Southern Alameda County Sexual Abuse Consortium

The Southern Alameda County Sexual Abuse Consortium (SACSAC) is a consortium of community mental health agencies in Southern Alameda County that provides high-quality, low-cost continuing education for psychologists and marriage and family therapists. As its name implies, SACSAC’s original mission was to provide education on topics related to treating children who had been sexually abused. Over time, SACSAC has widened its focus to provide training on a variety of topics related to treating children and families in a community mental health setting.

Trainings

Helping Clients Get the Change They Want: Co-Constructing Goal Building Conversations
Date: 3/21/2012
Time: 9AM- 12 noon
Instructor: Ethan Schwartz, Ph.D.
Registration Form Here:Helping Clients Get the Change They Want: Co-Constructing Goal Building Conversations
Course Goals and Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Describe results from 2 research studies on therapy outcome
•Name two characteristics of well-formed therapy goals.
•Describe results from 2 research studies on therapy outcome
•Identify 2 tools that are used in Solution-Focused Therapy
•Name 1-2 applications from Positive Psychology

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for Community Mental Health Providers
Date:10/19/11
Instructor:Jessica Apfel, Psy.D., RAS
Registration:Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Course Goals and Objectives
Participants will be able to:
•List and describe the stages of change
•Identify one motivational strategy that is helpful at each stage of change.
•Describe two core principles of motivational interviewing
•Apply at least one MI technique to clinical practice

The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Family Unit
Date:05/11/11
Instructor:Vilma Reyes
Registration:A Closer Look at Gender and Cultural Dynamics
For course objectives, click here.
The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Family Unit handout

Clinical Supervision in an Agency-Based Setting
Date:01/ 27/11
Instructor:Reyna Cowan, L.C.S.W.
Registration:Clinical Supervision Training
Click here for the training agenda.
Key Elements in Supervision
Dunn's School Analysis
Great Barrier Reef
For notes from the Small Group Discussions, click here.

Law and Ethics for Clinicians: Burdens, Dilemmas, Possibilities
Date:10/20/10
Instructor:Dr.Bram Fridhandler
Registration:Dr.Fridhandler's Training
Click here for the Course Objectives
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
Code Of Ethics
Law and Ethics handout
Slides
Resources for legal and ethical issues
Articles on legal and ethical topics

Developmental Considerations in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Gay Men
Date:5/12/10
Instructor:Dr.Gary Grossman
Registration:Dr.Grossman's Training
Click here for Pink Parenting Resources.
For a bibliography of work, please click here.

When Girls Will Be Boys, and Boys Will Be Girls: Treatment Issues for Gender-Nonconforming Children
Date: 3/17/10
Instructor: Dr. Diane Ehrensaft
Registration: Treatment Issues
Read an interesting article on how families can best support LGBT youth.
For a bibliography of work referenced please click here.

The Current Mental Health Crisis Among Girls (and Boys)
Date:10/21/09
Instructor:Dr.Stephen Hinshaw
Registration:Triple Bind

Dr.Hinshaw has provided his PowerPoint, click here to preview.

Attachment and Affect Regulation: Implications for Psychotherapy
Date: 5/20/09
Instructor: Margaret Rosoff
Documents:
Presentation
Bibliography

Law and Ethics: An Ethical Model for Working in Complex Situations
Date: 1/21/09
Instructor: Michael Donner, Ph.D.
Documents:
Handout
Vignettes

Posted with permission of the California Psychological Association.
CPA Ethics Committee: A New Mission - Donner (2006)
CPA "I heard someone say..." - Donner (2006)
CPA Child Treatment: Parents and Privacy: What Rights Do Children Have?- Donner (2005)
Letters, should we write Letters? - Donner (2005)

The Ethical Use of the Listserv- Donner (2007)
Confidentiality: Not for Patients Only - Donner (2008)
Mandated Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse - Donner (2008)
Ewing, Confidentiality and the Decision to Warn - Donner & Fridhandler (2005)

Confronting Challenges and Impasses in Clinical Supervision
Date: 11/5/08
Instructors: Leonard Levis, Ph.D. & Gilbert Newman, Ph.D.
Documents:
11-05-08 Presentation
Clinical Supervision Competency Benchmarks
Competency Developmental Achievement Levels 09-21-07
Informed Consent for Supervision - Agreement From Model
Racial Microaggressions in Clinical Supervision - Constantine & Sue 2007
Sample Supervision Agreement - G