PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES−NUTS, BOLTS & ETHICS

SCOTT SMITH
IMHPJ MEMBERS-ONLY CLINICAL TRAINING
PRESENTED BY IMHPJ-KANTO CHAPTER
(International Mental Health Professionals of Japan)

PROFILE:
Scott Smith LCSW is an American psychotherapist in private practice in Tokyo. He served last year as IMHPJ’s Ethics Representative and is currently our Membership Coordinator. A former school counselor at Tokyo International School and a former intake worker at TELL Community Counseling Service, he has lived in Tokyo since 1984.

PROGRAM:
Many of the logistical, practical aspects of our work can have a big impact on our clinical decisions, but when we talk about ethics we seldom think of things like what sort of clinical records we keep (or whether we keep any clinical records at all!). How do we determine our fees? Do we use sliding scales? What do we do if a client fails to pay the fee? Who refers clients to us? How do we keep in touch with clients? Where do we see our clients? How do we protect confidentiality and avoid dual relationships while working within the tightly-knit international community?
Scott surveyed the IMHPJ membership on these and other questions and presented the results of that survey at our annual conference in April 2009. His presentation sparked a very lively discussion on professional ethics and practices that was cut short due to lack of time. Apparently, these are questions of great interest to all of us!
This members-only Clinical Training Session is a chance to continue that discussion. How do your colleagues approach these issues? How can we improve our ethical standards and business practices? Please join your fellow IMHPJ members for a moderated and productive exchange of information, opinions, and clinical experience.

COST:

Members  1,000 yen;

Please register by Monday, November 9 and indicate if you also wish to attend lunch at the Cortesia Restaurant next door.
Please state choice of three-course lunch with coffee/tea for ￥1900:
1) meat pasta, 2) seafood, or 3) vegetarian.

SEND reservations to: Adair Nagata info@imhpj.org

LOCATION: Tokyo Community Room, 5-4-22 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

DIRECTIONS:
The Omotesando Metro Station is serviced by the Chiyoda, Hanzomon, and Ginza lines. Use Exit B-3. At street level, turn left and proceed to the first stop light that is Koto Dori and turn left again. There will be a Max Mara shop on that corner. Go three stoplights and turn left again. The building will be on your far left through a big green gate of a housing compound. The complex of residential buildings is two and three storeys high in a light yellow color. The Community Room is the last door on the left.

For inquiries re registration and general information about this event:
Contact: Adair Nagata,
Email: info@imhpj.org

COORDINATING THE MAKING OF MEANING
IN DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS

BETH FISHER-YOSHIDA, PhD, CCS
CLINICAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS IN HUMAN SERVICES
PRESENTED BY IMHPJ-KANTO CHAPTER
(International Mental Health Professionals of Japan)

PROFILE:
Beth Fisher-Yoshida, PhD, CCS, founder of FYI Fisher Yoshida International, is a consultant working in the areas of negotiation and conflict resolution, leadership development, transformational learning and intercultural communication. Beth works predominantly with multinational organizations in a variety of industries around the globe including consulting with the United Nations for more than 13 years. She is also Faculty and Director of the Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. Beth received her doctorate from Fielding Graduate University in Human and Organizational Systems. She lived and worked in Japan for 13 years.

PROGRAM:
The Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) is a practical theory that can be applied in a variety of settings and situations. It is especially useful for people wanting to gain insights about themselves and others and to facilitate difficult conversations. CMM is built on the principles of coherence, as humans we are always trying to make meaning of our experiences; coordination, as in a well choreographed dance we are trying to be in rhythm with others; and mystery, we will never know everything about a person or situation so let’s enter into our interactions with others filled with curiosity. CMM also is based on social constructionism in which we create our social worlds. Therefore, we act out of and into contexts and each interaction lays the foundation for future interactions in this relationship and others. In this session, participants will be introduced to a few of the tools used in CMM. They will have a chance to see how these tools can be applied to a case study and then they will have a chance to apply the tools to something more personally meaningful to them.

COST:

Clinical Members  1,000 yen;
Non-members  2,000 yen

Please register by Monday, June 8 and indicate if you also wish to attend lunch at the Cortesia Restaurant next door.
Please state choice of three-course pasta lunch with coffee for 1900 yen:
1) meat, 2) seafood, or 3) vegetarian.

SEND reservations to: Adair Nagata info@imhpj.org
LOCATION: Minami Aoyama Meeting Room, 5-4-22 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

DIRECTIONS:
The Omotesando Metro Station is serviced by the Chiyoda, Hanzomon, and Ginza lines. Use Exit B-3. At street level, turn left and proceed to the first stop light that is Koto Dori and turn left again. There will be a Max Mara shop on that corner. Go three stoplights and turn left again. The building will be on your far left through a big green gate of a housing compound. The complex of residential buildings is two and three storeys high in a light yellow color. The Meeting Room is the last door on the left.

