MN Society For Clinical Social Work
GENERATING EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
Fall 2013
Volume 33, Issue 2
year to provide continuity while a new president is
President’s Letter
selected. Please remember that the board meetings
Harriet Kohen
are open to members. Attending meetings and
Summer Greetings!
serving on committees is a rewarding way to learn
By now you have all learned how to manage the new
more about clinical practice, policy issues and ex-
CPT codes introduced in January. And the beat goes
tend your professional networks. Meetings are
on as we now begin to strategize with the Depart-
generally held the fourth Monday of the month ex-
ment of Health and Humans Services and other
cept for December and June-August. Also please
professions about implementing federal require-
join one of the ongoing study groups, or create your
ments for the Electronic Health Records expected in
own to receive CEUs.
January 2015. You will receive regular email updates
The low cost clinical supervision for LGSWs as part
from the board, as several of our members will par-
of our membership benefits continues. The groups
ticipate in the DHS sessions providing feedback and
are facilitated by experienced, knowledgeable and
contributing social work perspectives to the ques-
compassionate clinical social workers. This is a
tions raised.
great opportunity to receive supervision for those
An update on the outcome of the legislative session
4000 hours now needed to become an LICSW. Feel
that just ended: We hired an experienced lobbyist,
free to spread the word to your colleagues and new
Bill Struzinski, who shepherded our amendments to
social work graduates.
bills raising fees or creating equity for social work
The board joins me in thanking you all for your
for mental health services. Because of the slight in-
continuing support of the Clinical Society. These are
crease in cost that the bills generated and our late
challenging times for agencies, individual clinicians
timing into the process our amendments did not
and for communities. As a member of the Clinical
pass this year. The amendments received strong
Society we are part of the solution through effective
support from Representative Patti Fritz (DFL) Dis-
personal and public advocacy.
trict: 24B, Representative Zachary Dorholt (DFL)
District: 14B, Representative Jim Abeler (R) District:
35A, Senator Kent Eken (DFL) District 04, Senator
Our kickoff meeting is September 23. We hope to
see you there!
Julie A. Rosen (R) District 23, and Senator John A.
Hoffman (DFL), District 36. And we deeply thank
Inside This Issue
them for their strong support.
Please feel free to
New Members ................................................................ 2
send your thanks to our legislative supporters by
Committee Reports ........................................................ 4
email or snail mail. The board is hopeful that this
Clinical News & Research................................................ 8
year’s experience will position us to reintroduce
Supervise/Consultation List.......................................... 11
these amendments for the next legislative session
Study Group News ........................................................ 12
beginning in February 2014.
You may be surprised to know that I accepted a
Advertisements ............................................................ 13
3rd
term as president of MSCSW because our president
elect moved out of town. I agreed to serve one more
MSCSW News
Welcome!
Ernie Gunderson
MSCSW welcomes the following new members:
1953 - 2013
Kerry Aikman
Denise Hanna Bisanz
April Brandt
Michael Chovanec
Katrin Christensen-Cowan
Rosemary Frazel
Lauren Givan
Susan T. Johnson
Rachel Litecky
Melia McCubbin
Jean Naymark
Hannah Puffer
Amy N. Rapoport
Lynn A. Richardson
Jeff Shively
Keimi Umezu
Lynnette Christopherson
Renee Ostberg
Lisa Richardson
Danette Ricks
Ernie Gunderson served our society as member-atlarge, treasurer elect and all around volunteer. Ernie
went wherever he was needed so you could often
find him making coffee and serving snacks at the
Educational meetings. Ernie was a man of many talents. Before attending St. Kate's/St. Thomas School
of Social Work he was a mechanical engineer for 25
years. His interest in emotional healing led him to
his second career in social work. He also had a passion for writing and published a memoir of his
mother's life, entitled, Hartland to Capitol Hill: The
Journey of a Wounded Healer.
Ernie delighted in people and relationships. He valiantly accepted the challenge of his illness and
buoyed by his love of life, people and his spirituality,
was a model of grace and acceptance for us all. Ernie
was kind and thoughtful to us on the board by sharing his journey with emails and invitations to
celebrate his accomplishments, birthdays, friends
and family.
Ernie will be missed. Please celebrate the life of this
Members: Important Note:
A few of you have not renewed with the society.
