When:
Saturday, September 9, 2017 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM EDTAdd to Calendar
Where:
Rivier University - Dion Center
420 South Main Street
Benoit Education Center
Nashua, NH 03060
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New Hampshire Psychological Association
603-415-0451
office@nhpsychology.org
Uncovering Dangerous Secrets:
Suicide, Violence, Psychosis, and Difficult Personality Disorders
6 CE credits, including 3 CEs in suicide education
September 9th, 2017
Presented by internationally acclaimed workshop leader and educational innovator in the field of suicide prevention
Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D.
This workshop provides front-line clinicians with state-of-the-art skills necessary to tackle some of the most difficult clinical situations facing experienced clinicians during the initial assessment. An essential component of the workshop highlights the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (the CASE Approach) which meets the 3-credit hours in suicide education required by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice.
Included in your registration: printed materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and mid-morning/mid-afternoon refreshments.
Register prior to July 31st, 2017 to take advantage of our early bird discount rate - $25.00 off
Conference Schedule
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Workshop
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (included)
Workshop Description:
In the morning sessions, Dr. Shea begins with a focus on specific interviewing methods for uncovering problematic personality dysfunction in a sensitive fashion. New life is given to the concept of object relations and self psychology as innovative methods for engaging clients with Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Next, Dr. Shea looks at the puzzling world of psychosis. He demonstrates a variety of specific interviewing techniques to help clinicians ferret out the earliest signs of impending psychosis or relapse, while providing a better understanding of the exquisite pain created by psychotic process. In addition, he provides immediately practical interviewing techniques for spotting dangerous psychotic process including suicide, homicide, and self-mutilation.
In the afternoon the focus shifts to direct methods of uncovering dangerous secrets. A large portion of the time is devoted to understanding seven practical validity techniques: normalization, shame attenuation, the behavioral incident, gentle assumption, denial of the specific, the catch-all question, and symptom amplification. Dr. Shea demonstrates how these techniques provide powerful gateways for uncovering physical abuse, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, and incest.
The final portion of the day is devoted to a demonstration of how these validity techniques can be woven into a specific strategy for eliciting suicidal ideation – the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (the CASE Approach). The highly acclaimed CASE Approach has been described by David Jobes Ph.D., a former President of the American Association of Suicidology, as follows: “The CASE Approach moves the clinician almost imperceptibly into the secret internal workings of the mind and soul of the patient tormented by suicidal ideation. I believe that the CASE Approach is a remarkable conceptual and clinical contribution to the field of suicidology. It should be taught to any front-line clinician. It has the power to meaningfully save lives.” All techniques will be clearly demonstrated through the use of videotape examples from actual client interviews.
Learning Objectives:
This workshop is designed to help participants:
1. Be able to apply object relations theory to the following critical interview tasks engaging the client, uncovering serious personality pathology, and determining possible treatment modalities.
2. Be able to utilize interviewing techniques for spotting delusional mood, delusional perception, the life-cycle of a psychosis, and dangerous psychotic processes including command hallucinations, alien control, and hyper-religiosity.
3. Recognize and be able to utilize the following seven techniques for increasing validity: normalization, shame attenuation, the behavioral incident, gentle assumption, denial of the specific, the catch-all question, and symptom amplification.
4. Be able to utilize flexible strategies for weaving the above seven validity techniques into effective methods of uncovering sensitive material, such as antisocial behavior and violent ideation, while maintaining a powerful engagement.
5. Apply the CASE Approach to uncover hidden suicidal ideation, actions, and intent.
The Presenter:
Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D. is an internationally acclaimed workshop leader and educational innovator in the fields of suicide prevention, resiliency, clinical interviewing, and improving medication adherence having given over 850 presentations worldwide. He has been a recipient of an Outstanding Course Award presented by the American Psychiatric Association for his presentations at their annual meetings. He is a frequent presenter at the annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology and at the Cape Cod Symposium where his course has received the highest evaluation of the thirty courses featured over the summer. He has also presented at the Santa Fe Symposium, the Door County Summer Institute, and the Muskoka Summer Seminar Series from McMaster University.
Dr. Shea is the author of six books and numerous articles including one of the classic texts in the field of suicide prevention, The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment. His works have been translated into a variety of languages as diverse as French, Greek, Japanese, and Chinese. All three editions of his book, Psychiatric Interviewing: the Art of Understanding, have been chosen by the Medical Library Association for the Brandon/Hill/Doody’s List as one of the 16 most important books in the field of psychiatry. His book on creating resiliency in difficult times - Happiness Is. - was chosen as a Brodart Library Gem, a Bowker's title to Watch, and as the Philosophy Book of the Month by the Radical Academy. Former Surgeon General C, Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D. provided the foreword to Dr. Shea’s latest book, Improving Medication Adherence: How to Talk with Patients About Their Medications which, in 2009, was chosen for Doody’s Core Titles list of the most important books in the fields of medicine and nursing. The second edition of this book is due for publication in late 2017.
Dr. Shea is the Director of the Training Institute for Suicide Assessment and Clinical Interviewing (www.suicideassessment.com), a training and consultation service providing workshops, consultations, and quality assurance design in mental health assessments. Dr. Shea is also in private practice.
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Cancellation policy: Refunds, minus a 35% cancellation fee, will be issued for all cancellations received two weeks prior to the start of the course (on or before August 26, 2017). No refunds or vouchers will be made thereafter. No shows are not refunded.
Inclement weather policy: In the event that NHPA has to postpone or reschedule the training conference, a voucher equivalent to the full price amount of what was paid for the conference, will be issued. If NHPA has to cancel the event with no postponement or reschedule date, a full refund will be given. Please be sure that NHPA has your up-to-date contact information (email/text/phone). Any weather cancellations or postponements will be made no later than three hours prior to an event. Should you have questions or concerns about whether an event may be changed due to weather, please check the NHPA website or call our office at (603) 415-0451.
Full attendance: is required to obtain CEs. No partial credit will be given.
