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Upcoming Events:

May 12, 2012
Speed Networking

May 22, 2012
Food For Thought

Recent and Past Events:

November 04, 2011:
Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better...A Reception for New, Current and Prospective Members

October 28, 2011:
Committee on Psychoanalysis Presents: MOVIE NIGHT

October 26, 2011:
Food For Thought

October 16, 2011:
“Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better” Brunch

June 24, 2011:
Met Chapter Clinical Ethics Committee

June 11, 2011:
Speed Networking

June 03, 2011:
Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better: A Reception for New, Current and Prospective Members

May 22, 2011:
Met Chapter's Spring Gathering

May 10, 2011:
Food for Thought

May 06, 2011:
Met Chapter Couple and Family Practice Committee Sponsors: Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy

April 16, 2011:
Professionalism and Ethics in Clinical Social Work Conference for the Metropolitan Chapter

April 03, 2011:
“Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better” Brunch

April 01, 2011:
Met Chapter Couple and Family Practice Committee Sponsors: Getting a Sexual History for the Older Couple

March 26, 2011:
Met Chapter Conference: “Expanding and Sustaining a Successful Clinical Practice in the 21st Century”

February 25, 2011 & March 25, 2011:
Couple and Family Practice Committee Sponsors: Workshop/Training on Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

February 11, 2011:
Clinical Ethics Committee 

January 20, 2011, February 3, 2011, February 17, 2011, March 3, 2011, & March 17, 2011 (All dates are full):
Private Practice Workshop


 

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NYSSCSW Met Chapter Conference/Workshop

RICHARD BROWN, M.D.
Presenting
HEALING THE HEALER, HEALING THE PATIENT
Integrating Neurobiology and Psychotherapy

Saturday, March 3, 2012
9 AM - 5 PM
At the Chelsea SUBUD Center
230 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001
(Between 7th and 8th Avenues)
One block from the #1 train, 28th Street Stop

The Met Chapter of NYSSCSW is delighted to bring to our Members, Friends and Colleagues a renowned psychopharmacologist specializing in alternative medicine and alternative treatment.

RELIGHT YOUR INNER FIRES.
REACTIVATE YOUR APPROACH TO PRACTICE.
RELEASE ACCUMULATED STRESS.

JOIN US FOR A DIDACTIC/EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP.

Members: $75 by January 15, 2012; $95 after January 15^th
Non-Members: $125 by January 15, 2012; $150 after January 15^th
Non-Members who join at registration will receive the member's rate.
SW students (with appropriate ID): $50

CEUs will be given

RICHARD BROWN,MD, INTEGRATING NEUROBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: Please complete the form below (if you’re a Student and a Member, check both spaces) with a check made payable to NYS Society for Clinical Social Work and mail to:  ROBERT S. BERGER, PHD, 150 West 95 Street, Suite 1A, New York, N.Y. 10025-6612

Name: __________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________________________________________

Phone: _________________________________ Cell Phone:________________________

Degree: ________________________ 

Professional Affiliation: _________________________

Member of NYSSCSW:  Yes___ Chapter_____________________

Not a Member___        

Student____

REGISTER NOW - SPACE IS LIMITED

For information email bobbaj@verizon.net or call Bobba Jean Moody, LCSW at 212-529-1973.

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Food for Thought
Join us for a delicious dinner and a professional presentation on
Wednesday, October 26^th, at 7:15 p.m.
The Atlantic Grill at Lincoln Center
49 West 64th Street on Broadway

This program is once again being brought to you by your
Met Chapter and its Membership Committee!

The Presenter:  Janet Burak, LCSW
Janet Burak is in private practice doing individual and marital therapy. She is a graduate of the Metropolitan Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and did doctoral work at NYU. She is the NY Membership Chair of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work and a long-standing member of the NYSSCSW-Metropolitan Chapter. She conducts workshops for single, mid-life women.

The Topic: "I Love Him, I Love Him Not - Intimacy Issues of Single Mid-Life Women"
New choices and opportunities abound in today's world for mid-life women. Yet often women experience difficulty meeting available men, feel ambivalent about their current relationships or are unsure about being in a relationship at all. Women struggle with fantasies and inhibitions related to life in former times, while living in a culture that continues to idealize youth, beauty, style, and money. These themes will be elaborated on, with reference to self-psychology, contemporary oedipal theory and object relations in the treatment of two or three women in their forties and fifties. The question becomes what do these women want now?

