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    • February 21, 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Live Zoom Webinar
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    The Utah Psychological Association,
    presents

    Stress from Political and Social Issues

    February 21, 2025
    Live ZOOM Webinar

    3 CE Credit Hours

    Course Overview

    Americans are experiencing rapidly increasing levels of stress from social and political issues, leading to a variety of adverse mental health outcomes. This workshop will explore the complex relationship between sociopolitical stress, hope, and value-oriented community activity regarding mental health treatment. Special focus will be paid to the effectiveness of hope-building and political action as a means of treating the symptoms of political stress

    Learning Objectives:

    • Discuss the complex relationship between political stress symptoms and interventions.  
    • Identify research-supported techniques for treating populations going through political stress. 
    • Describe strategies to help clients find value-aligned approaches to engage in their communities.

    Presenter: Robert Ortega, Ph.D.

    Overview:

    Robert Ortega completed his BA at Georgetown University and his master’s at William James College. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon after completing an APA-accredited clinical internship at American University. He is currently in private practice at RIO Therapies, where he treats ADHD, OCD, and sociopolitical stressors among people in the greater Washington, D.C. area. Robert has published research in the field of critical consciousness, and his dissertation explored the relationship between political action behaviors and mental health symptoms.

    Registration Fees:

       UPA Members Non-Members 
     Early bird registration through Feb 14, 2025  $75 $100
     After early bird registration $85  $115

     UPA Student/Resident Members Non-Member Students /Residents
     No Charge  $15

    Register online at:   www.utpsych.org  OR Call Teresa Bruce at 801-410-0337

    • February 22, 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive, Park City, UT 84098
    • 27
    Register

    Looking for a fun way to connect with fellow psychologists and enjoy Utah's beautiful winter landscape? Join us on Saturday, February 22, 2025, for a snowshoeing event at the stunning Swaner Preserve in Park City!

    Event Details:

    When

    Saturday, February 22nd at 1:00pm

    Who

    Up to 40 adults (Swaner needs final numbers in advance so registration will close on Friday, February 12th). **Due to limited space, we ask that each UPA member bring at most one guest (who needs to be registered as they will count toward the 40 spots). 

    Please note that this is a UPA Member Event and thus at this point only members are able to register at this time. If you are not a member of UPA but are interested in attending, please email Deb at Deb.Elliott-DeSorbo@uhsinc.com who will maintain a waitlist and will let you know on 2/13 if there is space available as we would love to have you join us!

    Where

    The wetlands of the Swaner Preserve

    • We will start your tour from the EcoCenter
    • There is no parking lot directly in front of the EcoCenter. If you have a difficult time finding us, you can search for Maxwell’s.  We are located in the same plaza as the restaurant. Additional information about parking can be found here.

    What to wear and bring

    We will be snowshoeing on uneven but flat terrain: please come prepared with warm, waterproof hiking shoes or boots, snow pants, a hat, gloves, appropriate layers for the weather, water bottle, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Snowshoes are included in the cost of the tour! (Deb’s note: if you’re kind of clumsy like me, you may well fall on your butt so be prepared for that!).

    Additional info: 

    Payment

    • The cost of the tour is $15/person. Please submit payment with registration.

    Participants will need to complete a waiver prior to the tour. This will be sent prior to the tour.

     If you are interested in learning more about Swaner, please see their website: https://extension.usu.edu/swaner/

     If you have any questions, feel free to email Deb Elliott-DeSorbo, UPA’s president, at Deb.Elliott-DeSorbo@uhsinc.com

    • February 28, 2025
    • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
    • No specific date. This is online: Self-paced

    A UPA approved event

    Mindful-Somatic Approaches to Psychological Trauma

    Dr. Paris Williams

    A Self-Paced Online Course

    Platform: LearnDash
    Includes: Interactive Forum
    CE Credits: 12 (Approved by the Utah Psychological Association)

    Course Overview

    Discover a comprehensive framework and powerful therapy tools from the latest developments in trauma therapy.

    Key Principles

    • Body and Nervous System: Psychological trauma (PTSD, acute, and developmental) is primarily held within the body.
    • Somatic Work: Directly engaging with the body (sensations, impulses, breath, posture) is crucial for resolving trauma.
    • Mindfulness: An open, curious attitude towards present experiences aids in recovery.

    Training Highlights

    Learn and practice an integrative approach to mindful/somatic trauma therapy, drawing from methods like Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR.

    In this course, you will:

    • Understand a universal framework for extreme emotional and traumatic states.
    • Identify client experiences on the ANS arousal spectrum and appropriate interventions.
    • Outline essential stages of trauma-focused therapy.
    • Develop your capacity to remain present and grounded as a therapist to safely hold space, while reducing risk of your own dysregulation, vicarious trauma, and burnout.
    • Use simple and effective mindful-somatic tools to:
      • Build client confidence in managing strong feelings and nervous system dysregulation.
      • Foster a sense of groundedness, presence, and orientation.
      • Enhance clients' connection with their feelings and needs.
      • Distinguish between beneficial emotional release and being stuck in a trauma response.
      • Address flashbacks, intrusive memories, and nightmares.
      • Work with somatization (unresolved feelings/memories held in the body).

