Speare Psychological Services

Workshops

A partial list of the continuing education workshops I have attended include the following:

Workshops on Trauma and Related Issues

• Introduction to Chronic, Complex Trauma
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Disorders
• EMDR Toolbox: Specific EMDR-Related Methods of Therapy for Clients with Complex PTSD and Dissociative Personality Structure
• Trauma and Related Issues
• Resolving Traumatic Memories
• Children of Alcoholics
• Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
• Psychotraumatology
• Strengthening The Self
• Taming the Horror of Childhood Trauma: Effective Management of Flashbacks and Abreaction
• Basic and Advanced Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
• Compassion Fatigue
• Looking Through The Eyes: EMDR Ego State Therapy Across the Dissociative Continuum
• Integrating Somatic Awareness in Psychotherapy for Trauma and PTSD
• Brief Psychotherapy for Trauma Victims
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach
• Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD
• Cognitive Therapy for Trauma and PTSD
• Defense and Affect Restructuring with EMDR
• Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
• Chronic Abuse Trauma Syndrome and Repressed Memories
• Reprocessing Very Early Trauma/Neglect
• Healing The Inner Child
• Reclaiming the Self: Ericksonian Approaches to the Treatment of Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
• From Victim to Survivor: The Gestalt Way with Adult Survivors of Incest/Abuse
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
• Psychotherapy for Adults Abused As Children: The Self Trauma Model
• Family Sexual Abuse
• EMDR and the Treatment of War and Terrorism Survivors
• Hidden Wounds: Identifying and Responding to the Needs of Military Personnel within Community Heath Systems
• Healing Combat Trauma
• Working with Parts in Dissociation Disorders
• Polyvagal Theory in Action
• Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Healing the Divided Mind: Practical Approaches to Working with the Dissociative Client
• Working with Dissociative Clients during the Pandemic: Adjusting to a New Reality
• Cognitive Processing Therapy
• Serving Those Who Served: Community Based EMDR Therapy with Military Veterans
• Military Culture: Core Competencies for Health Care Professionals
• The Body keeps The Score
• How PTSD Affects Mind, Body, and Biology
• Connectedness as a Biological Imperative-Understanding Trauma Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory
• Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma
• Addiction, Trauma, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES).  The Neuroscience behind Developmental/Attachment Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Trauma Fueled Addiction: Stop the Suffering-End the Pain

Workshops on Addiction

• Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: The Physiology and Psychology of Addiction
• Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders
• Relapse Prevention with Alcoholics, Drug Addicts, and Families
• Application of Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy to Chemical Abuse Problems
• Gay and Lesbian Chemical Dependency Treatment
• Systemic Family Intervention
• Growing Beyond the Addiction Model: A Model of Compulsive Behavior and the Disturbance of the Self
• Feeling State Addiction Protocol
• EMDR: Working with Addiction and Substance Use Disorders
• Rethinking Addiction: How Gambling and Other Behavioral Addictions Are Changing the Concept and Treatment of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders
• Neuroscience Meets Recovery
• Numbing the Pain: Trauma and Substance Abuse
• Trauma Bonds: The Role of Shame and the Tasks of Recovery
• Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia
• EMDR and Eating Disorders
• Hypnosis in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
• Understanding Eating Disorders
• Disordered Eating: Treatment Strategies that Work
• Training in the Treatment of Compulsive Gambling
• Counseling the Sex Addict
• Motivational Interviewing
• The ACT Model and Approach & Developing ACT Skills
• Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders
• Covid 19: Telehealth for Opioid Addiction Interventions
• Patient-Centered Opioid De-prescribing in Low Resource Care Settings
• Annual Training Institute on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders
• Feeling State Addiction Protocol
• EMDR: Working with Addiction and Substance Abuse Use Disorders
• 1^stVirtual Summit of EMDR Therapy and Addictions
• Addiction, Trauma, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES): The Neuroscience behind Development/Attachment Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Trauma Fueled Addiction: Stop the Suffering-End the Pain
• EMDR Therapy and the Treatment of Substance and Behavioral Addictions
• Therapeutic Opioid Addiction: When Chronic Pain and Addiction Collide
• Alcohol and Craving
• Alcohol and Stress
• Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction
• Social Anxiety Disorder and Alcohol Abuse
• Intervention Strategies for Offenders with Co-Occurring Disorders
• Substance Abuse in the Deployment Environment

