AAP - 2017 Summer Workshop: Shared Laughter and Tears: The Alchemy of Connection

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Monday, June 5 - Training Institute

Tuesday, June 6 - Training Institute

Wednesday, June 7 - Training Institute

Thursday, June 8 - AM Workshops

Friday, June 9 - AM Workshops

Saturday, June 10 - AM Workshops

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Please rate the speaker(s) as a group. You will have the opportunity to elaborate on an individual speaker in the following question.

Objective 1: Understand the dimensions of shared affect, such as shared laughter and tears, and its impact on the psychotherapeutic process

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

If you have additional comments regarding the session or individual speaker(s) - e.g. teaching ability, expertise, organization of materials, etc. - please use the space below:

Objective 2: Elucidating the purpose, function and limitations of therapist self-disclosure in psychotherapy

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Objective 3: Explore the ways in which shared affect enhances or hinders the development of an effective psychotherapist-patient relationship

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

State the benefits of Council Process in psychotherapy practice

State 3 applications of Council Process in psychotherapy practice

Name at least 3 different kinds of Council practices

Define the Mirroring Process as it is used in Ecopsychology

Demonstrate Council leadership

Differentiate between civil and criminal litigation and how that impacts on a psychotherapist's practice

Respond ethically and appropriately to subpoenas

Explain how to avoid confusing the roles of psychotherapist and expert witness

Demonstrate an understanding of the pitfalls and potential benefits of interacting with the legal system

Identify feeling states in response to internal and relational stimuli

Discuss how fear of rejection and judgement impact authenticity

Identify commonality with other participants

Practice speaking and responding based on awareness of internal states

Define three ways they can be resilient during the separation and divorce process

State common coping mechanisms for managing grief and loss associated with separation and divorce

Summarize common reactions to separation and divorce

Discuss and share womenâ€™s stories of separation and divorce

Discuss elements common to narratives involving personal change

Describe the importance of impasse and breakthrough as valuable parts of meaningful narratives of personal change

State themes that are part of the participant's personal narrative of change that have shaped the participant's model of therapeutic change

Describe the similarity between Improv and psychotherapy

Demonstrate Co-Creation: using dialogue to create new processes and enhance relationships

Demonstrate "in the moment listening" using the senses

Describe the difference between listening to understand and listening to respond

Define relational psychotherapy

Explore personal judgments of relational psychotherapy that interfere with clinical intervention

Identify examples of countertransference through case vignettes

Identify personal barriers to accessing vulnerability in the therapeutic process

Describe what constituted an intimate exchange between themselves and others

Apply their understanding of how self disclosure enhances or interferes with the other's experience of connection with them

Select responses that enhance or limit connection with others

Identify the dimensions of shared affect, such as shared laughter and tears, and its impact on the psychotherapeutic process

Elucidate the purpose, function, and limitations of therapist self disclosure in therapy

Delineate the ways in which shared affect enhances or hinders the development of an effective psychotherapist-patient relationship

List the benefits and pitfalls of therapist's openness or resistance to experiencing personal and professional vulnerability in the course of psychotherapy

Identify a moment in which he or she is aware of choosing to be more or less self-revealing

Describe to self and others what the risks of self-disclosure at that moment seem to be

Compare the experience of vulnerably connecting to that of remaining quiet

Estimate the value to self of interacting vulnerably

Explain the general process of mourning

State the role of communal support in the mourning process

State the importance of sharing the loss with family and friends in avoiding depression

Demonstrate appropriate containment of intense emotions

Learn Laughter Yoga

Discover the impact of energy medicine

Name what ritual is and how it serves transformation

Learn how to create ritual

Demonstrate how utilizing music can be a powerful tool for emotional re-experiencing and resolving of unresolved historical events

Demonstrate the practicality of utilizing music as a personal form of therapy that can be practiced at any time

Show how music can be an effective intervention for the expression of certain non-verbal affects

Describe ten physical, emotional, and psychological changes that affect sexuality and aging

Identify five ways that sexuality increases in value and satisfaction with age

Describe five health and emotional benefits of sex for people who are aging

Describe three therapeutic interventions that can facilitate increased comfort and openness with alternative forms of sexual expression

Reflect on their core developmental principles that has guided them throughout their life

Describe the values that underpin aspects of their relationships with colleagues, patients and family

Differentiate between positive core needs and negative defensive behaviors that distract and sabotage positive relationship interactions

