Don't Miss This Valuable 2 Day Training with 4 Speakers!
Earn 6 CE Credits for Only $99.00! Seating is Limited!
Receive one FREE Hotel Night at this conference when you register! ($189 value)
Holiday Inn Express - 160 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, CA 94941
To attend this conference, please register here.
The costs below include 1 free night when you register here (we have a room block at the Holiday Inn Express in Mill Valley but it is currently sold out), Contact Jeanette Lisalda at [email protected] to see if any rooms have become available. It includes breakfast each morning and you keep your points for all nights you stay!
Choose from one of the options below and register today! Click on "Tickets" to register.
- 2 Day Training ($99) with no hotel nights: $99.00
- 2 Day Training ($99) with 2 hotel nights: $315.80 (includes tax and fees) SOLD OUT
- 2 Day Training ($99) with 3 hotel nights: $532.60 (includes tax and fees) SOLD OUT
- 2 Day Training ($99) with 4 hotel nights: $749.40 (includes tax and fees) SOLD OUT
Holiday Inn Express offers:
Complimentary use of workout facility
Complimentary parking
Complimentary wireless internet in guest rooms and meeting room
Complimentary full, hot breakfast
Complementary, all day coffee and tea service in lobby
Complimentary coffee in guest room
Same day laundry and dry cleaning service Monday through Saturday
Business Center
Complimentary use of bicycles
Nightly S’mores by the fire pit
Scroll down for more info about the event and some fun things to do while you're in town!
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AGENDA:
Thursday, May 3rd:
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: AIS Board Meeting in Mount Tam room
5:45 pm: Meet in hotel lobby for transport to Alta Mira Recovery Program
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Attend AIS Reception and Tour of Alta Mira Recovery Progam
Friday, May 4th:
Breakfast on your own at the hotel!
8:15 am: Meet in Mount Tam Ballroom
8:30 am - 9:00 am: Constellation Behavioral Health overview with Krista Gilbert, Ph.D., LMFT, Cheif Opperating Officer
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Ian Wolds, Psy.D., Executive Director, Alta Mira (1.5 CECs) Cultivating Personal Agency Through Clinical Practice
10:30 am - 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am - 12:30 pm: Laura Natta, Ph.D., Director of Neuropsychological & Comprehensive Diagnostic Program, Alta Mira (1.5 CEs) Assessing the Patient in Context: Determining Neurocognitive and Personality Profiles Associated with Substance Abuse
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch will be provided
1:15 pm - 3:00p m: Abby Medcalf, Ph.D. (1.5 CECs) Creating Resilience and Optimism in Clients and Yourself
Saturday, May 5th:
Breakfast on your own at the hotel!
8:30 am - 10:15 am: Karlyn Pleasants, Psy.D., Executive Clinical Director, Hanbleceya (1.5 CECs) The Well Siblings: Suffering in Disguise
10:15 am - 10:30 am: Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Membership Meeting
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MEET OUR SPEAKERS:
IAN WOLDS, PSY.D., Executive Director, Alta Mira
Cultivating Personal Agency Through Clinical Practice
The purpose of this presentation is to support clinician’s recognition of the role agency plays as a concept in psychotherapy and how it manifests through the therapeutic relationship in support of our clients’ progress and change. This presentation and discussion will center on the ways clinicians can facilitate the development of agency through different clinical modalities and in different domains in their clients’ lives. Time will also be spent discussing how to apply these concepts in one’s work with specific clinical populations.
Objectives:
At the conclusion, the participant will be able to:
a. Discuss the importance of cultivating personal agency in support of therapeutic progress.
b. Identify specific strategies and modalities to facilitate the development of agency in those we serve.
c. Identify how to apply strategies discussed with specific clinical populations.
BIO:
Ian Wolds, PsyD, Alta Mira’s Executive Director, is a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Wolds has spent his entire career working in the care and treatment of clients with addiction and co-occurring disorders. He brings an integrative psychology framework to his work that emphasizes the interdependence of physical, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual, developmental and systemic dynamics in each individual’s life.
Dr. Wolds has worked with a wide variety of clinical populations dealing with addiction, mental illness and other co-occurring disorders across individual, group, and family settings. He trained in residential and outpatient treatment environments while he completed his dissertation studying the spiritual components of 12-step recovery from a variety of cultural viewpoints. He received extensive post-doctoral training at Hanbleceya, a therapeutic community-based treatment program in San Diego, CA, working with individuals and families dealing with severe mental illnesses and dual diagnoses. Dr. Wolds became the clinical director of Hanbleceya’s start-up treatment program in Seattle, WA in 2011, and then served as clinical director of The Canyon at Peace Park’s residential treatment center in Malibu, CA from 2013 to 2016 before stepping into his current role at Alta Mira.
