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Al Milliren, Ed.D., N.C.C., Professor of Counseling Education, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX

Effective parenting practices are essential. This workshop will focus on six experiential, two-hour parent education modules designed to explore basic concepts of parenting. Participants will receive a CD-ROM containing all materials for implementing their own program. Come join the Frackle family as they grapple with the challenges of parenting.

R2

Paul R. Rasmussen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Furman University, Greenville, SC

In this workshop we will discuss the adaptive purpose of emotional expression using an Adlerian and Evolutionary Model. The role of emotional expression as a personal feedback mechanism is emphasized, which is discussed relative to critical life-task failures. Strategies for assisting clients to develop greater emotional self-reliance while altering life-style assumptions will be presented.

R3

How To Motivate Change In Clients:
Encouraging The Discouraged

Roy Kern, Ed.D., LPC, LMFT, Professor, Department of Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, AAMFT Supervisor, and International consultant, Atlanta, GA

Jason N. Snow, Ph.D., BCFE, LPC, Director of Outpatient Services, Peachford Hospital, Atlanta, GA

One of the main challenges in both outpatient and inpatient therapy is motivating clients to give up their dysfunctional behavior patterns for new, more functional ones. In the attempt to make progress with clients, therapists sometimes become discouraged themselves with the therapeutic process. This seminar will teach participants about the five stages of therapy, realistic goal setting, and a conceptual framework from which to operate within the therapeutic relationship. Participants will be educated and encouraged through an experiential based teaching model that will provide both useful skills as well as a solid framework to guard against therapeutic burnout.

R4

Addictions: An Adlerian Perspective

Wes Wingett, Ph.D., LMHP, Adlerian Counseling and Training, Vice President NASAP, Norfolk, NE.

This lecture and demonstration workshop will focus on the addiction process within an Adlerian framework. Topics to be discussed include substance and activity addictions, the effect of addictions on members of the addictive system, and counseling strategies to use with each of the three roles of the addictive system.

Thursday, February 10
Special Event
(7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.)

An evening with Dr. William Glasser

Dr. Glasser will be presenting a program for the general public at the Junior League of Tampa, 87 Columbia Drive, Tampa on Davis Island. Please recommend this excellent program to your friends, family, clients, neighbors, and the people you work with. Tickets will be $12 and books will be available to be bought and signed. For more information contact Tim Evans at (813) 251-8484 or e-mail Tim@evanstherapy.com

Welcome, Introductions and
Presentation of the Social Interest Award

Timothy D. Evans. Ph.D, LMFT, Executive Director of FAS and

Francis X. Walton, Ph. D., Psychologist in Private Practice, Past President of NASAP, International lecture and consultant, Columbia, SC.

Psychologist, Dr. Frank Walton will provide a very brief overview of the Adlerian approach to family counseling followed by a counseling demonstration with a family. Dr. Walton has been a psychologist in private practice for over thirty years in Columbia, South Carolina. He has been a consultant to schools and agencies in North America and Europe. His popular publications, Winning Children Over, and Winning Teenagers Over in Home and School, have been published in twelve languages.

A1

Let’s Talk About Adlerian Psychology

Francis X. Walton, Ph.D., Psychologist in Private Practice, Columbia, SC

Bring your questions about the family counseling demonstration conducted by Dr. Walton in the keynote, or bring questions related to any aspect of theory or practice of Adlerian Psychology. Audience commentary and questions will provide the focus for this presentation.

A2

Meet Stevie: A Children’s Story for Parents

Paul R. Rasmussen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology, Greenville, SC

In this workshop we will discuss the story of Little Stevie, a young child searching for feelings of worth and validation, and his parents who are trying to raise a healthy and happy child. Emphasized in this workshop will be the purposefulness of feelings and actions (the psychology of use) and the necessity of logical consequences in promoting healthy emotional self-reliance in children.

A3

The Need for Encouragement
in Substance Abuse Treatment

M. Jim Teixeira. M.A., LMHC, Private Practice with McGinn and Teixeira, PA, President of the Suncoast Mental Health Association, Tampa, FL

Clients in substance abuse treatment programs traditionally focus on “character defects” and accepting “blame” for their wrongs. This only discourages those already discouraged. The traditional approach focuses on the symptoms and not the problem or identifying the true goals of their use of alcohol and other drugs. Consequently, the “relapse”, i.e., ineffectiveness of traditional substance abuse treatment, has remained the same over decades. Presented will be the identification of the client’s goal of substance abuse and the use of encouragement to assist the client to choose healthy and socially contributing behaviors in the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse.

