01/24/14: “Transitioning to ICD-10: Why It’s Important to Behavioral Health Care Providers and How To Prepare.” (webinar)
Jan. 24 Webinar – Implementing the New International Classification of Diseases
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01/23/14: Mental Illness and the ADA (webinar)
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12/19/13: Latino Immigrant Well-Being (webinar)
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12/05/13 – Participate in Text, Talk, Act To Improve Mental Health
Dec. 5 – Participate in Text, Talk, Act To Improve Mental Health
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HIV Counselor PERSPECTIVES on HIV Stigma Today now available
from Tom Donohoe:
We are pleased to announce the release of the current issue of HIV Counselor PERSPECTIVES on HIV Stigma Today.
Despite our efforts as HIV service providers, stigma remains a significant barrier to HIV testing and treatment, fueling the epidemic. We hope that this issue will support you in your work with clients.
You can access the issue here:
http://www.ucsf-ahp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Perspectives_V21No3_HIV_Stigma_Today.pdf
In addition, we want to let you know about a training that AHP offers through the California State Office of AIDS, called ‘Assessing and Responding to HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination.’ This one-day training is a continuing education course designed for both new and experienced providers. For more information about the training, please contact Karin Hill, the HIV Prevention Training Coordinator at the California State Office of AIDS, at 916.319.9461, or Karin.Hill@cdph.ca.gov.
We are pleased to announce the release of the current issue of HIV Counselor PERSPECTIVES on HIV Stigma Today.
Despite our efforts as HIV service providers, stigma remains a significant barrier to HIV testing and treatment, fueling the epidemic. We hope that this issue will support you in your work with clients.
You can access the issue here:
http://www.ucsf-ahp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Perspectives_V21No3_HIV_Stigma_Today.pdf
In addition, we want to let you know about a training that AHP offers through the California State Office of AIDS, called ‘Assessing and Responding to HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination.’ This one-day training is a continuing education course designed for both new and experienced providers. For more information about the training, please contact Karin Hill, the HIV Prevention Training Coordinator at the California State Office of AIDS, at 916.319.9461, or Karin.Hill@cdph.ca.gov.
“Trapped in the Wrong Theory: Rethinking Trans Oppression and Resistance” new article by Talia Bettcher is out!
“Trapped in the Wrong Theory: Rethinking Trans Oppression and Resistance” new article by Talia Bettcher is out!
Click here to read the entire article, which will be available in Signs (Vol. 39, No. 2, Winter 2014).
Talia Mae Bettcher’s “Trapped in the Wrong Theory: Rethinking Trans Oppression and Resistance” reevaluates the two prevailing models of transsexuality—the wrong-body model and the transgender model—finding existing articulations of both unsatisfactory. Drawing from María Lugones’s “model of multiple meanings” and “recent literature on the transphobic representations of trans people as deceivers,” Bettcher reanimates the resistant potential of the wrong-body model from a transfeminist perspective, arguing that a reorganized version of this model has the capacity to resist the principle of reality enforcement and its centrality to “dominant ways of doing gender.”
The Group List | directory of mental health professionals in L.A.
November 17, 2013
Dear Colleague:
Just a note to alert you that a new edition of The Group List is now available. The largest edition ever published, The Group List is a directory of 1,500 therapy groups offered by 650 licensed mental health professionals throughout Los Angeles county. To view or download this directory in .pdf format, click here, go to www.TheGroupList.org, or download the attached .pdf file. This directory should download in about 3 seconds.
Groups are listed at no charge and posted on the internet at www.TheGroupList.org.
The Group List is a pro bono community service. This year, we are celebrating our tenth anniversary of publication.
This announcement is being sent out today to 4,000 mental health professionals. If you would like to list your groups as well, please complete The Group List Submission Form
Answers to frequently asked questions are below.
Best wishes,
James J. De Santis, Ph.D., C.G.P.
Clinical Psychologist, Certified Group Psychotherapist
California License #PSY10315
138 N. Brand Blvd., Ste. 300, Glendale, CA 91203
112 W. Bennett Ave., Ste. 4, Glendora, CA 91741
(818) 551-1714
JJDeSantis@aol.com
http://www.JJDeSantis.com
http://www.TheGroupList.org
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Group List?
The Group List is a free directory of groups facilitated by licensed mental health professionals in Los Angeles county, including therapeutic, supportive, consultative, and psychoeducational types of groups. The directory is cross-indexed by type of group, geographic location, and last name of facilitator. Approximately 650 therapists offering 1,500 total groups are included, making it the largest aggregation of groups in LA.
How Do I Read The Directory?
The directory is formatted as a simple text file in .pdf format. Most users clicking on the link will find that software already installed on their computer will automatically engage, and the directory will simply pop up on their screen as a paper version would look. If you cannot read the directory, download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader from get.adobe.com/reader/. This free program is safe and sufficient for reading this file.
How Do I Find What I’m Looking For in the Directory?
The simplest way to use the directory is just to scroll through it. There are three main sections: 1. Topic Index, 2. Geographic Index, and 3. Last Name Index.
You can also search for keywords. In Windows using Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can search the directory by clicking on the “Edit” pull-down menu, then “Find.” Enter the relevant keyword (e.g., “teen,” “bereavement,” or “psychodynamic”) under “Find.” Then press “Enter.”
Who Gets The Group List?
