2023 NJPA Fall Conference Brochure

VENUE:

DoubleTree by Hilton Somerset Hotel and Conference Center

200 Atrium Drive Somerset, NJ 08873

732-469-2600

Special group room rates! Reserve your room through this special booking link! Reservations must be made by October 14, 2023

Amenities include free WiFi, on-site restaurant, indoor pool, fitness center, and business center.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

What’s Sex Got To Do With It? What Every Clinician

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Diversity Town Hall: Multicultural Family Interventions with

Diverse Populations (1.5 CE)

7:00pm – 8:30pm

Presenters:

Mike Likier, PhD, A-CBT, is a licensed psychologist and a Diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies He is the founder of Multicultural CBT Center where he treats couples and adults across the lifespan He is also the founder of Racial Justice Consulting where he works with individuals, groups and organizations on their journeys toward anti-racism

Shalonda Kelly, PhD, is a professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University, co-director of the NJ Couples Clinic at Rutgers, previous president of Division 43 (Society for Couple and Family Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, recipient of diversity awards from the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, Division 43, and Rutgers, and she is a licensed psychologist in NJ Dr Kelly conducts both research and clinical scholarship focusing on African American couple relationships, measurement of racial perspectives, multicultural and integrative treatment, and understanding how race, culture, and ethnicity impact couple, family, and individual functioning, such as exemplified in her edited book, Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy

Hinda Winawer, MSW, LCSW, is an aspiring anti-racist in an ongoing imperfect process

Former faculty at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, co-founder and former executive director of The Center for Family, Community, and Social Justice, and co-founder of Princeton Family Institute, former adjunct faculty at Rutgers University School of Social Work, former president of the American Family Therapy Academy, teacher in the US and abroad, she has long worked to integrate social justice into the clinical context in a country in which racism has been long been woven into the fabric of society, as well as into health and mental health systems

Dr. Norbert A. Wetzel, ThD, NJ licensed psychologist, is an aspiring anti-racist in an ongoing imperfect process He was faculty at Rutgers’ GSAPP, co-founder of the Center for Family, Community, and Social Justice, Inc. (1994 - 2014) and co-founder of Princeton Family Institute. He has long worked to integrate social justice into the clinical context in the USA in which racism has been long woven into the fabric of society, as well as into the health and mental health systems

Moderators: Phyllis Bolling, PhD, Susan Herschman, PsyD, and Abisola Gallahger, EdD

Program Narrative

This presentation will provide an overview of anti-racist concepts and strategies to foster psychological well-being in members of interracial families This presentation will also focus on understanding racial strengths and challenges faced by African American couples and families and helping them to utilize their strengths and navigate their challenges related to racial issues. Lastly, this presentation is based on the twenty-year work of the presenters and colleagues in the Center for Family, Community, and Social Justice, in which children and youth and their families in nine school districts were supported to address academic and behavior problems

Learning Objectives

1 Participants will gain an understanding of the value of anti-racist parenting in working with interracial families

2. Describe one race-related strength and one race-related challenge faced by African American/Black families, and one way to help them navigate race together.

3 Participants will appreciate families as resources for youth and see the importance of deconstructing the multi-layered social context of behavior

Level of Learning – Intermediate

Target Audience – Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and graduate students

Family Systems & Multicultural Competency (1.5 CE)

9:10am – 10:40am

Presenter: Shalonda Kelly, PhD

Dr Shalonda Kelly, PhD (clinical psychology – urban studies), is a professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University, co-director of the NJ Couples Clinic at Rutgers, previous president of Division 43 (Society for Couple and Family Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, recipient of diversity awards from the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, Division 43, and Rutgers, and she is a licensed psychologist in NJ Dr Kelly conducts both research and clinical scholarship focusing on African American couple relationships, measurement of racial perspectives, multicultural and integrative treatment, and understanding how race, culture, and ethnicity impact couple, family, and individual functioning, such as exemplified in her edited book, Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy

Moderator: Tamsen Thorpe, PhD

Program Narrative:

In Dr Shalonda Kelly’s book, Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy, diversity experts suggest that therapists work effectively with diverse couples and families by tailoring their assessments and using conceptual models that attend to diversity and facilitate treatment that bridges differences This workshop will identify future possibilities for clinicians and researchers to better tailor assessment and treatment for a broad range of contemporary couples and families in a changing world.

Learning Objectives:

1 List two gaps in the field’s ability to understand and address diversity with couples and families

2 Describe two useful ways to assess the role of diversity within couples and families

3. Describe two ways to bridge differences with diverse families.

Level of Learning – Intermediate

Target Audience: Psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and graduate students.

