The Addictive Disorders committee is offering peer consultation. We welcome case consultation questions from any member of SDPA about client addiction issues.

Please join us by video on the 2^nd Tuesday of every other month.

Tuesday,  April 14, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm By Video

Please email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com for the link.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Cultural Diversity Committee serves the members of SDPA by providing consultations, continuing education training, professional development, and resources related to serving clients from diverse and underrepresented groups.  

Meeting Dates 3rd Tuesday of the Month except December

12636 High Bluff Dr. Suite 400
Del Mar, CA

If you would like more information or want to join please email Chair: Dr. Darlene Townes - dr.dtownes@gmail.com

2020 CPA Convention

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

ADDICTIVE DISORDERS - LUNCH MEETING

Tuesday, May 12, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Humphreys, Sheraton La Jolla
3299 Holiday Ct.
La Jolla, CA 92037

The Addictivie Disorders committee welcomes new members. Please RSVP to email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com 

Please join us the 2^nd Tuesday of each month. In odd numbered months we meet for lunch. In even numbered months we meet by video conference call. On these calls we offer case consultation for any SDPA member, about any addictive problem (you don't need to stay for the whole meeting).  All attendees pay for their own lunch.

EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE

Managing Subpoenas and Court Orders plus 2020 Update of Laws

DATE/TIME:

May 12, 2019
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

LOCATION:

San Diego Psychological Association
4699 Murphy Canyon Rd. 
San Diego, CA 92104

(in the United Way Building)

Please join us for an interactive event with SDPA Attorney David Leatherberry, JD. David will be discussing how to Manage Subpoenas and Court Orders as well as the 2020 Update of Lawns including AB 1775 (downloading etc. of child porn). 

An opportunity for networking will be provided from 6-6:30 PM and after the presentation until 8:30 PM. David will also be available to answer questions after the presentation. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

This event is geared toward Early Career Professionals and those newly starting private practice. The event is for psychotherapists, not office staff.

Please email Melissa Lanza @ drlanza.phd@gmail.com for more information.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Cultural Diversity Committee serves the members of SDPA by providing consultations, continuing education training, professional development, and resources related to serving clients from diverse and underrepresented groups.  

Meeting Dates 3rd Tuesday of the Month except December

12636 High Bluff Dr. Suite 400
Del Mar, CA

If you would like more information or want to join please email Chair: Dr. Darlene Townes - dr.dtownes@gmail.com

Hold Me Tight© Couples Workshop:

A Relationship Enrichment Program

At the Cottage Clinic

May 30-30, 2020

Space is limited. Sign up early, this program sells out.

Based on Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (and sprinkled with AEDP ~ Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy)

For all Committed Couples

Facilitated by Dr. Diana Weiss-Wisdom; Assisted by a team of EFT Trained Therapists

• Do you want to feel closer and more connected to your partner?
• Are you in a good marriage but want a tune up?
• Are you tired of arguing? Do you want to start enjoying your relationship again?
• Would you like to stop feeling lonely and start feeling safe, secure and loved?
• Are you looking for a research based, fun, and interesting pre-marital education program?​

Join us for this positive, research-based program for all couples that want to strengthen and deepen their relationship. Pre-marital couples that want to prepare and learn how to make love last for a lifetime will benefit from this program. You will take home tools that you can keep using in your relationship.
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The workshop is two days from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at The Cottage Clinic 14249 Rancho Santa Fe Farms Road, Rancho Santa Fe, California, 92067.

The Cottage Clinic is located in a nature retreat on private property. Our setting provides a relaxing and secluded experience that is conducive to letting down one's guard and focusing on your relationship.
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We bring in a healthy catered lunch so that couples can stay on the property and enjoy some quality time together.

12 CE’s area available for psychologists attending with their partner as well as other mental health professionals.

To register and for more information, please go to www.holdmetightworkshops.com

 

Community Mental Health Committee Meeting

Next meeting:

June 5th
1:30-3:00 pm

Kings Fish House in Mission Valley
825 Camino De La Reina
San Diego, CA 92108

If you would like to learn more about this committee, want to attend or have questions please contact the Chair: Dr. Karen Zappone - 619-291-6126

The purpose of the Community Mental Health Committee shall be to monitor developments in the area of community mental health, establishing liaisons with community mental health agencies and organizations, and helping to facilitate the delivery of services by practicing psychologists to the underserved in the public mental health system in San Diego County.

