith C. DeVito, Executive Director
Ann Cipro, CE Coordinator
Bethany Wetherill, Managing Editor/Public
Relations Coordinator
Megan Smith, Office Manager
Consultants
J. William Pitcher, Esq. & Julia Worcester
Governmental Affairs
Paul Berman, Ph.D., Professional Affairs Officer
Richard Bloch, Esq., Legal Counsel—Shiling,
Bloch and Hirsch, P.A.
ALL DAY WORKSHOP
6 CE CREDITS
FEATURED SPEAKER
BONNIE ZUCKER, PH.D.
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT
OF CHILDHOOD ANXIETY DISORDERS
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Intermediate. Some familiarity with basic cognitive-behavioral
approach and good familiarity with childhood anxiety disorders (workshop will focus
on treatment, not assessment of anxiety disorders).
Anxiety disorders are the most common form of psychopathology in children and
adolescents. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most empirically supported approach
for the treatment of anxiety disorders. The lecture will provide participants with a clear
understanding of the cognitive-behavioral treatment of childhood anxiety disorders and
obsessive-compulsive disorder. The three components of anxiety will be discussed:
physiological (body), cognitive (thoughts), and behavioral (behavior), and the treatment of
each component will be explained in detail. Participants will learn specific techniques,
including relaxation strategies, positive self-talk, conquer worry strategies, cognitive
restructuring of thinking errors, uncertainty training, metacognitive therapy, and how to
address the behavioral manifestations (typically avoidance) of anxiety. This lecture will also
address parental and teacher involvement in the treatment process. Finally, case examples
will be reviewed to demonstrate application of the treatment techniques.
CE Credit is granted to participants with
documented attendance at individual
workshops and completed evaluation forms for
those sessions. Attendance is monitored. Credit
will not be granted to registrants who are more
than 15 minutes late, are absent for more than
15 minutes, or depart more than 15 minutes
early from a session. Credit will not be granted
to registrants who do not submit a completed
evaluation form at the end of the session. It is
the responsibility of registrants to comply with
these requirements.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Maryland
Psychological Association is approved by the
American Psychological Association to sponsor
continuing education for psychologists. The
Maryland Psychological Association maintains
responsibility for these programs and their
content.
SOCIAL WORKERS: The Maryland
Psychological Association is approved by the
Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as
a sponsor of continuing education. The
Maryland Psychological Association maintains
responsibility for these programs and their
content.
ALL OTHER MENTAL HEALTH DISCIPLINES:
Check with your respective board to inquire if
they will accept these workshops for CE credit.
SCHEDULE
Requirements for Successful
Completion to Obtain CE Credit
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Describe the application of the cognitive-behavioral therapy model to the treatment of
anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents;
• Explain the three parts of anxiety according to the cognitive-behavioral approach, and
how to address each;
• Utilize five cognitive-behavioral techniques or strategies when treating children and
adolescents with anxiety and OCD;
• Apply knowledge of family and school systems in the treatment of childhood anxiety
disorders and OCD;
• Design hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations to systematically desensitize anxious
children to their feared and/or avoided situations.
7:30 – 8:30
8:30 – 11:30
AM
Morning Workshops
AM
10:00 – 10:15
11:45
Registration and Check-In
Continental Breakfast in Chesapeake Ballroom
Exhibitor Visitation
AM
AM
– 1:20
PM
Morning Break, Exhibitor Visitation
Luncheon
1:30 – 4:30
PM
Afternoon Workshops
3:15 – 3:30
PM
Afternoon Break, Final Exhibitor Visitation,
Door Prize Raffle Drawing
(WILL START PROMPTLY AT 3:20 PM)
4:45 – 5:45
PM
When Life and Practice Collide:
Implications for the Treatment Relationship
and Clinical Practice (1 CE CREDIT)
MORNING WORKSHOPS
All in the Family:
Supporting and
Empowering Families Dealing
with Disabilities
Sara Palmer, PhD
1
Meets the Maryland licensing
requirement for activities designed to
enhance competence in the provision of
psychological services to culturally
diverse populations.
WORKSHOP LEVEL: This is a beginning
workshop, designed for psychologists
who want to learn more about how to
support and assist clients who are family
members or family caregivers of someone
with a disability.
The population of people with disabilities is
growing and psychologists often encounter
clients dealing with a disability in their
spouse or family member. Family members
are likely to seek professional help during
times of crisis, for example, the onset of a
new disability; when additional pressures
such as their own health concerns overwhelm
their ability to cope; or when there is a
chronic stress as in caring for a spouse with
Alzheimer’s disease over many years.
