Three-Half-Day Workshop on Emotion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders

Three-Half-Day Workshop on Emotion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders will be held on 4, 11, 18 March 2023 (Saturdays).

Early Bird Deadline: 18 February 2023

Dr. Joanne Dolhanty, PhD, C. Psych, is a supervising and consulting clinical psychologist and trainer for mental health organizations across Canada and internationally. For the past 35 years she has worked in the field of eating disorders, providing training in motivational enhancement and treatment for complex cases to clinicians of all disciplines. She developed the application of Emotion Focused Therapy to Eating Disorders with Dr Leslie Greenberg. Dr Dolhanty also developed Emotion Focused Skills Training. She is known for her lively, warm, and engaging teaching style; for making complex concepts accessible to learning; and for delivering training that facilitates both practice change and personal growth.

Emotion and its avoidance are central factors contributing to the development and maintenance of eating disorders. Individuals with eating disorders and body image disturbance report difficulty in dealing with painful, negative emotions. Body image disturbance and eating disorder symptoms displace those negative emotions onto the body, suspending the individual in a vicious cycle where, for example, pursuit of thinness can be seen as the only means of feeling better. How to soften the harsh internal critical voice of these individuals, alter the internal dialogue of body self-loathing, and interrupt the vicious cycle of symptoms and their impact, have presented a major challenge to clinicians working in this area. Emotion Focused Therapy provides specific techniques for breaking into this closed cycle as well as for enhancing intrinsic motivation for change. The master class will offer:

-Rationale for using EFT in treating EDs

-Instruction in Emotion Focused Therapy techniques

-Application of emotion focused techniques to enhance motivation for recovery

-Illustrative clinical vignettes

-Experiential practice

Date :	4, 11, 18 March 2023 (Saturdays)
Time:	9:00am – 1:00pm (registration starts at 8:45am)
Format:	Three-Half-Day Virtual Workshop (Zoom)
Fee:	Regular Price : HK$3,300 Early Bird Price : HK$2,970
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接納與承諾治療：如何運用心理靈活性於心理治療和訓練

接納與承諾治療 (Acceptance and commitment therapy, 簡稱ACT)為美國心理學教授Professor Steven Hayes所創立，現已經超過 700個隨機對照臨床試驗 (RCT)證實為有效，與靜觀為本治療 (Mindfulness-based therapy) 、 辯證行為治療 (Dialectic behavior therapy) 和元認知治療 (Meta-cognitive therapy) 並列為第三波認知行為治療，是近代心理治療界主流的發展。

講者
湯國鈞博士
資深臨床心理學家
香港大學臨牀心理學碩士及多倫多大學輔導心理學博士
現職基督教聯合醫院、香港大學心理學系客座助理教授、香港心理學會院士

港大學客座副教授、香港心理學會院士。擅長抑鬱症和焦慮症的心理治療、心理健康教育和專業培訓；曾受業於接納與承諾治療創立人 Dr. Steven Hayes 及知名學者 Dr. Robyn Walser門下，並於 2019年與專業同儕創立國際語境行為科學協會香港分會，為創會及時任會長，積極研究及推廣接納與承諾治療於華人社會的本色化應用。

湯博士的專業興趣亦包括正向心理學及其應用，並於 2003年創立「聯合情緒健康教育中心」，積極推動情緒健康及正向心理。湯博士著作甚豐，包括《抑鬱自療》、《焦慮自療》、《喜樂工程》、《走進360度的幸福》、《誰偷走了我的快樂》、《別跟內心怪獸拔河：接受與承諾治療的生活法則》等。

地點	視像形式
費用	HK$3,300 HK$2,970 (早鳥截止日期 : 10月 29日 )
授課語言	廣東話為主，以英語輔助
日期及時間	11-12/11/2022 (星期五及星期六) 9:30am – 5:00pm
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Three-Half-Day Introductory Workshop on Motivational Interviewing

Three-Half-Day Introductory Workshop on Motivational Interviewing will be held on 17, 24 September & 8 October 2022 (Saturdays).

Early Bird Deadline: 26 Auguest 2022
All reservations are full

Dr. Kong had worked and provided clinical psychology service in a local public hospital and has accumulated rich experience in the mental health services as well as in the addiction field. He dedicates his time in applying and developing Motivational Interviewing in the local context and has been invited to offer different levels of MI trainings to the healthcare professionals in Hong Kong, Macau, China, and Singapore. He is the founding chairman of Chinese Association of Motivational Interviewing (CAMI).

This 3-half day introductory workshop is better suited to people who are new to MI or those who want an update or revision of the basics of MI. Topics include:

-MI model and important concepts about ambivalence and change

-MI Spirit

-MI 4-process framework

-Teach, show, and try basic MI skills OARS and accurate empathy

-Giving information and advice in MI-consistent way

-Recognizing, eliciting, and cultivating to change talk

-Recognizing and softening sustain talk

-Recognizing and responding to discord

-Transiting to action planning for actual behavior change

Time:	9:00am – 1:00pm (registration starts at 8:45am)
Format:	THREE-HALF-DAY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP (ZOOM)
Fee:	REGULAR PRICE : HK$2,600 EARLY BIRD PRICE : HK$2,340
DATE :	17, 24 September & 8 October 2022 (Saturdays)
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Three-Half-Day Advanced Workshop on Motivational Interviewing

Three-Half-Day Advanced Workshop on Motivational Interviewing will be held on 8, 15, 22 July, 2022 (Fridays).

Early Bird Deadline: 19 June 2022

Dr. Kong had worked and provided clinical psychology service in a local public hospital and has accumulated rich experience in the mental health services as well as in the addiction field. He dedicates his time in applying and developing Motivational Interviewing in the local context and has been invited to offer different levels of MI trainings to the healthcare professionals in Hong Kong, Macau, China, and Singapore. He is the founding chairman of Chinese Association of Motivational Interviewing (CAMI).

This 3-half day advanced workshop assumes prior formal training and reasonable proficiency in MI. This workshop is not designed to introduce the clinical method itself. Participants will be comfortable in this advanced workshop if they have had experience in using MI since their initial training, and preferably some coaching, feedback or supervision in MI. Objectives include:

-Deepen understanding of MI model and spirit

-Strengthen OARS skills with more practice on reflection

-Address specific topics such as developing discrepancy, counseling with neutrality, integration to other treatments

-Strengthen change talk skills

-More discussion on handling of sustain talk and discord

-More work on commitment language

3-half day Advanced Workshop assumes prior formal training and reasonable proficiency in MI; experience in using MI since initial training is expected; and some coaching, feedback or supervision is preferable.

Date :	8, 15, 22 July 2022 (Fridays)
Time:	9:00am – 1:00pm (registration starts at 8:30am)
Format:	Three-Half-Day Virtual Workshop (Zoom)
Fee:	Regular Price : HK$3,300 Early Bird Price : HK$2,970
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