Disaster Mental Health Training

From Mark Russell, AUS Core Faculty, School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy -

American Red Cross Seattle and Washington State Psychological Association–Disaster Response Network presents:

Disaster Mental Health Training

Topic: Two American Red Cross (ARC) courses required to become a certified ARC Volunteer in Disaster Mental Health and member of the Washington State Psychological Association (WSPA)-Disaster Response Network (DRN): (1) A combined ‘Introduction to Disaster Services’ and ‘Foundations of Disaster Mental Health Course,’ and (2) ‘Clinical Case Work’ course.

Who: Licensed mental health care providers interested in becoming a certified ARC Mental Health Volunteer and WSPA-DRN member. Non-licensed psychology graduate students are eligible to attend the training, but require faculty supervisor who has completed the ARC trainings.

What: The WSPA-DRN is a state network of mental health clinicians with training in disaster response who offer volunteer assistance to relief workers, victims, and victim’s families after man-made or natural disasters. The WSPA-DRN is a chapter of the APA’s national DRN that primarily assists the ARC’s disaster mental health activity and works with state departments of mental health, offices of emergency management, local fire and police departments, and other relief organizations.

Why: Disasters on every scale, from hurricanes to house fires, strike thousands of Americans every year. Many mental health clinicians have sought disaster training so they can use their professional abilities to help victims and relief workers carry on through often stressful and tragic circumstances.

Training objectives:
• Identify the ARC Fundamental Principles, Mission, Emergency Service structure and the setting in which disaster mental health professional work.
• Describe the mental health role in ARC disaster response and recovery communities.
• Recognize the psychological impact of disaster on adults, children, families, and communities.
• Apply the interventions used by the ARC disaster mental health works with clients, responders, and disaster workers.
• Describe the legal and ethical implications of disaster mental health work, including licensing, HIPAA regulations, confidentiality and professional ethics.
• Identify opportunities for volunteering with ARC’s Disaster Mental Health through the local chapters.

When: 9am-5pm, September 25, 2010 (‘Foundations’) and 9am-5pm, October 2, 2010 (Clinical Case Work). All participants must attend both days of training.

Where: Room 123, ARC bldg, at 1900 25th Avenue S; Seattle, easily accessible via I-90, I-5, downtown, Boren/Rainer Avenue and MLK.

Cost: ARC trainings are no-cost with free parking available.

Continuing Education: The APA offers 6.5 CE for the ARC Foundations of Disaster Mental Health course. ARC CE is available for the Clinical Case Work course. See ARC website www.seattleredcross.org for further details.

How: Registration for the ARC courses will be limited to 18 participants and is on a first come, first serve basis. The ARC Volunteer Application form needed for registration, can be completed on-line at www.seattleredcross.org. Once you have submitted your volunteer application you should receive a confirmation email. If you have any questions about the training or have trouble with the online application please contact James Bluher, the Volunteer Services Coordinator, at (206)726-3566 or at james.bluher@seattleredcross.org. Questions regarding the WSPA DRN can be directed to the WSPA-DRN Coordinator, Mark Russell, Ph.D., at mrussell@antioch.edu.

Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention Group

Hi Eric,

Wanted to let you know about a group I’m co-facilitating. Thanks!  Carol Battistoni, M.A. Psychology ‘94, LMHC
 
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention group for people struggling with any type of addiction, such as to drugs, alcohol, compulsive eating, or reactive behavior. MBRP is an integration of mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral techniques, with a focus on preventing relapse into harmful habitual behaviors. We are also working towards providing an ongoing meditation group for graduates of the MBRP groups.

Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention

An 8 week group for people in recovery from addiction to drugs, alcohol, compulsive eating, or for those who simply want to change harmful habits.

Thursdays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Beginning September 16th, 2010 and going through Nov 4th, 2010
 
Mindfulness is moment-to-moment non-judgmental awareness.  It is about being fully present in the moment, and being with ourselves and our experience in a new way.  With mindfulness we learn to stay present with and respond differently to all experience (stress, anxiety, depression, sadness, anger, craving) rather than react in harmful ways, creating a more balanced and livable life. 
 
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention integrates mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral techniques to prevent relapse for people in recovery and/or struggling with any type of addiction.
 
Facilitators:
Carol Battistoni, MA, LMHC, and Jessica Harris, MA, LMHC are both licensed psychotherapists who practice mindfulness in their personal lives and clinical work. They are both mindfulness-based relapse prevention therapists for the University of Washington Addictive Behavior Research Center.
 
Cost:  $320 for the 8 week series.  Sliding scale is also available; please inquire.  Located in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle.  
 
Call 206-234-8306 or email mailto:jharristherapy@gmail.com to register or inquire.

Office Space To Sublet

Beautiful office suite available September 1 in a fully renovated Art Deco building on 3rd and Stewart. The office suite itself is on the 9th floor, with sweeping views of the city. In the winter time, you can see the Macy’s tree lit up in colorful lights. It was renovated 2 years ago for the privacy needed for therapy and/or health related services. Walking into the suite is a fully furnished waiting room that is serene and comforting, with tea and water service. Off to the side is a kitchenette for personal use, with a copier/printer/scanner. There are two therapy offices, one in which I have successfully built my practice for the last two years. Therefore, referrals are strongly possible.

I’m looking for another therapist or health care professional who is ready to make a 6 month commitment to our beautiful office space. The rent is $628 with 24/7 access. The building is secured at night and weekends with a buzzer system. Other shared costs are for supplies which range around $20-30 per month (tea, paper, ink, etc.).

Call Michelle at 206-399-4901

New Group Formed To Interpret Dreams

Hello friends,
 
I am excited to share my new group with you!  I invite you to check the group (see below and on Meetup.com)  http://www.meetup.com/A-Dream-Centered-Life-in-Edmonds

Please join me and share this with anyone you feel has an interest.  Our first meeting is next Tuesday, August 17th.