Acquire skills to evaluate their own disruptive process recognizing blindspots through group process

Recognize and differentiate the physical manifestations of the fear of abandonment (FOA) & the fear of engulfment (FOE)

Explore through group process, movement, martial arts techniques how their bodyâ€™s resist change

Explain the necessity of therapeutic touch as an intervention when dealing with early FOA & FOE

Demonstrate simple martial arts techniques which could enhance their sense of confidence when working with their patients as well as with themselves

Explain and describe verbal, tonal and bodily expressions of affect

Demonstrate and describe how identifying affect leads to healing of traumas and growth of new more functional behaviors

Differentiate between authentic affective expression and deceptive affective expression

Discuss and describe how identifying affect increases self-awareness and one's intended and unintended impact on others

List three ethical concerns regarding the use of expressive techniques with clients

State how these techniques can further the work of psychotherapy

Summarize three distinct expressive techniques

Discuss how these techniques are integrated into one's own theoretical foundation

Identify obstacles to group intimacy including mistrust, autonomy defense, shame, and overresponsibility

Identify and deploy strategies for dissolving the obstacles to group intimacy

State their own individual reservations about group intimacy and ways to neutralize them

Express clearly the event or events that precipitated their wounding

Differentiate historical pain from pain created during AAP encounters

Identify the components of the workshop that contributed to their healing

Specify the critical relationship between their own healing and the capacity to assist their clients as they embrace their own "mourning labor"

Differentiate between necessary grieving and signs of despair

List at least 3 internalized capacities which seem to support resiliency in the face of multiple losses

Explain the significance of making new memories to the experience of maintaining a sense of self

Demonstrate how to work therapeutically in helping patients to integrate memories from the past into meaningful connections in the present

Summarize the arbitrary rules that block their ability to connect to others

Use the suffering inherent in running as a fulcrum to access their own inner suffering; and by actively sharing this physical suffering, will acquire additional insight into their own and their patients' inner experience

List 4 significant periods of racial discrimination in U.S. history and discuss the impact of those periods on contemporary racial issues

Define white privilege and evaluate its impact on both people of color and white people

Locate their positions on the Helms White Racial Identity Model (or other model appropriate for people of color)

Discuss and summarize how personal attitudes and experiences can impact our understanding of race and identity

Explore and identify ways in which awareness of one's own experience enhances or hinders the development of effective psychotherapeutic connection

Summarize how the shared experience of connection between therapist and patient becomes the alchemy for growth in both therapist and patient

Identify, through experiential exercises and group didactic discussion, the processes of personal and interpersonal connection

Utilize senses other than sight to experience shared affect beyond what is seen

Identify personal barriers and resistance to utilizing non-visual senses in working with clients and in relating to others in the therapist's life

Experience how the vulnerability of losing sight impacts the closeness of the group

Describe and discuss the internal experience of having an impaired sense

Articulate five aspects of the self that you have a clearer understanding of

Discuss how aspects of techniques of improvisation mirror and are applicable to positive interactions in relationships

Differentiate between the outcomes that arise from collaborative creative processes versus individual ones

Use shifts in body movement, posture and speed to impact mood and perspective

Identify situations in which participants might have favored higher fee patients over lower fee patients when: scheduling make-up appointments, attending to the patientsâ€™ material in sessions, their commitment to longer term treatment, and/or a more positive attitude toward patients

Accurately make diagnoses and write treatment plans that both comply with insurance company requirements while not compromising patient confidentiality

Justify to insurance companies the value and appropriateness of the theoretical orientation in which they treat patients

Discuss the importance of being able to work with the unexpected in psychotherapy

Explain how serendipitous events can lead to important interpersonal and intrapsychic learning

Describe how the contrasting styles of the co-leaders can illustrate the use of the unexpected in deepening the process

Describe how a secure frame, necessary for working with spontaneous material established

Objective 4: Facilitate peer group discussion of therapistâ€™ openness and/or resistance to experiencing personal and professional vulnerability in the course of psychotherapy

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Please rate the following:

The program was relevant to my work.

Content matched stated objectives.

Usefulness of handouts/AV.

Quality of facilities.

How well did the educational sessions give a balanced view of therapeutic options, including the use of generic names?

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Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?

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How much did you learn as a result of this education program?

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What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient/client problems or patient/client challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?

What problems are your patients/clients communicating to you that need attention or follow up?

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