SDPA CHILD AND YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING

More Than Meets the Eye: The Psychology of Twins
Speaker: Dr. Joan A. Friedman

DATE/TIME:
August 9, 2018
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

662 Encinitas Blvd #228 
Encinitas, CA 92024  

• Overview of attachment literature as it pertains to twin development
  
• Outline of challenging parenting dilemmas and corrective interventions
  
• Summary of developmental hurdles unique to twins
  
• Recognition of particular ways in which treating a twin in therapy differs from treating a singleton patient.

Dr. Joan A. Friedman is a psychoanalytically trained psychotherapist who has devoted many years of her professional career to educating twins and their families about twins’ emotional needs. Having worked through her own twinship challenges and parented her fraternal twin sons, she is a definitive expert on twin development.

She is the author of Emotionally Healthy Twins: A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children and The Same but Different: How Twins Can Live, Love, and Learn to Be Individuals. Her latest book, Twins in Session: Case Histories in Treating Twinship Issues, will be published in June 2018. It is a book written for psychotherapists and educators who require specialized knowledge and insight about twin psychology to be effective professionals. She has spoken to and consulted with culturally diverse groups of twins around the world. Dr. Friedman’s work focuses on issues that adult twins confront as they adjust to life as singletons after having been raised as twins.

We would like to invite you to join us for a tour of Jewish Family Service of San Diego on May 18 at 11:30 AM to be led by the Senior Director of Programs and Services, Lea Bush. This year JFS celebrates 100 years of helping others in the San Diego greater community.  Since its inception in 1918, JFS has been steadfast in its resolve to make a difference in people’s lives. Today, located on a spacious, beautiful campus, JFS offers a wide spectrum of services to individuals and families in the greater San Diego area. These include Aging and Wellness, Case Management, Counseling and Family Support,  Family Assistance, Jewish Connections,  Parenting and Youth Services, Refugees and Immigration, Teen Leadership.  Within each service area there are multiple well-established programs offered by a caring professional community. Detailed program information is available on the JFS website: JFSSD.org  Please consider joining us for our tour on May 18 at 11:30.  Contact Ruth at ruth.drabby@gmail.comby May 15 for further information.

SDPA’s Child/Adolescents Committee would like to invite you join us for a tour of Jewish Family Service of San Diego on May 18 at 11:30 to be led by the Senior Director of Programs and Services, Lea Bush. This year JFS celebrates 100 years of helping others in the San Diego greater community.  Since its inception in 1918, JFS has been steadfast in its resolve to make a difference in people’s lives. Today, located on a spacious, beautiful campus, JFS offers a wide spectrum of services to individuals and families in the greater San Diego area. These include Aging and Wellness, Case Management, Counseling and Family Support,  Family Assistance, Jewish Connections,  Parenting and Youth Services, Refugees and Immigration, Teen Leadership.  Within each service area there are multiple well-established programs offered by a caring professional community. Detailed program information is available on the JFS website: JFSSD.org  Please consider joining us for our tour on May 18 at 11:30.  Contact Ruth at ruth.drabby@gmail.com by May 15 for further information.

Our next meeting will be April 6th

Time: 12:00 - 1:00

Location: 12625 High Bluff Dr. #105 San Diego CA 92130

Speaker: Dr. Kelsy Bradshaw

Topic: Family Therapy

Dr. Kelsey Bradshaw is a licensed psychologist and received his Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas under the mentorship of Dr. Brad Donohue; a co-developer of Family Behavior Therapy. He completed his internship at Sharp Mesa Vista here in San Diego and then returned to Idaho; where he grew up. While in Boise he completed a community-based postdoctoral fellowship at Northwest Neurobehavioral Health (NNH). At NNH, he worked with children, adolescents, and adults in the community. His emphasis was on behavior management training, social skills training, emotional intelligence training, and use of evidence-based treatments for trichotillomania, PTSD, OCD, anxiety disorders, adjustment challenges, substance use, ADHD, and depression. He also provided comprehensive psychodiagnostic evaluations to assess for psychological and learning diagnoses, as well as developmental evaluations to assess for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

He returned to San Diego where he is now a psychologist at Sharp Mesa Vista on the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit. As a member of the SMV psychology faculty, he provides supervision to pre-doctoral interns and oversees child and adolescent psychodiagnostic testing. He also conducts psychodiagnostic evaluations for the San Diego Center for Children’s Family Wellness Center on a part-time basis. 

