THE 56th ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE IS NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. SIGN UP NOW!
THE 56th ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE IS NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. SIGN UP NOW!
ACE Foundation Programs
A therapist’s serious illness has been a taboo subject in our professional community! It is time to explore this subject by first acknowledging that the therapist, as a human being, experiences personal vulnerability at times of illness. Many professional issues come into question, such as how the therapist can handle their vulnerability, whether or how it is appropriate to disclose to clients and colleagues, how self-disclosure can serve the client’s best interests, and how to manage ruptures and repairs in the relationship.
This presentation is based on the wealth of over 100 interviews of experiences shared by therapists who’ve had an illness and clients who’ve had ill therapists or who have died. The implications are enormous in our clinical field, as any of us may face an unexpected illness or accident. The learning from this workshop is an insurance policy.
We will utilize didactic learning, an experiential exercise, engage in lively group discussion, and view a video of a therapist handling disclosure and another video of her client sharing her experience with her therapist. There will be handouts.
*NYSSCSW Discount applies to NYSSCSW current members only.
**Student Discount only applies to full time students currently enrolled in social work and MHP master level programs.
Please register by Thursday, October 2 at 5pm.
Live Online Via Zoom
The Advanced Clinical Education (ACE) Foundation of the NYS Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0028; licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0045; licensed psychoanalysts #P-0017; licensed psychologists #PSY-0121; licensed social workers #SW-0056; and licensed creative art therapists #CAT-0120.
Out-of-state providers are welcome to request a certificate upon completion of the presentation evaluation but must check with their own state licensing boards to inquire about whether or not the certificate is recognized as transferrable for CEs in their state’s jurisdiction.
1. Participants will demonstrate learning by clarifying the vulnerability continuum between current and past vulnerability and how that impacts concerns about self-disclosure.
2. Participants will demonstrate learning by knowing the four principles of self-disclosure
3. Participants will describe awareness of three opportunities for the therapist’s growth.
4. Participants will learn four ways to promote the client’s growth through self-disclosure.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed psychoanalysts, nurse practitioners and family and marriage/couple therapists, mental health counselors and licensed creative art therapists.
This seminar is appropriate for clinicians with all levels of experience.
Roberta Rachel Omin, LCSW, specializes in treating individuals and couples, including people with acute, chronic, or life-threatening illnesses. Roberta is certified in Gestalt therapy from the Gestalt Center of Long Island, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO). She has had a private practice in Ossining, New York, since 1985. Roberta was President and Co President of the Westchester Chapter of the New York State Society of Clinical Social Workers. She was an active member of the American Cancer Society’s Crisis Counseling and Westchester Oncology Social Workers for over three decades. Roberta brings a wealth of experience to this topic, including her own experience with breast cancer and open-heart surgery. She has synthesized research with over a hundred therapists (who have coped with illness or accident) and clients (who have had a therapist who was ill or died). Roberta has presented on this topic at the Gestalt Center of Long Island, the IFS annual conference, and the greaterBoston, New York, and Great Lakes IFS communities, as well as for various chapters of the New York State Society for Clinical Social Workers. She has published several articles on this topic. Routledge publishing is very interested in the book I am writing, titled “When the Therapist is Ill: Navigating Self-Care and Self-Disclosure.”
Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed, as evidenced by signing in and out and completing a course evaluation. Instructions for evaluating the presentation will be emailed within 5 days of the course date. Once evaluation is complete, CE certificate will be emailed to you.
ACE welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact Kristin or Debbie at info.acefoundation@gmail.com, at time of registration, to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA), Section 505 of the Rehabilitation ACT.
Cancellations made at least five days before the event will be refunded less a 10% cancellation fee. For cancellation please call 1-800-288-4279, or email us at info.acefoundation@gmail.com.
Should Inclement weather occur, we will be notifying all registrants via the email by which the registrant signed up. Please be sure to check your email before you leave for the course.
