EVENTS - APNS  -2013

April 27, 2013

Omnibus Workshop

Notes from the three sessions will be available soon.

Managing Your Files

Psychologists are required to develop a plan of action to securely maintain client records as well as to provide appropriate continuity of care in the event of retirement, incapacitation or death. This session will be lead by a panel of psychologists who will share their experiences, followed by a discussion session. Participants are encouraged to submit questions or topics for discussion in advance to ensure that they are addressed.

• Day to day maintenance and security of files

File maintenance in Private Practice vs. public healthcare.

• How clinical records should be maintained and stored to allow future access. paper or electronic?

• Secure access to files. When and how to destroy records?

• Your responsibility to maintain files in the event of retirement, incapacitation, or death.

• What is the responsibility of the colleague who assumes responsibility for your records and what are the associated costs?

PHIA Lunchtime Discussion

This information session is to prepare Psychologists for the changes which PHIA will bring. PHIA was declared on December 4th, 2012 and will come into force on June 1st, 2013. This Act has specific implications for psychological services. A representative from the NS Dept of Health & Wellness will be present at the beginning of the session to provide information from a government prespective. Participants are encouraged to submit questions or topics for discussion in advance to ensure that they are addressed.

• Responding to questions from clients about the electronic trail of who has access to their records.

• Clients rights to protect access of their records and how may they make those desires known.

• Revision of informed consent forms.

• Ensuring record-keeping meets the required level of security.

The NS Dept of Health & Wellness website contains resources about PHIA including a toolkit which contains in its appendices templates and a checklist of things to do to comply.

Mary-Ann Podgorski's presentation.

Private Practice 101

This session deals with the issues around starting your career as a Private Practice Psychologist, whether your own practice or joining an existing practice, from the nuts and bolts of setting up the administrative and financial structure to promoting and marketing the practice. This session will be lead by a panel of psychologists who will share their experiences, followed by a discussion session. Participants are encouraged to submit questions or topics for discussion in advance to ensure that they are addressed.

• Administrative structure and legal and regulatory guidelines.

• Office organization: files, forms, payment options, technical systems/equipment

• Finding the right partners and/or staff.

• Support/contract services: accounting, administration, reception, technology, and marketing.

• Peer support, consultations, etc.

• Establishing a referral network and building a client base.

• Marketing: promoting your practice in cost efficient and effective ways using advertising, promotion, and electronic media.

• Potential problems and pitfalls

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May 31, 2013

Couples Therapy

Norman Gingras, Ph.D.

Dalhousie University Student Union Bldg

6136 University Ave., Halifax

This workshop will cover the key elements of EFT practice. You will learn how to work with key change events and specific interventions designed to undo the vicious cycle of toxic dynamics within a relationship. Interventions will be illustrated with video recordings of therapy sessions, and exercises will be offered for play and practice. Within the EFT model, attachment theory will help you tune into the life-and-death drama that defines a distressed relationship, and restructure pivotal moments so that partners can move from isolation and frustration to a felt sense of security and lasting satisfaction. Marlene Best will also address issues such as forgiveness after attachment injuries, such as affairs.

Download brochure here.

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September 27, 2013

Management of Cancer-Related Distress in Adults

Workshop

Janice L. Howes, Ph.D., R. Psych.

People are living longer with cancer, but cancer is the leading cause of mortality in Nova Scotia. 6,100 individuals were estimated to be diagnosed with cancer in 2012 in Nova Scotia. Approximately 30,000 Nova Scotians are living with cancer.

Cancer patients and their families experience a myriad of psychosocial, emotional, physical, medical, financial, practical and spiritual challenges from the time of diagnosis through treatment to survivorship or death and dying. Evidence indicates that 35 to 45 % of cancer patients experience clinically significant levels of emotional distress at some point during their cancer experience. Cancer-related distress is associated with a number of negative outcomes, but most importantly, it is treatable. Distress has recently been recognized as the Sixth Vital Sign in Cancer Care.

The present workshop will focus on:

•  cancer incidence

•  challenges of cancer

•  clinical course of cancer

•  cancer-related distress

•  risk factors for distress

•  screening and assessment of distress

-  standard of care

•  evidence-informed management of cancer-related distress

-  supportive approaches

-  psychoeducation

-  psychotherapy

•  Psychosocial Health Services, Psychosocial Oncology and Supportive Care

•  person-centered care initiatives in Nova Scotia to improve patient experience and patient reported outcomes

Clinical examples and data will be used to highlight various points.

The objectives of this workshop are to familiarize clinicians with the challenges and adjustments experienced by cancer patients / survivors and their families across the illness trajectory; and to gain an understanding of cancer-related distress, and management of distress within the Nova Scotia context. This workshop will be of interest to psychologists, physicians, social workers, and other healthcare professionals, as well as students and residents.

Registration brochure will be available soon.

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November 8 & 9

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

John Forsyth, Ph.D.

Halifax

Venue: t.b.a.

Brochure coming soon. See more on Dr John Forsyth here.

EVENTS - non-APNS

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