Transforming Resistance: Working with the Challenges of Defense & Anxiety - 12 CEs

A San Diego ISTDP Community sponsored event with AEDP Faculty Member Steve Shapiro, PhD 

Saturday and Sunday June 6-7, 2020
9:00am – 4:30pm

Location:
Pt Loma Nazarene University, Fermanian Conference Center
3900 Lomaland Drive

This seminar is intended for professionals in mental health and the healing arts and sciences. 

Registration Fees (including CEs and Lunch both days):

• •$300 for students/associates
• •$375 Early Bird (ends March 27, 2020)
• •$425 (after March 27, 2020)

Registration for Transforming Resistance: Working with the Challenges of Defense and Anxiety. Click link below:

https://www.academeca.com/CEUReg/Seminarinfo.aspx?seminarld=3218

Ironically, many clients interfere with the very progress they seek either through their own resistance to the psychotherapy process or because their anxiety is too high and there is too much dysregulation to use the process effectively. Not infrequently, they terminate prematurely before reaching their goals.  This results in tragic consequences for the client, as well as frustration and a sense of failure for the therapist. While clients enter treatment with conscious motivation, resistance is unconscious and, therefore, difficult to address without a coherent system. Therapists typically interpret resistance in a personal way becoming confused, frustrated, and hopeless, with a tendency to hold the client responsible and label him/her as “unmotivated or resistant”. Participants will learn to move beyond resistance and simple symptom management into deep, transformational processes that releases resources of health and resilience. Learn to accelerate treatment using innovative techniques that implore clients to abandon chronic coping patterns that were once necessary, but have long outlived their usefulness and are now causing untoward suffering.

Therapists offer the promise of help often based on the presumption that the client will arrive with sufficient initial motivation, openness and willingness to face painful realities. Frequently this is not the case. Clinicians are rarely adequately prepared to address resistance directly and therapeutically, making it difficult to help more challenging clients.  Defenses can be seen as “a problem,” rather than an inevitable part of the process; defense restructuring can mistakenly be understood as an adversarial task, that we then avoid, rather than a compassionate and collaborative venture.

Therapists of all orientations and levels of experience will gain a clear understanding of the nature and function of defenses, and ways to transform them therapeutically so clients can align with the healthy, buried and previously inaccessible internal resources, as well as effective ways to regulate anxiety when it is too high. The principles taught can be readily integrated with your existing orientation and skill set. By adopting an active, focused, precise, experiential, attachment-based and emotionally engaged stance, therapists can create the safety and attunement necessary for patients to risk abandoning their resistance and shift to healthier functioning. The ultimate goal is to accelerate the healing process for clients, but also to help clinicians practice in a way that substantially reduces counter transference, is deeply rewarding, effective, and authentic, fully compatible with your personal and professional history.

Target Audience: Psychologists, Psychoanalysts, Social Workers, Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists, Creative Arts Therapists – All Levels. There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

The Addictive Disorders committee is offering peer consultation. We welcome case consultation questions from any member of SDPA about client addiction issues.

Please join us by video on the 2^nd Tuesday of every other month.

Tuesday,  June 9, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm By Video

Please email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com for the link.

TACKLING STIGMA, MOBILIZING HOPE

DATE/TIME:

JUNE 11 - JUNE 13, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110 
Website Link: www.sandiego.edu/hope
Contact Email: mobilizinghope@gmail.com 

It is our pleasure to invite you to an international conference co-sponsored by the World Dignity Project, University of San Diego, and University of California San Diego, which will take place in San Diego, California USA from Thursday, 11 June to Saturday 13 June 2020.

The World Dignity Project has a mission to advocate for mental health and well-being for all, with equality of treatment and dignity in experience as a basic human right.

We aim to mobilize the public to ensure dignity in mental health is a reality by improving mental health and health literacy, changing the public mindset about mental health, encouraging people to talk about mental health and providing hope for people with mental illness.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Cultural Diversity Committee serves the members of SDPA by providing consultations, continuing education training, professional development, and resources related to serving clients from diverse and underrepresented groups.  

Meeting Dates 3rd Tuesday of the Month except December

12636 High Bluff Dr. Suite 400
Del Mar, CA

If you would like more information or want to join please email Chair: Dr. Darlene Townes - dr.dtownes@gmail.com

Gender Odyssey International Conference

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

CLICK HERE TO SEE PROGRAM

DATE/TIME:

June 18-21, 2020 

San Diego Marriott Mission Valley

Gender Odyssey is open to all. Anyone may attend regardless of gender identity or gender expression. We embrace the presence and participation of our families, spouses and partners, organizations, and allies. We encourage the attendance of those who serve this community to expand their knowledge and understanding of gender diversity and transgender issues.

