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Practical psychology, inspiring change
Volume 5, Issue 7
July, 2008
The Adler Graduate School
Offers the
Master of Arts in Adlerian Counseling & Psychotherapy
With tracks in:
Marriage and Family Therapy,
Clinical Counseling,
School Counseling,
Management Consulting and Organizational Leadership
&
Non-clinical Adlerian Studies
Certificates
Professional Life Coaching
Parent Coaching
Coaching and Consulting in Organizations |
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President’s Corner
New Art Therapy Studio at Adler Graduate School
The enrollment at AGS continues to grow at an amazing rate. We now have a student population of 300. Our original capital expansion plan called for the construction of an art therapy studio after we purchase the building in the fall of 2009, but because of the rapidly increasing enrollment we are in need of more classroom space for this coming fall, a year earlier than expected. We contacted the building owner and negotiated the addition of approximately 1,000 square feet to our lease for the 2008-2009 school year.
We are in the process of upgrading space in the northeast corner of the second floor into an art therapy studio. The room will have cabinets and countertops, including sinks. It will also have new lighting, furniture, and fixtures. The work on the studio began on July 2, 2008 and will be completed by the start of the fall term in October. The addition of this classroom will help ease the congestion caused by our rapid enrollment growth and should serve us through this school year. It will also provide a quality instructional space for our new art therapy program. We will also be adding four or five more classrooms in the fall of 2009 when we purchase the building.
Rapidly expanding enrollments is a nice problem to have. It demonstrates how bright the future of the Adler Graduate School really is! We will keep you informed about our progress.
Dr. Dennis Rislove
President, Adler Graduate School |
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An Adlerian Must-Read
Check out an article about Phyllis Bottome’s biography of Alfred Adler. Man with a Will is the title of the article which was published in the June 30, 1958 issue of Time Magazine. It provides a primer on Individual Psychology and a glimpse into the mind of the man who founded it.
You’ll find the article at:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,891935,00.html
Kate Moore, Editor |
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Open House: Wednesday, August 6th
The admissions director, faculty members and current students will be on hand to answer your questions. Learn about our Master of Arts program with tracks in Marriage and Family Therapy, School Counseling and Management Consulting and Organizational Leadership. You’ll also hear about our certificate series in Professional Life Coaching, Parent Coaching and Coaching & Consulting in Organizations.
Next Open House:
August 6th
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Adler Graduate School located at 1550 East 78th Street in Richfield, Minnesota.
Please call 612-861-7554 for directions. |
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August 13th: Free Life Coaching Seminar*
6:00 -7:30 p.m.
What is life coaching? Why are so many people in the helping professions drawn to this method of helping others move forward in their lives? How can you add life coaching to your professional tool kit? You will receive answers to those and other questions about the dynamic, life-changing practice of life coaching.
Please join us on Wednesday, August 13th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. The seminar takes place at the Adler Graduate School: 1550 E. 78th Street, Richfield, MN 55423, top floor.
Please call Paula Hemming, Specialty Coordinator, AGS Professional Life Coaching Certificate Series, for more information: 612-729-2939 or email Paula at: coachpaula@earthlink.net
* A free life coaching seminar is held the 2nd Wednesday of each month. |
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Announcing the Fall 2008 Friday Workshop Series (Board Approved CEUs)
The Adler Graduate School (AGS) announces its fall 2008 Friday workshop training series for area professionals. These workshops are aimed at counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, consultants and teachers. Each is an excellent workshop at an excellent price!
These workshops are taught by highly experienced area professionals. Cost is $99.00 per workshop ($65.00 for Adler alumni and students). Workshops run Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Each workshop is preapproved for 6.0 CEUs by the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (LPC, LPCC) and Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT).
Registration form: http://www.alfredadler.edu/pdf/WorkshopRegistration.pdf
September 19
Deployment and Reintegration: Strategies and Techniques to Address Soldiers’ Trauma, Dissociation, and PTSD
This workshop will examine internal and external dynamics of deployment, reintegration, trauma, dissociation and PTSD. Strategies and techniques will be offered to help educators and therapists actively interface with National Guard and other members of the military, their families and concerned citizens. Useful approaches will be utilized to assist participants to learn how to offer services and facilitate learning so that greater comfort, knowledge and skills can be applied to this area of need.