A4

Counseling, Psychotherapy and the DSM IV

Anthony Miller, LMHC, Private Practice, Tampa, FL

Many clinicians are confronted with the dilemma between what makes clients “tick” and what makes them “sick” as there is increasing emphasis on providing an explanation for behavior and symptoms. This workshop will explore the many uses of the DSM IV and its limitations. Issues concerning Adler’s psychology of use and DSM IV diagnostic classification of possession will be examined.

B1

A New Way to Use Early Recollections
to Build the Therapeutic Relationship

Roy Kern, Ed.D., LPC, LMFT, Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

William Currlette, Ph.D., Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Could it be that we begin therapy at the wrong place? Could it be that goal alignment begins before we ask the client to describe what they wish to get from the therapy? We as clinicians may have difficulty getting clients to return to therapy because we forgot to ask the most important question of “how the client would like to receive help?” The purpose of this program will, via a live demonstration, introduce participants to a new way of using early recollections to address these questions in therapy.

B2

Issues and Trends in Chemical Addiction:
Alternative Paradigms for the 21^st Century

Thomas Garcia, MA, LMHC, CAP, CRC, Clinical Coordinator of Town & Country Hospital’s Addiction Recovery Center (ARC), Tampa, FL

This workshop will explore the issues plaguing chemical addiction and the relevance of the biomedical bias of institutionalization. Americans have evolved into a chemically dependent society with tolerable societal approval and accountability but without recourse. This seminar will address alternative approaches to wellness and health instead of the traditional methods of treating chemical dependency.

B3

Parenting Today’s Teenagers

Geri Carter, MA, STAR Consulting, Orlando, FL

This workshop will highlight information from the book Parenting Today’s Teenager: A Guide to Fostering Democracy, Cooperation, and Teamwork in Your Home. It will cover parenting types, the mentoring phase of parenting, risk factors that affect today’s teen, strength building for teenagers, Action steps to foster encouragement, cooperation, teamwork, and communication in the home, a successful plan for incorporating chores and allowance, teaching teens self-governing, and the answer the question of “why” teens sometimes misbehave.

B4

Relationship Counseling:
Choosing Mental Health Through Relationships

Timothy D. Evans, Ph.D., Private Practice, Executive Director Florida Adlerian Society, Tampa, FL

Cameron W. Meredith, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Southern Illinois University, Alton, IL

Meaningful relationships are central to the good life. The choices we make will determine their quality. We can create them only if we take responsibility for ourselves without attempting to change other people. When we choose to change our attitude and behavior for improving relationships, life will become more satisfying.

C1

Theoretical Concepts and Their Expression for Gay Recovering Alcoholics

Joffrey Scott Suprina, M.S., NCC, NCMT, AHT and Ph.D. student at Georgia State University. Managing Editor of The Journal of Individual Psychology, teaches at GSU and the Atlanta School of Massage, Atlanta, GA

Jeremy Lingle, B.S. and M.S. student at Georgia State University, Assistant Managing Editor of the Journal of Individual Psychology, Atlanta GA.

This presentation will explore the lives of people who are Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual using an updated definition of the Adlerian Life Tasks that moves beyond the historically limiting heterosexual, patriarchal perspective to provide a strong Adlerian foundation for understanding. These concepts will be tied to current qualitative research (that includes the BASIS-A) with gay recovering alcoholics.

C2

The Practice of Precision Guesswork

Al Milliren, Ed.D., N.C.C., Professor, Odessa, TX

Wes Wingett, Ph.D., LMHP, Private Practice, Norfolk, NE

Those who studied with Alfred Adler learned his treatment style only through direct observation. Rarely did Adler write about the process. However, those who worked with Adler have likened his method of the process with Socratic questioning. Through discussion, demonstration, and practice, participants will have an opportunity to learn the Socratic method as a therapeutic technique.

C3

Taoist Tai Chi

Becky Clemments, Instructor, Seffner, FL

Randall Gainforth, M.A., LMHC, President of FAS, Tampa, FL

An introduction to Taoist Tai Chi - a set of slow, graceful movements promoting health, flexibility, strength and balance. The Taoist Tai Chi Society is a non-profit, charitable organization whose goal is to preserve and transmit the teachings of the founder, Master Moy, a Taoist monk. All instructors are accredited volunteers who must maintain a high standard of training.

C4

Parenting Experientially

Matt Welch, M.S., School Counselor, Chasco Elementary, Port Richey, FL

This workshop is designed for workshop presenters who are looking for some innovative ideas and for parents searching for insights into their children’s behavior. The workshop will utilize a variety of experiential activities that will demonstrate democratic parenting in an extremely fun way!