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Private Practice Q&A: A TPI Members Only Event with Dr. Steve Walfish

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:23:13 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

For example, ask us about marketing, factors to consider when joining a group practice, expanding your practice, how to look for office space and how to evaluate a lease arrangement, how to determine what to charge, whether or not to take insurance or participate in manged care plans, or any other practice related question. Hear your colleagues’ questions and build working relationships. You don’t have to feel isolated in your practice.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

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Private Practice Q&A: A TPI Members Only Event with Dr. Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:36:39 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Carol Falender, Ph.D.: “Getting the Most Out of Clinical Training and Supervision…”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:21:54 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with Carol Falender, Ph.D.

5-22-13 from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT

Dr. Falender is author of Getting the Most Out of Clinical Training and Supervision: A Guide for Practicum Students and Interns, published by APA Books.

Dr. Falender is a Consultant and Lecturer providing trainings internationally on Clinical and Administrative Supervision and the Ethics of Supervision, as well as Treatment of Children and Adolescents and their Families. She is Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology, where she provides Supervision of Child and Family Intake Team. She is Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, where she Teaches courses on Treatment of Children, Adolescents, and Families; Professional Roles, and Practicum Supervision. Dr. Falender is also a Lecturer on cultural and diversity competency, child and adolescent diagnosis and treatment, and ethics.

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Private Practice Q&A: A TPI Members Only Event with Dr. Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:37:41 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Private Practice Q&A: A TPI Members Only Event with Dr. Steve Walfish

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:24:18 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Shauna Shapiro, Ph.D.: “The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness into Psychology and the Helping Professions”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:14:47 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with Shauna Shapiro, Ph.D.

6-3-13 from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Dr. Shapiro is co-author (with Linda Carlson and Jon Kabat-Zin) of The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness into Psychology and the Helping Professions, published by APA Books.

Dr. Shapiro is Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University and an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness. Dr. Shapiro’s clinical work and research focus on the applications of mindfulness to help develop greater health and well-being from the individual to the global level. Dr. Shapiro graduating summa cum laude from Duke University and received her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Arizona, where she served as adjunct faculty for Andrew Weil’s Center for Integrative Medicine. With 20 years of meditation experience studying in Thailand and Nepal, as well as in the West, Dr. Shapiro brings an embodied sense of mindfulness to her academic work. She has conducted extensive clinical research investigating the effects of mindfulness training across a wide range of populations and has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr. Shapiro is the recipient of the American Council of Learned Societies teaching award, acknowledging her outstanding contributions to graduate education in the area of mindfulness and psychotherapy. Dr. Shapiro has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, the Danish Government, Dean Ornish’s Preventive Medicine Institute, Nueva Innovative Learning, and the World Council for Psychotherapy, Beijing, China.

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Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:05 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

David Patterson, Ph.D.: “Clinical Hypnosis for Pain Control”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:52:13 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with David Patterson, Ph.D.

6-4-13 from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

Dr. Patterson is author of Clinical Hypnosis for Pain Control published by APA Books.

David R. Patterson, PhD, ABPP, is a professor in the departments of rehabilitation medicine, surgery, and psychology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He has been working as a clinical psychologist at Harborview Medical Center since 1983, particularly in the burn unit and the psychology consultation and liaison service he created. He holds Diplomate degrees in the areas of psychological hypnosis and rehabilitation psychology. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1989, and he has published more than 150 articles and chapters in the areas of hypnosis, pain control, and adjustment to burn injuries and other types of trauma. As a long time soccer player, he enjoys coaching his sons in this sport and playing drums for the Shrinking Heads rock-and-roll band.

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G. Andrew Benjamin, JD, Ph.D. “Keys in Completing Competent Parenting Evaluations”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:06:01 +0000

Meet the Experts: an Interview with G. Andrew Benjamin, JD, Ph.D.

6-6-13 from Noon - 1:00 PM EDT

Dr. Benjamin will discuss the topic, “Keys in Completing Competent Parenting Evaluations.”