A basic knowledge of disability, its effects
on the family and relevant interventions is
essential to working with these clients.
Problems faced by family members include
emotional distress, relationship and role
changes, task overload, and the frustrations
of interacting with complex medical systems.
Caregivers, particularly spouses, are
vulnerable to more serious problems, such
as social isolation, depression, and health
problems. The adult child, parent or sibling
of a person with a disability each has
particular issues related to their family role.
Differentiating normal emotional reactions
to a crisis situation from depression, social
isolation and relationship dysfunction is
critical to effective intervention.
This workshop will be interactive,
including both lecture and discussion,
beginning with a brief overview of
disability (definition, subgroups,
prevalence, and social impact) and
common emotional, relationship and social
problems faced by families dealing with a
disability. Effective treatment strategies,
including individual and family
interventions, structured group interventions,
self-management techniques and peer
supports will be described. Finally, the
specific needs of spouses, adult children,
parents and siblings will be discussed;
clinical examples and case vignettes will be
used to illustrate interventions targeted to
these particular family members and roles.
Emphasis will be placed on empowering
families and encouraging resilient responses
to disability, developing coping skills and
self-care strategies to prevent future crises,
and enhancing positive adaptation and
well-being of family members.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Summarize common psychosocial issues
for families coping with disability;
• Recognize the different needs, potential
problems and potential benefits for
specific family members (e.g. spouses,
adult children);
• Apply a variety of therapeutic and
supportive interventions to treat and
empower families coping with disability.
The Assessment of
Adolescents and Children
with the Wechsler Intelligence
Scale for Children—Fifth Edition
(WISC-V©)
Antolin Llorente, PhD, ABPdN
2
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Intermediate to
Advanced. Skills in psychological
assessment supported by empirical
research required.
This workshop is designed for professionals
who conduct psychological and/or
neuropsychological evaluations requiring
the assessment of intelligence and other
neurocognitive domains with adolescents
and children, or those who wish to enhance
and broaden their evaluative skills in these
areas. The workshop will initially and briefly
focus on current, modern theoretical aspects
of intelligence and their applications during
the course of assessment with particular
emphasis on Catell-Horn-Caroll’s (C-H-C)
theory of cognitive abilities. Psychometric
issues and other factors associated with the
inferences derived from the WISC-V then
will be covered emphasizing factors such
as standardization sample, factor analytic
models, reliability, and validity and their
impact on the eventual development of the
test. Detailed applied examples using index
scores and subtest performance interpretation
will be presented with introduction and
exposition of new subtests, index, and
Basic Learning Processes subtests. The
3 CE CREDITS
workshop additionally will cover selected
aspects of the computerized version of the
WISC-V using Q-interactive. Examples
focusing on application of the test also will
be discussed including applied examples
with selected populations (e.g. specific
learning disorder, TBI). Finally, limitations
associated with these evaluations and their
applications will be discussed.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Describe modern theoretical foundations
underlying test and the developments of
the WISC-V;
• Review psychometric properties,
characteristic and selected research issues
associated with the WISC-V;
• Demonstrate applied WISC-V use during
the course of assessment with children
and adolescents;
• Describe interpretive strategies using
the WISC-V;
• Utilize the WISC-V with various
populations (specific learning disorders,
TBI, etc.) and address limitations of
such assessments.
Integrating Aspects
of Dialectical Behavior
Therapy into your Treatment
of Clients with Borderline
Personality Disorder
Judi Sprei, PhD
3
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Intermediate. No
prior knowledge of DBT required.
Therapists often dread treating clients
diagnosed with Borderline Personality
Disorder (BPD). Understandably, many
therapists have trepidations about treating
these clients given the suicide risks, intense
anger (often directed at the therapist) and
the frequent coexistence of other mood
disorders. The emotional states of both the
client and the therapist often deteriorate
during treatment. Yet, when clients feel
validated, learn and use emotional
regulation skills, and when acceptance and
change are balanced in the therapy
process, the ongoing therapeutic work with
these clients can be very rewarding for both
the clients and the therapist.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), now
used for treating many disorders of emotional
dysregulation, was originally developed
specifically to treat clients with BPD and
suicidal behavior who were not responding
Q U E S T I O N S ? C A L L , A N N C I P R O , 4 1 0 - 9 9 2 - 4 2 5 8 O R E M A I L : C E @ M A R Y L A N D P S Y C H O L O G Y. O R G
F O R F A C U L T Y B I O S A N D M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N V I S I T W W W. M A R Y L A N D P S Y C H O L O G Y. O R G
well to other treatments. By integrating
aspects of cognitive behavior therapy, Zen
practice and dialectical philosophy, clients
were better able to tolerate and remain in
therapy. By requiring that therapists
participate in consultation teams and learn
to observe their own limits, therapists were
better able to adhere to the treatment
protocol and avoid their own burn-out.