    Certification

    Receive a Certificate of Completion upon finishing the training and passing the final exam.

    Course Details

    • Format: Online, self-paced
    • Content: 8 lessons, over 12 hours of instructional videos (theory, demonstrations, experientials, practices)
    • Materials: Supplemental documents (PDFs of slides, client handouts, readings, diagrams)

    Investment

    • Standard Price: $275
    • Early-Bird Discount: $175
    • Financial Aid: Limited scholarships and payment plans available. Contact us for details.

    Register NowIntegrative Psychology Academy

    https://integrativepsychology.info

    About Dr. Paris Williams

    Dr. Paris Williams, a Clinical Psychologist licensed in California and Utah, holds BA, MA, and PhD degrees in Contemplative, Somatic, and Clinical Psychology. With extensive experience in trauma therapy, he has taught numerous mindful-somatic trainings in the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Williams is the author of the acclaimed book, Rethinking Madness. Learn more at ParisWilliamsPhD.com.

    • March 28, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 1:15 PM
    • Live Zoom Webinar
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    The Utah Psychological Association

    Presents:

    Beyond PsyPact: Mastering 20+ Legal & Ethical Mandates for Cross-Border Practice

    This will be a live zoom webinar

    3 CE Credits

    This workshop is presented by the Utah Psychological Association & the Nevada Psychological Association plus a coalition of many other Provincial and Territorial Psychological Associations.

    Course Description:

    Have you addressed all the telehealth compliance requirements beyond PSYPACT that can differ from state to state?

    Many psychologists underestimate the complex web of state regulations beyond PSYPACT authority, often assuming that licensure alone ensures compliance. In reality, up to 20 additional state-specific regulations exist, each with nuanced requirements that could impact the legality of your services. Navigating these complexities has been challenging, with little practical guidance on identifying, tracking, and complying with nuanced differences across jurisdictions.

    Join this Master Class led by Dr. Marlene Maheu, the pioneer in telebehavioral health compliance. Gain the expertise to stay competent and confident as you expand your practice. Dr. Maheu will guide you through essential terminology, and then engage you in a thought-provoking discussion, equipping you with the resources to grow your telehealth services safely across state lines or international borders.

    Plus, take advantage of these valuable bonuses:

    • Managing Emergencies: Learn how to manage emergencies across jurisdictions with real-life case examples tailored to US and international practice.
    • Interactive Audience Participation: Engage directly with Dr. Maheu and peers to address your most pressing interjurisdictional concerns in an interactive, collaborative learning telehealth experience.
    • Documentation: Get actionable suggestions for documenting telehealth services, including key clauses for your informed consent process to manage telehealth-specific risks.
    • Telesupervision: Discover essential skills and documentation practices to provide telesupervision effectively across state lines.
    • No-Cost Resources: Access over a dozen no-cost, digital telebehavioral health resources available 24/7 to maintain compliance now and in the future.
    • Informed Guidance: Leverage Dr. Maheu's 30 years of telebehavioral health experience, with her exclusive insights from working with more than 89,000 telehealth professionals.
    • Compliance Tracking Spreadsheet: Benefit from the convenience of a downloadable state and international compliance tracking spreadsheet, complete with column headings and rows corresponding to regulations identified and described in this Master Class.
    • Modeling: Observe Dr. Maheu's practical approaches and screen presence in real time to minimize screen fatigue and strengthen the therapeutic bond.

    This Master Class goes beyond PSYPACT basics—delving into the complexities of interjurisdictional practice to address real-world regulatory and ethical challenges. Bring your most pressing compliance questions and leave with the skills and clarity to expand your practice across state lines and international borders. Join us to fuel your passion for serving clients wherever they are while enjoying peace of mind from effectively managing legal and ethical risks.

    Learning Objectives:

    At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

    1. Identify state-specific compliance requirements that extend beyond PSYPACT and analyze how these requirements vary across jurisdictions.
    2. List practical strategies for managing the complexities of interjurisdictional practice and implement effective documentation, informed consent, and emergency protocols to ensure compliance across state lines and international borders.
    3. Name at least a dozen no-cost resources to guide them in future decision-making for working over state lines.

    About the Speaker:

    Dr. Maheu, the pioneering telebehavioral health trainer, publisher, consultant, author, and keynoter, has connected with over 6.5 million professionals in the  past year alone. Her wealth of experience uniquely positions her to guide professionals at all levels through even the most complex questions for the past three decades. She oversees the monthly publication of 57 telehealth newsletters and personally writes 12-15 new telehealth news-related blog posts monthly, adding to her company's 1,350 telehealth blogs. Inspired by many mentors, she has also written five peer-reviewed telehealth textbooks, and more than 60 telehealth-related book chapters and journal articles.