Workshop Presenters: Herb Laube, Ph.D., LMFT, and Bill Premo, Ph.D.
October 10
Moving Forward, Looking Back: The Golden Age in Psychotherapy and Beyond (Working with Elders)
This workshop will explore special challenges and special benefits of counseling with older (both young-old and old-old) clients and their families. Ethical, multidisciplinary, developmental and multigenerational aspects of psychotherapy with older clients will be discussed. Special topics will include care giving and cognitive processes (both normative and non-normative) as factors in therapy. Creative psychotherapeutic approaches will be explored.
Workshop Presenter: Marina Bluvshtein, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC
November 7
Early Recollections in Psychotherapy: A Cornerstone Technique to Gain Essential Therapeutic Information
Clinicians are more effective when they can customize their clinical skills to the needs of each individual client. The more tools a clinician has to empower clients, dissolve resistance, and support forward movement toward recovery and wholeness, the more confident that therapist will be and the more the client will benefit. This workshop will cover several simple yet powerfully transformative techniques using client Early Recollections and metaphors that will reveal hidden strengths, expose and permanently change harmful patterns, and simplify problem solving and decision making.
Workshop Presenter: Catherine Hedberg, MA LP
December 19
Effective Conflict Resolution Strategies: Helping Couples, Families, and Organizations
The Creative Conflict Resolution Process (CCRP) has been used to train more than 4,000 individuals. It is based in Adlerian psychology and utilizes a model comprised of interlocking skills to help couples, families, and organizations more appropriately solve conflicts. Look forward to meaningful input, review, and use of concrete techniques, as well as interactive and active learning. This well-traveled resolution process is practical and fits both the world of counseling and OD. Come and expand your toolbox.
Workshop Presenter: John Reardon, MA
Workshop Logistics:
- We would like to receive payment no later than five (5) days in advance of the workshop so we may plan for seating. Each workshop is limited to 25 participants. To give you an idea of location, the Adler Graduate School is located just north of 494 about 2 miles west of the Mall of America. See the map and directions: http://www.alfredadler.edu/contact/directions.htm
- Registration confirmation and directions are e-mailed to participants three (3) days prior to the workshop.
- Workshops start at 9:00 a.m. and run until 4:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own) is 12:00-1:00. All workshop materials are provided.
- At the end of the workshop day, participants receive a certificate of attendance confirming 6.0 board-approved CEUs.
- Checks and credit card charges are processed on the day of the workshop.
Mail registration and payment to:
Dr. Roger Ballou
Adlerian Program Director
Adler Graduate School
1550 East 78th Street
Richfield, MN 55423
Questions? Call 612-861-7554 (extension 109)
We look forward to having you join us! |
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Alumni News
Position Accepted
AGS alumna Indhira Joseph, M.A., has accepted the position of Principal/Administrator of the Taman Kanak-Kanak Montessori School in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. Ms. Joseph has been a Montessori teacher for many years as well as the owner and director of her own Montessori school in Edina, MN. To read more about her accomplishments, education and philosophy go to: http://indhirajoseph.efoliomn.com/
“Nature is the teacher, and the child is the disciple. Children are the disciples of Life.”
Maria Montessori
Book Release
Lisa Venable, M.A., is an AGS alumna as well as an inspirational speaker, writer and psychotherapist. Ms. Venable’s first book, God for President: a Parable about the Power of Love, was released in paperback this summer by Conari Press.
To read more about Ms. Venable go to: http://www.messagesfromlove.com/home.html |
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Thanks to Dennis Rislove and Roger Ballou for their contributions to this month’s newsletter. |
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Adler Graduate School Non-Discrimination Policy
The Adler Graduate School is an equal opportunity educational institution and employer
which does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age,
sexual orientation, veteran status or physical ability in the employment of its faculty or staff, the admission
or treatment of its students, or in the operation of its educational programs and activities.
Adler Graduate School
1550 East 78th Street
Richfield, Minnesota 55423
ON THE WEB AT: alfredadler.edu
Phone: 612-861-7554
Fax: 612-861-7559
Email: admin@alfredadler.edu
Adler Graduate School Newsletter
Kate Moore, Editor
Copyright 2008
All Rights Reserved |
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