AAP-11 - 55th Annual Institute and Conference

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Keynote

Community Meeting 1

Sessions 1-10a

Session 11

Community Meeting 2

Sessions 7b-20a

Sessions 21-23

Community Meeting 3

Sessions 13b-27

Agreement

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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?

If you rated any of the above questions with 'fair,' 'poor,' 'disagree,' or 'strongly disagree' please explain:

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: Describe how the system of psychotherapy generates new forms of treatment by refining the truths of its original thinkers and demonstrate truths of its original thinkers

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In regards to this objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

In regards to this objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new 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:

In regards to this objective, objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Objective 2: Explain specific ways of integrating the new and broadening teachings of neuroscience into the art of humanistic psychotherapy via case studies

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In regards to this objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

In regards to this objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

In regards to this objective, objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Having completed the activity, please rate your ability to meet each of the following objectives:

Contrast physiologic correlates of negative vs positive emotions

Describe the evolutionary significance of positive emotions

Discuss the value of attending to positive emotions in psychodynamic psychotherapy

Discuss theory of the large group in group psychotherapy

Name the dynamics that influence the large group

Identify the socio-cultural dynamics that develop in this large group

Identify their particular target market

Describe their unique selling proposition

Name three important features for any successful web site

Identify issues that have an impact on a couples’ vitality

Identify strategies to deal with the stress of a co-therapist, friend or life part

Describe the impact that stress, aging parents, children and sickness can have on a long-term relationship

Describe a writing experience in which one’s desire to impact others is endorsed and recognized by the writer and the other members of the writing group

Identify the factors in non-judgmental feedback that helps others learn about themselves from writing

Utilize exercises for eliciting and learning from manuscripts submitted

Summarize neurobiologic and psychodynamic therapeutic effects of touch in the group therapy setting

Identify two clinical applications of touch in a group psychotherapy setting

Identify ethical issues involved in working with the body in psychotherapy

Describe the role of self-validation

Identify those personal values that enhance our effectiveness

Discuss the role of immediacy, presence and authenticity

Describe the complex of favoritism

Identify their vulnerabilities to favoring one patient over another

Identify how growing up as the favorite, overlooked or unfavored child influences our work

Describe Three Self/Client Grounding Techniques to decrease Sympathetic Autonomic Nervous system arousal that can be utilized in session

Describe Three Self/Client Energizing Methods to increase Sympathetic Autonomic Nervous system arousal that can be utilized in session

Identify three mindfulness inducing methods to utilize out of session to enhance the relationship functioning with the client

Describe the re-discovery of ritual postures by the late anthropologist, Dr. Felicitas D. Goodman

Identify a five-step method for using ritual postures

Describe salient characteristics of the expanded and restorative state of consciousness made available by ritual postures

Compare the concepts of sex, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation

Identify and describe cultural competence in these areas

Distinguish factors that influence access to care and quality of care for GLBT clients

Define the I-Thou relationship

Demonstrate the therapeutic value of personal courage within interpersonal exchanges as a means of fostering intrapsychic evolution and the release of creative energy

Explain why a focus on the intrapsychic and the interpersonal experiences that develop within the “symbolic lifetime” of this process group can be useful for evolving both the individuals in the group and the community as a whole.

Describe factors in their personal background that have influenced their becoming psychotherapists and influenced how they approach their work

Identify the aspects of their work as psychotherapists that have been challenging and required their personal growth

Discuss how past significant mentoring experiences have influenced their development as therapists and the manner in which they have in turn mentored others

Describe the features of therapist burn-out

Describe the usefulness of the I-Thou relationship

Identify several "poor self-care practices"

Explain how the therapist’s altruistic motivation energizes the therapist and group openness

Describe how recent brain research contributes to the interrelationship between understanding experience

Identify potential entry points into a session to utilize body-oriented methods of intervention and process

Compare and contrast alternative approaches from those chosen to what other therapists or therapeutic methodologies would have employed

Summarize internal felt experiences about the methodology and clinical approach employed as a way to heighten therapist awareness and teach prospective clients as needed

Describe the implications of neurobiology research on our understanding of what occurs during ecstatic body posture sessions

Describe the experience of a healing ritual body posture in the context of a group workshop

Summarize how the legacy of early healers can enhance the practice of contemporary psychotherapists

Describe the unique mental health and social service needs of GLBT adults and adolescents

Explain how to implement approaches to creating and/or enhancing accessible and responsive services for GLBT clients

Discuss our own cultural conditioning and the ways that it enhances or interferes with optimal care

Identify their needs for being able to foster what is just right in their interpersonal relationships

Identify their needs for being able to foster what is just right within the community

Identify the tension between their needs for autonomy and their needs for community

Differentiate between a cohesive group and a coherent group

Identify the hallmarks of mutual recognition as described in contemporary relational psychotherapy

Describe 3 benefits of long term women’s friendships as well as some of the complexities of these relationships

Distinguish between empty silence and the full silence of the ineffable

Discuss the strong emotions that can emerge from non verbal communication

Identify the intrapsychic factors which impede access to the spiritual/ineffable aspects of group process

Identify the role of 3 key brain areas in emotional regulation

Describe in basic terms how emotional experience causes changes in the brain

List the nine characteristics of well-being shared between adults who had attuned relationships in early childhood and those who practice mindfulness

