To register for any of our seminars, workshops or programs, click on the "sign me up" link to access the registration form. Fill out the details and hit the send button. If you do not get an email response within 24 hours, please contact us by calling 210-616-0885, ext. 0.

Treating Depression from a Pastoral Perspective

San Antonio: Thursday, August 28, 2008
Laredo: Friday, August 29, 2008
McAllen: Saturday, August 30, 2008
9 a.m to 3 p.m.

Speaker: Howard Stone, Ph.D., author and professor emeritus, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University
Location: San Antonio: Ecumenical Center - Medical Center office, 8310 Ewing Halsell (78229)
Laredo: Laredo Medical Center, 1700 E. Saunders St. (78041)
McAllen: City of Pharr Community Center, 7107 S. Cage (78577)

Cost: Free
6 CEUs: * $60 in advance; $65 at seminar (Available for LPC, LMFT, LSW, LCSW, LMSW, LCDC)

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Designed for clergy and lay persons, this workshop will uncover depression and compare it to forms of spiritual desolation experienced in the history of the church.  The workshop will:

  • expand participants’ ability to assess whether individuals are depressed
  • compare depression with experiences of spiritual desolation
  • expand paraticipant’s abilities to care for those with mild depression or spiritual desolation
  • provide specific, concrete methods to quickly help depressed individuals

 

 

Substance Abuse from a Latino Perspective

San Antonio: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Laredo: Friday, September 26, 2008
McAllen: Saturday, September 27, 2008
9 a.m to 3 p.m.

Speaker: Maria Emilia O’Neil, Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Location: San Antonio: Ecumenical Center - Medical Center office, 8310 Ewing Halsell (78229)
Laredo: Laredo Medical Center, 1700 E. Saunders St. (78041)
McAllen: City of Pharr Community Center, 7107 S. Cage (78577)

Cost: Free
6 CEUs: * $60 in advance; $65 at seminar (Available for LPC, LMFT, LSW, LCSW, LMSW, LCDC)

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This seminar will provide a biological, sociological, ecological, contextual and holistic understanding of psychoactive substance abuse through a discussion on the issue of drug abuse in contemporary society, motivations for drug use, family involvement, substance abuse prevention, intervention and treatment from a Hispanic perspective.  Our speaker will cover:

  • the general situation of drug abuse in the USA and Latin America
  • traditional models for the treatment of substance abuse
  • current treatment models of substance abuse from a Hispanic perspective
  • relapse prevention models

 

 

Effective Family Counseling in a Multicultural Context

San Antonio: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Laredo: Friday, October 24, 2008
McAllen: Saturday, October 25, 2008
9 a.m to 3 p.m.

Speaker: Barbara Okun, Ph.D., Northeastern University, Harvard Medical School
Location: San Antonio: Ecumenical Center - Medical Center office, 8310 Ewing Halsell (78229)
Laredo: Laredo Medical Center, 1700 E. Saunders St. (78041)
McAllen: City of Pharr Community Center, 7107 S. Cage (78577)

Cost: Free
6CEUs: * $60 in advance; $65 at seminar (Available for LPC, LMFT, LSW, LCSW, LMSW, LCDC)

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Ethics in Pastoral Counseling

San Antonio: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Laredo: Friday, November 21, 2008
McAllen: Saturday, November 22, 2008
9 a.m to 3 p.m.

Speaker: Ismael Garcia, Ph.D., Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Location: San Antonio: Ecumenical Center - Medical Center office, 8310 Ewing Halsell (78229)
Laredo: Laredo Medical Center, 1700 E. Saunders St. (78041)
McAllen: City of Pharr Community Center, 7107 S. Cage (78577)

Cost: Free
6CEUs: * $60 in advance; $65 at seminar (Available for LPC, LMFT, LSW, LCSW, LMSW, LCDC)

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