Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT

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April 26, 2019 Featured Event

Deep TMS and Beyond 

Dr. Kotomori

This presentation will focus on transcranial magnetic stimulation, the various forms of transcranial magnetic stimulation, the theory behind transcranial magnetic stimulation, and the modalities available commercially in the  United States.  

Summary:

Therapeutic interventions with brain stimulation can take the form of electromagnetic induction of seizures, direct current induction of seizures, electrodes implanted directly into the brain, transcranial electrical stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Clinical use of these modalities at this point is limited to electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation and direct implantation of electrical leads in the brain. The mechanisms of action are not always clearly known but I will discuss the theoretical framework that supports their use, the science involved, and clinical importance.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

1. Name FDA Indication for TMS
   

2. Outline likelihood of response to medications according to STAR -D data
   

3. Outline likelihood of response to TMS with similar patient populations
   

4. Describe the contraindications and side effects of TMS
   

Bio:

Dr. Kotomori's training is as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, General Psychiatist. Fellowship, Residency and Internship at Harbor- UCLA Medical Center. Howard University College of Medicine - MD, UC Berkeley - BA, Genetics, Spanish Literature (Latin American) - Minor

This issue:  

April Featured Event

Board Election Nominees

Welcome New and Renewing Members!                       

At our Last Meeting           

President's Message

Upcoming Events

Welcome New Members!

Delseta Robinson, Tamara Gonzalez, Jose Ramirez, Carolyn Edwards, and Ohara Sadek

Thank you for renewing!

Rich Wayne, Donna Horne, David Newman, Lanicee Causly, FrankRobinette, Rebecca Hahn-Hooten, Abel Whittemore

Renewal Reminders:  Betty Avery, Vernon Bradley, Norma Jasso, CatherineWheeler, April Shorters, Victoria Montes-Vu, Adrian Williams, Tara Holgate,Tino Rodriguez, Mona Smith, Grecia Marquez-Nieblas, Marc Cameron, Jill Catlin,Miroslava Villegas-Reyes, Julia Cho, Paulette Douglas, Ann Alsaadi, JanineMurray, Suzanne Snyder, Catherine Hayes, Carolyn Howell

It is YOU the members who keep our chapter going!  If your membership is up for renewal please complete the renewal process as soon as possible--your membership is the backbone of our organization and what allows us to keep offering great seminars and CEUs, the Therapist Directory, Membership Directory, and more.  Thank you! :)

At Our Last Meeting . . . 

How do I talk to my grieving client? The “stuff” to know, and the words not to use

Jill A. Johnson-Young, MSW, LCSW

This presentation brought participants into the world of grieving clients and the experiences they have had before they reached our doors. Grieving clients have some very specific needs, and some that they are unaware they are bringing to you. They have others that will never come up without your invitation- and they need you to have the knowledge base to meet those needs. Can you provide the environment and therapeutic approach to meet their needs?

·        Do you know what the dying process looks and sounds like?

·        Do you have the words to re-educate your client if they misunderstood what they experienced and saw?

·        Can you address the self-blame and guilt that comes with the death of a loved one by reframing it with a reality-based approach.

·        Are you fully aware of the words and phrases that no grief client ever wants to hear, especially in the safety of their therapist’s office?

·        Are you ready to really, really hold space?

Grieving clients are facing fear, guilt, anxiety, and sadness. They frequently put their grief needs behind those of the others grievers in their family, and their therapist is one of the few safe places they can find support when they are struggling. They have frequently heard they are supposed to be experiencing “stages” and that they are not doing their grief process the way they are supposed to.

This presentation provided us with a description of the dying process, the most common experiences of grievers, the words to use and the ones to avoid, and framed grief work as a solution-focused process, not stages, and not one that never ends. It prepared us to meet our grief clients where they are, and to walk them through to their new life.

Objectives:

1. Participants were able to describe the dying process with appropriate language

2. Participants were able to identify the most 5 common emotions associated with grief

3. Participants understood the impact of the words and phrases their grief clients have heard, and identified three ways to empower the client to answer them

4. Participants were able to contrast the five stages of anticipatory grief for a dying person versus the experience for their grief client after a death,and to create a treatment plan with their clients that has reasonable expectations that fit the grief experience.

Bio:

Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, is the CEO and Clinical Director of Central Counseling Services in Riverside.  She is a certified Grief Recovery Facilitator, and specializes in grief and loss, dementia, trauma, and adoption issues. She has more than a decade of experience with hospice and trains therapists and social workers in areas that include correctly treating childhood trauma, grief and loss, and dementia care. She holds a BA from UC Riverside, and her MSW from the University of South Florida.  She speaks on the topics of grief and loss, dementia, and the needs of adoptive children on the local, state, and national level, and receives positive reviews that note her engagement with her audience, energy, and sense of humor while providing valuable information.

Jill is the creator of Your Path Through Grief, which is a year-long, comprehensive grief support program, and the author of the soon to be published books “Don’t Grieve like that! How to grieve your way from a rebellious widow” and the children’s book “Someone is sick- how do I say goodbye?” She is a member of the Purple Cities coalition in Riverside and facilitates a dementia support group monthly.

President's Message: 

Amanda Cavicchi, MA, LMFT

Upcoming Events:

IE-CAMFT Board Election - May 24, 2019

CAMFT Update: State of the Profession - May 24, 2019

Mindful Choices for Well-Being - June 21, 2019 (NOTE DATE is THIRD Friday, not fourth)

Board Retreat - no meeting/seminar - July 26, 2019 

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