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Fall Conference 2008

"Counseling Men Effectively"

Barron’s Inn
in Fredericksburg, Texas
September 19th & 20th, 2008

Featuring Dr. Wray Pascoe
of Manitoba, Canada

 

Men tend to seek help when their partner is threatening to leave, their job is in jeopardy, or their functioning is impaired due to depression or substance abuse. Practitioners protest that men are difficult to engage and resist engagement in the process. Male clients present unique challenges to both male and female counselors.

This workshop will appeal to both the beginning as well as the experienced therapist. In addition, practitioners who work with couples, men experiencing health problems or offenders will find the content useful.

The format will be a combination of didactic presentation, case discussion, video presentation, role-play and small group discussion on key issues. The day will conclude with a question and answer period.

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Members in the News

Major Peter E. Bauer USAR MS, clinical social worker and member of the Texas Society for Clinical Social Work, has been recalled to service in support of the military operations ongoing in Iraq. Peter is a nationally known expert on PTSD in the military. In April of this year Peter did a presentation on PTSD at the 2006 Tri-Service Combat Stress Conference at Camp Pendleton, California, and he will be presenting again this year at the 2006 Uniformed Services Social Worker Conference in Arlington, Virginia on August 2, 2006. Currently Peter is working in the substance abuse program in the Dwight Eisenhower Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia doing clinical assessments and treatment with patients, and training on relapse prevention for patients and staff. TSCSW is proud of Peter and of the contribution he is making to the understanding and treatment of PTSD and substance abuse in the military.

 

Alerts

National Provider Identifier
The National Provider Identifier, or NPI, is the new provider number mandated by HIPPA to go into effect by 2007. Clinical social workers, as mental health providers, are required to obtain an NPI. Most health plans will be required to accept and use the NPI in standard transactions by May 23, 2007. It is easy to apply. On the web go to: nppes.cms.hhs.gov to apply online; or call 800 465-3203. You will be issued a ten digit NPI number that, when it goes into effect, will make dealing with insurance companies a little easier.

Clinical Social Work Association
The Clinical Social Work Federation, the national organization of state clinical societies of which TSCSW has been a member, has been dissolved and replaced by a new clinical social work association. Members of the Texas Society for Clinical Social Work will continue to have access to the clinical journal and all the other membership benefits they are accustomed to receiving. Members who have their malpractice insurance with CPH & Associates will have no disruption of coverage because of the dissolution of the clinical federation. It is not necessary, nor has it ever been necessary, to be a member of the CSWF or the new clinical social work association to purchase malpractice insurance from CPH & Associates.