Conference Program

Back to the Future: Core Technology and Beyond promises to explore the fields of Employee and Member Assistance Programs (EAPs/ MAPs) by investigating the state of the EAP Core Technology from the perspective of past practices and current trends. Presenters from a variety of professional backgrounds/settings will engage attendees in stimulating discussion of the diverse issues confronting our field.

Thursday, July 10, 2008:

8:00 — 9:30 am Registration and Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 — 10:30 am Opening Remarks and Tribute to Laverne Washington, LMSW and the New York State Employee Assistance Program
10:30 — 11:30 Keynote: Mickey McKay, CEAP, President, Employee Assistance Professionals Association
 
11:30 — 12:30 pm Lunch in Exhibit Hall.
12:30 — 2:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
  • Direct Services: Balancing Work and Elder Care; Barbara Friesner, MBA
  •  Addiction: Spiritual Fitness in Addiction Recovery; John MacDougall, D.Min.
  • EAP/MAP: The Sleepy Employee: How can we Intervene? Nancy Dombrowski-Losinno, LCSW
  • Ancillary Services: Panel Discussion: Everyday Hypnosis in the Workplace: Jane Parsons-Fein, LCSW, Bette-Jean Rosenhagen, LCSW and Karliese Greiner-Laurie, LCSW
2:00 — 2:30 pm Break in Exhibit Hall
2:30 — 4:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
  • Direct Services: EAP Assessment and Referral of Compulsive Gamblers; Kevin O’Neill, LCSW, CEAP
  • Addiction: What Employees Assistance Professionals Should Know about Self-Harm: Eating Disorders and Self-Injury as Addictions; Sharon Farber, Ph.D.
  • EAP/MAP: Traumatic Incidents on the Railroad: Tracking EAP Interventions; Veronica Owens, Ph.D.
  • Ancillary Services: Mindful Based Stress Reduction Therapy (MBSR) and Addiction Recovery; Joseph DiVincenzo, M.D.
4:00 — 4:30 pm Break in Exhibit Hall
4:30 — 6:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
  • Direct Services: Pennsylvania State Police Member Assistance Program/Response to the Amish School Shooting: Cpl. Govan Martin & Shawn German
  • Addiction; Understanding sex, love and relationship addictions; Terra Holbrook, LCSW
  • EAP/MAP: Recapturing the Passion of the Work We Do; Beverly Liff, MS, CEAP and Frank Pouliot, MHS
  • Ancillary Services: Relationship Matters: Helping couples transform conflict into connection with Imago Relationship Therapy; Steffi Brandenburg, LCSW, CEAP
6:00 Conference Day Ends: Dinner on Your Own

Friday, July 11, 2008:

7:00 — 8:00 am Breakfast- Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 — 9:00 am Key Note Address: Dr. Johanna O’Flaherty, Vice President, Treatment Services, Betty Ford Center
9:00 — 10:30 am Concurrent Workshops
  • Direct Services: Cultural Sensitivity in the Workplace: The Well Intentioned Racist; Allyne Spinner, LCSW
  • Addiction: Addiction, Attachment Disorders and Referral to 12 Step Programs; Ellyn Kravette, LSW, CEAP
  • EAP/MAP: Incorporating a Solution Focused Framework in Employee Assistance; Joseph Goldfield, LCSW
  • Ancillary Services: The New Trauma Recovery: Techniques & Perspectives on What Works & What Doesn’t to Heal Trauma; Richard Lawless, Th.D. and Bonnie Owens, LCSW
10:30 — 11:00 pm Break in Exhibit Hall
11:00 — 12:30 am Concurrent Workshops
  • Direct Services: What’s Going On Here? Identifying and Helping Employees with Personality Disorders; Lala Straussner, DSW/Ph.D.
  • Addiction: Understanding Innovative Biological Therapies for Alcoholism and Chemical Dependencies; Jeffrey Berman, M.D., FASAM
  • EAP/MAP: Elevating Ethical Awareness; Michael Cipressi, LCSW, CEAP
  • Ancillary Services: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A Primer for the EAP Professional, Virginia Hill, LPC, CEAP
12:30 — 1:30 pm Lunch in Exhibit Area
1:30 — 3:00 pm Closing Presentation and Conference Wrap-Up and Raffles
Closing Presentation: “All Alone on the Mound”, Dickie Noles CEAP, Philadelphia Phillies Baseball Club

EAP-MAP Conference 2008
c/o NYC EAPA    P.O. Box 2079    New York, NY  10163    (212)-969-8684 (Voice Mail)

Conference Website:
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