9/27-9/28 The Warrior's Experience by Veteran's Heart Georgia

The Warrior's Experience

Civilian to Soldier, Soldier to Citizen
VETERAN’S HEART GEORGIA
Presents

• A training in Military Culture and Experience for helping professionals
• A return to where it all began for Veterans and their families
• An opportunity for civilians to encounter the Warrior’s Experience

We seek to provide an understanding of the experience of military service and war for civilian helping professionals and for families of veterans and those currently serving, and concerned citizens.

• Thursday evening  September 27 at 7:30pm: an orientation to The Warrior's Journey + meet and greet special guests
• The program on Friday, September 28,  begins at 9 am as we begin following The Warrior’s Journey by attending a ceremony on the base celebrating graduation from Advanced Training prior to assignment
• After lunch and discussion, The Infantry Museum offers virtual experiences for participants that create the opportunity to feel and sense what it is like to go to war.
• We continue our exploration of The Warriors Journey and issues encountered as one returns from service and shifts from the role ofSoldier to that of Civilian

Moderator for the discussions and featured teacher for the afternoon clinical session:

JEFFREY S. YARVIS, Ph.D., MSW, M.Ed., LTC, MS
Deputy Commander for Behavioral Health,
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital

Panelist and Moderator for the Veterans and Family concurrent session:

JOELLEN M. SEFTON, Ph.D.
Director, Auburn University Warrior Research Center

SPACE LIMITED TO 100 PARTICIPANTS
Early Registration ends August 27

6 Continuing Education Units are applied for from LPCA-Ga, NASWGa and GAMFT

PARTNERS AND HOSTS: National Infantry Foundation, West Point Society of Atlanta, Doubletree by Hilton, National Leadership Congress, Defense Technologies Inc

Address:

National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center
1775 Legacy Way
Columbus, GA
31903
Map and Directions

Accommodations:

• The Doubletree Hotel by Hilton, Columbus, Georgia is holding a block of 50 rooms until August 27, 2012.
• All reservations will be on an individual basis directly to the hotel’s Reservations Department at 1-800-222-8733
• Rate: Single/Double $109 + Tax. Please request the group rate for Veterans Heart Georgia.

Participant Categories Defined:

• Professionals [Non-Veteran] - Counselors, Therapists, Advisors, Other Professionals [Non-Veteran]
• Professionals [Military Veteran] - Counselors, Therapists, Advisors,Other Professionals [Military Veteran]
• Non-Professionals [Non-Veteran] - Students, Non-Professional Family Members of Veteran and Active Duty Military, Concerned Citizens [Non-Veteran]
• Non-Professionals [Military Veteran] - Non-Professionals [Military Veteran]

There is a fee increase after August 27.
You may contact Bill Nixon at 770-439-8974 for further information or go to:

http://www.veteransheartgeorgia.org/event-registration/?ee=8

7/31/2012 Training on SBIRT at Medical Center of Central Georgia

PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Wellston Behavioral Medicine, LLC, of Warner Robins, Georgia, has a 1099-contract position available for an experienced clinician who is independently licensed in Georgia. Practice parameters include outpatient assessments and psychotherapy for the general population. The local patient mix includes local referrals, military dependents and civil service personnel. This is a thriving outpatient practice that currently includes two psychiatrists and two therapists. We are located in Houston County, a growing area of Georgia.

Preference will be given to applicants who are already able to accept third-party payment from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Tricare, United Behavioral Health, and Medicare. Preference will also be given to applicants who can work with children and adolescents in addition to adults.  We prefer someone who is willing to work full-time, but are open to candidates who may use an office part-time.

Please submit resume, cover letter, and three (3) references to:
Applicants
c/o Wellston Behavioral Medicine, LLC
404 Corder Road, Suite 100
Warner Robins, GA 31088
jason.hobbs@cstonemed.com
We are part of Cornerstone Medical Associates (www.cstonemed.com).

7/20/2012 Lunch and Learn: 1013 Update

NASW Georgia Central Unit

invites members to attend

a FREE Lunch ‘N Learn

on Friday, July 20, 2012 from Noon-1:00PM

at Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health.

This month's topic is 

“1013 UPDATE”

presented by Dr. Cesar Figueroa, MD,

Jan Yates, LCSW

and Carl Stark, LCSW

(1 Core CE hour)

To reserve a seat/lunch,

please confirm attendance by email: Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com 

or phone at 478-464-8138

no later than Monday, July 16th.

