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by
Ronald Mah
Corwin
Press, 2006
by
Ronald Mah
Corwin
Press, 2008
Calligraphy
for "Learning" in
Handouts
(Mini-Posters)
DVDs
by Ronald Mah
on Children's Behavior,
Discipline, and Child
Development at 
Articles
for Parents, Teachers, Educators, and Human Services Professionals
Consulting,
Parent
Education,
&
Staff Development
Workshops
&
Trainings
Professional
Development
Workshops, Articles, & Consultation,
for
Therapists
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Individual
Consultation and Coaching available. |
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Contact
Ronald at (510) 614-5641 or by email at Ronald@RonaldMah.com |
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Professional
Development Workshops- CEU
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Continuing Education Units
available. State of California Board of Behavioral Sciences, CEU Provider
#PCE3298.
If
you are willing to sponsor and organize workshops or trainings, please contact Ronald to arrange
for any of these workshops to be presented in for your organization or for your area.
All
courses met the qualifications for continuing education for MFT’s and
LCSW’s as
required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences-
CEU Provider #PCE3298.
Follow
links for information and for more extensive descriptions:
DIFFICULT
CHILDREN,
When Parents and Teachers demand, “Fix this Kid!!”
GAMES,
MANIPULATIONS, AND SEDUCTIONS
in
Counseling the Difficult Adolescent
FROM
DIFFICULT to DANGEROUS: Acting
Out, Aggression, or Volatility versus Dangerous or Violence Potential in
Children, Teens, and Others
WHEN
YOU DON'T KNOW,
Theoretical Foundations for Cross-Cultural Therapy
"ONE
SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL," Assessment & Practice in Couples
Therapy
"I
HATE Insurance Companies!!” Conceptualizing
Clinical Practice…to Develop Successful PRIVATE PRACTICE w/o 3PPer
Dependence
BEYOND
REASONABLE SUSPICION,
Experiential Training for Understanding CHILD ABUSE &
Mandated Reporting
SEDUCTIONS
and ARROGANCE, Client
Presentations and Therapist Vulnerabilities That Lead to LEGAL and ETHICAL
Violations
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DIFFICULT
CHILDREN
When
Parents and Teachers demand,
“Fix
this Kid!!”
Processes
and Tools for Assessment & Diagnosis
and
Treatment & Intervention
that
also Teach and Train Parents and Teachers (with Integrity)
There
are often complex issues and circumstances that make a child or teen
"act out" or become moody. Effective treatment comes from
appropriate assessments of these issues and circumstances that lead to
theoretical clarity that subsequently imply treatment approaches and
interventions. Several diagnostic tools (in the form of short
written guides or worksheets) will be presented that the presenter has
developed over years of working with children, teens, parents, and
teachers and other school personnel.
to download a Microsoft Word Document w/ a more extensive description
about of the "Difficult Children"
workshop.
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GAMES,
MANIPULATIONS, AND SEDUCTIONS IN COUNSELING THE DIFFICULT ADOLESCENT
A
Cross-Cultural Theoretical Foundation
to
Teens & Teen Therapy
w/Developmental
& Strategic Principles & Approaches
The
underlying cross-cultural and development principles of the therapeutic
and life games, manipulations, and seductions practiced by adolescents
(with themselves, with their peers, and with adults) will be
conceptualized leading to practical interventions and interactions.
This will allow clinicians to successfully meet the demands of the
adolescent inter-relational “game.” Clinicians will be guided in
how to validate the existential world of the teen by “playing” the
game successfully (gaining respect and credibility versus losing the
same), and then promoting therapeutic change leading to behavior,
attitude, and value development.
to download a Microsoft Word Document w/ a more extensive description of
the "Games..." workshop.
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FROM
DIFFICULT to DANGEROUS:
Acting
Out, Aggression, or Volatility versus Dangerous or Violence Potential in
Children, Teens, and Others
“How
dangerous is my client?” Therapists are often presented
with difficult clients to treat. Among the presenting
issues are aggressive, impulsive, and violent behaviors. Or,
there may also be aggressive, obsessive, and violent thoughts or writings.
Sometimes, there are both present. How dangerous is the client?
Is there a likelihood of physical assault on another person?
There
are often complex issues and circumstances that make a child or teen (and
adult) "act out" or become moody. Effective
treatment comes from appropriate assessments of client personality,
issues, and circumstances that lead to theoretical clarity that
subsequently imply treatment approaches and interventions.
Fifteen
or more specific criteria will be introduced to help clinicians
differentiate danger potential and treatment and intervention processes.
This information gives guidance for both treatment and preventative work
for children and teens. While the seminar will focus on children,
this information is applicable for assessing for potential for domestic
violence, child abuse, physical assault, and emotional, psychological,
economic, financial, and social attacks by adults.
to download a Microsoft Word Document w/ a more extensive description of
the "Difficult to Dangerous" workshop
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WHEN
YOU DON'T KNOW
THEORETICAL
FOUNDATIONS
FOR
CROSS-CULTURAL THERAPY
including
experiential activities
to
examine areas of diverse cultural expression.