    ● Dr. Maheu is the Founder, President, and CEO of the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science (CTiBS).
    ● She was the Committee Chair and lead author of the first published set of Telebehavioral Health set of competencies, published in 2017.
    ● She is the Founder of the interprofessional, international journal advocating for the responsible use of technology in behavioral health, the Journal for Technology in Behavioral Science.
    ● She's the former Executive Director of Telehealth.org (TBHI), which offers more than 80 hours of specialized telehealth training, and a postgraduate CE Professional Certificate Training Program focused exclusively on telebehavioral health. Her training has served 88,000+
    professionals from 109 countries.
    ● She now manages the Telehealth Institute, a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on developing and delivering telehealth training and consultation.

    Dr. Maheu's CV

    References
    Handout Materials:

    1) PPT slides - will be available one week prior to workshop date
    2) State Interjurisdictional Requirement Tracking Sheet (pdf format)
    2a) State Interjurisdictional Requirement Tracking Sheet (excel format)

    Suggestion by Dr. Maheu:
    This spreadsheet is intended to help workshop participants track their understanding of individual state regulations.

    • This spreadsheet is a key resource for organizing information and has been well-received by past participants

    Registration Fees:

       UPA Members Non-Members 
     Early bird registration through March 21, 2025  $75 $100
     After early bird registration $85  $125