For inquiries re registration and general information about this event:
Contact: Adair Nagata,
Email: info@imhpj.org

INTRODUCTION to
BIOENERGETIC ANALYSIS and BODYWORK ART THERAPY

Emilie Kemlo

CLINICAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS IN HUMAN SERVICES
PRESENTED BY IMHPJ-KANTO CHAPTER
(International Mental Health Professionals of Japan)

PROFILE:
Emilie Kemlo, Canadian Registered Psychologist, has been an Internationally Certified Bioenergetic Analyst with the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis since 1983, under the direction of Dr. Alexander Lowen, Reichian Analyst and founder of Bioenergetic Analysis. Based in Tokyo since 1990, Emilie Kemlo has worked at the former Counseling Center of Tokyo (CCT) and in private practice using Art Therapy which she trained with the American Art Therapy Association. Currently she runs a private practice in Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan, as a member of IMHPJ.

PROGRAM:
In this Workshop, Bioenergetic Analysis will be introduced in theory and practice via lecture and lifesize bioenergetic paintings, bio exercises, and bioenergetic analysis to give participants an interactive experience of the mind/body connection and disconnections we work with as therapists. The goal of Bioenergetic Analysis as a psychotherapy is to integrate each client's current difficulties and patterns with their understanding of their character structure, which is a kind of suit of armour or secondary system of defenses, both physical in the muscle holdings we carry and attitudinal in our mental defenses. Bioenergetic Analysis uses emotional and physical release work to unlock the musculature and emotional traumas within. The result is often emotional relief, freedom of movement and breathing, and healing of the inner child wounds.

COST:

Clinical Members  1,000 yen;
Non-members  2,000 yen

Please register by Monday, November 10 and indicate if you also wish to attend lunch at the Cortesia Restaurant next door.
Please state choice of three-course lunch with coffee for 1900 yen:
1) meat pasta, 2) seafood pasta, or 3) vegetarian.

SEND reservations to: Adair Nagata info@imhpj.org
LOCATION: Tokyo Community Room, 5-4-22 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

DIRECTIONS:
The Omotesando Metro Station is serviced by the Chiyoda, Hanzomon, and Ginza lines. Use Exit B-3. At street level, turn left and proceed to the first stop light that is Koto Dori and turn left again. There will be a Max Mara shop on that corner. Go three stoplights and turn left again. The building will be on your far left through a big green gate of a housing compound. The complex of residential buildings is two and three storeys high in a light yellow color. The Community Room is the last door on the left.

For inquiries re registration and general information about this event:
Contact: Adair Nagata,
Email: info@imhpj.org

AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-BULLYING IN SCHOOLS

Elizabeth Gilles
CLINICAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS IN HUMAN SERVICES
PRESENTED BY IMHPJ-KANTO CHAPTER
(International Mental Health Professionals of Japan)

PROFILE:
Elizabeth Gillies is an Educational Psychologist from the UK. With twenty years experience as a Psychologist she has worked across all age ranges from preschool to high school. Her work focuses on individual cases, group work, and supporting whole school initiatives.
In the social world of school and learning, her work is solution-focused and relationship-based. She has a private practice in Tokyo and has worked in many international schools. She has lived in four continents, and this is her second stay in Japan.

PROGRAM:
The workshop will provide an overview of school anti-bullying research from around the world with evidence-based practice for prevention and management. The importance of managing bullying in a way that satisfies the needs of everyone involved will be illustrated through an approach called Restorative Justice.
There will be an opportunity to discuss how these strategies can be used in settings other than schools.

COST:

Clinical Members  1,000 yen;
Non-members  2,000 yen

Please register by Monday, June 9 and indicate if you also wish to attend lunch at the Cortesia Restaurant next door.
Please state choice of three-course lunch with coffee for 1900 yen:
1) meat pasta, 2) seafood pasta, or 3) vegetarian.

SEND reservations to: Adair Nagata info@imhpj.org
LOCATION: Tokyo Community Room, 5-4-22 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

DIRECTIONS:
The Omotesando Metro Station is serviced by the Chiyoda, Hanzomon, and Ginza lines. Use Exit B-3. At street level, turn left and proceed to the first stop light that is Koto Dori and turn left again. There will be a Max Mara shop on that corner. Go three stoplights and turn left again. The building will be on your far left through a big green gate of a housing compound. The complex of residential buildings is two and three storeys high in a light yellow color. The Community Room is the last door on the left.

For inquiries re registration and general information about this event:
Contact: Adair Nagata,
Email: info@imhpj.org