Meeting space and lunch generously provided by:
Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

340 Hospital Drive, Macon
478-741-1355

6/15/2012: Lunch and Learn: State Court Domestic Violence Program with Roy Brown LCSW and Greg Guest, Chief Probation Officer

NASW Central Georgia Unit Lunch ‘N Learn 
“The State Court Domestic Violence Program”

Presented by

Roy Brown, LCSW
River Edge Behavioral Health Center

&

Greg Guest

Chief Probation Officer

Friday
*** June 15, 2012***
Noon-1:00PM
Lunch provided by Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

340 Hospital Drive

Macon

478-741-1355

Confirm attendance by email to Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com
or by phone at 478-464-8138
no later than Monday, June 11th 
1 hour CEU

Clinical Social Work Position on Robins Air Force Base

Are you a person who truly wants to work with our enlisted men and women?
Do you want to work for a company that offers one of the best 401K plans in the country?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, this job is for you! 

CGS is currently recruiting for a clinical social worker to work at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins GA. 

Job Responsibilities:
*Provide brief individual, family, group psychotherapy, and couples therapy
*Consult to medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders and school districts
*Provide workshops for parents, schools, hospital staff and other personnel

Qualifications/Requirements/Certifications:
*Must hold a Master of Social Work from an accredited school
*Have a minimum of 2 years within the past 5 years in the independent practice of clinical social work in child, adolescent, and family therapy.
* Maintain a current, unrestricted license to practice social work in any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or the U.S, Virgin Islands.

If interested, please contact: 

Jonathan Bandel

Recruiter

Environmental and Healthcare Solutions

Strategic Business Unit; Chenega Corporation

415 Eagleview Blvd, Exton PA 19341

(800) 872-8626 x200

(484) 354-2085 (Cell)

484-489-2786 (fax)

610-524-0948 (Alternate fax)

Jonathan.bandel@chenega.com

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Lowndes County, Inc.

has an opening for Clinical Director.

Please visit

www.caclowndes.org

for a job description and minimum requirements.

Send cover letter and resume to cacemploymentopportunities@gmail.com

or P.O. Box 903, Valdosta, GA 31603

by May 25, 2012.

5/18 Lunch and Learn: Resources for Emergency Mental Health with Charity Naim LCSW

NASW Central Georgia Unit
Lunch ‘N Learn
“Resources and Services for Emergency Mental Health”
presented by
Charity Naim, LCSW
River Edge Crisis Coordinator Medical Center

Friday
*** May 18, 2012***
Noon-1:00PM

Lunch provided by Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health
340 Hospital Drive Macon 478-741-1355

Confirm attendance by email to
Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com
or by phone at 478-464-8138

No later than Monday, May 14th
1 hour CEU

 

4/20/2012 Lunch 'N Learn: Skills for Working with Men with Alan Lyme, MSW, ICADC, ICCS

NASW Central Georgia Unit

Lunch 'N Learn

Out of the box: Skills for Working with Men

Presented by

Alan Lyme, MSW, ICADC, ICCS

Friday

*** April 20, 2012***

Noon-1:00PM

Lunch provided by Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

340 Hospital Drive Macon 478-741-1355

Confirm attendance by email to

Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com

or by Phone at 478-464-8138

No later than Monday, April 16^th

1 hour CEU

4/13: Armour Family Therapy Lecture Series with Karl Tomm

The Thirteenth Annual Armour

Family Therapy

Lecture Series

Friday, April 13, 2012

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Bringing Forth Mutual

Acknowledgement and

Respect in Troubled Relationships

Featuring

Karl Tomm, MD, FRCP (C) LMCC
Mercer University School of Medicine

Dr. Karl Tomm is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary where he founded the Family Therapy Program in 1973. He is well known in the field of Family Therapy for his work in clarifying and elaborating new developments in systems theory and clinical practice. For many years he was at the forefront of a new approach to therapy that emerged from systemic, constructivist, and social constructionist ideas. This approach is collaborative rather than hierarchical and emphasizes therapeutic conversations to deconstruct problems and to co-construct healing and wellness. Dr. Tomm has organized many workshops, conferences, and seminars at the University of Calgary. He has also conducted numerous workshops throughout North America and in Europe, Australia, Asia, and South America. His articles have been published extensively in the international family therapy literature and he has been on the editorial boards of several family therapy journals. In 2006, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Family Therapy Academy.