     UPA Student/Resident Members Non-Member Students /Residents
     No Charge  $10

    Register online at:   www.utpsych.org  OR Call Teresa Bruce at 801-410-0337

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February 07, 2025 Sequence XIV: Ethics and Risk Management of Navigating New Frontiers in Psychological Practice
January 24, 2025 Artificial Intelligence: Research and Applications in Mental Health and Policy and Innovation Issues in the State of Utah
December 06, 2024 Self Compassion
November 21, 2024 Ready!Resilient! Utah Early Childhood Mental Health Conference: A statewide convening on early childhood mental health
November 15, 2024 Mindful-Somatic Approaches to Working with Acute and Developmental Trauma
November 01, 2024 Planning Ahead for Closing a Practice: Considerations for retirement, disability, and death of a mental health practitioner
October 18, 2024 Charting Your Path: Navigating Your Journey as an Early Career Psychologist
September 20, 2024 Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Tips, Tools, and Techniques
April 19, 2024 Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy in Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
February 02, 2024 Practical Ethics in Challenging Times: Ethical Decision-Making and Practice, Boundaries and Multiple Relationships, Telepsychology, and Clinical Supervision
December 04, 2023 Good Coping Gone Bad
November 03, 2023 Suicide Ideation and Behavior: Management, Interventions, and Impact
October 24, 2023 The Israel/Gaza Conflict...Impact on Professionals and Our Work With Our Clients
October 06, 2023 The Ethics of Practicing Telepsychology Across Jurisdictions
September 22, 2023 Behavioral Sleep Medicine Beyond Insomnia: Sleep Walking, Circadian Rhythm Disorders and Sleep Apnea
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May 31, 2023 Clinician Ouches, Oops, & Oh sh*%#: An ethical dilemma checklist for greater peace of mind
April 28, 2023 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) For Adult ADHD
April 21, 2023 New Perspectives on Autism: Assessment and Treatment Through the Lifespan
March 24, 2023 Psychedelics in Treatment of Mental Illness
March 17, 2023 Demystifying Functional Neurological Disorders
February 10, 2023 The Trust Insurance Presents: Sequence XI: Ethics, Risk Management and Vulnerabilities: Yours, Mine and Ours
January 27, 2023 The Minds, Lives, and Motivations of Mass Attackers
October 14, 2022 Save the date: PsyPact Update
October 14, 2022 Looking Through a Multidimensional Lens When Providing Telepsychology
August 26, 2022 Don't Let the DSM-5-TR Fool You: The DSM-5-TR is Far More Than a Text Revision
April 22, 2022 The Private Practice Journey: Running, Marketing and Increasing Revenue
April 08, 2022 Bariatric Surgery: The Role of Psychologists on the Interdisciplinary Surgery Team
March 25, 2022 Suicide Risk/Assessment. Nancy A. Piotrowski, Ph.D.
March 04, 2022 Tackling the Topic of Eating Disorders: Risks, Prevention, Early Detection, and Evidence Based Interventions. Presented by Lindsey Ricciardi, Ph.D.
January 21, 2022 Just Ethics: Professional Ethics, Decision-making, & the New Science of Morality
January 12, 2022 Social Justice, Civility and Dialogue
November 19, 2021 Medical Health Coding, Documenting, and Billing
October 22, 2021 Multiple Sclerosis: 9 Things Every Psychologist (and Neuropsychologist) Needs to Know
September 17, 2021 Understanding and Treating OCD
July 30, 2021 Cultural Considerations for Neuropsych
June 25, 2021 Suicide Assessment and Empirically Supported Treatment Options
May 14, 2021 Cultivating Cultural Fortitude in Clinical Practice: A Multicultural Orientation Framework Approach
April 23, 2021 Adolescent Brain Development
April 09, 2021 Telepsychology and PSYPACT (Registration Full)
February 26, 2021 Sequence IX: Ethics and Risk Management in Complex Clinical Conundrums. Daniel O. Taube, JD, PhD
February 20, 2021 Self Care as an Ethical Imperative: Maintaining Competence and Flourishing During Challenging Times. Jeffrey E. Barnett, PsyD, ABPP
January 29, 2021 What keeps us up at night: An ethics discussion for 2021 (Registration Full)
November 13, 2020 Psychological Approaches to Treating Chronic Pain
October 02, 2020 CBT for Insomnia
August 07, 2020 A Practical Guide to the Ethics and Practice of Telepsychology and Teleneuropsychology During COVID-19
July 17, 2020 PTSD Treatment, and Related Ethical Dilemmas, in the Time of COVID-19
June 26, 2020 Trauma, Loss, and Traumatic Growth: Applying Conservation of Resources Theory through Social-Environmental and Behavioral Intervention
April 17, 2020 How to Rise Above the Ethical Demands of Utah Psychologists: Frank Rees, PhD
March 20, 2020 Pragmatics of Telepsychology Practice in the Age of COVID-19
February 21, 2020 Best Practices in Forensic Psychology: Testifying in Court/Related Case Law
January 24, 2020 Suicide Prevention Training: An Update on Assessment, Intervention, & Postvention
December 13, 2019 UPA Holiday Party
October 23, 2019 Creating & Getting the Most out of Clinical Supervision
June 15, 2019 Early Career Psychology Hike
June 07, 2019 The Trust Risk Management Workshop
April 12, 2019 Motivational Interviewing. Presented by Denise Lash, PhD
April 12, 2019 Non-pharmacological Interventions in Pain Management: Psychology's Answer to the Opioid Crisis
February 22, 2019 Don't Be Afraid of the Lawyer: A Clinician's Guide to Divorce, Subpoenas, Court, and All of the Those Things that Keep You Up at Night.
January 25, 2019 Concussion: From the CDC to CTE: Presented by Dr. Anne Russo and special guest Dallas Davis, former football linebacker
December 07, 2018 UPA Member and Guest Holiday Party
November 02, 2018 Eating Disorders: What Every Clinician Needs to Know by Eating Disorders presented by Dr. Lindsey Riccardi
September 28, 2018 UPA CE Presents: Aging: Biopsychosocial Perspectives
May 04, 2018 Ethics by Dr. Michael Donner
April 20, 2018 The Management of Anxiety, Insomnia, Depression and Pain with Electrons: A Brief Primer on Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) and Microcurrent Electrical Therapy (MET)
February 23, 2018 Cross Cultural Mental Healthcare of Non-Binary and Transgender Adults
January 26, 2018 Psychopharmacology Update for Clinicians: What’s new in 2018
September 29, 2017 Psychological Practice Sequence VII: Working with Couples and Families, Risk Management with the Suicidal Patient, and Legal and Ethical Issues presented by Retirement
May 12, 2017 HIPAA Compliance 2017
April 10, 2017 Don’t forget about sleep: Incorporating assessment and treatment of sleep into busy practices
March 24, 2017 Moving Through Swamps: Didactics and Experiences in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
March 10, 2017 Concussion and Post-Concussion Syndrome – Overview and Management by Dr. Angela Eastvold
February 17, 2017 Eating Disorders. Presented by Dr. Lindsey Ricciardi
February 13, 2017 Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy
January 09, 2017 Professional Wills
October 14, 2016 Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders Using the ADOS-2
October 10, 2016 Basics of Telepsychology Practice
September 16, 2016 Ethics Update
September 12, 2016 Effects of Stress on the Brain
June 03, 2016 Prolonged Exposure for the Treatment of PTSD
May 06, 2016 Surviving & Thriving as Psychologists: Empathic Distress and Wellbeing
April 15, 2016 Causes and Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction
March 18, 2016 Psychopharmacology Update
January 22, 2016 Resilience & Executive Functioning: Are They Evidence Based Concepts?
September 25, 2015 Ethics and Risk Management in the Age of the Affordable Care Act: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know and Were Afraid to Ask!
May 15, 2015 ICD Diagnosis and DSM Changes: The New Horizon
March 13, 2015 Behavioral Sleep Medicine
January 23, 2015 Continuing Education: Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidality
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