At its core, Dr. Wolds’ work aims to foster recovery, growth, wholeness, and well-being through the integration of complementary paths of healing. He believes in individualizing treatment to fit each client’s unique needs and interests. Dr. Wolds’ passion lies in supporting understanding and self-discovery, resiliency, and ultimately the creation of more meaningful relationships and a more satisfying life.
Dr. Wolds has a BA from the University of Southern California, and he received both his masters and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Diego, CA.
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LAURA NATTA, PH.D., Director of Neuropsychological & Comprehensive Diagnostic Program, Alta Mira
Assessing the Patient in Context: Determining Neurocognitive and Personality Profiles Associated with Substance Abuse
A comprehensive diagnostic assessment is one of the first steps toward a proper diagnosis and successful treatment. In-depth assessment of the individual patient across areas including Neurocognitive, Personality, Psychodiagnostic, Mood and Emotion gives the treating clinician objective results from which to make clinical decisions and plan treatment. In addition to informing medication management on an ongoing basis, comprehensive assessment and diagnosis provides clarity as to aspects of treatment including appropriateness of modality, potential outcomes of specific interventions, and insight into efficacy of aftercare options. Using a combination of didactics, discussion, and case study, this presentation will address the various psychological, personality and neuropsychological aspects of singular mental health and co-occurring disorders—including their impact on assessment, treatment, and implications for continuing care.
Objectives:
At the conclusion, the participant will be able to:
1. Explain Comprehensive Diagnostic Assessment and can identify and produce more effective and informed treatment for patients and their families.
2. Explain how to improve their capacity to identify cognitive and personality factors that influence treatment and apply their knowledge to their practices with both the patient as well as their family.
3. Discuss how neurocognitive and personality profiles associated with psychological disorders have an impact on their patients’ psychodiagnostic profile, as well as the ways that the psychodiagnostic profile can influence the patient’s cognition, family interactions, direct treatment and continuing care.
BIO:
Laura Natta, PhD is the Director of Neuropsychological Assessment and is responsible for the individually-designed, comprehensive assessment of all Alta Mira Clients, as well as supervision of Ph.D. and Psy.D. Resident Psychologists and MFT Interns. She obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Neuropsychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology at Palo Alto University. Her dissertation work was conducted as a joint effort of the Palo Alto VA and Stanford School of Medicine and she has presented research at regional and national conferences. She has been working with addiction-compromised individuals for over 15 years in a variety of settings, including residential, inpatient, acute and specialty clinics.
Dr. Natta has been with the VA Healthcare System since 2009 and has received specialty training in assessment of trauma, behavioral sleep medicine, traumatic brain injury assessment, cognitive rehabilitation, and pain. She serves as Associate Assessment Faculty at various psychology programs in the Bay Area, is a Supervising Assessment Clinician at El Camino Hospital, and serves on the Board of Directors of The Northern California Neuropsychological Forum.
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ABBY MEDCALF, PH.D.
Creating Resilience and Optimism in Clients and Yourself
The opposite of depression isn’t happiness, it’s resilience. The ability to cope with life’s frustrations without falling apart, and to come back again and again, is at the heart of a happy, fulfilled and connected life. Optimism and resiliency are skills that can be learned. This workshop will focus on breaking down these skills into teachable and actionable items so participants can not only help clients create resiliency and optimism, but also so they can create it within themselves.
Objectives:
At the conclusion, the participant will be able to:
a. Identify their own levels of optimism/pessimism via Martin Seligman’s Learned Optimism Test
b. Discuss the pros and cons of optimism versus pessimism and apply these principles to themselves as well as their clients
c. Recite at least five ways to build optimism and resiliency in clients and themselves
BIO:
Abby Medcalf, Ph.D. is a psychologist, motivational speaker and trainer with 30 years of experience working with both the private and public sector. Due to her diverse background in counseling and business, Abby brings a unique perspective to all relationship issues, both work and personal.
Best known for combining the latest research with her hands-on experience, Abby synthesizes large tracts of information into easy to follow techniques and practical tools that anyone can use to bring about crucial change in their relationships. If you’re looking to reach a specific goal, Abby will help you get there.
Abby has been interviewed as an expert on ABC, CBS and Fox news, has been featured on Huffington Post, and is a popular keynote speaker presenting at many organizations throughout the United States including Apple, PG&E, American Airlines, Chevron, United Airlines, Clorox and AT&T.
