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Home Organization Publications Membership Application Contact Us Web Links - North American Society of Adlerian Psychology Les White, Licensed Clinical Psychologist Sophia Group			THE SECOND ANNUAL ALL DAY CONFERENCE Click Here for Conference Registration ! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008 9:30AM TO 4:00PM EARN CEs PLACE: OUTER DRIVE EAST HOSPITALITY SUITE 400 EAST RANDOLPH STREET (Across from Millennium Park) CHICAGO, ILLINIOS 60601 PARKING IN BUILDING $7:00 FULL CONFERENCE $60 STUDENTS $80 MEMBERS $100 NON-MEMBERS INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS $15 STUDENTS $20 MEMBERS $25 NON-MEMBERS LUNCH PROVIDED FOR FULL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES Click Here to Register for the Conference! THE FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE FEATURED Dreamwork: Understanding the Language of the Night Judy Sutherland, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPC Renee Dobkin Dushman, MA, AMFT, LCPC Dreams supplied by the workshop participants will be combined with psychodrama and art making to explore the meaning of the dream. Psychodrama and art making can enhance the group dreamwork. Both allow the metaphoric dream symbols to become concretized in the present moment stimulating new perceptions, which may provide a catalyst for insight and change. This is an experiential workshop. 1. Participants will learn the value of using creative arts therapies when working with dreams. 2. Participants will find that dreams are consistent with the dreamer's life style. Debunking the Medical Model and "Evidence Based Practice" in Psychotherapy John Petersen, Psy.D. This presentation introduces participants to the "big picture" of what works in psychotherapy. Research convergence is clear and consistent, but points away from the professional lore of "Evidence Based Practice." Dr. Petersen also will give some direction for putting the big picture findings into practice with each unique client that you serve. Goals: 1. Participants will understand the relative contribution of technique and theoretical model to the variance in treatment outcome. 2. Participants will be able to express in statistical terms the unimportance of diagnosis in treatment and technique selection. 3. Participants will become familiar with two simple and short scales that measure factors that best predict treatment success. 4. Participants will be able to articulate and empirically defend why Adlerian theory and technique are effective in your practice. 5. Participants will be able to identify situations in therapy practice when it is important to NOT behave like an Adlerian. THIRD PRESENTATION - 1:30PM TO 3:00PM Socratic Questions: The Lost Art in Counseling Al Milliren, EdD, NCC Diplomate of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology The use of Socratic questions in counseling has almost become a lost art. Those who studied with Dr. Alfred Adler learned his treatment style only through direct observation. Rarely, if ever, did Adler write about this process. Those who worked with Adler, however, have likened his method to the process of Socratic questioning. Through discussion, demonstration, and practice experiences, participants will have an opportunity to learn to use Socratic questions as a counseling technique. The use of Socratic questions not only enhances counseling effectiveness, it also fits well into a solution-focused, grief counseling model. Goals: 1. Participants will learn to identify and develop various types of Socratic questions. 2. Participants will learn to apply Socratic questioning in a "single-step" response to client information. FOURTH PRESENTATION - 3:00PM TO 4:00PM "Shared Inquiry: A Gathering of Adlers" Les White, Psy.D. Donald Whitfield, Great Books Foundation American educator Mortimer Adler (1902); founder, Great Books Foundation; no relation to (Alfred Adler) developed an approach to interpretive group discussions of literature called "shared inquiry." Adapting the Socratic questioning methods of shared inquiry to Adlerian Life Style analysis "opens up" interpretive possibilities, allowing clinicians and clients greater insight into their Life Style goals and themes. Goals: 1. Participants will learn about a technique to assist them in analyzing clients' Life Styles and conducting psychotherapy. 2. Participants will learn that by adapting the shared inquiry method to assessing Life Style, clinicians, clients, and groups can better understand each other and work together from positions of equalized authority and power. About Presenters: Judy Sutherland is the past Director of the Art Therapy programs at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. She has been a counselor in practice since 1985 and an art therapist since 1991. She and Rene Dushman, in practice since 1979, have presented at the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP) and the International Committee of Adlerian Summer School Institute (ICASSI). John Petersen is clinical psychologist, the founding Chairperson of Sophia Group, and a trainer for the institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change. As a general practitioner, he provides counseling to adults, teenagers, and families in his private practice. His professional interests include client-directed/outcome-informed psychotherapy with adults and teens. Adlerian family therapy and parent education. Les White is on the full-time faculty Harold Washington College, Chicago. Don Whitfield is Director of Higher Education Programs, the Great Books Foundation, in Chicago. The have presented at NASAP. Al Millren is on the full-time faculty at Governor's State University, University Park, IL. He has presented at NASAP and is currently the organizations Vice President. *Sponsored by The Individual Psychology Society of Chicago (formerly the Chicago Adlerian Society). This program is co-sponsored by the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP). NASAP is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. NASAP maintains responsibility for the program. NASAP is also recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors (NCC). We adhere to NBCC and APA Continuing Education Guidelines. Click Here to Register for the Conference!
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