The Menu: Choice of mixed baby green salad or soup of the day; choice of entree: roasted organic chicken, mahi mahi, or ravioli; vegetables; lemon brulee tart; unlimited soft drinks, coffee, and tea
The Cost: $40
To Register:  Attendance will be on a first come-first served basis and space is limited to 25 guests. To attend: RSVP to Maria Baratta at Mbarmail@aol.com. Upon your e-mail registration being acknowledged, send your check for $40 made out to NYSSCSW in order to secure your seat to Dr. Maria Baratta, 300 Central Park West - Suite 1C, New York, NY 10024.

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Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better... 
You are cordially invited to attend a reception for New, Current and Prospective Members of the Met Chapter

Friday, November 4, 2011, 7 to 9 p.m.
At the home of Richard Joelson, Membership Committee Chair
115 East 87th Street – Apt. 27D
(between Lexington & Park Avenues)

New Met members from the Brooklyn Chapter are especially encouraged to join us. Refreshments will be served. All new, old and prospective members are invited to attend.

Whether you are a new member or have been around for a while, this event will be a wonderful opportunity to:
Meet fellow Met Chapter Members,
Meet members of the Met Chapter Board,
Learn about our Listserv and its many benefits,
Learn about the work of our committees,
and
Discover opportunities to become involved in the life of your organization.

Please feel free to bring a social work friend or colleague who might be interested in considering membership in our organization.

Please RSVP to Richard Joelson at RBJoelson@aol.com or (212) 369-1239

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“Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better” Brunch
The Education Committee of the Metropolitan Chapter of the NYSSCSW presents:
Topic: The Role of Forgiveness in the Working Through of Traumatic Events – A Dialogue
Sunday, October 16, 2011
11:00am – 2:00pm (11-11:30 Networking)
PPSC – 80 Fifth Avenue, NYC (14^th St) Room 1408C
Presenter: Gwenn A. Nusbaum, LCSW, BCD

Through intensive therapeutic work, opportunities to transcend traumatic events and achieve post-traumatic mastery are possible for people.  This workshop will discuss components of post-traumatic growth as conceptualized by Richard Tedeschi, and link the question: Is forgiveness necessary to the process of working through and healing from traumatic events – especially those involving victimizations – and if so, why?  A brief statement about “forgiveness therapies”, and the controversy surrounding it, will be offered.  Clinical vignettes will illustrate instances in which traumatized patients have grappled with the question of forgiveness and what it has meant to both forgive and not to forgive. Significant time will be given to participants, for a dialogue about these inquiries.

Gwenn A. Nusbaum, LCSW, BCD, CGP, has treated survivors in individual, couple and group therapy for over 25 years.  She has published on the subject of the efficacy of psychodynamic group treatment for women with histories of childhood sexual traumas, the relationship between sexual abuse and eating disorders and the need for defiance in women with abuse histories.  A relational psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, Gwenn maintains a private practice in the East Village and is senior faculty of the Postgraduate Group Therapy Department as well as Training Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center.

It is respectful to the organizers of this event to RSVP early. Registration will be on a first come, first served basis.  Space is limited.

E-mail Susan Appelman @ ShrinkSGA8@aol.com or call (347)268-9794 (leave name and number).

This event is for Metropolitan Chapter Members Only
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

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NYSSCSW Met Chapter
Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better...
You are cordially invited to attend 
A Reception for
New, Current and Prospective Members
of the
Met Chapter---NYSSCSW
on
Friday, June 3, 2011, 7 to 9 p.m.
At the home of Richard Joelson, Membership Committee Chair
115 East 87th Street – Apt. 27D
(between Lexington & Park Avenues)
Refreshments will be served.

All new, old and prospective members are invited to attend.
Whether you are a new member or have been around for a while, this event will be a wonderful opportunity to:

Meet fellow Met Chapter Members,
Meet members of the Met Chapter Board,
Learn about our Listserv and its many benefits,
Learn about the work of our committees,
and
Discover opportunities to become involved in the life of your organization.

We hope to see you!
Please RSVP to Richard Joelson, Membership Committee Chair at
RBJoelson@aol.com or (212) 369-1239.

Met Chapter's Spring Gathering
Sunday, May 22, 2011 from 4pm to 7pm

"107 West"
Located at 2787 Broadway, at 107th Street

Come and join us at the Met Chapter's Spring Gathering!
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks, with your colleagues.

