2011 AMCAP Convention
Return of Virtue to Psychological Care
September 29-30, 2011
Joseph Smith Memorial Building, 15 East South Temple - 9th Floor, SLC, Utah
Convention Co-Chairs: Amy Curtis, LCSW, and Michael Gardner, PhD
Tentative Convention Schedule
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THURSDAY, September 29, 2011
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8:00-9:00 am
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Registration/Check-In
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9:00-9:15 am
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Welcome
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9:15-10:15 am
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Plenary Address (1.0 CE Hour)
- In Defense of the Conjugal Family: The Natural Law perspective and an LDS response, Richard N. Williams, PhD
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10:15-10:30 am
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Break
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10:30-12:00 pm
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Workshops (1.5 CE Hours)
- Clinical and Spiritual Solutions to Overcoming the Effects of Prolonged Pornography Use, Anne Brown, AMFT
- Same-Sex Attraction: Helping LDS individuals to nurture healthy self-identities and family attachments through narrative therapy, Ty Mansfield, M.MFT, & Wendy Ulrich, PhD
- Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, and the Brain, Russell Seigenberg, PhD
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12:00-1:15 pm
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Lunch
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1:15-2:45 pm
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Workshops (1.5 CE Hours)
- Tools to Assist Clients with Intermittent Trauma Issues: Life happens while on the road to recovery, Barbara Gearig, MSW
- Dealing with Religiously-Based Transferences and Countertransferences in Psychotherapy, Stephen B. Morris, PhD
- Finding a Balance: Helping clients who experience same-sex attraction but also desire to maintain their religious beliefs and values, Jeffrey W. Robinson, PhD
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2:45-3:00 pm
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Break
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3:00-4:00 pm
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Workshops (1 CE Hour)
- Treating Trauma Survivors through Emotionally Focused Therapy: How the inclusion of virtues increases attachment and enhances the EFT model, Michael Adams, PhD
- Healing Power: A grief process intervention strategy founded on religious/spiritual principles, Tera B. Duncan, PhD
- Utilizing Spirituality When Treating Pornography/Sexual Addiction, Michael Gardner, PhD
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4:00-4:15 pm
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Break
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4:15-5:15 pm
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Plenary Address (1 CE Hour)
- Personal Callings: Bridging research and practice for LDS counselors, Greg Loebel, first year counseling psychology doctoral student, Colorado State University
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Closing Comments |
FRIDAY, September 30, 2011
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7:00-8:15 am
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Graduate Student Session- Topic and Location TBA
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8:00-9:00 am
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Registration/Check-In
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9:00-9:15 am
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Welcome
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9:15-10:15 am
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Keynote Address (1 CE Hour)
- Religion in the Public Square, President Michael K. Young, J.D.
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10:15-10:30 am
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Break
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10:30-12:00 pm
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Workshops (1.5 CE Hours)
- ACT in a Nutshell: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Made Simple, Kraig L. Boyd, LPC, NCC, & Norma Boyd, MS in Psychology
- Being Virtuous to the Self: How self-conscious emotions impact one being an adaptive versus a maladaptive perfectionist, Lisa M. Leavitt, PhD, Andrea Knestel, PhD, & Michael Adams, PhD
- Creating a Therapeutic Relationship and Position that Enables Clients to Lower their Resistance, Eldon Solomon, MS, LMHC
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12:00-12:30 pm
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Poster Session
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Lunch |
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1:45-2:45 pm
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Workshops (1.0 CE Hour)
- Ethical and Legal Concerns for Therapists in the Context of Clergy-Collaborative Care: Is what I share really confidential?, Justin Zamora & Mark H. Butler, LMFT, PhD
- The Sexual Addiction Cycle, Jeffrey J. Ford, LMFT
- Baby Boomer's Resilience through Life's Second Half, Keith J. Karren, PhD, N. Lee Smith, MD, & Glenn Richardson, PhD
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2:45- 3:00 pm
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Break
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3:00-4:00 pm
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Workshops (1 CE Hour)
- Addiction Recovery and the Return to Virtue: 12-Step programs as pathways to change, Ben Erwin, PhD, David Wood, PhD, Mandi Winterton, BA, Janice Nielsen, BA, & Kregg Rogers, BSW
- A Map for Creating Stress Resilience: Utilizing a client's spiritual resources to cope with stressful events in life, N. Lee Smith, MD
- Love You, Hate the Porn: Healing a relationship damaged by virtual infidelity, Geoff Steurer, MS, LMFT, & Mark Chamberlain, PhD
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4:00-4:15 pm
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Break
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4:15-5:15 pm
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Plenary Address (1.0 CE Hour)
- Ethics and Risk Management: Issues to consider when supervising students and professional staff, Kevin Theriot, PhD
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5:15 pm
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Closing Comments
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