“Dreams can be of tremendous value, showing us where we are stuck and pointing the way to the next step on Spiritual Journey. In this group, participants learn how to interpret their own dreams as well as how to “tend” the dreams of others in an atmosphere of trust, support and discovery. Through various creative dreamwork techniques, we learn how to listen to the wisdom of our unconscious mind.

The group will meet once a month at my office in Edmonds and a cost of $35.00 per session.

“One would do well to treat every dream as though it were a totally unknown object. Look at it from all sides, take it in your hand, carry it about with you, and let your imagination play around with it.”
C.G. Jung”

Contact: Janet Noel, B.A. ‘99, MA, LMHC 

206.604.4158

janetnoel@earthlink.net

Alumna Looking For Someone To Share Supervising Hour

I am trying to find someone who would like to share a supervising hour
and split the cost. That person might be recently graduated or due to
graduate in fall. Please call me for more details:

Anne 206 890 8659
(I am a soon to be graduate of the CFT program at AUS)

Many thanks
and blessings
Anne

Downtown Seattle Therapy Office for Sublet

Downtown therapy office for sublet three days a week for $110/month per day, 1/2 days (mornings) are negotiable. The office is in a beautiful, vintage building on 4th and Stewart and is one of the few Art Deco buildings in the city. The suite itself has an attractive waiting room with tea and water, a kitchenette, and two therapy offices. Both therapy offices are fully furnished. You would be sharing the office with a seasoned therapist, so new therapists are welcome. Days available are negotiable, but are currently set up for Monday, Friday, and Saturday.

For more information, please contact Morgan at morganwatsoncounseling@comcast.net or at 206-325-9242.

Office Space Available to Sublet

Dear Antioch alums, I hope this message finds you well and enjoying your summer.
 
I’m writing to let you know that I have obtained an office adjacent to my own; it shares a waiting room with me and makes a nice little suite. This is a corner office, with lots of windows and lights. It’s in the Bellewood Building in downtown Redmond, a very nice area next to the Redmond Transit Center. I love being in this building - it’s quiet and friendly, lovely to take walks around town and do errands on foot. It’s close to everything - a Trader Joe’s, the Redmond Library, the Burke-Gilman trail, a great coffee shop (our local hang-out, Victor’s), banking, Redmond Town Center. Also, close to the Microsoft campus - a big plus for referrals!
 
As you know, my main specialty is autism spectrum disorders, and I would love to find practitioners who are interested in learning about ASD (I just treat teens and adults) to share this space with me. Perhaps you or someone you know would like to run a group for Aspies, provide a service such as speech therapy, counseling, occupational therapy? I would love to collaborate with you; next year I’ll be offering a more formal supervisory service (once I take my supervision training).
 
I’m going to make the space available to practitioners who are not wanting to specialize in ASD, as well. If you, or someone you know, is interested in using an office by the hour, 1/2 day or day, I would love to talk with you.
 
Here are the rates:
 
Session hour: $12
Half-day/week/month: $65
Full-day/week/month: $125
 
Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to call my office phone (below) or cell phone (425) 591-7668 Thanks, and enjoy this glorious summer weather!
 
Elaine A. Duncan, M.A. Psychology ‘05, LMHC
Psychotherapist
Email: elaineaduncan@msn.com
Web - http://www.elaineaduncan.com
Blog - http://www.elaineaduncan.wordpress.com
(425) 883-4939 phone
(425) 883-0249 fax

Office Space With View Seeking Subletters

Office space in a great professional building with views of Space Needle, downtown and Puget Sound in Lower Queen Anne.  1/2 day ($60-70/month), 1 day ($115-135) or 2-4 days or full-time in a suite of 4 offices with psychotherapists and an ARNP (furnished, shared waiting area and kitchenette).  Contact: Sharon Sanborn, M.A. Psychology ‘04, LMHC, ATR (206) 283-9767 or mailto:SSanborn@SeattleArtTherapy.com  Website is: http://www.SeattleArtTherapy.com

Alumna Needs Pet Sitting Opportunity

Bonnie Olson, M.A. Psychology ‘84 alum returning from pet sitting in Hawaii, needs long-term house or pet sit, or a 1 BR apartment, MIL, or cottage, or house share, with hi-speed internet & landline access while working for NIH research study until May 2011. Preferably north end: Edmonds, Lake Forest Park, Richmond Beach, by August 1st or soon thereafter. Cell 206-550-4558.

Office Space for Therapists Available in Lower Queen Anne

Are you a new counselor or looking for a new location for your existing practice?

New office spaces are currently being added to a suite that already houses a dynamic group of practitioners. You’ll enjoy brilliant colleagues, the possibility of referrals, and an ideal location for your practice.

Amenities include:

*A/C from 8a to 8p M-F and 8a to 1p on Saturday, with 24/7 building access 365 days/year (unlike some commercial properties)
*FREE WiFi
*New carpet, paint, baseboards, etc.
*Reduced rate on our boutique conference room
*Fully stocked kitchen (includes fridge, microwave, dishwasher, and coffee/tea/espresso makers as well as dining ware, silverware, etc)
*Attractive, furnished waiting room
*Separate entrance and exit for patient privacy
*Parking stalls available in the building, 3 pay lots are within a block of the building, and there is ample street parking on our quiet streets
*Shared referrals!

Rental amounts are $625/month for window offices (each are approximately 12×12), $475 in a non-window office, and $125/month for one day/week in furnished non-window offices (each are approximately 10×12). Leases will begin on August 15th and will be one year in duration. Please email kimberlybgeorge@gmail.com for more information or to view the space.

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