The Adler Graduate School

Fall 2010 Friday Workshop Series

Board Approved CEUs

The Adler Graduate School announces its fall 2010 Friday workshop series to provide training for area professionals.  These workshops are aimed at counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, consultants, and teachers.  These are excellent workshops at an excellent price!

These workshops are taught by highly experienced area professionals.  Cost is $99.00 per workshop ($65.00 for Adler alumni and students).  Workshops run Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Each workshop is preapproved for 6.0 CEUs by the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (LPC and LPCC) and Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT).

Registration Form

September 24
Spiritual Self Talk:  What Would Love Say?
Presenter:  Lisa Venable, MA

In order to for clients to truly heal and make significant shifts in their reality, they need to discover an inner voice that feels good.  A voice that speaks from the spirit rather than ego -- a voice of love and possibilities instead of fear and limitation.  The simple question, “What would love say?” redirects the mind towards beliefs that nurture and empower.  By growing the voice of love, clients can actually cultivate new feelings of worthiness, trust, and self-acceptance.  This workshop (a) provides imagery/meditations for actual healing of fearful, painful thoughts and life experiences, (b) explores spiritual self talk that embodies love and creates joy, (c) helps clients move out of “shoulds” and the immobilizing fear of not being good enough or worthy, (d) presents methods for creating new, positive emotions through meditation, and (e) teaches meditation practices that help clients live with greater consciousness of what they tell themselves.

October 8
The Freedom of Forgiveness: A Reliable Method to Help Your Clients Move on from Past Hurts
Presenters:  Mary Hayes Grieco and Mary Conner, MA, LP

Forgiveness is an important and troublesome concept that is now a cutting edge concern in psychotherapy.  Once considered the sole territory of religion, today the practice and experience of real forgiveness is being recognized as a key to health in the fields of psychology and medicine. But when is one ready to forgive, and how is it done?  This workshop introduces you to a potent step-by-step method of forgiveness based in wholistic psychology that reliably heals old hurts and renews one's ability to move on and create a better life.

November 19
Incorporating Complementary Spiritual Healing Techniques into Psychotherapy
Presenter:  Jere Truer, MA. LICSW

In this workshop, various energy systems and healing techniques from ancient cultures are discussed and demonstrated.  Many clients now seeking help have accessed these techniques and have often used them as an alternative to psychotherapy.  Meanwhile, many therapists are not aware of the techniques or do not know how to use them or incorporate them into their work with clients.  The aim of this workshop is to bridge the gap so that clients may be better served by therapists who are more equipped to serve a more sophisticated population.  Systems, philosophies, and techniques explored are: the ayurvedic chakra system from India, tai chi and qi gong from China, Buddhist psychology from central Asia, and various grounding techniques used by energy healing practitioners in America.  Please wear comfortable, loose clothing to accommodate demonstrations and experiential exercises on the floor.  All of the exercises are gentle and painless.

December 10
Courageous Marital Therapy: Engaged and Effective 
Presenter:  John Reardon, MA

This workshop is for those who are interested in and practicing marital therapy. When you attend, bring knowledge of marriages or cases you want to study. Through dialogue, demonstration, skill building, and case management insight, you will take away three to four tools that you are able to use tomorrow.  Equally practical, John will show you how to use the tools of Adlerian psychology, the case organization of John Gottman, and the process insights of chaos and system thinking in the work you wish to do with relationships and marriages. Thus equipped and encouraged, you will use your courage to greater effect.

Workshop Logistics:

• To give you an idea of location, the Adler Graduate School is located just north of 494 about 2 miles west of the Mall of America (very easy to find).

• Registration confirmation and directions are e-mailed to participants three (3) days prior to the workshop.

• Workshops start at 9:00 a.m. and run until 4:00 p.m.  Lunch (on your own) is 12:00-1:00.  All workshop materials are provided.

• At the end of the workshop day, participants receive a certificate of attendance confirming 6.0 board-approved CEUs.

• Checks and credit card charges are processed on the day of the workshop.

Please mail registration and payment to:       

Dr. Roger Ballou
Director of Clinical Licensing Programs
Adler Graduate School
1550 East 78th Street
Richfield, MN  55423

Questions?  Call 612-861-7554 (extension 109)

We look forward to having you join us!