Workshops on Pain, Illness and the Mind-Body Relationship

• The Power of Mind-Body Medicine
• Psychological Treatment of Cancer and Serious Illness
• The Immune System: The Mind-Body Connection
• The Mind That Changes The Brain
• Hypnosis in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Chronic Pain Management through Self-Hypnosis Training
• Managing Chronic Pain In Adults
• Treating Chronic Pain with EMDR
• Treating Headaches With Integrated EMDR
• Hypnosis for Trauma Informed Medicine
• Hypnosis for Healing Complex Chronic Pain: a Proactive Response to the Opiate Prescription Crisis with Compassionate Client Centered Care
• The Body in EMDR
• Creating Effective Hypnosis Interventions for Chronic Physical Symptoms
• Non-Opiate Therapy for Chronic Pain
• Incorporating Suggestion into Effective Pain Management
• Complex Inductions Made Easy: Neurophysiology, Social Psychology and Dissociation
• Healing When Cure Is Not Possible: Hypnotic Approaches to Address Acute, Procedural and Chronic Pain and Palliative Interventions in Advanced Illness
• Therapeutic Opioid Addiction: When Chronic Pain and Addiction Collide

Workshops on Relationships

• Marital Therapy: A Research-based Approach
• Advanced Study: Gottman Method Couples Therapy
• Relationships, Boundaries, and Intimacy
• Codependency and Intimacy
• Treatment of Codependency
• Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
• Online Couples Therapy: Tips for Good Outcomes

Workshops on Anxiety, Depression, and Other Emotions

• Anxiety Spectrum and Depression Spectrum Disorders
• After Prozac: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• Hypnosis in the Treatment of Depression
• Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, and Related Problems: Current Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Approaches with Adults, Adolescents, and Children
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorders: Challenges and Solutions
• Embracing the Shadow and Mending the Sacred Hoop: A Holistic Approach to Grief and Bereavement
• Different Ways of Grieving, Different Ways of Healing
• Grief, Loss, and the Search for Meaning
• Embracing Life: Using Hypnosis During Palliative Care and Bereavement
• Advanced Anger and Aggression Management
• Anger: Understanding, Effects and Management
• EMDR and Treatment for Problematic Anger, Hostility and Violent Behaviors
• Rapid Treatment Techniques for Healing Shame
• The Treatment of Shame in EMDR Processing
• Beyond Shame
• Healing of Shame
• Happiness: How Positive Psychology Changes Our Lives
• Introductory and advanced Interpretation of the MMPI-2-RF
• DSM-5: Understanding and Diagnosing Mental Disorders
• Suicidal Risk and Tele-Psychology: from Supportive Resources to Clinical Treatment
• The Power of Metaphor
• Clinical Hypnosis: Serving Our Clients Effectively in an Online World
• Complex Inductions Made Easy: Neurophysiology, Social Psychology, and Dissociation
• Defense and Affect Structuring with EMDR
• Personality Disorders and DSM-5: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Personality Disorders
• Completing the Mental Status Exam
• EMDR Therapy and Personality Disorders
• Treating OCD with EMDR Therapy

Workshops on Energy Psychology and Energy Psychotherapy

• Thought Field Therapy – Algorithm level
• Thought Field Therapy – Diagnostic level
• Advanced Thought Field Therapy – Toxins
• Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods
• Thought Energy Synchronization Therapies
• Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms Elimination Training for Resolving Excess Emotion: Fear, Anger, Sadness, and Trauma (BSFF)
• Emotional Freedom Techniques
• Tapas Acupressure Technique
• Seemorg Matrix Work / Advanced Integrative Therapy
• Healing From The Body Level Up
• Energy Consciousness Therapy
• Pranic Healing
• Spring Forest Qigong, Level I and II
• The Art and Science of Transformational Change
• Talk Is Not Enough: Activating Broader and Deeper Levels of Healing
• The Science of Energy Healing

Workshops on Ethics

• 2002 APA Ethics Code: Revisions, Improvements, and Implications for its Application
• Legal and Ethical Concerns in Clinical Practice
• Ethical Practice Management
• Fine Lines: Examining Boundaries in Relationships with Clients and Colleagues
• Boundaries and Countertransference in Gestalt Therapy
• Ethics in Psychotherapy: Practical Tips
• A Practical Approach to Boundaries in Psychology: Making Decisions, Bypassing Blunders, and Mending Fences
• The Progress Note: Where Ethics and Law Meet Efficiency
• Update on How Covid 19 Is Impacting the Regulatory Community
• 14 Essential Tele-Mental Health Informed Consent Elements
• How to Legally Practice over State Lines
• Client/Patient Education In Telehealth

Workshops on Telehealth

• Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Telehealth
• Rules, Regulations, and Risk Management in Telehealth
• Best Practices and Informed Consent in Telehealth
• Tele-Practice Documentation
• Essential Telehealth Technologies
• Basic Telehealth Clinical Issues
• Texting Do’s and Don’ts
• Clinical Best Practices for Covid 19
• Grounding Techniques in teletherapy
• Covid 19: Telehealth for Opioid Addiction Interventions
• Doing Intakes Via Tele-Psychology
• Suicidal Risk and Tele-Psychology: from Supportive Resources to Clinical Treatment
• Clinical Hypnosis: Serving Our Clients Effectively in an Online World
• Working with Dissociative Clients during the Pandemic: Adjusting to a New Reality
• Online Couples Therapy: Tips for Good Outcomes