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KARLYN PLEASANTS, PSY.D., Executive Clinical Director, Hanbleceya
The Well Siblings: Suffering in Disguise
It is well-known and well-documented the devastating effects mental illness can have on a family. While much of the literature and resources available focus primarily on parents, very little speaks to the influence specifically on siblings. The “Well Sibling Syndrome” is a term created as researchers, mental health experts, and siblings themselves have taken a deeper look into how siblings are affected and shaped by growing up with a brother or sister with a mental illness. This presentation will explore the many ways siblings learn to cope with mental illness in a sibling, how that coping can create a cloak of invisibility, and most importantly, how to thoughtfully include siblings in treatment considerations to effect healing and healthy development across this generation of the family system.
Objectives:
At the conclusion, the participant will be able to:
a. Differentiate between “subjective” and “objective” burdens of care.
b. Identify at least 3 areas of development of the “well-sibling” influenced by growing up with a sibling with a mental illness.
c. List at least 3 suggestions for support given to parents by adult children who grew up with a mentally ill sibling.
BIO:
Dr. Pleasants is the Executive Clinical Director of the Hanbleceya Recovery Network and 2017 marks 20 years that she has been a part of the Hanbleceya team. Over 2 decades Dr. Pleasants has helped create a thriving therapeutic milieu that has supported hundreds of individuals with severe psychiatric diagnoses and their families successfully build a life of self-management, independence and interpersonal connectedness. Her approach draws heavily from psychodynamic, family systems and attachment theories with a particular emphasis on trauma treatment and recovery.
Dr. Pleasants received her Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University in San Diego and is a professional member of the San Diego and American Psychological Associations, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). She has served as a speaker for NAMI, the US Navy, and presents at various conferences on topics such as coping with a family member who has an illness, setting effective limits and boundaries, and establishing personal safety and well-being. Dr. Pleasants is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY19378).
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Continuing Education Sponsored by: Constellation Behavioral Health
Constellation Behavioral Health is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer ( 6 ) continuing education credit hours for Psychologists. Constellation Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Constellation Behavioral Health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) approval #134068. Constellation Behavioral Health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for Licensed Marriage Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors.
Constellation Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Course meets the qualifications for ( 6 ) hours of continuing education credit for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Please check with your respective boards to confirm acceptance of these credits.
For questions about this event, ADA accommodations or for any grievances, please contact Jeanette Lisalda so we can make arrangements. [email protected] or call 310-486-6719.
Refunds will be provided when request is submitted 14 business days prior to the event. Please send requests to [email protected] or call 310-486-6719.
There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter(s), program content, research, grants or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.
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Some fun things to do and great places to eat while you're in town!
Alcatraz Island: https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm
Candlelit Yoga with Live Music (Friday May 4 at 7:30pm in San Francisco)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/candlelit-yoga-with-live-music-tickets-42141315810?aff=es2
Captain Kirk's San Francisco Sailing – Tours; https://www.sfbaysail.com/
Cinco de Mayo – Sangria & Sunset Sail (Saturday, May 5 at 6:15pm, and <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:transparent; color:rgb(28, 48, 47); display:inline !important; float:none; font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-align:left; text-decoration:none; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px">Sunday, May 6 at 7:00pm)</span>
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cinco-de-mayo-sangria-and-a-sunset-sail-tickets-40916265652?aff=es2
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-sail-on-san-francisco-bay-sundays-summerfall-2018-tickets-42016654946?aff=es2
Tom Muir Woods Walking Tours: https://muirwoodstour.com/
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: https://www.sfmoma.org/
Seaplane Adventures: http://www.seaplane.com/
Where to Eat!
Buckeye Roadhouse (0.3 miles away), 15 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, CA 94941
https://www.buckeyeroadhouse.com/
Fish Restaurant (1.5 miles away) 350 Harbor Drive, Sausalito, CA 94965
http://www.331fish.com
Frantoio Ristorante (0 miles away) 152 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, CA 94941
http://www.frantoio.com/
Le Garage (1.9 miles away) 85 Liberty Ship Way, Ste 109, Sausalito, CA 94965
https://www.legaragebistrosausalito.com/
Salito’s Crab House & Prime Rib (2.4 miles away) 1200 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965
https://salitoscrabhouse.com/
Scoma’s of Sausalito (2.9 miles away) 588 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965
http://www.scomassausalito.com/
Sushi Ran (2.4 miles away) 107 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, CA 94965
http://sushiran.com/
For any questions about this event please feel free to contact Jeanette Lisalda at 310-486-6719.