This workshop will focus on the importance of acknowledgement, its different forms, how it can be fostered and how it contributes to the mutual respect that enables healing in a troubled relationship. In addition, participants will be introduced to two specific communication exercises that could be used to generate conditions for participants to move beyond their differences.

Workshop participants will be able to: identify multiple strategies for interrupting escalating conflict in couple relationships; distinguish three types of acknowledgement: existential, affirming, and aversive; and describe the steps involved in two communication exercises (reciprocal reflective listening and unilateral negative inquiry).

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Mercer University School of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry. The Mercer University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCMEA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Marriage and Family Therapy Program of Mercer University School of Medicine is a recognized provider of Core CE credits for Marriage and Family Therapists and related hours for professional counselors and social workers.

Credit

Mercer University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spends in the activity.

The program is approved for a total of 6 hours of Core CE credits for LMFTs and 6 hours of core CE credits for LCSWs and LPCs.

Cost: $75 Due 3/30/12

To be held at:

Mercer University School of

Medicine Auditorium

1550 College Street

Macon, GA 31207

Lunch not included

Inquiries/Registration to:

Mercer University School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

655 First Street

Macon, GA 31201

Phone: 478-301-4048

Fax: 478-301-5337

E-mail: hall_kj@mercer.edu

2/17: Lunch and Learn, Therapy with the Deaf Community

NASW

CENTRAL GA UNIT

PRESENTS

THERAPY WITH THE DEAF COMMUNITY

DR. DAPHNE STEVENS, PHD & MONICA STEVENS KIRBY LMFT

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17^TH 2012

COLISEUM CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

340 HOSPITAL DRIVE MACON 478-741-1355

NOON -1:00PM

LUNCH PROVIDED BY COLISEUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE & RESERVE A LUNCH CONTACT GAYE ETHRIDGE, LCSW @

478-464-8138 OR Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com

ASAP

1 CORE CEU

RIVER EDGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER

in conjunction with

COLISEUM CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

and NASW Central Georgia Unit

is sponsoring

“ETHICAL PRACTICE IN THE GRAY AREAS”

Friday, March 16, 2012

Registration 8:15-9:00am

Presentations: 9:00-3:00

Location: River Edge Behavioral Health, 175 Emery Highway, Macon

Lunch provided by Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

Confirm attendance by email to gstark@river-edge.org or or call him @ 478-803-7750

This event meets criteria for 5 hour continuing education ETHICS requirements for licensure.

Open House at Coliseum Behavioral Senior Center January 13

Coliseum Behavioral Health invites you

to join us as we celebrate the opening

of our new
Senior Center Space

Friday, January 13th
11:00-2:00 pm

340 Hospital Drive
Building E
Macon, Georgia

Heavy hors d'oeuvres served

Proudly presented by
Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

Serving Middle Georgians since 1984
with care and compassion

Lunch and Learn 1/20/2012: Self Directed Violence Classification System with Eric Hornick MSW

NASW Central Georgia Unit

LUNCH ‘N LEARN

“Self Directed Violence Classification System”

Presented by:

Eric Hornick, MSW

*** January 20, 2012 ***

Noon to 1:00 PM

Lunch provided by & meeting held at
Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health
340 Hospital Drive Macon 478-741-1355

Confirm attendance ASAP by email
Or call 478-464-8138 Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com

**The lunch order is placed a week prior to the meeting. It is critical to confirm BEFORE that time in order to assure enough lunch for everyone.

12/16/2011 12noon Lunch and Learn: Therapy Dogs

NASW-GA

Central Georgia Unit
invites you to its monthly

Lunch n' Learn ~

"Therapy Dog Adventures in Middle Georgia"
Presented by Jo Caywood, MSW

 

Lunch provided by & meeting held at
Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health
340 Hospital Drive, Macon, 478-741-1355

** December 16, 2011 **
Noon to 1:00 PM

 

To register for this event - DO NOT REPLY TO SENDER. 

Instead, confirm attendance ASAP by email: Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com or call 478-464-8138.

 **The lunch order is placed a week prior to the meeting. It is critical to confirm BEFORE December 9th in order to assure enough lunch for everyone.

Lunch and Learn: November 18 on PTSD in a Combat Setting with Mjr Karen Arnold, MD

NASW Central Georgia Unit

LUNCH ‘N LEARN

“PTSD IN A COMBAT SETTING”

Presented by:

MAJOR KAREN M. ARNOLD, MD

ROBINS AFB MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

Friday *** NOVEMBER 18, 2011 ***

Noon to 1:00 PM

Lunch provided by & meeting held at Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

340 Hospital Drive, Macon

478-741-1355

Confirm attendance ASAP by email Or call 478-464-8138 Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com **The lunch order is placed a week prior to the meeting.**

It is critical to confirm BEFORE that time in order to assure enough lunch for everyone.