Thus, therapy became more effective.
In this workshop, participants will learn
how to conceptualize BPD from a DBT
perspective and how to integrate DBT
principles into their treatment in order to be
more effective in their work with this
challenging population. Participants will
learn the importance of being flexible while
observing their own limits in order to
validate the client while preventing their
own burn-out. Techniques for increasing
client motivation will be explored and some
aspects of treating problematic behaviors
such as self-harm will be briefly addressed.
The importance of teaching clients skills to
regulate their emotions will be discussed.
The focus will be on the treatment process
and not on research, statistics or how to
diagnose BPD. The goal of this workshop is
to learn aspects of DBT practice that can be
integrated into participants’ own practices
to improve the effectiveness of their work
with this challenging population; it is not to
teach participants to become DBT therapists.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Utilize the Biosocial Theory of Borderline
Personality Disorder;
• Synthesize acceptance and change
within the treatment process;
• Apply location perspective, validation
and motivational techniques to engage
clients in the treatment process;
• Explain to clients the importance of
learning and using skills in order to
regulate their emotions;
• Teach clients how to track behaviors and
emotions on a daily basis in order to
reduce vulnerability to emotional
dysregulation, increase emotional
regulation skills and be mindful of
problematic target behaviors;
• Prevent burn-out by observing your own
limits during the treatment process.
Military Sexual Assault—
Epidemiology, Intervention
and Prevention
Morgan Sammons, PhD, ABPP
Family-centered
Treatment with Struggling
Young Adults
Brad Sachs, PhD
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Intermediate.
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate/
Advanced. Workshop will be tilted
towards those with intermediate to
advanced experience.
4
Despite numerous intervention attempts,
reports of Military Sexual Assault (MST)
continue to increase. This year alone, the
Department of Defense (DoD) published
figures suggesting a 5% overall increase in
reporting of military sexual assault crimes.
Most such assaults involved service
members, not civilians. Although some of
this increase can be attributed to enhanced
reporting mechanisms and expanded victim
protection, military sexual assault remains a
significant issue affecting readiness and
morale. In this presentation, the history of
DoD’s response to military sexual assault
will be reviewed, and enhanced legal,
procedural and mental health protections
for victims will be discussed. An
understanding of the psychological
processes experienced by victims and how
best to provide psychological assistance in
the context of the military environment will
also be discussed, along with suggestions
for further reduction in the occurrence of
such crimes in the military.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Understand and describe how a
permissive culture of sexual assault has
developed in the US military and the
challenges faced by a victim who reports
a sexual assault. These challenges include
reactions from fellow soldiers, the tendency
of the chain of command to not respond
to MST claims, and the psychological
process the victim goes through once they
decide to report the assault.
• Identify specific resources and networks
available for an individual who reports
a MST.
• Discuss mechanisms to avoid the
duplication of advocacy efforts by using
effective programs already in place in the
civilian and military communities. This
includes utilizing outreach, awareness,
and education programs established
specifically to help victims of sexual trauma.
5
Individual and family therapists increasingly
find themselves working with young adults
who appear to be developmentally
marooned, still dependent on their parents
and unable to take the necessary steps
toward adult self-reliance. In this workshop,
you will become acquainted with a clinical
framework which integrates individual and
family therapy, one that is designed to
excavate and ameliorate the unspoken
fears, unresolved conflicts, and
unacknowledged grief and sorrow that
typically conspire to compromise the ability
of struggling young adults and their families’
ability to progress and evolve.
By eschewing superficial and simplistic
sobriquets such as “helicopter parents” and
“boomerang children”, you will learn how
to unearth, understand and improve the
underlying individual and multigenerational
dynamics that contribute to a
developmental stalemate, as well as how to
help families enlarge their conversation
and, in the process, create a new narrative
that will disentangle them from each other
and carry both generations forward in the
direction of a more effective, engaged and
fulfilling future.