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 Clients
come from diverse cultural backgrounds that may not reflect a
therapist’s own background. Despite caring, commitment and
integrity, therapists are often NOT culturally clinically prepared for
sound practice.
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This
presentation teaches powerful theoretical foundations (not solely
knowledge based) to promote successful cross-cultural therapeutic
processes, even if the therapist is unfamiliar with clients' cultural
values.
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Common
theoretical approaches will be examined to reveal their cross-cultural
and multi-cultural therapy roots, including connections w/ systemic
theories and cross-cultural theory.
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Five
common problematic approaches will be examined, including those that
lead to advanced stereotyping (potentially simplistic), divisive
moralizing, recriminations, guilt, and hatred—the very antitheses of
successful therapy. Participants will be led through an
experiential "quiz" that will simultaneously reveal,
facilitate deeper understanding of, allow proper "use" of, and
yet will free therapists and clients (individuals and families) from
many common cultural stereotypes.
to download a Microsoft Word Document w/ a more extensive description of
the "When You Don't Know" workshop
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“ONE
SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL”
Assessment
and Practice in
COUPLES
THERAPY
Any
given couple can present a complexity of issues. One couple’s
challenges may be completely different from another couple’s problems or
needs. One particular or favored theory or therapeutic approach
CANNOT fit all couples. Does the therapeutic approach fit the
particular couple? This training focuses on multiple assessments that
clarify complexities in couple’s presentation, which then leads to more
effective treatments. Anxiety? Depressed? Narcissistic? PTSD? Borderline?
Addiction? Co-dependency? Abuse? Passive-Aggressive? Attachment Issues?
Communication Styles? Cross-cultural Issues? Trauma? Temperament?
Processing Issues? Family of Origin? And more! The presenter will
discuss cases from pragmatic, therapeutic, and theoretical perspectives
from experiences with a vast cross section of couples a variety of
clinical presentations.
to download a Microsoft Word Document w/ a more extensive description of
the "One Size Doesn't Fit All" workshop
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"I
HATE Insurance Companies!!”
Conceptualizing
Clinical Practice…
to
Develop Successful PRIVATE PRACTICE
w/o
3PPer Dependence
Conceptualize
and Articulate WHO and WHAT
you
are as a therapist (the "PRODUCT")
to
Discover
and Articulate WHAT and HOW to
Develop
("SELL") a Successful Private
Practice ("BUSINESS")
This
workshop will work interactively with therapists to begin
conceptualization of their own clinical practices for articulation in
their subsequent marketing processes. Writing articles, getting
published, networking, presenting workshops, and getting onto managed-care
provider panels make up the second step of a four-step process to
develop a successful private practice. Only if you're able to
clearly conceptualize your clinical practices would you be able articulate
what those practices are (this is your product). And, then
you can be not only a good therapist but also, a successful financially
viable private practice business.
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download a Microsoft Word Document w/ a more extensive description of
the "I HATE Insurance Companiesl" workshop
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BEYOND
REASONABLE SUSPICION
Experiential
Training for Understanding
CHILD
ABUSE & Mandated Reporting
with
Practical Guidelines for Professional Interventions
to
Address Problematic Parental Discipline
“My
momma took a belt to me. And, I never did it again. I’ll take
a belt to him if he ever does that again!” declares a mother.
“You’re
too damn easy on them kids. Back talk me or you and no
TV, no story, no dinner. Straight to bed,” declares the dad.
“I
can’t even touch my kids. They’ll… their teacher will call CPS
on me. You can’t discipline your own child, that’s why my kids
get out of control. What am I supposed to do? Let them run
wild? Or, smack ‘em to learn ‘em? And, go to jail!?”
“He’s
been real moody a lot lately. His grades are down.
He
don’t wanna to go to school. He used to love school.”
“She’s
got new clothes and an Ipod, she won’t tell me how she got them.
What’s going on?
And
what do you say? What do you think? What do you
do?
to download a Microsoft Word Document w/ a more extensive description of
the "Beyond Reasonable Suspicion" workshop
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SEDUCTIONS
and ARROGANCE
Client
Presentations and Therapist Vulnerabilities
That
Lead to LEGAL and ETHICAL Violations
A
different LEGAL and ETHICAL Seminar to
fulfill the CEU requirement.
(This
Seminar fulfills the BSE Legal & Ethical CEU requirement for license
renewal for MFT’s & LCSW’s.)
Topics
to be included:
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Legal
and Ethical issues for psychotherapists,
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Client
presentations (personality disorders, abuse survivors, sexualizing
therapy, neediness, etc.),
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Legally
and ethically challenging issues (letters, custodial disputes,
mandated counseling, etc.), therapy configurations (family, couples,
parents and children or teens, etc.),
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Professional
practices (insurance, billing, debts), and
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Therapist
vulnerabilities (ignorance, arrogance, being the "gallant
knight" or rescuer, being "special," relational
self-medication, and so forth.
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to
download a Microsoft Word Document w/
a more
extensive description
of "Seductions and Arrogance"
workshop |
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For Therapists
(click to download file) for filling out HCFA1500 forms:
Template
for HCFA1500 printing using WORD
Sample of filled
out HCFA1500 using template
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