Counselor and Social Worker Workshops

The State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage Family Therapist Board has approved Stark State College as a provider of continuing education (#RCS069401). Each workshop, unless indicated otherwise, will provide six contact hours of continuing education. The Ohio Board of Nursing also recognizes continuing education hours approved by this Board.

• The Movies of Alfred Hitchcock: Psychological Disorders and the DSM IV
• Teamwork and Treatment
• Brain Matters
• Effective Supervision That Benefits Clients
• Ethics and Principles for the Helping Professional
• The MARI Experience - Introduction to a Therapeutic Tool to Enhance Client Insight and Personal Growth
• Healthy Living for Busy Lives
• Hollywood: What is the DSM Diagnosis?

The Movies of Alfred Hitchcock: Psychological Disorders and the DSM IV
This workshop will identify mental health disorders as portrayed in Alfred Hitchcock’s films, examining the criteria outlined in the DSM IV. We’ll critically analyze each disorder and discuss methods of intervention to help counselors and social workers assist clients in dealing with these disorders in their daily life. We’ll discuss and explore case examples from the films and group discussions.

(Also approved by BENHA for 6 contact hours.)

Presenter: Linda Davis, PhD, PC, LSW
CRN: 40059
Friday, February 8
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $119 (includes lunch)

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Teamwork and Treatment
Teamwork development strategies can improve cohesiveness in workplaces - including counseling agencies. It’s time to bring the value of teambuilding to the groups and families we work with. This is a hands-on workshop about teamwork activities for families and groups of staff or clients in settings such as schools, mental health centers, home-based work, detention centers and nursing homes. In between our practice experiences, we will take time to evaluate which activities to choose for which situations and to reflect on some principles of teamwork.

(Also approved by BENHA for 6 CE hours.)

Presenter: Jim Foley, MSW, LISW
CRN: 40060
Friday, February 22
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $119 (includes lunch)

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Brain Matters
“If the brain was so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.” There was a time when we didn’t care about the brain, considering it filler for our heads. We’ve now come to recognize the brain as the most important organ in the body, supported by all our other organs. Understanding the most complex thing on earth is a challenge, and while we’ve come a long way, we still have far to go. Come and enjoy Karen’s humorous approach as we examine the facts we do have and discover how that knowledge can help us make better choices and live healthier lives.

(Also approved by BENHA for 6 CE hours.)

Presenter: Karen Vadino
CRN: 40063
Friday, March 8
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $119 (includes lunch)

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Effective Supervision That Benefits Clients
The clinical supervisor has a professional responsibility to the supervisee and his or her clients. How can we effectively supervise to enhance learning, professional growth and ultimately see benefits for clients? In this workshop we’ll discuss common struggles of the supervisee, challenges experienced by the supervisor, ethical standards and conduct, the dynamics of change, qualities of a skilled helper and establishing an alliance that both strengthens the supervisory relationship and benefits clients.

(Also approved by BENHA for 6 CE hours.)

Presenter: Judi Fischer, MA, LPCC
CRN: 40062
Wednesday, March 20
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $119 (includes lunch)

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Ethics and Principles for the Helping Professional
In this workshop we’ll clarify helping roles and licensure laws designed to protect the service recipient. We’ll discuss common ethical concerns and define professional relationships, investigate vulnerability to liability claims, and explain the role of the governing boards when a violation is investigated. (3 contact hours)

(Also approved by BENHA for 3 CE hours.)

Presenter: Judi Fischer, MA, LPPC
CRN: 40064
Friday, April 5
9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Fee: $59

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The MARI Experience - Introduction to a Therapeutic Tool to Enhance Client Insight and Personal Growth
What is the MARI (Mandala Assessment Research Instrument)?

• Newest and most comprehensive psychological tool for insight-based counseling
• Based on Jungian concepts of the unconscious and his own personal use of the mandala
• Uses symbols, colors and developmental stages
• Reveals a visual picture for clients of their own psyche
• Reveals a client’s strengths and where they’re “stuck” - conscious and unconscious
• Allows for rapid insights and transformations that improve clinical progress and outcomes

The MARI introduction training provides Your own “mini MARI” experience

• Relevant psychological information, both traditional and transpersonal
• Review of case studies and clinical application with broad range of clinical populations
• Information on becoming a MARI practitioner

(Also approved by BENHA for 6 CE hours.)

Presenter: Jill Zikmund, MA, PC,
Certified MARI Teacher
CRN: 40172
Friday, April 12
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $119

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Healthy Living for Busy Lives
“If your output exceeds your intake, your upkeep will be your downfall.” In this fast-paced world where it’s hard to keep all the balls in the air, there’s plenty of talk about “healthy living” - but it’s hard to know just what to do with the information. Maybe you’re one of the many Americans who suffer with at least one chronic disease and wonder if it’s too late. Good news: It’s never too late, which is why we need to be intentional about assessing and maximizing the quality of our health. In this presentation we’ll define wellness, examine the elements of healthy living and explore some of the major hindrances to health. You’ll assess where you are and make one meaningful change to enhance your life. You’ll also explore models for treating chronic illnesses and examine the practice of lifestyle medicine.

(Also approved by BENHA for 6 CE hours.)

Presenter: Thomas O’Reilly, PCC-S
CRN: 40065
Thursday, April 25
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $119 (includes lunch)

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Hollywood: What is the DSM Diagnosis?
Linda Davis and her film clips return to help you learn to identify mental health disorders. We’ll use popular Hollywood films as case studies to help understand the criteria of the disorders as described in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. We’ll explain the Five Axis as well as current treatment methods for the disorders. We’ll discuss schizophrenia, factious disorder, Asperger disorder, separation anxiety, impulse control (gambling), antisocial personality disorder, dependent personality disorder and social phobia. We’ll do small and large group work and evaluate three case examples of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, determining each level of functioning score by using the Global Assessment of Functioning scale.

(Also approved by BENHA for 6 contact hours.)

Presenter: Linda Davis, PhD, PC, LSW
CRN: 40066
Wednesday, May 15
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $119 (includes lunch)

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