The workshop will include lecture, case
presentation and group discussion, along
with poetry, film, and music, all of which
will help to illuminate the predicament of
stalled maturity and the potential avenues
that clinicians can create for their struggling
young adult patients and families to travel
on their journey toward living a life of
resilience, relatedness and meaning.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Identify the typical psychological
dilemmas that struggling young adults
encounter as they prepare to leave home;
• Identify the typical maladaptive family
dynamics that compromise the successful
departure of young adults;
• Implement clinical strategies designed to
dissolve the impediments to young adults’
arrested growth and to propel the entire
family’s healthy development.
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Sleep Disorders
Charlene E. Gamaldo, MD,
FAASM and Luis Buenaver, PhD
6
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate/
Advanced.
Despite the prevalence of sleep disorders
and chronic sleep deprivation, up to
70 million Americans remain undiagnosed,
misdiagnosed, or untreated due to a lack
of awareness amongst the general
population and limited exposure to and
knowledge of sleep medicine among health
care providers. Sleep disruption has been
associated with increased risk of stroke,
hypertension, diabetes, depression, anxiety,
COPD, asthma and even certain forms of
cancer. Mounting evidence suggests that
sleep disturbance is a risk factor for mood
disorders including depression and anxiety.
The sleep medicine community is charged
with assisting the non-sleep specialist with
basic sleep education and providing them
with the tools to potentially treat patients
with sleep complaints that may not require
more formal sleep expert intervention. In this
interactive instructional series, two sleep
experts will cover the following topics:
1. Common sleep disorders and established
medical and behavioral treatments;
2. Current evidence related to the
consequences of untreated sleep disorders;
3. Applications for sleep health
interventions by non-sleep specialists in
their respective patient population.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Summarize the most common sleep
disorders and established medical and
behavioral treatments;
• Recognize the relationship, risk factors and
consequences related to sleep disorders
and overall, health and well-being;
• Recognize the indications for a referral
to a sleep center/specialist;
• Utilize sleep health tools and treatment
strategies in your practice.
Essentials of Acceptance
and Commitment Therapy
Sonja V. Batten, Ph.D.
7
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate/
Advanced.
Clients frequently come to therapy wanting
to eliminate or reduce their symptoms—to feel
less depressed, have fewer panic attacks,
and have fewer cravings to use drugs and
alcohol. Many of them are waiting to feel
better in order to live better. Traditional
treatment approaches are designed exactly
for this purpose—to assist in symptom
reduction. But what if there were another
way of approaching our clients’ difficulties
in living? What if it were not the thoughts,
memories, and feelings that are the
problem, but instead that individuals
presenting for treatment have lost touch with
what is important to them? That they are not
living a life in support of those things that
they truly value? Often, we find that years
of disappointment, disenfranchisement, and
avoidance have led our clients to make
choices based on attempts to feel good,
rather than based on building a life that is
meaningful to them. Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy (ACT) is based on the
view that much of psychological suffering is
caused by experiential avoidance and
cognitive fusion. Rather than trying to change
difficult thoughts and feelings as a means of
coping, ACT alters the relationship between
private experiences and life choices. This
workshop will discuss and demonstrate
techniques designed to change the ways
that one relates and responds to challenging
thoughts, feelings, and memories. This
overview of the essentials of ACT will also
include a strong emphasis on the ACT
therapeutic stance and relationship.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Promote life changes through metaphors
experiential exercises designed to help
clients move toward their values, rather
than away from their pain;
• Identify the role and significance of
avoidance in the development and
maintenance of psychopathology;
• Conduct a personalized values
assessment with clients.
Maryland Divorce Law:
Understanding the Legal
System For Your Patients
While Protecting Yourself
From Legal Liability
Ferrier Stillman, Esq.
8
Meets the Maryland licensing requirement
for Ethics/Laws/or Risk Management
3 CE CREDITS
expert witness; the interrelationship between
custody and child support; the different
types of visitation and access; what to do
when served with a subpoena; what to do
when an attorney seeks information about
your patient; obligations to report and
when not to report abuse and neglect; and
the different things it could mean when a
patient says “I’m going to court.”
