AATP on DVD
The AATP offers both 6 credit hour and 3 credit hour seminars on DVD.
The 6 credit hour seminars are available for rent or purchase from the AATP.
You may rent a seminar for $85 or purchase it for $150.
The 3 credit hour seminars are available for rent or purchase from the AATP as well.
You may rent a 3 hour DVD for $60 or purchase it for $100.
Each DVD seminar comes with:
- The handout that accompanied the seminar
- A brief multiple-choice post-test
- An affidavit verifying your viewing of the seminar
- And an evaluation form.
You watch the seminar on DVD, take the post-test, return it to the AATP, and we mail you your continuing education certificates.
BELOW IS A FULL LISTING OF SEMINARS ON DVD CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM THE AATP.
NEW IN 2012 !!
WOMEN, SUBSTANCE ABUSE and RECOVERY ......Dr. Melissa Britt Perrin, Psy.D.
6 credit hours
Content covered includes: Current drug usage trends such as dependence on prescription drugs and opiods, and others; long-term physiological events of alcohol and drugs on women; gender specific beliefs and psychological needs to be addressed in treatment; adapting usage of the 12 Steps specifically for issues facing women.
NEW in 2011
I'M MISERABLE AND YOU CAN'T HELP ME:
Anxiety, Depression and Suicidality in Teens .......Janice E. Gabe, LCSW
6 credit hours
Content covered includes: Professionals who work with teens often find themselves stuck between what research indicates would be the most helpful for anxious, depressed and suicidal teens and what these teens are actually willing to do. The goal of this DVD seminar is to bridge that challenge by offering outcome-based strategies in ways that are fresh, innovative, simple and appealing to adolescents. Gabe presents lists of little things teens can do to make things better. These strategies are designed to overcome resistance and increase engagement while assisting teens in managing their mood, anxiety, and suicidal talk and thoughts. Nutrition and brain development are discussed and a comprehensive suicide intervention strategy presented.
ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN CRISIS...........................Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
6 credit hours
Adolescent girls are in a great crisis today. This crisis is manifested by increased bullying and violence, gang affiliation, destructive peer group affiliation, toxic relationships, self-harming and self-sabotaging, and crime. In this DVD seminar, we will explore these issues and examine the impact of fatherlessness and tension in the mother/daughter relationships on adolescent girls. Topics covered include:
15 Intervention strategies for girls in crisis; impact of the absence of fathers on teen girls; strategies for healing the mother/daughter relationship; interviewing and assessment of adolescent girls at high-risk. and much, much more.
10 BEST DEPRESSION MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES...................Margaret M. Wehrenberg, Psy.D.
6 credit hours
In this DVD seminar, you will learn ten methods that counselors and psychotherapists can immediately apply in their therapy with clients suffering from depression. Brain function that is relevant to depression is discussed and techniques described that can improve the physiology, behavior and cognition of depressed clients. Viewers will learn: How to encourage motivation in depressed clients; How to help mobilize energy for countering symptoms of depression; How to use concepts from positive psychology and mindfulness; what CBT methods can be used immediately with depressed clients.
TECHNIQUES FOR TREATING PERSONALITY DISORDERS.............Margaret M. Wehrenberg, Psy.D.
6 credit hours
Clinicians understand that personality disorder can block progress toward recovery from any Axis 1 disorder. The features of personality disorder also tend to keep in place behaviors that fuel Axis I problems most commonly addressed in therapy: depression, anxiety and addiction. This DVD seminar is intended to give therapists practical tools they can use to modify personality disorder and facilitate treatment of Axis I problems. We will address the interaction of: depression with Dependent, Narcissistic and Borderline PD, ; anxiety with Dependent, Histrionic, Borderline and OCD; and addiction with Borderline, Antisocial, and Narcissistic PD. The value of Twelve Step interventions is also discussed.
THE ANXIOUS BRAIN: Treating Anxiety disorders..............Margaret M. Wehrenberg, Psy.D.
6 credit hours
Diminishing anxiety requires persistent effort on the part of those who wish to get rid of the physical and psychological symptoms of anxiety. Boosting our client's mental energy, motivation and commitment to recovery is an important part of treatment. To do this, it helps to explain to clients why they have their symptoms and why therapy methods will work. In this DVD seminar, we discuss the neurological basis of anxiety and review how therapy methods can change the brains of the anxiety sufferer and correct brain problems. The three anxiety disorders are discussed (panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder) and treatment methods recommended for each.
These additional DVD seminars are also available:
ADHD: BEYOND THE DIAGNOSIS ~ .............................. JANICE GABE, LCSW
3 credit hours
- In this DVD, Janice Gabe discusses the important differences to know between ADHD kids who are left brain dominant versus right brain dominant. Based on this foundation, recommendations are made to help both types of kids at school, at home, and with their peers.
- This DVD comes with an assessment tool to help determine left brain - right brain dominance in these kids.
ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER ........................................ Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
6 credit hours
This 6 credit hour seminar discusses the diagnosis and presenting symptoms of Anti-Social Personality Disorder and includes treatment recommendations that include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, RET, Reality Therapy and others. This seminar also includes a discussion of how to prevent teens with Conduct Disorder from graduating to Anti-Social Personality Disorder.