We hope you can make it as it should be a great presentation!!

Please reply to RSVP.  Ruth O - 858-480-9155

What a great talk last Friday, March 9th from Dr. Diep on providing gender affirming support, which needs to start with the family.  As the child may be struggling with their identity so will the parents.  Dr. Diep takes a family holistic approach to walking the child as well as the parents through this process.  As the parents are still the "gatekeeper" to the child's transition or block to transition.  Dr. Diep shared the video, How to Be a Girl, which was so heart felt.  It was from a mother about her baby boy who identifies as a girl - a must see.

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HUONG DIEP, PSY.D. 

Dr. Huong Diep is a Vietnamese-American, bilingual (English/Spanish), licensed clinical psychologist with over ten years of experience providing gender-affirming therapy, psycho-diagnostic evaluations and consultation to transgender and gender non-conforming children, adolescents and their families. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Denver and completed her two post-doctoral fellowships in Adolescent Medicine with the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).  She is passionate about the intersection of language, gender and culture and is an ally to the LGBTQ community.  Dr. Diep recently transitioned into full-time private practice and provides services in Encinitas and Sorrento Valley. 

Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Location: 12625 High Bluff Dr. #105 San Diego CA 92130

Speaker: Dr. Houng Diep

Topic: Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth: How to provide gender affirming support to youth and their Families 

Dr. Huong Diep is a Vietnamese-American, bilingual (English/Spanish), Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over ten years of experience providing gender-affirming therapy, psycho-diagnostic evaluations and consultation to transgender and gender non-conforming children, adolescents and their families. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Denver and completed her two post-doctoral fellowship in Adolescent Medicine with the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA).  She is passionate about the intersection of language, gender and culture and is an ally to the LGBTQ community.  Dr. Diep recently transitioned into full-time private practice and provides services in Encinitas and Sorrento Valley. 

We hope you can make it as it should be a great presentation!!

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

It is the mission of the Children and Adolescents Committee to interface with the community at large, organizations, agencies and mental health professionals, all of whom work with the children and adolescents of San Diego.  Through collaboration and networking, we strive to promote awareness and to educate and empower those in the San Diego community who work with children and families; including parents, teachers, other school personnel, coaches, and a variety of mental health professionals.  Ultimately, the Committee aims to help San Diego children and youth achieve their true educational, social and emotional potential.    

The Committee's primary goal is to provide SDPA members with current, practical, and clinically-relevant information and materials on issues pertaining to the treatment of children, adolescents, and families.  One way this is accomplished is through our Continuing Education events.  Additionally, we promote SDPA within the San Diego community by providing useful information to the general public.  We have made positive connections with other organizations and agencies in San Diego .  In addition, we have joined forces with the Public Education and Media Committee to promote the “Youth Violence Prevention - Warning Signs" education outreach program.  

We will be meeting on February 9th at 12625 High Bluff Drive, Suite 105 San Diego CA from 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Our speaker will be Patricia Padgett Owner of Foundations for Reading and Learning in Carlsbad. She will talk with us about current interventions for Dyslexia.  For information about Patricia and FRC see the following; http://www.f-r-l.com/whocanbenefit.html. 

Any one who is interested in attending should email my assistant Ruth at ruth.drabby@gmail.com

THE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT COMMITTEE will be meeting on September 29th at the office Dr. Abby Brewer-Johnson 12625 High Bluff Drive, Suite 105 San Diego Ca 92130. If you are interested in joining the committee please join us. For more information send an email to drabby99@gmail.com or call 858-465-0984.  

We offer case consultation, support, community, referrals, food, and social networking.  We welcome new members and would love to have more students and trainees join us.  We are always looking for new ideas for programs and leadership opportunities.  Please contact SDPA Child & Adolescent Psychology Committee Co-Chairs, Katherine Nguyen Williams, Ph.D. (k1williams@ucsd.edu) or Abby Brewer-Johnson, Psy.D. (drabby99@gmail.com), for more information or to provide suggestions.  We look forward to hearing from you!