Healing Yourself and Others

Upcoming courses and certificates, 2017-2018

Learn in person or online:• Grief Support

Specialist Certificate• Integrating Mindfulness in

the Clinical Setting course• NEW! End-of-Life

Compassionate Care Certificate

Grief Support Specialist Certificate (In-person)

When: Oct 5-8 and Nov 18, 2017 Where: Pyle Center, UW–Madison, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI Fee: $1,500 through Sep 5, $1,800 after. A $500 deposit is required at registration. The remaining balance is due a week before class begins. Cancellation policy: If you cancel by September 5, you will receive a full refund minus a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted after September 5. Continuing education credit: 35 hours (3.5 CEUs), 26 CECH (CHES) contact hours Level: Intermediate Faculty: Doug Smith (lead instructor), Molly Tomony, Aggie Goldenholz, Tom Zuba

Develop a specialty in a growing field by learning from renowned experts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. By the end of this program, you’ll be ready to counsel people suffering from losses associated with death, divorce, drug abuse, unemployment, and other types of trauma.

In this program, you will also:

▪ Discover theories about different types of loss

▪ Explore your own grief history ▪ Learn counseling techniques for

children and adults ▪ Explore disenfranchised and

traumatic grief ▪ Develop basic multicultural

competencies that can be used when working with diverse clients

▪ Cultivate skills for assessing people’s spiritual language and addressing their spiritual concerns

▪ Understand the differences between compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction, as well as the importance of consistent self-care

▪ Gain practical tools and techniques to use immediately in your professional practice and personal life

Can’t attend the in-person certificate program this year?Mark your calendar for October 4-7 and November 3, 2018. That’s when the next in-person Grief Support Specialist Certificate will be offered!

Grief Support Specialist Certificate (Online)

When: Jun 15-Aug 13, 2018 Where: Anywhere with an internet connection Fee: $1,295 through May 15, $1,495 after. A $500 deposit is required at registration. The remaining balance is due June 8. Cancellation policy: If you cancel by May 15, you will receive a full refund minus a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted after May 15. Continuing education credit: 35 hours (3.5 CEUs), 26 CECH (CHES) contact hours Level: Intermediate Faculty: Doug Smith (lead instructor), Molly Tomony

Integrating Mindfulness Meditation into the Clinical Setting A two-day, in-person course

When: Dec 5-6, 2017 Where: Pyle Center, UW–Madison, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI Fee: $300 Continuing education credit: 12 hours (1.2 CEUs), 12 CECH (CHES) contact hours Level: Intermediate Faculty: Mare Chapman

Train your mind to cultivate sustainable happiness. Learn how to address the causes of suffering in constructive ways. You’ll explore key principles of mindful awareness and meditation, learn some core meditative practices, and discover how to deliver the benefits of these practices to the people you serve. The course also offers strategies for applying mindful awareness to your work.

In this course, you will also:

▪ Define mindfulness and related principles ▪ Examine the core concepts of

Buddhist psychology ▪ Experience a basic meditation practice ▪ Explore scientific findings

on mindfulness ▪ See how mindfulness addresses the

root cause of much suffering ▪ Learn methods for working with painful

sensations and difficult emotions ▪ Discover practices you can easily

apply in your work and beyond

NEW! End-of-Life Compassionate Care Certificate Coming in spring 2018

When: Mar 15-18 and Apr 14, 2018 Where: Pyle Center, UW–Madison, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI Fee: $1,500 through Feb 15, $1,800 after. A $500 deposit is required at registration. The remaining balance is due March 8. Cancellation policy: If you cancel by February 15, you will receive a full refund minus a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted after February 15. Continuing education credit: 35 hours (3.5 CEUs) Level: Intermediate Faculty: Doug Smith (lead instructor), Molly Tomony

Death and taxes are two inevitable things in this world. You prepare your taxes at least once every year. How prepared are you for the deaths of your clients, friends, and loved ones? What about your own death? Explore the growing field of end-of-life care with UW–Madison’s expert faculty. You’ll be ready to specialize in this area after gaining knowledge and skills for addressing the needs of people in the final phases of life.

In this course, you will also:

▪ Discuss how to talk to someone about the end of life

▪ Learn about the rights of the dying and discover how to be a better advocate

▪ Examine end-of-life issues facing children and adolescents

▪ Talk about cultural and spiritual considerations for end-of-life care

▪ Explore medical and nonmedical approaches to addressing physical and emotional pain, as well as spiritual distress

▪ Empower people to make difficult—and sometimes ethically loaded—decisions

▪ Get familiar with options and resources for assistance, including hospice, private caregiving assistants, palliative care teams, and death doulas

▪ Help others with practical details such as funeral planning, pre-death rituals, death files, and ethical wills

Registration FormPLEASE REGISTER ME FOR

❑ Grief Support Specialist Certificate (In-person) .........................................................................#3316❑ Grief Support Specialist Certificate (Online) ..............................................................................#3314❑ Integrating Mindfulness Meditation into the Clinical Setting ............................................... #3318❑ NEW! End-of-Life Compassionate Care Certificate .................................................................#3330

• Are you a National Certified Counselor through the National Board for Certified Counselors? ❑ Yes / ❑ No

• Are you a Psychologist? ❑ Yes / ❑ No

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Mail to: UW–Madison Continuing Studies Registrations Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706-1487

Call: 608-262-2451 or 800-725-9692 (Wisconsin Relay 711)Fax: 608-265-3163 or 800-741-7416Online: continuingstudies.wisc.edu/mental-health Phone, fax or online registrations must include payments by credit card or purchase order.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact Andy Richardson at 608-262-0557 or email andy.richardson@wisc.edu. Requests are confidential. These programs are offered by UW–Madison in cooperation with UW-Extension.