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LOVE

Presented by Dr. Trish Stanley, Psy.D, MFT

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Art & Science of Love Workshop's offered:

• 8/21-23
• 10/16-18
• 11/6-8
• 12/4-6

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is designed for all couples in a committed relationship. If you have a strong relationship, this workshop will provide you with insights and tools to make it a great one. If your relationship is distressed, this two-day workshop will provide a road map for repair.

Workshop Objectives

• Learn to recognize the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what to do if they are attacking your marriage
• Identify your relationship’s specific strengths and how to build on them
• Learn about the effects of physiological flooding and how it may affect conflict resolution
• Use the Fondness and Admiration System to renew respect and care for one another
• Create an Emotional Bank Account that you can draw upon in times of stress
• Develop your problem-solving skills, including the six skills for effective conflict resolutions
• Find out how you can make your dreams and aspirations come true for you, your partner, and your relationship

What Will You Learn?

• Foster respect, affection, and closeness
• Build and share a deeper connection with each other
• Keep conflict discussions calm
• Break through and resolve conflict gridlock
• Strengthen and maintain the gains in your relationship

ADDICTIVE DISORDERS - LUNCH MEETING

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Humphreys, Sheraton La Jolla
3299 Holiday Ct.
La Jolla, CA 92037

The Addictivie Disorders committee welcomes new members. Please RSVP to email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com 

Please join us the 2^nd Tuesday of each month. In odd numbered months we meet for lunch. In even numbered months we meet by video conference call. On these calls we offer case consultation for any SDPA member, about any addictive problem (you don't need to stay for the whole meeting).  All attendees pay for their own lunch.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Cultural Diversity Committee serves the members of SDPA by providing consultations, continuing education training, professional development, and resources related to serving clients from diverse and underrepresented groups.  

Meeting Dates 3rd Tuesday of the Month except December

12636 High Bluff Dr. Suite 400
Del Mar, CA

If you would like more information or want to join please email Chair: Dr. Darlene Townes - dr.dtownes@gmail.com

Community Mental Health Committee Meeting

Next meeting:

August 7th
1:30-3:00 pm

Kings Fish House in Mission Valley
825 Camino De La Reina
San Diego, CA 92108

If you would like to learn more about this committee, want to attend or have questions please contact the Chair: Dr. Karen Zappone - 619-291-6126

The purpose of the Community Mental Health Committee shall be to monitor developments in the area of community mental health, establishing liaisons with community mental health agencies and organizations, and helping to facilitate the delivery of services by practicing psychologists to the underserved in the public mental health system in San Diego County.

The Addictive Disorders committee is offering peer consultation. We welcome case consultation questions from any member of SDPA about client addiction issues.

Please join us by video on the 2^nd Tuesday of every other month.

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm By Video

Please email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com for the link.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Cultural Diversity Committee serves the members of SDPA by providing consultations, continuing education training, professional development, and resources related to serving clients from diverse and underrepresented groups.  

Meeting Dates 3rd Tuesday of the Month except December

12636 High Bluff Dr. Suite 400
Del Mar, CA

If you would like more information or want to join please email Chair: Dr. Darlene Townes - dr.dtownes@gmail.com

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LOVE

Presented by Dr. Trish Stanley, Psy.D, MFT

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Art & Science of Love Workshop's offered:

• 8/21-23/20
• 10/16-18/20

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is designed for all couples in a committed relationship. If you have a strong relationship, this workshop will provide you with insights and tools to make it a great one. If your relationship is distressed, this two-day workshop will provide a road map for repair.

Workshop Objectives

• Learn to recognize the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what to do if they are attacking your marriage
• Identify your relationship’s specific strengths and how to build on them
• Learn about the effects of physiological flooding and how it may affect conflict resolution
• Use the Fondness and Admiration System to renew respect and care for one another
• Create an Emotional Bank Account that you can draw upon in times of stress
• Develop your problem-solving skills, including the six skills for effective conflict resolutions
• Find out how you can make your dreams and aspirations come true for you, your partner, and your relationship

What Will You Learn?

