WELCOME TO THE AATP

NEW  in  2017 !!!            TWO NEW 6 hour seminars: (DVD /online)

MOOD  DISORDERS  IN  ADOLESCENTS.     

and HELPING LGBTQ TEENS NAVIGATE ADOLESCENCE 

both seminars featuring Janice Gabe, LCSW.

(Use the Link to  Online Seminars or  AATP on DVD for more information)

The AATP has a new 6 hour DVD and online seminar !

THE ETHICS OF TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

featuring Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC

This seminar satisfies the State of Illinois requirement for training in ethics.

ANNOUNCING TWO NEW DVD and ONLINE SEMINARS --  NEW IN 2016

Featuring Janice E. Gabe, LCSW.

MARIJUANA -- 3 hours -- provides the latest information on current research

on the effect of marijuana on the developing brain.  Includes a detailed

assessment process and intervention and treatment strategies.

HEROIN -- 3 hours -- provides a detailed overview of the current exploding problem of heroin use and addiction.  Discusses the impact on heroin use on the brain and detailed a treatment methodology that  incorporates  the understanding that recovery takes a longer time while the body heals.

 ANNOUNCING  TWO  NEW  DVD  SEMINARS!  new in 2015

AND AVAILABLE ONLINE!! 

MANAGING PERSONALITY DISORDERS   (6 credit hours)  M. Wehrenberg, Psy.D.

In this 6 credit hour DVD seminar, Dr. Wehrenberg discusses 6 personality disorders: dependent, obsessive-compulsive, histrionic, narcissistic, borderline and anti-social. Dr. Wehrenberg explores the traits that define each personality type, and using behaviors and motivations, challenges therapists to employ those traits to treat the presenting problems of anxiety, depression, addiction and relationship issues. 

THE YOUNG AVOIDANT ADULT:  Peter Pan is alive and well and living in your basement     (6 credit hours)   Janice Gabe, LCSW

Today's young adults are having difficulty launching into their adult lives.  This seminar explores the avoidant behavior patterns and addresses the role of marijuana use as part of this phenomenon.  Intervention strategies are presented as are recommendations for the parents of these youths.

The AATP is a not-for-profit training academy established to provide professional continuing education for counselors and therapists, school counselors and social workers, psychologists, mental health personnel, alcohol and drug abuse counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other professionals working to help persons in need of counseling and therapy for any number of problems.

The AATP provides continuing education seminars and videotaped seminars on a wide variety of pertinent topics, such as the treatment of personality disorders, mental health disorders, addictions, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, marital and couples counseling, and youth and adolescent issues.

The AATP is licensed in the State of Illinois to provide continuing education to the following professions:

LCSW and LSW:             159.000181

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS:              268.000003

LMFT:                 168.000117

NURSES:            236.00003

LCPC and LCP :    197.000244

All AATP programs are approved by IAODAPCA/ICB.