The program will also help protect
psychologists from legal liability before both
the Board of Examiners of Psychology and
in litigation. Frequently, psychologists come
across issues pertaining to Maryland family
law in their practices. Sometimes, it is
obvious, such as when the process server
knocks loudly on your office door. And,
sometimes, it’s not so obvious, such as when
a previously “normal” clinical encounter
with a patient becomes a heated issue in a
high conflict divorce case. This seminar will
teach psychologists about Maryland law as
it is typically, and even atypically,
encountered by psychologists and what
psychologists should and should not do.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Describe Maryland divorce law and
how it affects adult patients going
through a divorce;
• Determine what to do when they receive
subpoenas or other demands for mental
health records or their appearance in
court or a deposition;
• Describe the current federal and state
laws applicable to same sex couples
in Maryland;
• Describe the rights, and sometimes lack
of rights, parents have to obtain
psychological treatment for their children
and to their children’s psychological
records prior to, during and after
separation and divorce;
• Explain, when attorneys are appointed
for children in custody cases, what the
3 different types of attorneys are for
children in custody cases; what rights
each of those 3 different types of those
attorneys have; and what responsibilities
psychologists have to each of those
3 different types of attorneys.
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate.
The workshop will cover many aspects of
divorce law, including joint and sole, legal
and physical custody; the 3 types of
attorneys for children in divorce cases; who
has the legal right to see adult and child
patients’ mental health records; how custody
evaluations work in the legal system; the
difference between a treating doctor and an
Q-Interactive:
Development Process
and Research Findings
Dustin Wahlstrom, Ph.D. and Michael
Suess, M.S., N.C.S.P.
9
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Intermediate.
As the field of psychological assessment
moves to incorporate and capitalize on
BONUS WORKSHOP
digital technology, practitioners will be
introduced to a number of new tools that
change the way they interact with their
clients. The purpose of this workshop is to
introduce practitioners to advanced issues
relating to the development of Q-interactive,
a new technology that uses tablet devices
to assist in the administration of commonlyused assessments such as the WAIS-IV and
WISC-IV, among others. Attendees will
learn about the design and development
process supporting Q-interactive, which will
focus specifically on 1) how test design
focused on the preservation of construct
equivalence to paper tests, and 2) the
research data that support this equivalence.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Describe the major components that
comprise Q-interactive;
• Explain the clinical and psychometric
decisions that influenced the development
of Q-interactive and how they relate to
assessment using the system;
• Summarize equivalency studies and other
data comparing raw scores obtained
from digital and paper versions of tests;
• Apply the results of these studies to the
interpretation of scores;
• Allow you to prepare a plan (if desired)
on how to integrate tech-assisted
assessment into practice.
A Psychoanalytic
Approach to Borderline
Personality Disorder
John Gartner, Ph.D.
10
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate/
Advanced.
Borderline patients are among the most
challenging, but the majority of these patients
are treatable using the right approach.
This workshop will present practical and
effective techniques that should empower
clinicians to feel competent to treat this
difficult population. The workshop will be
based on Otto Kernberg’s psychoanalytic
therapy. Dr. Gartner, who trained with Otto
Kernberg in the 1980’s, has been teaching
clinicians this method for almost 30 years.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Diagnose BPD;
• Set limits and behavioral contracts;
• Confront acting out;
• Make advanced interpretations
of split transferences;
• Teach meditation.
1 CE CREDIT 4:45–5:45 PM
INCLUDED FOR ALL DAY REGISTRANTS
When Life and Practice Collide: Implications
for the Treatment Relationship and Clinical Practice
DIANE POMERANTZ, PhD
WORKSHOP LEVEL: Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced.
This workshop will delve into both the clinical and practical implications that might
occur when a therapist is confronted with a major, perhaps life-altering event.
Various ways of dealing with these unexpected issues, both clinically and
practically, will be addressed.
This workshop is designed to help you:
• Use clinical examples to describe ways in which significant life events, from
positive to tragic, in the life of the therapist impact the therapeutic process and
clinical ways in which to address these issues;
• Outline and discuss the nuts and bolts of how to handle practice decisions when
confronted with a life-altering event, e.g. who contacts patients; coverage; etc.
REGISTRATION
INFORMATION
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
FEES
MEMBER
ALL DAY
$225
ONE 3-HR WORKSHOP (ONLY)
$110
ONE 3-HR WORKSHOP + LUNCHEON
$160
WHEN LIFE AND PRACTICE COLLIDE WORKSHOP (ONLY) $30
Late Registration: After Sept. 29,
2014 registrations will be accepted
based on space available and will be
charged an additional $25 late fee.
Please call to verify available space
before submitting late registrations.
MPA Vouchers: Vouchers are
NOT valid for this Convention.