If we think you have not done so, there will be a re-
gentle man with us.
ATTN: Clinical Social Workers in Private Practice
A Privacy and Security Workgroup
minder enclosed in your newsletter.
is being convened by the
If you think we have made a mistake please contact
MN Department of Health
Sarah Schuh at [email protected].
The group will address the state and federal re-
We hope you will continue to
quirements related to electronic health records (EHR)
support MSCSW.
psychotherapists and other health care providers will
If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is
hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with
hard to believe?”
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
and health information exchange.
be required by January 2015.
This is an opportunity for clinical social workers in
private practice to have a seat at the decisionmaking table regarding EHR that will affect them and
their clients.
Workgroup charge:
 Review and comment on EHR privacy and
security-related
MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
Use of EHR by
policies
and
make
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recommendations on policies and practices that
hope you will, and we trust you will find it useful to your
support compliance with state and federal
life and practice!
requirements.
 Recommend
activities
that
support
implementation of sound privacy and security
 Develop educational resources and tools for
providers
and
1.
LinkedIn MSCSW Group members must be members of
the Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work.
2. The LinkedIn MSCSW Group will be used to facilitate
communication among Society members specifically,
practices for health information.
consumers,
Our guidelines are as follows:
health
care
stakeholders.
and to the clinical social work community at large.
3. The LinkedIn MSCSW Group will be managed by a current member of the MSCSW or by a committee of
MSCSW members.
WHEN: First meeting is August 16, 2013, 1- 3 pm at
HealthEast Midway, 1700 University Avenue West,
St Paul, MN 55104.
WORKGROUP MEMBER EXPECTATIONS
 Serve a one-year term from August 2013 – June
4. The LinkedIn MSCSW Group will work under the direction of the MSCSW Board and report its activity on a
regular basis (at least quarterly) to the Board.
Poetry Therapy Certification
2014.
Harriet Kohen
 Participate in bi-monthly workgroup meetings
during the term and additional conference calls,
as needed.
About four years ago I began to study and learn
about Biblio/Poetry therapy as a modality for working with individuals and groups. I received my
 Bring the perspective of the stakeholder group
certificate as a Biblio/Poetry Therapist April 2013
you represent to all discussions and decisions.
from the National Federation of Bibliopoetry Thera-
 Keep the statewide interests of the e-Health
Initiative
foremost
in
decisions
and
recommendations.
py. I was required to read didactic materials, use
poetry therapy in groups and with individuals, and
complete over 60 hours of supervision. I also had
the privilege of mentoring two different prisoners
 Review meeting materials ahead of time and be
living in maximum security prisons who were work-
prepared to contribute clear and focused ideas.
ing on their educational goals through a poetry
FOR MORE DETAILS
workshop.
1. Privacy and Security Workgroup charge and fact
What is poetry therapy? It is the intentional use of
sheet:
the written and spoken word for healing and per-
http://www.health.state.mn.us/e-health/plpwghome.html
sonal growth. I use published poetry, clients’
2. MN e-Health Initiative Meetings and Events.
writings and their responses during therapy to re-
Many links included:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/e-health/calendar.html
3. EHR Information:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/e-health/index.html
duce stress, clarify decision-making, empower their
inner voice, personal growth, build self-confidence
and improve relationships.
The work is rewarding
and enlightening as the use of metaphor, journaling
and enhancing self-expression sometimes open unexpected doorways. Poetry therapy can be used in
Join Us at LinkedIn
As an added benefit to your MSCSW membership, you are
conjunction with other therapies or as a stand-alone
modality. I am usually amazed by the clients’ imagi-
warmly invited to join our LinkedIn Group. The Clinical
native and perceptive responses.
Society has begun using this tool to share resources and
For example: Here’s a short poem by Robert Frost I
host conversations related to our work and lives, and announce group openings, office space or jobs. Upon joining
MSCSW, you will be invited to join our LinkedIn Group. We
sometimes introduce to clients to discuss how to
better manage stresses, something we all juggle
from time to time. I might ask the client to identify
their parcels, noting which ones are personal, rela-
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tional and communal. Then we talk about how to re-
Ethics Seminars, Annual Meeting, Special Projects
stack them or better balance them.
