The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Service (SAMHSA) has posted an interesting 90-minute webinar entitled Demystifying Trauma: Sharing Pathways to Healing and Wellness. The presenters discuss the universality of trauma and the healing impact of telling ones’ story.
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December 22, 2011
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July 7, 2011
The Impact of Postnatal Depression on Children
This article summarizes a recent study conducted by Lynne Murray and colleagues on how a mother’s postnatal depression can impact her children throughout their childhood. The study was published in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).
Through the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry you can sign up for a free guest subscription, which allows the subscriber free access to all abstracts and access to certain complete articles. Through this site you are also able to purchase a subscription, which gives you full access to all journal articles. Or, you can buy articles of interest individually, for a very reasonable price.
After reading any journal article, you can receive CE credits through PCES by completing a short review of the article you read. Remember you can sign-up for the journal review now, and then complete it at your leisure.
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June 7, 2011
Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex
Useful manual to give a client who discloses that they have had a sexual relationship with their psychotherapist.
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April 26, 2011
Upcoming Workshops on Spanish for Mental Health Professionals
We have learned about two upcoming workshops on Spanish for Mental Health Professionals. One is on May 7th. This one-day class will assist the therapist in getting their Spanish skills up to speed so that they can see Spanish speaking clients or apply for bilingual positions.
The ongoing Monday evening group will assist the intermediate to advanced Spanish-speaking therapist in continuing vocabulary development and much more.
Both courses are held in the Los Angeles area.
For more information visit click here.
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March 27, 2011
Psychological First Aid
Psychological First Aid is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism. Psychological First Aid is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping. Psychological First Aid fills in the gaps that you might find when called in to do a Critical Incident Debriefing. Click here to view an excellent Psychological First Aid Manual created by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD.
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March 24, 2011
CISM Clearinghouse
Yesterday I came across an excellent site that functions as a CISM clearinghouse. In addition to collecting worldwide resources, they are developing a directory of onsite specialists. There has never been a database of trained, experienced CISM providers where one can access their contact information for free. They provide this and are working on recruiting specialists to join their directory. If you are a CISM provider or need someone who is an expert in crisis debriefing, this site is worth checking out.
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March 1, 2011
Studio City Men’s Group – An Ongoing Group For Men
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STUDIO CITY MEN’S GROUP
AN ONGOING GROUP FOR MEN
THIS UNIQUE PROCESS GROUP WHICH IS BEING CO-FACILITATED BY A MALE AND FEMALE THERAPIST WILL BRING OUR DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND EXPERIENCES INTO DISCUSSIONS. THE GROUP WILL ADDRESS SUCH QUESTIONS AS:
Weekday to be determined
7-9 pm, Studio City location, cost $40 per session
CONTACT: Larry Starr-Karlin, JD, MFT 310-948-3301
Larry.StarrKarlin@Verizon.net – www.LarryStarr-Karlin.com
Marcy Gray Rubin, MFT 310-850-4954
info@marcygrayrubin.com – www.MarcyGrayRubin.com
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February 25, 2011
Psychological Services for the Deaf
Alternative Solutions Center is a Deaf-owned and operated psychotherapy and consulting practice staffed by Deaf, licensed professional therapists.
They specialize in work with Deaf people and their families. Alternative Solutions Center is committed to:
Providing safe, confidential, nonjudgmental and wholistic therapeutic services
Creating a culturally sensitive counseling environment for Deaf clients and their families
Ensuring effective communication through American Sign Language
Enhancing lives through empowerment and positive change
Services paid by many insurance companies:
-Counseling through videophone
-Individual, couples, and family counseling
-Life coaching for assistance with personal, business, and professional visions
-Play and sand tray therapy for children and adults
-Clinical supervision for therapists
-Crisis intervention and resolutions
-Consultation and education for the general public and professionals
-Local and international presentations on mental health issues related to Deaf individuals
-Deaf relay interpreting services
For more information visit their website at http://www.ascdeaf.com
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October 28, 2010
New PCES Bookstore!
We just added a book store to our site and want to offer the best psychology and self-help books, which ones are your favorites? Through our Amazon Book Store we will make it easy for therapists to choose some of the best works in the field, while ordering their online book report at the same time. This way they can get CE credits for reading a book of their choosing.
Let us know which psychology/self-help books are your favorite and we will add them to our store.
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October 21, 2010
November is Native American Heritage Month
To learn more about Native American Heritage Month and the 5 Annual Red Nation Film Festival being held in Los Angeles on Nov 3-9th, click here. The festival is dedicated to breaking the barriers of racism and to replacing detrimental stereotypes.
This would be an excellent event for therapist to attend to learn more about the Native American culture.