Meet old and new friends: Our President, Board Members, and Committee Chairpersons.

There is no entry fee.

Met Chapter
Couple and Family Practice Committee Sponsors:
Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy
Presented by Linda Marks
Friday, May 6th
1:30 to 3PM
Please arrive by 1:15PM for networking, as we will start promptly
at Rita's Office, 130 Fifth Ave, Suite 900
RSVP please, ASAP

This will be organized by Linda Marks who was a student and is now a practitioner of this model.

RSVP:
Rita Mae Gazarik, LCSW
Committee Chair
130 5th Ave Suite 900
New York, NY 10011
212-727-1568
rg@familylifecycle.com

Professionalism and Ethics in Clinical Social Work Conference for the Metropolitan Chapter
Saturday, April 16, 2011
10 AM to 4:30 PM (with one hour for lunch 1-2 PM)
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th St. (corner of Lexington Ave.)
RSVP to Richard Joelson, Membership Chair at: rbjoelson@aol.com or call 212-369-1239.

Presenters: Hillel Bodek, MSW, LCSW-R, BCD, Chair of the State Society Ethics Committee for over 25 years and Eileen Ain, PhD, LCSW, Chair of the Met Chapter Clinical Ethics Committee.

Hillel Bodek will speak on the issue of professionalism for about 30-40 minutes, and then discuss clinical documentation for about 45 minutes, after which Eileen Ain will discuss theoretical matrices for resolving ethical dilemmas, the types of dilemmas resolved by social workers before and after September 11 and the use of The Ethics Survey.

Lunch will be from 1:00 - 2:00 at local restaurants. Then, Hillel will discuss common ethical problems that have come up in his consulting work with social workers in and out of the Society, over the past 25+ years as the NYSSCSW State Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Professional Standards (informed consent, competence abandoning/terminating patients, dual relationships-conflicts of interest, supervision and fee splitting/remuneration for referrals).

The day will close with a Panel Discussion by Eileen and Hillel responding to questions about Ethics and Professionalism.

*To help make sure that the panel will be helpful to the participants in the day's program, we invite people who are registering for this conference, to submit questions on ethical issues which they have encountered. These should take the following format:

1) Ethical issue as perceived by the clinical social worker.
2) Facts of the case --- non-identifiable to a specific person(s).
3) Was the dilemma resolved?
4) How was the ethical dilemma resolved? or Not?

The people sending in these cases need not provide their names or contact information. These materials should he sent to Hillel Bodek, MSW, LCSW-R, BCD by fax to 718-596-7982 or by e-mail to ClinicalSW_Ethics.Standards@verizon.net.

This presentation will satisfy the 5.0 CEUs requirements for those licensed in New Jersey, for the renewal of the BCD (American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work) as well as those who are going to recertify for their CASAC in New York.

All of those who register for this Conference will receive their conference material on CD/DVD at the conference.
Schedule:
Intro & Professionalism                                                45       10:00 - 10:45
Clinical Documentation                                                45       10:45 - 11:30
Social Workers Resolve Their Ethical Dilemmas:        75        11:45 - 1:00
Historical and Current Practices
Lunch (at local restaurants)                                           60       1:00 - 2:00
Ethical problems                                                            75        2:00 - 3:15
           Informed consent
            Abandonment of patients - termination
            Dual relationships - conflicts of interest
            Competence
            Supervision
            Fee splitting, referral kickbacks
Panel                                                                               60        3:30 - 4:30

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“Let’s Get To Know Each Other Better” BRUNCH

The Education Committee Of the Metropolitan Chapter of the NYSSCSW Presents:
Topic:  IMAGO RELATIONSHIP THERAPY: MOVING FROM CONFLICT TO CONNECTION
Presenter: Ellen C. Weber, LCSW, DCSW, ACSW
Sunday, April 3, 2011
11:00am – 2:00pm (11-11:30 Networking)
PPSC – 80 Fifth Avenue, NYC (14th St), Room 1408C

When working with couples or individuals, as well as reviewing one’s own life experience, we as therapists are constantly aware of the complexity of relationship dynamics.  We consistently deal with the reality that relationships are complicated, challenging, and frequently manifest conflict, confrontation and negative communication.  This in turn challenges the therapist as well as the clients, often with the concomitant feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and failed attempts to address the overt and covert dynamics to transition into a potentially more fulfilling and connected relationship.