- Bev Caruso (612-374-2618), Linda Pavic (952-
The Armful
For every parcel I stoop down to seize,
I lose some other off my arms and knees,
And the whole pile is slipping, bottle, buns,
Extremes too hard to comprehend at once,
Yet nothing I should care to leave behind.
With all I have to hold with, hand and mind
And heart, if need be, I will do my best
215-6612)
Database/Membership Records/Directory – Sarah
Schuh (612-873-7720)
Newsletter
Coordinator/Online
Newsletter/
Supervision List/Study Groups – Bev Caruso (612374-2618)
Web Coordinator – Sarah Anderson (651-7660671)
To keep their building balanced at my breast.
MSCSW Ethics Trainer List – Carol Schreier, Betsy
I crouch down to prevent them as they fall;
Horton, Ellen Luepker, Sarah Anderson, Bev Caru-
Then sit down in the middle of them all.
so, Linda Pavic, Kate Cosgriff, Katrin Christensen-
I had to drop the armful in the road
And try to stack them better
Cowen
Need Based Supervision Group – Carol Schreier,
Connie
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
MSCSW Committee on Law
The MSCSW Committee on Law continues to provide
one hour free consultation per year to members as a
member service.
Schweigert,
Mike
Chovanec,
Sharon
Grostephen
Need Based Supervision Group
Our first clinical supervision group called the Need
Based Supervision Group is going strong. This LGSW
supervision group meets the first Wednesday of the
Co-chairs Ellen Luepker (651-999-0116) and Clay
month, from 4.30 pm – 9 pm, with a short dinner
Sankey (651-770-0355) continue to receive calls
break. Contact Carol Schreier at [email protected] or
from members when they are facing dilemmas re-
Connie Schweigert at [email protected] for en-
garding ethical or legal questions in their clinical
rollment and information.
work. Typical examples of complex issues members
have found helpful to clarify with the committee include: how to proceed when responding to a
complaint submitted to the board of social work
You do not have to be in need of a reduced fee to
attend any of our groups.
The group fee ranges form $20-$30.
about the member’s practice; how to respond to a
Participants must be a member of the society.
parent’s request to be a witness in their child’s cus-
We are pleased that we have three more supervisors
tody case.
volunteering to lead two more groups. Mike Chovanec and Betsy Horton will lead a group and Sharon
Membership Services Committee
Grostephen will lead a group with a more psychodynamic emphasis.
We are pleased to be able to report our membership
We are looking for new members. If you have super-
is strong, increasing in numbers, energetic and ac-
visees who need to add a group to their plan please
tive. Members are utilizing the society’s study
contact [email protected].
group, ethics seminars, mentor services, and educational programs. Members are making more use of
online communication for referrals and resources.
Membership Planning Committee: Linda Pavic, Bev
Caruso, Carol Schreier, Kate Cosgriff, and Sarah
Schuh.
MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
Ethics Seminar
Sue Johnston will lead an ethics seminar entitled Ethics &
Cultural Issues. Time and place are yet to be determined.
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Eating Disorder NOS
Education Committee
In the waiting room, girls go by
2013-2014 EDUCATION PROGRAMS
clothing hangs on the whisper
Fall Workshop: “Supporting Emotional Regulation in
Children and Adolescents” Presenter Susan Schultz,
Ph.D., LICSW, LP, Friday, November 8, 9 am – 12:30
pm. Fee is $50 for pre-registered MSCSW members,
$70 for pre-registered non-members, and $25 for
pre-registered students. (3.5 CEUs) The location is
Mayflower Church, 106 E. Diamond Lake Road in
Minneapolis.
thin frames and elbow knobs dangle You would never really know they are dying.
A secret wrapped in a deception,
demonic pink ribbons binding
little monsters who will demolish the package.
Bone sucking, cuticle picking, tooth
and claw, they leap out of the box, hurling
a smash up of narrative to defy
language, silent movie makers.
Fall Clinical Conversation: “Making the Best Clinical
No subtitles, no who, how, what.
Use of the DSM-V and the ICD-10”, Presenter Daniel
In the waiting room, girls cradle
Keefe, MSW, LICSW, Wednesday, October 2, from 7-9
teddy bears, lonely dolls, glass slippers, childhood
pm.
fetishes fighting time,
Free to MSCSW members and $25 for non-
members.
(2 CEUs)
The location is Mayflower
a cache in no-man’s land.
