Talbott Recovery CE Seminar

May 30, 2014

9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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$60.00 per person; $40.00 Military Counseling Professional; $30.00 Talbott Treatment Alumni (licensed professionals only)

 (AM refreshments included, Lunch on Your Own)

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  Ethical Competencies in the Treatment of Boys & Men

    Ronee Griffith, Ph.D. and Alan Stewart, Ed.S.

This five-hour ethics workshop introduces new ethical guidelines and research on the special needs of men and boys and the clinical competencies necessary for working with this underserved and mis-served group of clients.  All codes of ethics require avoiding harm, acquiring competencies to work with culturally diverse clients (who include men and boys), and promoting equal access to counseling services.

Clinicians’ understanding of the fragmentation and detrimental constraints men encode from toxic cultural messaging is essential in helping them make sense of their lives and relationships.  This program aims to heighten ethical sensitivity, to promote ethical conduct, and to improve therapeutic outcomes with male clients.  Participants will learn about current biases in practice and how to modify their therapeutic style to work more effectively with men. By exploring thoughts about “how to be a man”, practitioners will become more aware of their internalized notions of masculinity as well as become more competent to help male clients deepen meaningful connections with themselves and others.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify ethical standards related to discriminatory practices in the assessment and treatment of male clients;
• Identify ethical standards related to competence in working with male clients;
• Identify ethical standards related to cultural sensitivity with male clients;
• Discuss new APA specialty guidelines on Psychological Practice with Boys and Men (2014);
• Demonstrate three alternative techniques for more effectively engaging men in therapy.  

About Our Presenters

Ronee Smith Griffith, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who has specialized in ethics education with mental health professionals for twenty-five years. Her doctoral research in ethics education led to an appointment to the Ethics Education Task Force for the American Psychological Association and collaboration with Ethics Committee Co-chairs for the Canadian Psychological Association. She practices psychotherapy with adults and couples. She is a frequently invited presenter for state and national mental health organizations, psychiatric hospitals, and private and public agencies, as well as church and civic groups. 

Alan Stewart, Ed.S. is a doctoral student in counseling psychology at Georgia State University. He is director of the Georgia Chapter of Boys to Men Mentoring and has led men’s groups for more than ten years. His research interests include perfectionism, stress and coping, therapy with men, military psychology and non-pharmaceutical treatment for severe mental illness. He brings to his work as a therapist a successful naval career that included service in combat.

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Contact: Dianne Gay at dianne.gay@uhsinc.com or (678) 251-3162.

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