Presented by The Office of Continuing Education

This webinar is being hosted on Zoom. The link to the Zoom meeting will be included in your order confirmation email from Eventbrite.

This live course offers 3 APA CE credits for Psychologists, 3 BBS California CEUs for Licensed Counselors, Social Workers or Marriage and Family Therapists, or 3 NBCC Clock Hours.

About This Event

Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. The National Women’s History Alliance designates a yearly theme for Women’s History Month. The 2022 Women’s History Month theme is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” This theme is “both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

In celebration of Women’s History Month, this seminar will focus on the 2002 film The Hours involving the representation of three different women at a different time and place searching for more meaningful lives, all linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

By using the film The Hours, this presentation will advance knowledge and abilities of diagnostic formulation, case conceptualization, and treatment planning skills through the integration of psychology and film analysis. This seminar will focus on the three prominent female characters in the film in their search for happiness. Depression and its prevalence in women will be reviewed. For each character in the film, background information will be discussed to formulate diagnostic impressions. A case conceptualization based on a different theoretical orientation for each character will be proposed. Participants will engage in developing treatment plans for each character based upon the problems that will be addressed through treatment, the goals and objectives of the treatment, and the intervention strategies that will be utilized to achieve those goals and objectives.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this program participants will be able to:

1. Compile background information and behavioral observations to identify potential DSM-5 diagnoses for an identified character

2. Apply DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, outline the symptoms displayed in the film, with examples as justification for each criterion for an identified character

3. Prepare evidenced-based explanations about the causes, precipitants, progression, and maintenance of the identified character’s psychological, interpersonal, and/or behavioral problems

4. Develop a case conceptualization that is theoretically based and includes a formulation of the identified character’s strengths and challenges

5. Create a treatment plan with its interventions for the identified character to include treatment goals, objectives, and techniques

Speaker:

Dr. Ryan Tobiasz is the Interim Dean and the Department Chair for the Counseling Programs (Forensic Psychology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and Counseling Psychology) at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Washington DC Campus. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia. He earned a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2007 and a M.A. in Forensic Psychology in 2005 from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He earned a B.S. in Psychology and a B.S. in Behavioral Science and Law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to his current position, Dr. Tobiasz served as a Psychological Associate within the Wisconsin Department of Corrections at several maximum-security institutions. Dr. Tobiasz’s primary research interest includes best evidence-based practice for individuals with schizophrenia, with an emphasis on Illness Management and Recovery in correctional facilities to provide mental health care for those with severe mental illness.

Program Standards and Goals

This program meets APA’s continuing education Standard 1.1: Program content focuses on application of psychological assessment and/or intervention methods that have overall consistent and credible empirical support in the contemporary peer reviewed scientific literature beyond those publications and other types of communications devoted primarily to the promotion of the approach.

This program meets APA’s continuing education Goal 1: Program is relevant to psychological practice, education, and/or science.

References

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.).

Jutel, T. & Jutel, A. (2017). ‘Deal with it. Name it.’: The diagnostic moment in film. Medical Humanities, 43(3), 185-191.

Leistedt, S. J. & Linkowski, P. (2014). Psychopathy and the cinema: Fact or fiction? Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59, 197-174.

Lopez Levers, L. (2012). Trauma counseling: Theories and interventions. Springer Publishing Company.

Robertson, B. (2016, March 29). All things connect: The integration of mindfulness, cinema and psychotherapy. Counseling Today.

Wedding D & Niemiec, R. M. (2014). Movies and mental illness: Using films to understand psychopathology (4th ed.). Hogrefe Publishing.

Registration and Fees

Chicago School Faculty, Students, and Alumni: Free (Chicago School email required for free registration)

Community Members: $30.00

Potential Students Only (*No CEUs Provided*)

All funds raised through this workshop will benefit The Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Washington DC Campus Counseling Department Scholarship Program.

Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the program. Within 48 hours of the program, tuition is nonrefundable.

Continuing Education

Target Audience: Professionals from all mental health disciplines and graduate students from all mental health disciplines.

Psychologists. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to Office of Continuing Education at [email protected]. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.

MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs. Course meets the qualifications for continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you are licensed outside of California please check with your local licensing agency to determine if they will accept these CEUs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to offer continuing education programming for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is an accredited or approved postsecondary institution that meets the requirements set forth in Sections 4980.54(f)(1), 4989.34, 4996.22(d)(1), or 4999.76(d) of the Code.

Participation Certificate. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is able to provide students and other participants who simply wish to have documentation of their attendance at the program a participation certificate.

Non Psychologists. Most licensing boards accept Continuing Education Credits sponsored by the American Psychological Association but non-psychologists are recommended to consult with their specific state-licensing board to ensure that APA-sponsored CE is acceptable.

*Participants must attend 100% of the program, and pass a brief comprehension quiz, in order to obtain a Certificate of Attendance.

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington DC Campus has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 3061. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.