Dr. Benjamin is Director of the Parenting Evaluation Training Program at the University of

Washington in Seattle. He is author of numerous books realted to the intersection of law and psychology including Law and Mental Health Professionals: Washington (1995, 1998) and Family Evaluation in Custody Litigation: Reducing Risks of Ethical Infractions and Malpractice (2003) and The Duty to Protect: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Consideration for Mental Health professionals.

While working with families engaged in high-conflict litigation and lawyers and law students with various mental health and drug abuse problems, he was named “Professional of the Year” by the Washington State Bar Association’s Family Law Section. He was elected president of the Washington State Psychological Association, and his colleagues in that association created an award named after him for “outstanding and tireless contributions.” Dr. Benjamin was honored by the Puyallup Indian Nation’s Health Authority as a “modern day warrior fighting the mental illnesses, drug–alcohol addictions” of the people served by the Nation’s program. The American Psychological Association (APA) gave him the Heiser Award in recognition of his record of public service and advocacy.

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Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Steve Walfish

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:40 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:20:09 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

David Sbarra, Ph.D.: “Physiological and Psychological Reactions to Relationship Loss.”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:44:16 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with, David Sbarra, Ph.D.

6-11-13 from 3:00PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Dr. Sbarra will be interviewed on the topic: “Physiological and Psychological Reactions to Relationship Loss.”

Dr. Sbarra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona and Director of Training in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. His researchinterests focus on close adult relationships. As an overarching framework, his research group is concerned with investigating the mechanisms linking social connectedness with both mental and physical health outcomes. For instance, how and why is lost love (e.g., breakups, divorce, bereavement) or social isolation associated with poor outcomes? Who fares well or poorly following social disruptions? What processes operating within love relationships confer physical health benefits? These mechanistic questions and their offshoots form the foundation of his research program. We organize our efforts largely around three substantive research areas:

Self-regulation and recovery following social disruptions.
Normative attachment processes in adult relationships.
Treatment outcome research related to family transitions.

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Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Steve Walfish

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:12:56 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

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Meet the Authors: Jerome Kagan, Ph.D.: “Psychology’s Ghosts…”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:28:38 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with Jerome Kagan, Ph.D.

6-13-13 from Noon - 1:00 PM EDT

Dr. Kagan is author of Psychology’s Ghosts: The Crisis in the Profession and the Way Back published by Yale University Press.

Dr. Kagan is Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Harvard University, where he was co-director of the Mind/Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative. He is the author of nearly 400 papers and numerous books.

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Michael Karson, Ph.D., JD, ABPP – “Principles of Forensic Report Writing”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:16:11 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with Michael Karson, Ph.D, JD, ABPP

6-13-13 from 5:00PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Dr. Karson is co-author (with Lavita Nadkami) of Principles of Forensic Report Writing

published by APA Books.

Dr. Karson practiced clinical and forensic psychology for 25 years before entering academia in 2003. He has written almost 2,000 reports of individual psychological evaluations and has reviewed tens of thousands of other clinicians’ reports as a consultant to the child welfare system. He teaches assessment and report writing in the forensic psychology master’s program and in the clinical psychology doctoral program at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology. He is the author of four other books on assessment, child abuse, and psychotherapy.

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Successful Private Practice: Free Q&A for Grad Students, Interns and Post Docs

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:53:22 +0000

If you are a TPI member, please register for this event by using the access/promotional code found on your TPI Welcome Page after you log into the TPI site. This code will give you access to the Members Tickets for this event.

Developing and Maintaining a Successful Private Practice:
A Free Q&A Session for Graduate Students, Interns, and Postdocs

June 17, 2013 7:30 PM- 9:00 PM Eastern time

Presented by The Practice Institute
Steve Walfish, Ph.D. and Jeff Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Many in graduate training would like to pursue a career path which includes having their own private practice. However, while graduate training focuses on the development of assessment and clinical intervention skills, little focus is placed on how to actually develop a successful private practice. This is where the Practice Institute excels.

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where students and postdocs can bring any questions or concerns they may have about developing a private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large. Ask us about marketing, factors to consider when joining a group practice, how to look for office space and how to evaluate a lease arrangement, how to determine what to charge, whether or not to take insurance or participate in manged care plans.

Come join us in this free conference call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and increase your hope and optimism for having your own practice.

