Our Board bid farewell to David Baldwin, Ph.D. and his lovely wife Diana at they depart for big opportunities back east.

Photos by Fred Morguelan

Dear Colleague,

I am delighted to invite you to participate in an innovative research project that we are beginning in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The study will investigate methods for improving psychotherapy when the therapeutic work has become challenging, stalled, or reached an impasse. We invite you to review your caseload and reflect on those cases that have become most difficult or problematic. If you and your client choose to participate you will be assigned to one of two experimental conditions, both designed to enhance or repair the therapeutic work.

What will be required?

If we believe that you and your client are appropriate for the study we will ask you to complete several questionnaires of alliance, therapeutic process, therapist activity, session evaluation, and satisfaction prior to and after our intervention. Our intervention methods will consist of a brief consultation and feedback with you and your client or a brief psychological assessment of your client and a joint feedback session. In both cases, we would be asking for a maximum of three hours of your time across three months.

Benefits

If you are selected for inclusion in this study you will receive a token $25 and your client will receive $100 plus reimbursement for parking. More importantly, we believe that both of these interventions will improve the psychotherapy work for you and your client. Furthermore, we hope that this research can be used to inform the work of other clinicians who may also face the challenge of a difficult psychotherapy.

For further information

Please call Kaila Norman, Graduate Research Assistant, at (805) 776-3722 or email her at pacucsb@gmail.com.

This study is funded by a grant from the Personality Assessment Foundation to Dr. Steven Smith and has been approved by the Human Subjects Committee at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Thank you for your interest.

Sincerely,

Dr. Steven R. Smith

Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, PSY 20096

Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

University of California, Santa Barbara

Held at Family Therapy Institute at 111 East Arrellaga St, Santa Barbara, CA.

Special Thanks to Debra Manchester and Don Mac Mannis for hosting us.

Photos by Fred Morguelan

Sponsored by: APA Insurance Trust, California Psychological Association, and the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association

Saturday, October 3, 2009
8:00 am to 4:00pm

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Presenter Dr. Susan Allstetter Neufeldt on the topic “Development and Enhancement of Wisdom.”

Photos by Fred Morguelan, Ph.D.

Several members of the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association have been working to offer community support in the aftermath of the Tea Fire.  First, several press releases were distributed related to resilience and coping following this crisis in our midst, including resources which may be able to help with our responses to crisis.

In addition, a group of members from the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association have committed to provide direct supportive counseling to any person affected by the fire.   All are licensed clinical psychologists with doctoral degrees who have training in dealing with stress and crisis.  While their availability may vary, they have each committed to provide at least three hours of free consultation to individuals who directly experienced or have been displaced by the fire.   These include the following individuals and their office numbers; individuals needing their services may contact them directly at their office numbers below.  Further information regarding their training and background, including age groups they see in their practice, is available at www.sbpsychologists.org: 

• Dr. David Baldwin             695-8300
• Dr. Larry Bascom              962-2324
• Dr. Michael Beiley            962-2869
• Dr. Lisa Benson                 570-0414
• Dr. Jenny Doelling            568-3698
• Dr. Jane Carlisle                687-2551
• Dr. Erika Felix                     681-0035
• Dr. Dean Given                 880-3566
• Dr. Herb Gravitz 963-9309
• Dr. Andrea Gurney          565-6057
• Dr. Karen Lehman            320-0782
• Dr. John Lewis 504-9083
• Dr. Jan Rudestam             569-2540
• Dr. Kjell Rudestam           569-2540
• Dr. Deborah Schiller        284-8824
• Dr. Kimberly Taylor          969-0159
• Dr. Jordan Witt                  564-1763
• Dr. Radhule Weininger  569-5408

Santa Barbara Psychological Association

(805) 963-9447

www.sbpsychologists.org

For further information you may also call Dr. Jordan Witt at 564-1763.

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Radhule Weininger, Ph.D. practices psychotherapy and teaches mindfulness meditation in private practice and retreat settings. She started practicing in Sri Lanka in 1981 and is currently mentored in her teaching by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D. through Spirit Rock Center.

Every Tuesday from 6pm to 7pm we offer Mindfulness and Metta or Self-Compassion Meditation at La Casa’s “Little Chapel.
Every Thursday from 6pm to 7pm in La Casa’s “The Loft” there will be opportunity for Mindfulness and Metta/ Self-Compassion meditation as well as instruction. 1CEU per sitting MFTs and LCSWs offered

These programs are ongoing through the year.
“We often speak of mindfulness not only as bare attention but as affectionate attention. Woven into it is an orientation towards kindness and seeing deeply into the nature of things, which invites us to see how all is interconnected.”- Jon Kabbat-Zinn

www.lacasademaria.org radhule@cox.net / 569-5408