Substance Use Disorders and the Gestalt Approach

Substance Use Disorders and the Gestalt Approach

Please join us for an informative and useful workshop on combining a Gestalt approach with treatment of substance use disorders, presented by Alyssa Lieb, PsyD, and Paul Diamond, PhD, ABPP.

 

Date

Saturday, April 28

 

Time
9:00am-12:00pm

Location
Towers of Kenwood
First Floor Meeting Room
8044 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236

Fees
$45.00 Nonmembers with 3 CEU’s
$30.00 Members of CGI with 3 CEU’s or nonmembers w/o CEU’s
Social Worker and Counselor CEU’s included.

Register by calling CGI at 421-9739 and leaving a message. Cash or check payment will be collected at the door. Walk-ins are welcome but due to space limitations, those not registered are not guaranteed a seat.
Alyssa Lieb, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist in the substance abuse residential rehabilitation program (SARRTP) at the Cincinnati VA.  Her clinical position is primarily devoted to group and individual psychotherapy, psychodrama, and diagnostic consultation. She provides mindfulness education to veterans participating in both residential and outpatient services and facilitates a Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) course to support and enhance recovery by cultivating self-awareness and mindful action through the integration of meditation practice and concepts of relapse prevention. Issues related to group process, gestalt theory and practice, mindfulness meditation, and the integration of creative and holistic approaches in addiction treatment are some of her special interests.

Paul Diamond, Ph.D., ABPP recently retired as director of Clinical Training in Psychology, as well as director of the EAP, at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. He also served as director of the VA Drug Dependency Treatment program for over 10 years. In addition to consultation to various mental health agencies in group therapy and staff development, Paul maintains a private psychotherapy practice working with individuals, couples, families and groups. An area of interest is men’s developmental issues.