FREE Seminar for Beginning and Intermediate Level Social Workers

Co-Occcuring Disorders

New Bridge Medical Center Auditorium
5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
2 CEU Credit Hours

This seminar will highlight specific types of patients who have emotional disorders and personality disorders, as well as substance dependence. Topics will include assessing their motivation to change, exploring their level of insight, and using group therapy to help them become more active in the treatment process. Clinical skills, such as setting limits with acting out patients, and types of assessment questions to use, will be presented. The seminar will be based on motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and group therapy techniques.  Case examples will also be used to illustrate the therapy process.

Registration and light dinner at 5:30 p.m. Seminar begins promptly at 6 p.m.

Speaker: Phil Feldman, PhD, LCSW
Dr. Phil Feldman is the Director at Journey to Wellness substance abuse program and teaches at Rutgers University, Graduate School of Social Work. Dr. Feldman has experience working as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor for more than 28 years. He has presented over 250 seminars on mental health topics including personality disorders, emotional disorders and psychotherapy models. In addition, Dr. Feldman is the author of “The Psychotherapy Manual”, “Co-Occurring Disorders Manual”, and “Shame Affect — Theory, Research, and Clinical Treatment”.

This course, Co-Occuring Disorders, provided by Advanced Clinical Seminars, is approved for continuing education by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. CE Approval Collaborative. Approval period: Sept 1, 2018 – Aug. 31, 2020.

This seminar is for 2 clinical CEU hours. For CEU approval information: https://www.naswnj.org/page/214?. Please contact pbf6@hotmail.com for information about continuing education credits for social workers. If you have questions or concerns about registration, facilities, course administration, and ADA information, contact RoseMary Klie at rklie@newbridgehealth.org.

Sponsored by The Foundation at Supporting New Bridge Medical Center.