Lunch and Learn on 9/16: Jan Yates on Trauma Informed Care

NASW Central Georgia Unit

LUNCH 'N LEARN

"Trauma Informed Care"

Presented by:

Jan Yates, LCSW

Friday

*** September 16, 2011 ***

Noon to 1:00 PM

Lunch provided by & meeting held at

Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

340 Hospital Drive Macon 478-741-1355

Confirm attendance ASAP by email

or call 478-464-8138 Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com

The lunch order is placed a week prior to the meeting. It is critical to confirm BEFORE that time in order to assure enough lunch for everyone.

8/19 Lunch and Learn: Narrative Therapy with Dr. Paul Gallant

NASW Central Georgia Unit

LUNCH 'N LEARN

"An Overview of Narrative Therapy"

Presented by:

Dr. Paul Gallant, PHD, LCSW

Friday

*** August 19, 2011 ***

Noon to 1:00 PM

Lunch provided by & meeting held at

Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

340 Hospital Drive Macon 478-741-1355

Confirm attendance ASAP by email

Or call 478-464-8138 Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com

The lunch order is placed a week prior to the meeting. It is critical to confirm BEFORE that time in order to assure enough lunch for everyone.

9/11 Training on Vets/Families

Veterans and Families Under Fire Workshop Online Registration

August 6, 2011

Please Join VETERAN’S HEART Georgia and LPCA-GA as we widen our lens and adjust our focus to include all that are affected by an individual’s military service.

Tremendous amounts of concern, effort and resources are directed towards helping “The Veteran” adjust to the transition home from war and military service. But despite research indicating that social engagement and support from one’s closest relationships have a profound influence on healing from the visible and invisible wounds of war, families and others connected to our service personnel may receive less attention, information and support and often feel left to their own devices to find help.

VETERANS AND FAMILIES UNDER FIRE:

Clinical and Ethical Practices for Treating the Effects of War

On Friday September 9, 2011 (nearly 10 years to the day from the impetus for our country’s longest war), Dr. Blaine Everson*, co-author of Families Under Fire, will lead us in an exploration of a Family Systems-based approach to working with our veterans, their families, and others with whom they are connected.

Some of our objectives and goals for this workshop include:

1. gaining a deeper understanding of how military culture and language impact individual and relational problems experienced by veterans and their family members seen in clinical practice, and recognition that this understanding is necessary for ethical practice.
2. developing a thorough understanding of the ethics associated with assessing, evaluating, and treating veterans and their families from a systemic perspective
3. enhancing our work through utilizing knowledge of in-depth ethical approaches to therapeutic conversations and interventions with military veterans and family members in a way that balances the sometimes divergent needs of the service member with those of their families.
4. A lunchtime panel discussion and dialogue with veterans of military service, and military family members will allow us to broaden our perspective and approach to working with those who have guarded and protected us and their families who have also uniquely served.

4.5 Core, 1.25 Ethics CEU’s
Approved for GAMFT, NSAW-Ga, and LPCA-Ga (1.5 ethics approved for LPCA-Ga)
And a delicious lunch are included in the fee:
$95.00 ($75 for LPC members)
Students-$50

Friday, September 9, 2011

9:00 am-3:30 pm

Registration begins at 8:30

Mercer University, Atlanta
Atlanta Administration and Conference Center
2930 Flowers Rd. South
Atlanta, GA 30341

For more information please call

Dr. Diane Clark, Mercer University

678-547-6047

Or

Kaye Coker, LCSW, Veteran’s Heart Ga.

770-338-7463

7/15 Lunch and Learn with Dr. Figueroa on Bipolar Disorder

NASW Central Georgia Unit

LUNCH 'N LEARN 

 

"Bipolar Disorder" 

 

Presented by: 

Dr. Cesar Figueroa, MD  

 

Friday 

*** July 15, 2011 *** 

 

Noon to 1:00 PM 

  

Lunch provided by & meeting held at 

Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health

340 Hospital Drive, Macon

478-741-1355 

 

Confirm attendance ASAP by email 

Gaye.Ethridge@HCAhealthcare.com

or call 478-464-8138

1 CEU