Early Relational Health: The Roots of Family Wellness (1 CE)

11:00am - 12:00pm

Presenter: Kaitlin Mulcahy, PhD

Dr Kaitlin Mulcahy serves as the Director of the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health at Montclair State University She is informed by work experiences as an infant, early childhood, and family therapist within the sectors of child protection, early intervention, and community mental health Her research interests are in the impact of safety on relationships, a model of regulation-informed interactive play, and the provision and benefits of reflective supervision. Her systems interests surround centering early relational and developmental health as the core and common ground for all infant and early childhood serving systems She received a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology, and a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry from Boston College, and a doctorate in Family Science and Human Development from Montclair State University

Moderator: Briana Cox, PsyD

Program Narrative:

This presentation will introduce the movement of Early Relational Health in the fields of psychology, pediatrics, and community, maternal, and family mental health. Early Relational Health is defined as the state of emotional well-being that grows from emotional connection between young children and their caregivers when they experience strong, positive, and nurturing relationships with each other, and is foundation to healthy family functioning. However, early adversity in the form of adverse childhood, community, or cultural experiences (ACEs), can derail relational health, resulting in emotional and psychological distress, even in infants, toddlers, and very young children In fact, evidence suggests that almost 18% of toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary school-aged children have a documented mental health diagnosis, and it is likely that the pandemic has increased this prevalence Psychologists and mental health professionals will benefit from learning about prevention and treatment strategies to ameliorate early childhood distress, and to promote family relational health as early as possible

Learning Objectives:

1 Participants will be able to describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes of the fields of early relational health and infant and early childhood mental health

2. Participants will acquire knowledge about strategies for promoting early relational health in families, as well as strategies for treating infant and early childhood relational and emotional distress.

3. Participants will be introduced to the early relational health system in New Jersey.

Level of Learning – Intermediate

Target Audience: Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, physicians, educators, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, graduate students, and undergraduate students s a t u r d a y m o r n i n g , o c t o b e r 2 8 , 2 0 2 3

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Join in the fun at our NJPA Annual Foundation Tricky Tray Fundraiser! Saturday, October 28th during our luncheon.

We are a 501(c)(3) organization whose sole objective is to support the education and research of psychology graduate students who are dedicating their future careers on treating the mental health and well-being of underserved populations throughout New Jersey These populations include inner-city students, children with Asperger’s, the elderly in need, and immigrants One hundred percent of the proceeds from this fundraising event go to support this mission by issuing graduate students grants and awards to help fund their training and research. The NJPA Foundation is grateful for any donation, and all donations are tax deductible.

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Integrating Family Systems and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Pediatric Anxiety (1 CE)

Presenter: Michael Zito, PhD

Dr Zito is a licensed psychologist who practices clinical, sport, and performance psychology for 30+ years He has three Family Systems book chapters and earned his PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy

Moderator: Sharon Ryan Montgomery, PsyD

Program Narrative

This program will help participants understand the need to broaden assessment and intervention strategies to consider how family dynamics influence pediatric anxiety Specifically, the role of enmeshment/over protectiveness, family conflict, alliances, discordant parenting, and poor individuation will be discussed Methods to guide family members to promote anti-anxiety cognitive behavioral change will be addressed

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the value of broadening clinical assessment and intervention by including a family systems component

2 Identify psychosocial factors that need to be included in assessment and intervention

3 Assess healthy vs unhealthy family dynamics

4. Explain how enmeshment/over-protectiveness, family conflict, alliances, discordant parenting, and poor individuation contribute to anxiety symptom development

5 Identify strategies to the family member to promote anti-anxiety cognitive behavioral change

Level of Learning – Intermediate

Target Audience: Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and graduate students

What’s Sex Got To Do With It? What Every Clinician Should Know (1.5 CE)

2:50pm-4:20pm

Presenter: : Christine Bertrand Hyde, PhD, LCSW, DST

Dr. Christine Hyde is an AASECT Certified Diplomate of Sex Therapy and is the clinical director for the NJ Center for Sex Therapy

Moderator: Aaron Welt, PhD

Program Narrative

Participants will learn how to take a more comprehensive and inclusive sexual history Some of the topics to be addressed will include challenges with desire, arousal, orgasm, and pain Additionally, I will review some of the most common sexual dysfunctions and their treatment through case studies These will include, but are not limited to; neurodiversity and sex, negotiating consensual non-monogamy, exploring BDSM and kink, and out-of-control sexual behavior; AKA sexual addiction Evaluation and treatment of some sexual minority groups will also be addressed in order to sensitize clinicians to their particular needs. This will be done through case examples. Finally, participants will also be introduced to effective treatment interventions.

Learning Objectives

1 Describe 2 key aspects to taking a comprehensive sexual history

2. Name 4 common sexual difficulties as well as effective treatment options for those difficulties.

3 Describe 3 particular needs of sexual minorities

Level of Learning – Intermediate

Target Audience: Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and graduate students