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Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Steve Walfish

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:14:03 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:17 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Adam Weissman, Ph.D.: “Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Youth: An Evidence-Based Approach to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:34:20 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with Adam Weissman, Ph.D.

6-20-13 from 1:00PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Dr. Weissman is co-editor (with Linda Reddy and James Hale) of Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Youth: An Evidence-Based Approach to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders published by APA Books

Dr. Weissman is the director and founder of Child, Family, and Adult Services of Westchester and the Child/Adolescent Treatment Center at the Institute for Behavior Therapy in New York City. He is an adjunct clinical professor/supervisor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Yeshiva and Columbia Universities, and a clinical consultant at Harvard Medical School’s Judge Baker Children’s Center. Dr. Weissman is an accomplished clinical researcher with over a dozen articles, book chapters, and edited books, and over 40 professional presentations, the majority focusing on cognitive behavioral therapy and neuropsychological assessment for children and adolescents.

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Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:22:19 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Private Practice Q&A: Members Only with Dr. Steve Walfish

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:16:15 +0000

The Practice Institute is offering a forum where you can bring any questions or concerns about private practice. No question is too small; no question is too large.

Come join us in this TPI members only call where we will have some fun, address your concerns, and focus on how you can have hope and optimism for your practice.

This event is only open to TPI Pro Members. If you are TPI member, you can find the passcode for the event on our welcome page when you log into the home page of the TPI website.

Please be sure to note the call-in number in your email ticket confirmation (and check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation).

Be sure to check out our Private Practice 101: Home Study Course

Dr. Meehan: “The right to be safe: Putting an end to bullying behavior”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:06:55 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with Dawna-Cricket-Martita Meehan, Ph.D.

6-28-13 from 4:00PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Dr. Meehan is author of The right to be safe: Putting an end to bullying behavior published by Search Institute Press.

Dr. Meehan is the Coordinator of School Mental Health Projects at Miami (Ohio) University’s Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs. She provides technical assistance to local elementary and middle schools planning, implementing, and sustaining evidence-based prevention programs at the building level. In addition, she leads the Southwest Ohio Regional Action Network (SWAN) affiliate of the Ohio Mental Health Network for School Success (OMHNSS).

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Fathali M. Moghaddam, Ph.D.: “The Psychology of Dictatorship”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:44:18 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with, Fathali M. Moghaddam, Ph.D.

7-23-13 from 4:00PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Dr. Moghaddam is author of ”The Psychology of Dictatorship” published by APA Books.

Dr. Moghaddam is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the director of the Conflict Resolution Program, Department of Government at Georgetown University.

He was born in Iran, educated from an early age in England, and worked for the United Nations and for McGill University before joining Georgetown in 1990. He returned to Iran in the spring of revolution in 1979 and was researching there during the hostage-taking crisis and the early years of the Iran–Iraq War. He has conducted experimental and field research in numerous cultural contexts and published extensively on radicalization, intergroup conflict, human rights and duties, and the psychology of globalization. His previous books include Multiculturalism and Intergroup Relations (2008), How Globalization Spurs Terrorism (2008); The New Global Insecurity (2010); Words of Conflict, Words of War (2010, with Rom Harré); and Psychology for the Third Millennium (2012, with Rom Harré). He is Editor-elect of the journal, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.Amongst the number of awards that he has received is the Outstanding International Psychologist Award for 2012 from APA Division 52 (Division of International Psychology).

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Kenneth Pargament, Ph.D. “Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred”

Jeff Zimmerman, PhD — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:03:02 +0000

Meet the Authors: an Interview with Kenneth Pargament, Ph.D.

9-5-13 from 5:00PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Dr. Pargament is author of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred published by Guilford Books.

Dr. Pargament is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. He has published extensively on the vital role of religion and spirituality in coping with stress and trauma. Dr. Pargament has been a leading figure in the effort to bring a balanced view of religion and spirituality to the attention of scientists and professionals. He is a recipient of the William James Award for excellence in research in the psychology of religion, the Virginia Staudt Sexton Mentoring Award for guiding and encouraging others in the field, and the Oskar Pfister Award for his research and practice in religion and mental health. Dr. Pargament is a practicing clinical psychologist who has worked with people from diverse spiritual backgrounds.

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