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Meet our facultyMare Chapman (MA) is a psychotherapist, meditation instructor, and author of Unshakeable Confidence, the Freedom to Be Our Authentic Selves: Mindfulness for Women. She graduated from Wayne State University with a BS in Occupational Therapy, and then practiced at Lafayette Clinic, a psychiatric hospital in Detroit. After that, she taught psychiatric occupational therapy at Wayne State and UW–Madison. In 1976 she founded and directed Dane County’s first day-treatment services

program for adults with chronic mental illness, now called Yahara House. In 1983 she began a private practice, and in 1994 she shifted its focus to mindfulness-based psychotherapy after earning a master’s degree in counseling from Norwich University. She feels that mindfulness is the most effective and empowering tool for transforming deeply engrained patterns, and for handling the life’s challenges with greater ease and stability. Learn more about her at marechapman.com.

Aggie Goldenholz (MA, BCC) is a mindfulness-based chaplain, trained grief group counselor, and holistic healing practitioner specializing in trauma healing and stress management. She has been an ordained, post-denominational rabbi and Jewish educator for over 40 years. In her work at Aurora Sinai Medical Center, she supports patients, families, and staff as they experience life’s joys, challenges, illnesses, deaths, and healing moments. She also trains and mentors a variety of groups, from chaplain

residents and interns to Jewish volunteer visitors. She teaches and speaks about a variety of topics, including ethical will writing, caring for the caregiver, creating healing through storytelling, and Jewish grieving practices and healing rituals.

Doug Smith (MDiv, MA, MS) is a seasoned trainer, consultant, counselor, and author of several books, including The Tao of Dying, The Tao of Grieving, and Being a Wounded Healer. In addition to being co-creator of UW–Madison’s Grief Support Specialist Certificate, he has worked for hospices, hospitals, addiction treatment programs, and universities across the United States and Canada. Earning master’s degrees in three different healthcare disciplines has helped him develop a truly holistic

perspective. Smith has also experienced grief in his personal life, after the deaths of his brother and two daughters.

Molly Tomony (MA, ATR-BC, LPC) is a child and family therapist for the Rainbow Project in Madison, Wisconsin. Before this, she worked as a bereavement counselor in a hospice setting for 18 years. She has extensive experience running grief, family change, and trauma groups, and she has written several manuals on these topics for schools. She also teaches in the art therapy department at Edgewood College and the Master of Social Work program at UW–Madison.

Tom Zuba is a life coach, speaker, and author of Permission to Mourn, A New Way to Do Grief. Through one-on-one and group work, he helps his clients learn to live with the death of someone they love, offering tools, knowledge, and wisdom to create a full and joy-filled life. In addition to facilitating workshops and speaking at conferences across the country, he offers grief training to medical professionals and students in disciplines such as social work, psychology, and nursing. He has

experienced grief firsthand, having lost his son, daughter, and wife.

General informationLocation and parking: For Pyle Center directions and parking information, visit conferencing.uwex.edu.Lodging: Blocks of rooms are being held at UW–Madison’s Lowell Center, 610 Langdon St., one block from the Pyle Center. Call 608-256-2621 to reserve a room.

Continuing education hours approval The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Continuing Studies is an approved continuing education provider for the following:

Social workers: UW–Madison Continuing Studies (provider #1042) is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB, aswb.org), through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. UW–Madison Division of Continuing Studies maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 4/27/2016-4/27/2019. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. See course descriptions for continuing education hours. Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota Boards of Social Work recognize ACE programs.Psychologists: UW–Madison Continuing Studies is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. UW–Madison Division of Continuing Studies maintains responsibility for these programs and their content.Counselors: UW–Madison Continuing Studies has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) #5990. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.Health educators (CHES/MCHES™): UW–Madison Continuing Studies (MEP101794) is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES).Marriage and family therapists: These programs qualify as accredited university continuing education courses relevant to professional practice.Wisconsin substance abuse counselors: These programs qualify as continuing education courses consisting of relevant subject matter taught by qualified presenters.Educators: These programs may qualify towards your Professional Development Plans (PDPs).Other types of professionals: Contact your own board or organization for specific continuing education requirements.

Questions? Contact Barbara Nehls-Lowe at barbara.nehlslowe@wisc.edu or 608-890-4653 if you have questions or wish to join the mailing list for the new End of Life Compassionate Care Certificate.

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