BORDERLINE and BI-POLAR PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND RELATIONSHIP ADDICTION
6 credit hours...................................Melissa B. Perrin, Psy.D.
Borderline personality disorder, Bi-polar personality disorder and relationship addiction can be hard to tease apart, but it is possible! Dr. Perrin discusses each of these disorders in detail in this DVD seminar, covering symptoms, course of illness and treatment strategies for each. The differential diagnosis process is also discussed comprehensively. Behavior and ruminative thought process are explored as well as the co-morbidity of cutting and self-harming behaviors.
PROCESS ADDICTIONS...........................Melissa B. Perrin, Psy.D.
6 credit hours
Within this DVD presentation, Dr. Perrin addresses the following process addictions:
codependency, co-addiction, and relationship addiction
gambling addiction
internet addiction including cybersex addiction
food addiction
sex addiction
work addiction.
Assessment and intervention strategies are presented for each.
CUTTING AND SELF HARMING BEHAVIOR IN GIRLS ......Janice Gabe, LCSW
6 credit hours
Adolescent girls are engaging in self-sabotaging behavior in increasing numbers. These behaviors include cutting, substance abuse, suicide attempts and other risk taking behaviors. Gabe explores the complexity of self harming behavior in teen girls and provides detailed and specific strategies for addressing these issues in treatment of teen girls.
GOOD GRIEF: COPING WITH LOSS ~ ......................MARK SANDERS, MSW
6 credit hours
- In this presentation, Mark discusses:
- How to do a grief inventory
- Unspeakable deaths and first degree secrets
- The work of Kubler - Ross revisited
- Characteristics of the effective grief counselor
- Stages of grief
- Gender differences in the grief process
- The link between grief, loss, and greatness
- Children and grief
- The termination phase of therapy as grief work
- And much, much more!
HELPING PARENTS OF OPPOSITIONAL TEENS by Janice Gabe, LCSW
6 credit hours
Family and therapists are often challenged when faced with defiant and oppositional behaviors in teens, such as substance abuse, thefts and crime, running away, and other extreme behaviors. In this DVD seminar. Janice Gabe discusses the interpersonal dynamics behind oppositional behavior in teens; the parental response patterns that render them ineffective with this population; specific strategies for neutralizing parent/child power struggles and assist parents in setting effective limits. The seminar also presents ways to restore the appropriate family structure and roles while working to restore the relationships.
IT'S A GUY THING: Understanding Adolescent Males............Janice Gabe, LCSW
6 credit hours.
In this seminar, Gabe discusses adolescent boys in the context of our current culture and discusses gender specific developmental issues for adolescent boys. Included is a discussion of depression and suicide in teen males, anxiety and depression, and obsessive - compulsive disorder. Specific and practical techniques for engaging teen males and enahncing their communication are presented.
KID S AND POT ...................Janice Gabe, LCSW
3 credit hours
This DVD seminar is chaptered into three sections:
- What Adults Need to Know About Pot
Providing current information about youth at risk for pot use. Discusses the danger of early onset of use.
- What Kids Need to Know About Pot
In the frank discussion, kids learn that the problem with pot is not that it leads to more dangerous drug use, they learn that the trouble with Pot is Pot!! New information about the negative effects of Marijuana on the adolescent developing brain is provided.
- What we Need to Do about Easy Access and Lax Attitudes About Pot
It's just too easy for kids to get pot these days. This talk presents goals and recommendations on how to change these patterns.
STORIES I TELL MYSELF: THE ADDICTIVE BELIEF SYSTEM
3 credit hours ................Faye Mini-Reyman, LCPC, CSADC
Individuals struggling with an addiction -- whether chemical or process addiction - are often a therapist's most challenging, frustrating and creative clients. The ability to create a therapeutic alliance if dounded on the therapist's skill in viewing the world through the addict's belief system while maintaining a safe distance from it. This DVD seminar focuses on the challenge of the addict's worldview while exploring methods of presenting alternatives.
COMPLICATIONS OF ATTACHMENT............................Melissa B. Perrin, Psy.D.
6 credit hours
Codependent? Co-Adducted? Relationship Addiction? What do these mean and how do we differentiate betwen them. The lines can clur buit these states are distinct. Working with these clients rewuires us to fully understand Attachment Disorders as well as "locus of control" issues. Differential diagnosis is critical when working with this populations and can shif treatment aptions. We will also explore attachment as it rlates to "Cluster B" personality disorders, specifically borderline and narcissistic personility disorders.
DRUG TRENDS AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES................Bob Carty, LCSW, CADC, CCJP
3 credit hours
In an effort to stay current with the drug use patterms of youths and adults, such national studies as Monitoring the Future and the National Household survey are conducted. In this DVD seminar, the findings of these studies are reviewed. Also addressed is information about the most widely used substances, such as marijuana, alcohol, and prescription drug abuse, such as Vicodin and Oxycontin are discussed and well. This DVD also discussed the dangerous rise of use of the drug methamphetamine and the Matrix Model of Treatment for methamphetamine addiction is reviewed.
For detailed information about each of these DVD presentations from the AATP, Contact the AATP at (217) 787-9321 or aatp@aol.com
