2010 Calendar of Events...

March 5-6, 2010:
Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.
Two Day Training for an Eight Week Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Program

May 14, 2010:
Daniel B. While, Ph.D.Collaborative Couple Therapy: Turning Fights into Intimate Conversations
For more information visit www.psynwa.com  
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October 21-22, 2010: Tentative Fall Convention dates: 
Local presenters will lecture on autism and child clinical psychology, evolutionary psychology, mind-body interventions for the medically ill, and working with African-American clients in psychotherapy. 
Keynote speaker is to be determined.

January 29: MMPI-RF workshop
Presented by Dr. Paul Arbisi

2009 Calendar of Events...

November 13: Career Pathways in Psychology

October 22 & 23: 2009 ArPA Fall Convention
Transforming Mental Health Care in the 21st Century: From the US to China: 
          Dr. Timothy Kelly, former Mental Health Commissioner of Virginia 
Schema Therapy for Couples: New Strategies to Break Therapeutic Impasses:
          Dr. Jeffrey Yound, Director-Cognitive Therapy Center of New York and the Schema Therapy Institute 

And Looking Back to. . . 

2009

May 16: Red Cross Training
Psychological First Aid: Red Cross Certification for Disaster Response in Arkansas
          Kevin Rowell, Ph. D.

April 2 & 3: Spring Lecture Series
Hope and Optimism and the Function of Emotion
          Patricia Bruininks, Ph.D. 
Loss, Grief and the Quest for Meaning
          Robert Neimeyer, Ph.D. 
 
January 31: Red Cross Training
Psychological First Aid: Red Cross Certification for Disaster Response in Arkansas
          Kevin Rowell, Ph. D. & Dawn Harris, Ph.D. 

2008

October 16 & 17: 2008 ArPA Fall Convention
Mindfully Reducing Stress
          Sandra Pope, Ph.D.
Contextual Behavior Therapies in the Treatment of PTSD
          Patrick Mulick, Ph.D.
Advancing Legislative Advocacy
          David Hill, Ph.D.
Sexual Health Counseling: A Complementary Approach to Psychotherapy & Medicine
          Jon Mourot, Ph.D., J.D.
Mindfully Reducing Stress
          Sandra Pope, Ph.D.
Contributions from Contemporary Psychology to Clinical Practice; Emerging Conceptions of Personality, New Understandings of Hot Intelligences, and their Applications
          Jack Mayer, Ph.D. 

August 22: WAIS-IV Training & Assessment Workshop
Welcome to the Revolution: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition: 
          Christina Sparks, Ph.D. of Pearson, Inc.
New & Nifty, Older but Overlooked: Useful Assessments Published by Pearson Assessment 
          Christina Sparks Ph.D. of Pearson, Inc. 
 

April 25 & 26: 2008 Spring Lecture Series
The Standard of Care in Suicide Risk Assessment and Management:
          David Rudd, Ph.D. 
Counseling Based on Multicultural Competencies: 
          Patricia Arredondo, Ed.D.

 

2007

October 25 & 26: 2007 ArPA Fall Convention
Malingering Detection & Ethics in Forensic Psychology Assessment 
          Robert Denney, Psy.D.
Psychology in Public Health Series 
          College of Public Health Staff
Complying with Subpeona, Authorization or Request for Medical Information 
          Attorney Panel Discussion
Integration of Meditation into Psychotherpay 
          Ronald Siegel, Psy.D.

April 13 & 14: 2007 Spring Lecture Series
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Supervision: 
          Stephen H. Behnke, Ph.D.
Using DBT Concepts in Clinical Practice: 
          Cindy Mancini, Ph.D. 

2006

October 26th & 27th: 2006 ArPA Fall Convention
Paradigms: Impacting Health and Mental Health through Behavior Change 
          James Prochaska, Ph.D.
Jungian Dream Interpretation: Theory and Practice 
          Ann Hedge-Carruthers, Ph.D.
Behavioral Change in Overweight Children & Adolescents 
          Wendy L. Ward-Begnoche, Ph.D.
The Science of the Mind-Body Connection: How Psychologists Can Educate the Public 
          Cathrine Crews, Ph.D., James Long, Ph.D., Tisha Deen, M.A.
Update in the Treatment of Depression 
          Puru Thapa, M.D., MPH
Understanding Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Piecing Together the Austism Puzzle
          William W. Jones, Ph.D., Mary Ann McIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP
The Process of Change: Embracing the Transtheoretical Model in Clinical Practice 
          Becky D. Parker, Ph.D.
The Transtheoretical Model as the Foundation for Health Transformation 
          Ted R. Borgstadt
Transtheoretical Model & Violence: Bullying Prevention & Domestic Violence Interventions 
          Janice M. Prochaska, MSW, Ph.D.

November 10: Career Pathways In Psychology
• Plenary Session: History of American Psychology
          Dr. Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.

May 4th - 5th: A Call to Service: Minimizing the Effects of Trauma
Acute Longer Term Interventions Following Disasters
          Matthew Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. 
Mental Health Response to Traumatic Catastrophic Events: Lessons Learned from Katrina
          Susan Hoffpauir, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. Annette Woodruff, L.C.S.W 
Promoting Posttraumatic Growth in the Aftermath of Traumatic Loss
          Richard Tedeschi, Ph.D.
A Psychodynamic Developmental Framework Psychological Trauma
          Bruce Carruth, Ph.D.

January 27th: Working with Divorced, Remarried and Stepfamilies
          James H. Bray, Ph.D.