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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF AGING & CLINICAL APPLICATIONS (CSACA) |
DESCRIPTION
The Washington School of Psychiatry’s Center for the Study of Aging & Clinical Applications (CSACA) offers six conferences held virtually on Sundays to help professionals stay current in their work with aging adults and their families.
These conferences will provide important knowledge and skills to better serve the aging adult population in a wide range of settings. This longest life stage and its phases requires specialized training.
The conferences offer interactive, didactic and experiential learning based on theory and research. Content areas include clinical person-centered approaches such as individual, couples, family psychotherapy, group and expressive psychotherapy. Conference topics give attention to distinguishing manifestations of normal aging from systemic illness, caregiving and attachment styles in care partnerships, socioeconomic factors bearing on responses to changing needs imposed by aging, as well as end-of-life preparedness and decision-making. Topics for six all-day, virtual Sunday conferences for the 2024 – 2026 include:
- The Presidency: Age, Wisdom and Competency; 9/23/2024
- Relevance of Attachment to Aging; 1/12/2025
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Older Adults; 5/4/2025
- Aging & Environment: The Impact of Where Older Adults Live; 10/19/2025
- Care Partnerships in Aging; 1/18/2026
- Living with Serious Illness & Chronic Conditions; 5/19/26
Psychotherapeutic techniques for communicating effectively in difficult situations are woven throughout the conferences and case discussion.
Participation in the conferences is open to professionals who are interested in increasing their knowledge and skills in working with aging adults and increasing their awareness and understanding developmental tasks associated with this stage of development, ages 55 – elderly. Previous work serving aging adults is not a pre-requisite.
There are two options for participation:
- You can apply to the Certificate Program wherein participants attend the entire cycle of six conferences over 2 years and belong to the same small group throughout all six conferences. In addition, weekly individual or small group consultation from September - May is required during each semester of the 2-semester year. Consultation fees are additional to tuition and are $75.00 for an individual session of 45 min. and $50.00 for a 3-person, small group session of 75 min. Individuals choosing the Certificate Program option will be given a list of faculty members who provide case consultation. Individuals in the certificate program will have a consultant weekly for each semester. The first semester is from September 2024 to mid-January 2025 with a faculty consultant. The second semester is from mid-January through May 2026 with a different faculty consultant. A participant can choose whomever they wish from this list of faculty consultants for each semester.
Participants who attend all six conferences over the 2-year cycle , along with weekly consultation, receive a New Washington School of Psychiatry Certificate upon graduation from the program.
- You can register for individual conferences, attending each on a per conference basis and being assigned to a unique small group for that event. Throughout the two-year period, you can register for multiple conferences of your choice as they are announced.
The content of each conference content includes didactic, experiential, expressive components and case discussion.
All conferences are held virtually on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom link for the conference 2 days before the conference and, again, 1 day before the conference begins.
Click here to register for the Center for the Study of Aging & Clinical Applications (CSACA) Training Program.CHAIR
Tybe Diamond, MSW, has been a psychotherapist for many decades. She has served on three clinical faculties at the old Washington School of Psychiatry and joined the old WSP in 1974. She enthusiastically continues to chair the program for the Study of Aging & Clinical Applications at the NewWSP. She also serves on the couple’s faculty of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis and has been a member of that faculty for 20 years. Ms. Diamond also founded Tybe Diamond & Associates in 1993,an organizational consulting firm focused on the dynamics of organizations and family businesses. Her focus is on leadership & staff issues, coaching, and transitions. Her private practice is in upper NW, Washington, DC where she offers individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy. |
Tybe Diamond, MSW Rob Bamberger, MSW Estelle Berley, MSW Jane Brewster, MSW Kathryn Chefetz, MSW Tybe Diamond, MSW Glory Dierker, PhD Linda Guerkink, PhD Joan Medway, MSW, PhD Yara Moustafa. MD, PhD Judy Peres, MSW George Saiger, MD Margo Silberstein, EdD Annemarie Russell, EdD, MPH, MSW, CAGS (Gerontology) Guest speakers will be invited to conferences and their names will appear in conference announcements. |
PROGRAM INFORMATION
CE/CME AWARD 1 credit will be awarded for each conference hour. Generally, there are 6 credit hours in each one-day program. Click here for Accreditation Statement and AMEDCO Continuing Education Certification TUITION There are two options for participation in the 2-Year Intensive Training Program:
If you are thinking about attending but the cost is prohibitive, please contact Tybe Diamond, Program Chair. Reduced tuition/fees may be available. APPLICANTS The 2-Year Training Program is open to all licensed and unlicensed mental health professionals (e.g., social workers, psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, marriage & family therapists, coaches, gerontologists, administrators, care case managers and interested lay community members. Experience working with older adults is not a pre-requisite. All applicants to the 2-Year Training Program will be interviewed prior to acceptance. Click here to apply. For more information about the 2-Year Training Program or individual conferences contact: Tybe Diamond, Chair; tybediamond@gmail.com or call 202.213.9871 RECOMMENDED READING |
The NewWSP invites you to the Open House for our Certificate Program from 2024 - 2026 Case Presentation: Jane Brewster, MSW; Discussion Facilitator: Tybe Diamond, MSW Date: Sunday, June 30, 2024 Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm Location: A Virtual Zoom Event RSVP: tybediamond@gmail.com for Zoom link which will also be posted on our listserv prior to the event. OPEN HOUSE About the Event: The certificate program, Psychotherapy for Aging Adults & Clinical Applications, established in 2013, Provides six, all-day Sunday conferences over 2 years that include interactive, didactic and experiential learning based on theory and research. The phase of older adulthood is the longest period of life. This stage is divided into four age periods: Young–old (55-74), old-old (75-84), the oldest-old (85-99), and centenarians (100+). These categories are based on the conceptions of aging including, biological, psychological, social, and chronological differences. Topics focus on distinguishing normal aging from systemic illness as well as caregiving and attachment styles in care partnerships, socioeconomic factors bearing on responses to changing needs imposed by aging, end-of-life preparedness and decision-making and other special topics. |
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