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E-Connect Newsletter / 2.24.16
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Redefining Aging, a conversation series
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What would you do if you had more time? Click image for more information and to RSVP.
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Join us for a wine and cheese gathering on April 14, 2016, to explore ways to reframe common misconceptions about a universal experience: growing older. Not a class, not a support group, this gathering will launch a conversation series. While pop culture tends to focus only on the losses that come in this time of life, we will consider the significant opportunities.
Participants will discover new ways to express their values, creativity and spirituality - in a joyful and supportive community. The conversations will be expertly facilitated, yet evolve dynamically according to participant interest.
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Happening at the Center: Continuous Clinical Consultation
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Susan Koehler, P.A.-C. (psychiatry physician assistant)
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Maintaining a learning and training environment has been a core element of the Center since 1980, when the professional education program was developed for clergy and mental health professionals. The Center is committed to providing educational opportunities for the community and graduate students but it doesn't stop there. The Center maintains a culture of learning for its staff through continuous clinical consultation.
With 25 masters or doctorate level clinicians under one roof there is a synergy of knowledge and
staff function as a professional community, learning from one another.
For example the Center's clinicians explore issues in psychiatry monthly. Recently, Susan Koehler, P.A.-C (psychiatry physician assistant) facilitated an interactive workshop on light therapy techniques to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Susan is part of the Center's in-house psychiatry team who work collaboratively with counselors on treatments that include medication.
In addition to the regular in-house consultations, staff often participate in a series of courses designed for students in the Center's Graduate Psychotherapy Training program (such as the Affirmative GLBTQ Counseling course described in next block). These classes are also open to clinicians from the community.
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Course facilitator, Douglas Aupperle, Ph.D. |
Understanding clinical issues and more effective counseling with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) clients
This course is for clinicians who seek to more effectively counsel child, adolescent and adult clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ).
Participant of this eight-week course will:
- Gain a better understanding of the research and evolving conceptualizations of gender identity and sexual orientation to better ground their work.
- Increase their awareness and understanding of the key factors for effective assessment and treatment planning with this population.
- Learn how to create a more welcoming and safe therapeutic environment for this client population.
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Save the Date!
18th Annual Women Helping Women Luncheon
Friday, May 13, 2016
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Embassy Suites Downtown
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Click image for more information on the Center's suicide prevention classes
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How to prevent suicide
In 2016 the Center is offering a robust series of suicide prevention workshops. The next opportunities are:
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You are invited to an open house to explore the PrairieFire program.
PrairieFire is
a
two year program of spiritual renewal and formation.
To learn more about PrairieFire, you are invited to an open house with two date options:
- (Thursday, February 11, 5:30 - 7 p.m.)
- Saturday March 5, 9:30 - 11 a.m.
Location: Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center, 8553 Urbandale Avenue, Urbandale, IA 50322 RSVP online here.
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More opportunities to enhance Leadership and Spiritual Life:
Last call -
Leadership Series,
four afternoon classes including Organizational Dynamics, Leadership in the Midst of Conflict, Leading through Change, and Mindful Leadership, Feb - May, 2016.
Register now.
For more information contact Diane McClanahan, Director of Leadership and Spiritual Life, [email protected], 515-251-6667.
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Career Opportunity: Adult, Couple and Family Therapist
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"I've moved out of state, but want to say 'thanks!' to the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center for all the excellent service provided to my family during our time of need!"
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Our mission is to bring understanding, hope and healing to people of all ages through counseling and education.
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Our key services:
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization offering
serving 2,450 individuals annually including 700 children.
Although best known for its 43 years of quality, professional mental health therapy, the Center is a multi-faceted organization providing a range of services:
- Counseling, including specialized services for children and adolescents
- Psychological testing and assessment
- Psychiatric consultation and care
- Training for clinical professionals
- Leadership and spiritual life programming
- Conflict transformation and strategic planning services for congregations, nonprofits and businesses
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Support the counseling assistance fund
The Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center is committed to providing high quality mental health services to everyone who walks through our doors, regardless of household income.
Your tax-deductible gift to the Center's counseling assistance fund makes a positive difference in our community.
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2.24.16
Dear Reader,
Thank you for your interest in the services and programs at the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center. We hope you found a nugget of useful information in this newsletter, and that you'll pass it on to a curious friend. As always, your feedback is welcome.
All best,
Terri Speirs
Director of Marketing and Communications
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
515-251-6670
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