Differentiate between empathy, induction, and identification

Identify factors that impact the supervisor/therapist and therapist/patient relationships, including cultural, socio-economic, racial, and ethnic differences

Summarize theory and research relevant to the practical application of cross-cultural issues in supervision, therapy, and evaluation

Describe how Buddhist mental training can assist clients in unlearning destructive mental habits

Identify major Buddhist principles and understand how suffering is created in day-to-day living

Explain how to apply Buddhist lovingkindness practices to therapeutic issues such as increased self-esteem, higher ego functioning and better interpersonal skills

List some of the ways in which they project aspects of The Divine onto their interpersonal relationships

Describe some of the ways in which they project aspects of The Divine onto their interpersonal relationships

Name some of the ways in which people commonly project aspects of The Divine onto their interpersonal relationships

Describe their reactions to injury

Describe their feelings when they identify with the aggressor

Describe their feelings about identifying with the aggressed

Describe the “Art of Loving” and how it is put into practice

Identify “here-and-now” and “I-thou” group interventions

Identify strategies and techniques for group therapy with couples

Describe the Imago model of the self

Identify three denied traits

Identify three disowned traits

Identity dynamics that influence large group involvement

Describe socio-cultural dynamics that developed in the large group

Compare and contrast this large group method with the methods of other large groups of which they have been members

Summarize the basic research findings on mindfulness and neuroplasticity

Identify resources for learning more about mindfulness and neuroplasticity so that they can remain up to date as new information is discovered

State how their own mindfulness practice can improve their own brains, and their effectiveness as therapists

Differentiate between grief associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and grief associated with other losses

Describe the symptoms of caregiver stress

Identify appropriate adaptive coping skills

Identify the myths and stereotypes about aging

Summarize new research on the growth and adaptability of the aging brain

Discuss Dr. Gene Cohen’s four phases of psychological development in the second half of life

Describe Erickson’s stages, focusing on generativity vs. stagnation

Cite examples from conference workshops where this was taught and exemplified in action

Discuss issues around death anxiety for ourselves and our patients

Name the skills needed for working in a psychotherapeutic session utilizing Buddhist principles

Summarize the use of Buddhist tonglen practice for cutting through the mind’s tendency to unleash destructive anger and to develop resentments toward others

Summarize the relevance of Buddhist principles to specific psychotherapeutic goals

Identify personality types prone to particular kinds of projections of aspects of The Divine onto their interpersonal relationships

Summarize the dynamics involved in the projection of aspects of The Divine onto interpersonal relationships in general

Compare the way that men versus women tend to project aspects of The Divine onto their interpersonal relationships

Identify their defenses in reaction to real/perceived injury

Identify non-defensive, more productive and empathic ways of dealing with injury

List more effective, non-defensive ways of dealing with their tendency to injure and/or to identify as the victim

Describe the role of generativity in keeping couples vital

Summarize the dynamics of termination in group therapy with couples

Describe how the Imago model works with projections in relationships

Identify the components of the dialogue process

Describe the concept of “Your Imago"

Compare the play's dynamic action and character motivations with their group processes and patient motivations in dynamic group therapy

Analyze theme content of this stage play and compare to those themes that might emerge in therapy with individuals, families and groups

Compare the here-and-now experience of watching a play and bearing witness in a therapy group

Identify challenges faced when trying to teach experiential psychotherapy to students and new practitioners

Describe at least two ways to use experiential processes to facilitate learning in the classroom

Compare and contrast three different approaches to teaching experiential psychotherapy

Describe correlates of loneliness in aged and how it can affect generativity of therapist as well as patient

Discuss alternative forms of delivering therapy for lonely aged and the influence on therapist, therapy process and the patient

Identify similar experiences and other therapeutic venues from workshop participants’ own experiences

Identify the ethical principles in your professional discipline that provide guidelines for practicing as an expert in your chosen area of psychotherapy

Identify ethical issues and problems that arise and solutions available for practicing as an expert in your field of psychotherapy

List steps to acquire and maintain competency and confidence to practice as an expert in your chosen area of psychotherapy

I am able to meet the above objective.

In regards to this objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

In regards to this objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

In regards to this objective, objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Objective 4: Discuss the non volitional component of mental illness through new information on neuroscience, spirituality, evolutionary psychology and recent creative discoveries in healing emotional pain via small group discussion

I am able to meet the above objective.

In regards to this objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

In regards to this objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

In regards to this objective, objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Objective 5: Apply the above principles to individual, group and couples therapy by in vivo learning based on the foundation that self awareness is a lifelong goal for a successful therapist via case studies

I am able to meet the above objective.

In regards to this objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

In regards to this objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

In regards to this objective, objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Objective 6: Identify how new learning in early physical development and familial influences offer optimistic predictions for the art and science of psychotherapy in making the lives of patients and society in general calmer via group discussion

I am able to meet the above objective.

In regards to this objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

In regards to this objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

In regards to this objective, objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Please answer the following:

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

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

Was the educational content free of commercial bias?

Was the mode of education effective to learning?

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

If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.

Were you solicited by sales personnel in an educational room while you attended this educational activity?

If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please explain.

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

What did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

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

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

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

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training (the overall conference) be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient outcomes?

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