Meet the Authors/Experts at TPI (Engaging Boys in Treatment/Adolescent Girls in Distress) and Moms in Practice Support Group

Wed July 9, 4 pm ET/ 3 CT/ 1 PT

Craig Haen, Ph.D.: Engaging Boys in Treatment: Creative Approaches to the Therapy Process Dr. Haen has extensive experience working with youth, adults, and families in shelters, community centers, hospitals, residential facilities, schools, and on Native American reservations.   He is currently in private practice. He also serves as adjunct faculty in the graduate drama therapy program at New York University, and co-teaches a research course to graduate students at Lesley University. He has co-chaired the American Group Psychotherapy Association's Child/Adolescent Special Interest Group since 2008, its Community Outreach Task Force since 2014, and serves on the Advisory Board of Creative Alternatives of New York. He has also served on the Editorial Committee for The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy and on the Editorial Board for the journal The Arts in Psychotherapy.

Wed July 16, 4 pm ET/ 3 CT/ 1 PT Laura Choate, Ph.D.: Adolescent Girls in Distress: A Guide for Mental Health Treatment and Prevention Dr. Dr. Choate is Associate Professor of Counselor Education at Louisiana State University.  In addition to the title above, she is author of Girls and Women's Wellness: Contemporary Counseling Issues and Interventions (2008) and Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Counselor's Guide to Prevention and Treatment (2013). She has also published extensively in professional journals. Dr. Choate was awarded the 2013 Best Practices Award by the American Counseling Association for her work in the area of eating disorders treatment. She also serves on the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners as the Board Vice-Chair and Chair of the Discipline Committee.

Peer Consultation Group for Moms in Practice - via phone

...With TPI co-founder Dr. Lauren Behrman Fri July 11, 2 pm ET/ 1 CT/ 11 am PT Are you trying to find the balance between home and career?  Are you struggling with the demands of taking care of your own children and providing quality care for your clients/patients?  Have you made the paradigm shift of identifying yourself as an entrepreneur, and learned the business strategies a savvy mom/practitioner/clinician needs in today's economy? Call into our peer support and consultation group to explore these and related issues. Let's share our wisdom, resources and experiences in integrating our roles as mothers and independent practitioners.

To register for any of these free offerings go to www.thepracticeinstitute.com, and click on the calendar date on the right hand side of the page and it will bring to you the registration page. After a brief presentation those participating on the call may make comments or ask questions of the author.