• Foster respect, affection, and closeness
• Build and share a deeper connection with each other
• Keep conflict discussions calm
• Break through and resolve conflict gridlock
• Strengthen and maintain the gains in your relationship

ADDICTIVE DISORDERS - LUNCH MEETING

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Humphreys, Sheraton La Jolla
3299 Holiday Ct.
La Jolla, CA 92037

The Addictivie Disorders committee welcomes new members. Please RSVP to email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com 

Please join us the 2^nd Tuesday of each month. In odd numbered months we meet for lunch. In even numbered months we meet by video conference call. On these calls we offer case consultation for any SDPA member, about any addictive problem (you don't need to stay for the whole meeting).  All attendees pay for their own lunch.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Cultural Diversity Committee serves the members of SDPA by providing consultations, continuing education training, professional development, and resources related to serving clients from diverse and underrepresented groups.  

Meeting Dates 3rd Tuesday of the Month except December

12636 High Bluff Dr. Suite 400
Del Mar, CA

If you would like more information or want to join please email Chair: Dr. Darlene Townes - dr.dtownes@gmail.com

Community Mental Health Committee Meeting

Next meeting:

October 2nd
1:30-3:00 pm

Kings Fish House in Mission Valley
825 Camino De La Reina
San Diego, CA 92108

If you would like to learn more about this committee, want to attend or have questions please contact the Chair: Dr. Karen Zappone - 619-291-6126

The purpose of the Community Mental Health Committee shall be to monitor developments in the area of community mental health, establishing liaisons with community mental health agencies and organizations, and helping to facilitate the delivery of services by practicing psychologists to the underserved in the public mental health system in San Diego County.

The Addictive Disorders committee is offering peer consultation. We welcome case consultation questions from any member of SDPA about client addiction issues.

Please join us by video on the 2^nd Tuesday of every other month.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm By Video

Please email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com for the link.

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LOVE

Presented by Dr. Trish Stanley, Psy.D, MFT

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Art & Science of Love Workshop's offered:

• 10/16-18/20

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is designed for all couples in a committed relationship. If you have a strong relationship, this workshop will provide you with insights and tools to make it a great one. If your relationship is distressed, this two-day workshop will provide a road map for repair.

Workshop Objectives

• Learn to recognize the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what to do if they are attacking your marriage
• Identify your relationship’s specific strengths and how to build on them
• Learn about the effects of physiological flooding and how it may affect conflict resolution
• Use the Fondness and Admiration System to renew respect and care for one another
• Create an Emotional Bank Account that you can draw upon in times of stress
• Develop your problem-solving skills, including the six skills for effective conflict resolutions
• Find out how you can make your dreams and aspirations come true for you, your partner, and your relationship

What Will You Learn?

• Foster respect, affection, and closeness
• Build and share a deeper connection with each other
• Keep conflict discussions calm
• Break through and resolve conflict gridlock
• Strengthen and maintain the gains in your relationship

CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Cultural Diversity Committee serves the members of SDPA by providing consultations, continuing education training, professional development, and resources related to serving clients from diverse and underrepresented groups.  

Meeting Dates 3rd Tuesday of the Month except December

12636 High Bluff Dr. Suite 400
Del Mar, CA

If you would like more information or want to join please email Chair: Dr. Darlene Townes - dr.dtownes@gmail.com

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LOVE

Presented by Dr. Trish Stanley, Psy.D, MFT

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Art & Science of Love Workshop's offered:

• 11/6-8
• 12/4-6

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is designed for all couples in a committed relationship. If you have a strong relationship, this workshop will provide you with insights and tools to make it a great one. If your relationship is distressed, this two-day workshop will provide a road map for repair.

Workshop Objectives

• Learn to recognize the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what to do if they are attacking your marriage
• Identify your relationship’s specific strengths and how to build on them
• Learn about the effects of physiological flooding and how it may affect conflict resolution
• Use the Fondness and Admiration System to renew respect and care for one another
• Create an Emotional Bank Account that you can draw upon in times of stress
• Develop your problem-solving skills, including the six skills for effective conflict resolutions
• Find out how you can make your dreams and aspirations come true for you, your partner, and your relationship

What Will You Learn?

• Foster respect, affection, and closeness
• Build and share a deeper connection with each other
• Keep conflict discussions calm
• Break through and resolve conflict gridlock
• Strengthen and maintain the gains in your relationship

ADDICTIVE DISORDERS - LUNCH MEETING

Tuesday, November 10, 2020
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Humphreys, Sheraton La Jolla
3299 Holiday Ct.
La Jolla, CA 92037

The Addictivie Disorders committee welcomes new members. Please RSVP to email tom.horvath@practicalrecovery.com 

Please join us the 2^nd Tuesday of each month. In odd numbered months we meet for lunch. In even numbered months we meet by video conference call. On these calls we offer case consultation for any SDPA member, about any addictive problem (you don't need to stay for the whole meeting).  All attendees pay for their own lunch.