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HLPCA is a state approved provider for CEU's for LPCs, LMFTs, Social Workers, and LCDCs.
Monthly programs are free to members, and $5.00 for non-members. (Ethics programs do have additional fees for all).

Monthly programs will start at 7:00pm and end at 8:30pm. Please arrive by 6:45pm to allow check-in time and seating before the program begins. Reminder: You must arrive on time to receive your CEU's for the meeting.

Meeting Location:
Houston Baptist University
Moody Library Building
(Near Beechnut and Hwy 59).
For directions, call 713-774-0606.
Or use this link:  http://bit.ly/wiyvSu
 

January 6, 2012
“Mental Health First Aid”
presented by Suzette M. Sova MA, LPC Mental
Health First Aid Coordinator.
Mental Health First Aid is a training component for service providers to help educate them, and equip them with knowledge and resources, to help those whom they may come in contact with during their daily work, who are exhibiting sign of distress. www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org.

February 3, 2012
"Integreating Occupational Therapy into your Counseling Practice".
Presentation by Leora Salo, OTR/MOT , Occupational Therapist.
Occupational therapists use scientific principles to determine areas of function/dysfunction when designing strategies for intervention. In mental health, OT's typically treat in groups, from a diverse palette of group types. Occupational Therapy is an asset in change implementation, as OT groups offer clients opportunity to practice and integrate new skills. With approaching guidelines that make occupational therapists a reimbursable provider of mental health services, the potential to enrich client services within a practice grows exponentially. This workshops will present an overall view as to how occupational therapy may contribute to services in a holistic practice.

NOTE:  New Meeting Location - beginning with March meeting
We meet on the Houston Baptist University campus, (near Hwy 59 and Beechnut), in the Moody Library Building. 281-649-3000. Use entrance #3 off Beechnut. 281-649-3000 Here is a link to a campus map. http://bit.ly/wiyvSu

March 2, 2012
Adaptive Strategies Rising from Existential Trauma
presented by James Hollis, Ph.D. Director Emeritus, Jung Education Center of Houston, TX.
Each human is subject to twin threats to survival and well-being: overwhelmment and abandonment. From these core experiences, common to us all in varying degrees, a rich range of adaptive strategies evolve, many of which become life-long patterns. This program will detail with the anatomy of such adaptations, and include comments on the ethical risks to which therapists are subject as they experience these adaptive patterns in their own lives as well.

April 13, 2012 ** Adjustment to schedule due to Easter weekend
Behavior Analysis in Clinical Practice: An Overview
presented by Joel Farb, M.A., The Center for Behavior Therapy
Beginning in the late "80's and especially since the mid-90's, applied behavior analysis (ABA) has received a great deal of attention from its promise as an early intervention for children with autistic-spectrum disorders. However, the clinical application of the principles of behavior analysis go far beyond autism and developmental disabilities.

This program presents an overview of behavior analysis as a science which evolved from psychology and its many applications in the broader range of clinical practice including tic disorders, ADHD, depression, the anxiety disorders. and addictive disorders.

May 4, 2012
Music Therapy Makes a Different
presented by Pam Poole, MT-BC, CPRP, Board Certified Music Therapist, Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner
Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. (American Music Therapy Association definition, 2005)

As a Music Therapist I use music to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. As they, (clients) become involved with music in a therapeutic context; their abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives. An overview of music therapy will be presented in this workshop showing its effectiveness with many different populations.
Pam Poole, MT-BC, CPRP

June 1, 2012
A New Perspective for Marriage Counseling
presented by Patti Hatton, MA., LPC.
A marriage counseling modality will be presented which focuses on helping a person identify their negative emotions with the intent of learning healthy options for resolution, vs. the feelings of powerlessness that blaming and continuously defending oneself generates. Powerful metaphors are used to demonstrate locus of control, boundary setting and effective communication. The presentation ends with an exploration of a healthy and emotionally intimate relationship. www.pattihattoncounselor.com

July 6, 2012
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexual Addictions for 2012
presented by Milton Magness, Ph.D., LPC.
Dr. Magness is an LPC, and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, as well as the founder and director of the Hope & Freedom Counseling Services. Visit www.hopeandfreedom.com  for more information on his practice.

August 3, 2012
Virtual Reality, Cravings, and Clinical Implications for Treatment.
Presented by Tracy Ledoux, Ph. D., University of Houston Health and Human Performance department.

September 7, 2012
Cultural Competency in the Asian American Population presented by Peta-Gay Chen Ledbetter, Ph. D., LPC, RN

October 5, 2012
Adolescent Risk Taking and Clinical Implications
presented by Micki Grimland, LCSW , Chief Psychotherapist, Southwest Psychotherapy Associates. www.mickigrimland.com,  Lara Allen, M.S., LPC, and Samantha Rushing, M.Ed., LPC, CWC.

November 10, 2012
Ethics workshop- 3 hours.
Ethics of E-Counseling (electronic) and Social Media
Presenter: Thomas Schanding, Ph.D.
* Licensed Specialist in School Psychology - Sheldon ISD
*Associate Outreach Director LEND- Lone Star Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities

This 3-hour workshop will cover:
1. Ethical standards and developing guidelines for counselors regarding e-counseling (electronic) and social media.
2. An overview and review of state licensing standards and ethical standards
3. Interactive portion where participants will discuss ethical vignettes
4. Resources for utilizing technological advances within a counseling practice.

Join us for a morning of networking & 3 hours of CEUs in ethics..


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