Imago Relationship Therapy, which has synthesized most theories of human development and behavior, provides a theoretical and dynamic base to understand how “romantic love” invariably moves into the “power struggle” and conflict.  It also provides the therapeutic intervention that has been found to be a very effective process: the intentional couple’s dialogue.

This presentation will discuss and explore the above as well as demonstrate the couple’s dialogue and the components that move a relationship from conflict to connection.

Ellen C. Weber, LCSW, DCSW, ACSW, has been practicing for over 30 years.  She has attended the Advanced Institute for Analytic Psychotherapy and has been a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist for the past 15 years.  She is also certified in EMDR.  She is in private practice in midtown Manhattan.

It is respectful to the organizers of this event to RSVP early. Registration will be on a first come, first served basis.  Space is limited. 
E-mail Susan Appelman at ShrinkSGA8@aol.com or call (347) 268-9794 (leave name and number).

This event is for Metropolitan Chapter Members Only
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

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Met Chapter Conference - Open to all chapters
“Expanding and Sustaining a Successful Clinical Practice in the 21st Century”
For Members Only!
WHEN: Saturday, March 26, 2011
TIME: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
WHERE: Nightingale-Bamford
             School, 20 East 92nd St.

Registration/Refreshments – 9 am
Plenary Session – 9:30 am

Essential Marketing Skills to Build Your Practice – Vikram Rajan

Workshop #1:
Understanding the Legal Requirements for a Secure Clinical Practice – Michelle Cuevas

Workshop #2:
Using the Internet in Your Private Practice: Technical and Ethical Considerations – Craig Sloane

Workshop #3:
Building Your Practice by Leading Professional Workshops – Phyllis Mervis

Workshop #4:
Making Your Professional Voice Heard – Moderator: Libby Kessman
(a) Turning Your Ideas into Books for General Consumers – Mary-Ellen Siegel
(b) Expanding Your Practice by Writing for Mass Media - Sheri Heller
(c) Growing Your Private Practice Through Blogging – Leslie Zeigler

Workshop #5:
Practice-Building Fundamentals: Tried and True Strategies That Work – Lynne Spevack

Workshop #6:
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing for Professional Journals – Roberta Ann Shechter

More information to follow – to receive a Registration Form by return e-mail, contact marciako@verizon.net.

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Couple and Family Practice Committee Sponsors:
Workshop/Training on Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Led by Elana Katz, LCSW, MFT
Fridays: February 25 and March 25
9 to 11 AM
at PPSC, 80 Fifth Ave
RSVP please

This workshop consists of training meetings taught by Elana Katz, LCSW, MFT from the Ackerman Insitute for the Family. They are consecutively planned for your learning. They will be held on Fridays: February 25, and Friday, March 25, at PPSC which is at 80 Fifth Avenue, near 14th street.

RSVP:
Rita Mae Gazarik, LCSW
Committee Chair
130 5th Ave Suite 900
New York, NY 10011
212-727-1568
rg@familylifecycle.com

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Clinical Ethics Committee
Please Join Us Before the Monthly Board Meeting As we continue our Second Year of Work
Friday, February 11, 2011, 5 to 7 PM
RSVP/Contact: Dr. Eileen Ain at dreileenain@gmail.com or 917-747-2890
80 Fifth Avenue, between 13 and 14 Sts. (west side of Fifth Ave.)
Take the elevator to the 10th Floor; there is a bench and a suite of offices. You will see a note on the buzzers. Please enter quietly as the space is shared.
RSVP, in advance, is required.

We Face Many Compelling Ethical Dilemmas: confidentiality, cyberspace, proscriptive principles, conflicting theoretical matrices, dual relationships, stem cells, alternative practices, aging, mandated reporting, sexual conduct, genetic testing, public policy, research protocols, whistle blowing, rules, incompetence, code of conduct, privacy, and more...challenge your values, use practice time, does this fascinate you?

We Evaluate and Work Through Ethical Dilemmas and Issues, affecting practice and policy in an increasingly complex, transparent and intimate global world. We work in a confidential and collaborative setting with interactive peers using codes of ethics, theoretical matrices and systems of decision-making.  

This event is for Metropolitan Chapter Members Only.

