19th Annual Medical Family Therapy Intensive

Co-Directors:

• Susan H. McDaniel, Ph.D.
  Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine
  Director: Institute for the Family
• Pieter le Roux, D. Litt. et Phil.
  Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
  Director: Family Therapy Training Program

Other Presenting Faculty:

• Thomas Campbell, M.D.
• Catherine Cerulli, J.D., Ph.D.
• Olivia Chiang, Psy.D.
• Colleen Fogarty, M.D.
• Lynn C. Garfunkel, M.D.
• Carol Podgorski, Ph.D., LMFT
• Chris Pulleyn, M.S., MFT
• Tziporah Rosenberg, Ph.D., LMFT
• Mary Tantillo, R.N., Ph.D.
• William Watson, Ph.D

Monday

Morning

"Medical Family Therapy in the Era of Genetics" - Susan McDaniel PhD

This talk will open the Intensive by reviewing the basic principles of medical family therapy and illustrating the opportunities and their application to genetic disorders.

Monday

Afternoon

"Behavior and Mental Health Care of Children in Pediatric Primary Care: Integrating Clinical Services and Education" - Olivia Chiang PsyD, Lynn Garfunkel MD, Pieter le Roux Ph.D

This talk will present the development and maintenance of integrated clinical services and residency education in a large urban pediatric practice.

Tuesday

Morning

"Mindfulness in Medical Family Therapy" - Colleen Fogarty MD, Chris Pulleyn MS LMFT

This presentation will provide practice skills in the four key concepts of mindfulness: attentive observation, critical curiosity, beginner’s mind and presence.

Tuesday

Afternoon

"Research on Families and Health" - Thomas Campbell MD

This talk provides an overview of relevant family research as it relates to health and medical family therapy.

Wednesday

Morning

"Special Challenges for Adults in Later Life: Caregiving, Loss, and Family Relationships" -
Carol Podgorski PhD LMFT

This presentation will provide participants with a greater awareness of the psychosocial issues that adults in later life face and an understanding of the applications of medical family therapy interventions to issues of caregiving and loss.

Wednesday

Afternoon

No presentation

Thursday

Morning

“The Doctor Will See…ALL of you Now: A recipe for team-based (or ‘collaborative’) group medical visits" -Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD, Stephen Schultz, MD

This presentation will offer an introduction to the concept of group medical visits as a patient-centered, community-building condition-specific approach to population-based management of chronic illness and other medical issues. Participants will also receive resources and suggestions for partnering with providers from other disciplines and beginning group visits in their practices.

Thursday

Afternoon

"How to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Your Medical Family Therapy Practice" -
Catherine Cerulli JD PhD

This session will enhance participants' knowledge of the prevalence of IPV among healthcare seeking patients. It will also address the state of the field for screening and assessment. The role of medical providers will also be discussed.

Friday 

Morning

"Psychogenic Seizures and the Family: Bridging the Mind/Body Gap" - William H Watson PhD

This talk will present a common sense framework for understanding the phenomenon of somatoform disorders, using psychogenic convulsions as a model, that can facilitate dialogue and acceptance of the diagnosis for patients and their family members, and open up pathways for healing.

Friday

Afternoon

"Eating Disorders: Understanding the impact of intra- and interpersonal disconnections and the importance of family-based treatments in repairing them" - Mary Tantillo RN Ph.D.

This workshoprelationally reframes eating disorders as"Diseases of Disconnection". The various levels of intrapersonal and interpersonal disconnections will be described, as well as theirinfluenceon patient and family members during recovery. The workshop willemphasize the importance ofrelationally-informed, family-based treatments to repair disconnections and review various approaches and strategies to do this work.