This e-mail notice is being sent out today to 4,000 mental health professionals in Los Angeles county. This directory has been viewed over 25,000 times from http://www.TheGroupList.org. Our intent is to circulate The Group List as widely as possible for purposes of effective cross-referral. Consider whom among your respected colleagues may not know about the directory, and please pass this notice along to them.
How Do I Submit My Groups?
Licensed mental health professionals may list their groups in The Group List whether currently running or in wait-list formation. Submit a brief description or title of each group (40 characters and spaces maximum), your name, degrees, license type & number, e-mail address, office address, and phone. Groups by pre-licensed facilitators must be listed under their licensed supervisor’s name and license number.
What Does The Group List Cost?
There is never a cost to list your groups in The Group List. There is never a cost to obtain the directory. This is a pro bono community service.
How Often is the The Group List Updated?
The directory is updated several times a year. This is about the interval at which a meaningful amount of listings have been added and deleted.
Why Are There Outdated Listings?
Groups come and go frequently, so the information contained in this directory is under constant revision. This directory is a volunteer effort, handling a very large data set. If you find that a listing is out-of-date, please alert us at JJDeSantis@aol.com or at (818) 551-1714. Only in this way will we all maximally benefit.
Why Isn’t My Group Listed?
Recent updates of The Group List have involved outreach e-mails, postcards, and personal phone calls to listees who have not otherwise been contacted in the last six months, asking for an active response to confirm their information. If the clinician has not replied in the affirmative, then their listing has been deleted.
How Did the The Group List Start?
The process of making a referral to a group can be a time-consuming and difficult task. Prospective group clients can find it frustrating to locate an appropriate therapy group. It can be challenging for a clinician to find and refer to a well-selected therapy group. The Group List began in 2003 out of this need to connect prospective group therapy participants to group therapists effectively.
11/15/13: Understanding Interpersonal Violence and Suicide: Treatment and Preventative Approaches
DOWNLOAD FLYER & REGISRATION FORM HERE
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D
Understanding Interpersonal Violence and Suicide:
Treatment and Preventative Approaches
November 15, 2013 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
This presentation will examine how interpersonal aggressive behavior and suicidal behaviors develop and the implications for both prevention and treatment approaches. Various intervention approaches will be critiqued, differentiating between those programs that “work” versus those programs that inadvertently increase the level of aggression. How to assess the risk potential and predict intimate partner violence and suicidality will be highlighted. The controversy concerning evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy for depressed clients will be considered. How to implement the Core Tasks of Psychotherapy with depressed and suicidal adolescents and adults will be demonstrated. Detailed handouts will be provided that enumerate specific assessment and psychotherapeutic interventions.
Objectives:
- List three risk factors that contribute to the development of aggressive behaviors toward others
- Enumerate three specific ways that trainers can enhance the generalizability of treatment effects with aggressive individuals
- Specify three risk factors for assessing suicidal potential in depressed clients
- Describe three specific evidence-based intervention procedures that can be used with depressed and suicidal clients
Continuing Education Credit: Participants will receive 6.0 CE credits. Professional Psych Seminars is an approved provider for psychologists (APA ), LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and LPCCs, Drug and Alcohol Counselors (CFAAP/CAADAC), certified counselors (NBCC), nurses (BRN), and social workers (ASWB). Please see our website at http://www.psychsem.com for complete information on continuing education.
Focus Group needs youth 16-24 who have been clients in the mental health system | COMPENSATION PROVIDED
The Drop-In Center at The Village Family Services will be hosting the only LA-area focus group for the Prop 63-funded California Youth Empowerment Network’s examination of how transition age youth access mental health services. If you know any persons 16-24 who have experience as clients (in any way) with the mental health system and would like to make some money for their time providing feedback on their experiences, please have them RSVP to me. The flyer and consent form are both attached. This has been IRB approved and a clinician will be on site if needed.
Thanks for helping us spread the word,
Dave Reynolds, MPH, CPH
Assistant Director – Drop-In Center
The Village Family Services
6801 Coldwater Canyon Ave, Ste 1E
North Hollywood, CA 91605
Phone: (818) 755-8786 ext. 1716
Fax: (818) 738-7346
e-mail: dreynolds@thevillagefs.org
website: http://www.thevillagefs.org
The Village Family Services is Southern California’s leading bilingual family wellness agency providing safety and permanency to children and youth.
“Project WeHo” residential program for LGBT folks with COD
The Substance Abuse of Long Beach, Inc. (SAF) would like to announce that we currently accepting referrals for our new program “Project WeHo”, Project WeHo is funding by the City of West Hollywood to offer Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment for the LBGT community members of West Hollywood.
The goal of the program is to increase access to substance abuse and co-occurring mental health treatment, HIV/AIDS services, including testing, access to treatment, education, and prevention, and recovery support services for homeless and economically disadvantaged Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) West Hollywood community members, ages 18 and older, who have a substance use disorder, or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, and are living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.
The LGBT West Hollywood community member is defined as a resident, a person who works in the City, a person who attends school in the City, a property owner, or a person who is homeless who spends the majority of the time in the City.
I have attached a flyer with contact information please share this information with the public, prospective clients, peers, colleagues, case managers, and other interested parties.
Thank you,
Arthur D. Romo
Marketing Director/Community Outreach
Substance Abuse Foundation of Long Beach, Inc
romoa@safinc.org
General Tel: (562) 987-5722 ext 230
General Office Fax: (562) 987-4586
Dial Direct (562) 216-6777
Los Angeles County HIV Mental Health Task Force 