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Private Practice Workshop
(Filled Up! January 20, February 3 and 17 and March 3 )
RSVP will now be accepted for
Thursday March 17 from 7 to 9 PM
110 East 87th Street - Suite 1E, New York, NY 10128
Please RSVP ASAP to Richard Joelson at (212) 369-1239 or e-mail: RBJoelson@aol.

 The Membership Committee of the Met Chapter has been actively recruiting new members to our organization, as well as making efforts to insure that the educational and social needs of current members are met, as fully as possible. 

Both before and particularly since the well-attended private practice workshop given by me last May 1st, many of you indicated a desire for assistance with your private practices or to have help with your efforts to begin one. Requests for assistance usually center on issues concerning money and marketing, as well as many other relevant matters.

 To meet this evident need, beginning Thursday, January 20th from 7-9 p.m., I will conduct a private practice workshop in my office, for any Met Chapter members interested in discussing their private practice-related problems or concerns, reviewing existing promotional materials or developing new ones, and evaluating their current marketing efforts and/or learning new ones. Sample promotional materials adaptable to your own practice will be available, as well as other helpful handouts.

 In February, the workshop will be held on Thursday, Feb 3rd and 17th and in March on Thursday, March 3rd and 17th, as well. After the last session, this offering will be evaluated to determine its value to our members, before making it an ongoing program.

 If you are interested, please e-mail me at RBJoelson@aol.com and reserve a seat for one of the above five evenings. There is no minimum number of participants and the maximum number is seven. Your ‘reservation’ will be acknowledged as soon as it is received.

 As with everything else the Met Chapter provides, this program is included in your annual dues so there is no fee involved.

 This workshop is designed to meet the private practice-related needs of our members at three different stages of practice development: (1) those who have been in private practice for many years and wish to strengthen and expand their practices; (2) those in the early stages of practice development; (3) those contemplating a private practice in the future. This four-hour workshop is a streamlined version of the practice development course I taught at Hunter College School of Social Work for 12 years. It was an 8-week, 16 hour course that cost $325. The workshop on Saturday, May 1st from 9-1 is free...one of the many benefits of your membership in the Society and the Met Chapter. There is still room. Hope to see you there!

 Participants will be helped to:
  Handle the many administrative and clinical challenges that arise in private practice
  Learn basic marketing skills and how to implement them
  Handle the financial and policy-making requirements of conducting a private practice
  Learn how to cultivate and keep referral sources 

Workshop will include the distribution of sample policy and promotional materials for use in your own private practice.

Workshop topics include:
  Money as an issue in therapy
  Business aspects of the first session
  Setting and collecting fees
  Policies on missed appointments and vacations
  Insurance issues and how to handle them
  Handling money-related conflicts
  Basic marketing principles for the independent practitioner
  Identifying, cultivating, and keeping referral sources
  Development and implementation of a marketing plan
  Promotional materials: which ones and why
  The 5-minute marketing presentation
  Specializations, niches, and areas of expertise
  Why therapists lose clients in private practice
…And much, much more

This workshop will be conducted by Richard B. Joelson, DSW, who created and taught, "How to Develop & Succeed in Private Practice," at Hunter College School of Social Work for over a decade.

 
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Food for Thought
Join us for a delicious dinner and a professional presentation on
"Techniques for Working with Your Divorcing Clients"
 
Tuesday, January 25th at 7:30 p.m. at
Carmine's Restaurant
2450 Broadway at 91st Street
 
This program is being brought to you by your Met Chapter and its Membership Committee.
 
The Presenter: Kenneth Neumann is an Advanced Practitioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Family Section. He is a founding board member and past president of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation and the Family & Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York. Ken is both a trained family therapist and a licensed school psychologist with 35 years of experience working with families and children going through the divorce process.
The Topic: "Techniques for Working with Your Divorcing Clients"
The Menu: Bread Basket/Foccaccia, Caesar Salad, Penne alla Vodka, Rigatoni broccoli garlic oil, Chicken Marsala, Tiramisu. Unlimited soft drinks/coffee/tea.
The Cost: $30
To Register: Attendance will be on a first come-first served basis and space is limited to 40 guests. To attend: RSVP to Richard Joelson by sending an e-mail to RBJoelson@aol.com or by calling at 212 369-1239. Your reservation will be quickly acknowledged via e-mail and confirmed upon receipt of your non-refundable $30 check made out to NYSSCSW and sent to Richard at 110 East 87th Street, Suite 1E, NY, NY 10128
  
This event is for Metropolitan Chapter Members Only

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