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“Innovative Approaches” FMHCA Conference- Feb. 10-11

02 4th, 2012

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES:
Effective Mental Health Counseling
Peabody Orlando Hotel
9801 International Drive • Orlando, Florida
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Register by January 20 and save up to $29!

CONFERENCE SESSIONS INCLUDE:CBT & PTSD One-Day Workshop by Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. (6 CEUs)
Qualified Supervisor Training by Stephen Giunta, Ph.D. (16 CEUs)
(Continuing education course in supervisory training, meeting the requirements of Florida’s licensure board (rule 64B4-6.0025). This two-day training is provided at cost to FMHCA’s Clinical Members)
DSM 5 Update and Workshop by James Messina, Ph.D. (3 CEUs)
Overview of Integrative Treatments by Presenters’ Panel (2 CEUs)
Symposium for Graduate Students by the FMHCA Executive Board
Current State of LMHC’s Scope of Practice by Mixon & Associates (1 CEU)KEYNOTE PRESENTER

Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., a founder of Cognitive Behavioral Modification, was voted one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century by North American clinicians in a survey reported in the American Psychologist. Dr. Meichenbaum is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and maintains a private practice as clinical psychologist. This full day workshop presents the essence of Dr. Donald Meichenbaum’s cognitive behavioral approach and its application to PTSD.Dr. Meichenbaum has presented throughout North and Central America, Israel, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. Dr. Meichenbaum is the author and co-author of numerous books including: A Clinical Handbook/Practical Therapist Manual for Assessing and Treating Adults with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stress Inoculation Training, Pain and Behavioral Medicine, and Facilitating Treatment Adherence. His book, Cognitive Behavior Modification: An Integrative Approach, is considered a classic in its field.PLENARY SPEAKER

James Messina, Ph.D., has devoted a great deal of his life to the development of the counseling profession. He co-founded the American Mental Health Counselors Association, serving as the Association’s second president. He assisted in the writing of enabling legislative language for the first Licensed Mental Health Counseling Law (Virginia in 1976), later used in Florida when it enacted licensure in 1982. Dr. Messina was on the founding board, and first chairperson, of the National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors, and was on the founding board of directors of the National Board of Certified Counselors. He wrote the original Codes of Ethics for the American Mental Health Counselors Association, the National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors and the National Board for Certified Counselors.
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