We have decided to try something a little different
this year -- the regular Spring Catalog will not be
sent out. Below you will find information on our
ongoing Case Conferences. You will receive flyers
on the March Workshop and on Saturday Workshops
closer to the events. Please share this information
about our courses with your colleagues.
As usual you may sign up online with a credit card or
print out the registration form to mail in with a
check. The information below is also on our website:
www.sfprg.org.
2007 SPRING CASE CONFERENCES
How Psychotherapy Works, II—Marshall Bush,
Ph.D. and Peter Schumacher, MFT.
February 5 - May 21, 2007, Mondays, 10:30 -
12:00 noon (21 CE Credits)
At SFPRG $75 Members/$95 Nonmembers/$30
Students
This class will use presentations by the participants
and directed readings to understand both Control
Mastery theory and its application to the
participants’ clinical cases. By the end of the case
conference, participants will be able to: 1) Analyze
how the therapeutic process works according to
Control Mastery theory and how to carefully make
hypotheses about the patient’s problems from the
first several sessions, 2) Develop their own style of
interacting with their patients in a way that is
maximally beneficial, and 3) Interpret the meaning
and origin of the patient’s symptoms and character
disorders.
The Therapeutic Process, II—Steven Foreman,
M.D.
February 7 - May 30, 2007, Wednesdays, 2:30—4:00
pm (22.5 CE Credits)
At SFPRG $75 Members/$95 Nonmembers/$30
Students
This course will use continuous case presentations,
along with selected readings and group discussions,
to deepen participants’ understanding of the
therapeutic process. We will study closely how the
therapist’s comments, interpretations, attitudes
towards the patient’s goals, hopes and fears and
reactions to the patient’s testing facilitates (or in
some instances may hinder) the patient’s progress.
By the end of the class, participants will be able to:
1) Explain the therapeutic process from a Control
Mastery perspective and discuss how the
psychotherapist actually contributes to the patient’s
progress, 2) Analyze the sequential unfolding of the
therapeutic process over an extended period of
treatment, and 3) Detect connections between the
therapist’s attitudes, actions and interpretations on
the patient’s progress and/or failure to progress.
Wednesday Case Study Group—Norman Sohn,
Ph.D., LCSW and Alan Rappoport, Ph.D.
February 7 – May 30, 2007, Wednesdays, 9:00 -
10:00 am (15 CE Credits)
At SFPRG $65 Members/$85 Nonmembers/$20
Students
In this course we study psychotherapy cases as a
way of educating ourselves about the therapeutic
process. We follow cases verbatim, and form and
test hypotheses regarding the nature of the
interactions between therapist and client. We
attempt to understand how the interactional process
may be furthering and/or hindering the client's
progress, and also evaluate how well Control Mastery
principles help us understand the client and the
therapy. In this semester's course we plan to study
tape-recordings of a psychotherapy conducted by
telephone. By the end of the class participants will
be able to: 1) evaluate what kinds of interactions
may be helpful and unhelpful in psychotherapy, 2)
use Control Mastery theory to understand the nature
of passed tests and pro-plan interpretations and how
the patient may respond to them, 3) develop and
test hypotheses about the therapeutic process.
Psychotherapy from a Control Mastery
Perspective,
II—Michael Lowenstein, MD.
January 19 - June 8, 2007, Fridays, 9:30 - 11:00 am
(30 CE Credits)
Dr. Lowenstein’s Office, Orinda—for info: (925) 258-
9302
$75 Members/$95 Nonmembers/$30
Students
This course is designed to illustrate the principles of
Control Mastery theory by applying the theory to
participants’ own cases. Several cases will be
followed, and several participants will be invited to
present case materials. Cases will be examined
thoroughly in order to delineate the aspects of the
therapeutic process which appear to be helpful, as
well as “difficult to treat” cases. By the end of the
class participants will be able to: 1) Apply Control
Mastery theory to their work with patients in order to
understand a patient’s psychological problems, 2)
Infer what kinds of interventions will be helpful to the
particular patient, 3) Formulate how to track the
process and progress of treatment, and 4) Develop
and enhance their clinical skills so that the individual
therapist can creatively solve clinical problems
according to their individual strengths.
The Joy of Therapy II (East Bay) — Helene
Goldberg, Ph.D.
January 11 - June 7, 2007, Thursdays, 2:30pm-4pm
(33 CE Credits)
Dr. Goldberg’s office in the East Bay– Call (510) 524-
7833 for details
$75 Members/$95 Nonmembers/
$30 Students
The course will explore the application of Control
Mastery theory to clinical practice. We will follow the
course of a few cases to explore how psychotherapy
works. We’ll pay close attention to how the
therapist’s style affects the therapy, and the
relationship between interpretation and attitude in
clinical work. We’ll examine ways to help the patient
and how we know what works. By the end of the
class participants will be able to: 1) Gain a broad
understanding of Control Mastery theory and use it
to understand a patient’s psychology, 2) Improve skill
in developing hypotheses and formulating a case,
and 3) Increase critical abilities in understanding the
way patients work in therapy and how to track
progress.
Continuing Education Credit has been
approved for all
of the listed classes.
L.C.S.W.s/M.F.T.s: SFPRG is a provider
approved
by the Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number
PCE104, for CE credit on an hour-for-hour basis.
PSYCHIATRISTS: SFPRG is a CME accredited
provider. Physicians attending this Workshop may
report, on an hour-for-hour basis, Category 1
credit.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: As of January 2002,
changes in
MCEP regulations have allowed the CMA credit
provider status of SFPRG to satisfy MCEP credit
requirements, resulting in psychologists being able to
directly report their SFPRG CME credits to MCEP.
Psychologists attending this Workshop may report
hour-for-hour toward their CE requirements.