Students: Fees are half the
member/ nonmember prices as
applicable. Proof of student status,
(i.e., valid student ID) is required.
MPA’s Americans with
Disabilities Act Policy: MPA
strives to ensure that no potential
participant with a disability is
excluded, denied services,
segregated or otherwise treated
differently from other individuals
attending any MPA sponsored CE
workshop. If you require special
accommodations in order to fully
participate in an MPA program
please contact our office at
410-992-4258 at least 2 weeks
before the scheduled program to
discuss your needs.
NONMEMBER
$325
$145
$195
$45
Cancellations: Request for full refund
must be in writing or by email
([email protected]) no later
than Sept. 29, 2014. Cancellations
made between Sept. 29–Oct. 3, 2014
will be refunded less a $50
administrative fee. No refunds will be
given after Oct. 3, 2014, except in
cases of personal or family illness.
HOTEL
INFORMATION
SHERATON HOTEL
443-321-1906
173 Jennifer Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
MPA has secured a small block
of sleeping rooms for Thursday
evening at a reduced rate of $129
+ tax a night. The deadline for this
block of rooms is Aug. 16, 2014.
When you call to make your
reservation be sure to mention that
your are part of the Maryland
Psychological Association group.
3 WAYS
TO REGISTER
MPA CONVENTION 2014
REGISTRATION FORM
Online
www.marylandpsychology.org
Mail
REGISTRATION DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
Please TYPE or PRINT Clearly
NAME __________________________________________________________DEGREE ______________________
MPAF Convention
10025 Governor Warfield Pkwy
Suite 102
Columbia, MD 21044
Fax
410.992.7732
BUSINESS ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________________________
CITY ____________________________________STATE____________ ZIP___ ___ ___ ___ ___ – ___ ___ ___ ___
HOME ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________________
CITY ____________________________________STATE____________ ZIP___ ___ ___ ___ ___ – ___ ___ ___ ___
DAY PHONE # ________________________________________________________________________________
HOME PHONE # ______________________________________________________________________________
FAX __________________________________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL ________________________________________________________________________________________
MUST INCLUDE FOR RECEIPT/CONFIRMATION
MPA/MSPA Member
Non-Member
Student Member
Student Non-Member
PLEASE REGISTER ME FOR:
MEMBER
#_________ #_________
All Day:
(6 Hour • Morning: #1-5 • Afternoon: #6-10)
Morning
Afternoon
When Life and Practice Collide Workshop (included with all day registration):
Yes
One 3-Hour Workshop ONLY:
(Morning: #1-5 • Afternoon: #6-10)
#_________ #_________
1st Choice
1st Choice
NONMEM.
$325
No
$110
$145
$160
$195
$30
$45
2nd Choice
One 3-Hour Workshop + Luncheon: #_________ #_________
(Morning: #1-5 • Afternoon: #6-10)
$225
2nd Choice
When Life and Practice Collide Workshop ONLY:
Please check the appropriate boxes if you:
Require a vegetarian lunch.
Require special accommodations. Please call the MPA Office at least 2 weeks in advance.
DO NOT want business address printed in the convention directory.
Would like to receive email updates about MPA CE Workshops.
Will be a volunteer driver from _______________________________________________________
PAYMENT METHOD ONLY registration forms with payment will be processed.
CHECK enclosed (payable to MPAF) for $ _________________
Charge my
VISA
MC $ _________________
Card #: ___ ___ ___ ___ – ___ ___ ___ ___– ___ ___ ___ ___– ___ ___ ___ ___
Exp. Date: ___ ___ /___ ___
Signature __________________________________________________________Date ________________
QUESTIONS? CALL, ANN CIPRO, 410-992-4258 OR
EMAIL: [email protected]
JOIN MPA
TODAY AND SAVE!
Persons applying to join MPA are
eligible for the member rate if
application is complete and on file in
our office before September 29, 2014.
Other membership benefits:
• Receive The Maryland Psychologist
• Access to MPA listservs
• Member rates on all CE workshops
• Free consultation on ethics and
practice issues
• Online Referral Service
Associate, graduate student, and
teacher memberships are also
available. Please visit the MPA website:
www.marylandpsychology.org or
contact the office 410-992-4258 for
more information.
MPA WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE AND GIVE
SPECIAL THANKS TO
THIS YEAR’S SILVER
LEVEL SPONSOR
CERTIFIED CIO
Be sure to thank them for supporting
your Association when you stop at
their convention exhibit.