What light might penetrate the dark?
Church, 106 E. Diamond Lake Road in Minneapolis.
Winter Workshop: “Integration of Narrative Therapy
Techniques into Clinical Work”, John Stillman, LICSW
(half-day)
Pinprick eyes are peepholes from the siege no altar, no sacrificial virgins, no
blood, no body
-Elise Sanders
Winter Clinical Conversation: “The HIPAA Compliant
Use of Social Media in Clinical Practice”, Susan Davis,
LICSW,
and
Tamara
Kaiser,
LICSW,
LMFT
(2
hours/evening)
Spring
Workshop
(tentative):
“Children’s
Mental
Community Resources
Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC)
Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS)
Contact: Melissa Flores 612-301-1046
Health Law Compliance in Clinical Practice,” TBA,
(half-day)
What is it: Recovery and Rehabilitative services fo-
Spring Clinical Conversation (tentative): “Acceptance
cused
and Commitment Therapy”, TBA (2 hours/evening)
developing natural supports
The above events are typically held at Mayflower
What problems does this program address:
on:
skill
building,
accessing
Church, 106 Diamond Lake Road, Minneapolis.
 Mental health symptoms
The Education Committee welcomes suggestions for
 Utilizing mental health services
next year’s workshops. Members are invited to present on a topic of interest, passion or expertise for
two hours in an informal gathering.
Contact
Mark
LaChapelle,
Education
Watch website for details:
www.clinicalsocialworkmn.org
 Drugs or alcohol- assessment and treatment
 Employment search and maintenance
 Educational access and admission procedures
 Social life, skills, social anxiety
Chair,
at
[email protected] or 952-928-8474 for
more information.
resources,
 Family and social relationships
 Self-care and independent healthy living
 Medical health, self-care and access issues
 Dental health- dental services, referral
 Financial assistance, budgeting,
 Housing, documentation skills, resources
 Transportation, transit system, driving test preparation
 Legal issues, resources, communication
English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali fluent staff
MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
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Private Practice Group
would introduce members to our services, identify
The Fall meeting of the Private Practice Business
helping them achieve their professional goals. This
Consultation will be on Tuesday, October 8, 2013,
from 7-9 pm.
This is free and open to MSCSW
members only.
the members interests and facilitate the society
program will link new members with established
members who together can determine if they wish to
collaborate via internet/phone or in person.
We’ll meet at the St. Louis Park office of Mark LaChapelle. Contact Mark LaChapelle at 952-928-8474
or at [email protected] with questions or
for directions.
A mentor relationship will be offered to new members in a letter in their welcoming packet. A
mentor/mentee relationship could include discussing the following:
Ethics Seminars and the Business Issues in Private
Practice Consultation Group will continue to be offered quarterly
(2 hours/evening).
the members’ expectations for Society membership
their planned level of involvement
their skills and needs
their contribution to clinical social work
LICENSE EXAM REVIEW COURSE
Book Review
Sponsored by MSCSW & NASW-MN
Saturday, October 26 (8 am – 12 noon & 1 – 5 pm)
MSCSW Member, Jane Thompson,
and Sunday, October 27 (9 am – 1 pm)
Publishes Work on Grief & Healing
This course is designed for all levels of licensure
A 40-year career of psychotherapy and a heart-
including a breakout session for the basic exam
(LSW). This course will reduce test anxiety, sharpen
breaking personal loss infuse a compelling new
book intended to be a compassionate guide for
test-taking skills and review the knowledge base of
those experiencing the journey of grief.
social work. The LERC course includes: test-taking
Jane L. Thompson, a licensed therapist whose prac-
pointers, exam content review, written and oral
tice has chiefly focused on counseling the bereaved,
practice questions, comprehensive manual, and is
has teamed with Holly Cashin, who lost her son in a
taught by three faculties over 12 hours.
tragic boating accident, to publish Nourishing the
CEUs available! Registration Fees: $170 for NASW or
Grieving Heart – Reflections and Paths for Healing,
MSCSW members, $195 for non-members, $25 dis-
now in bookstores and online. Thompson and Cash-
count for groups of three or more. Optional box
in are residents of the Twin Cities.
lunch is available for $7. Snacks and beverages are
Deeply acquainted with common traits among her
provided.
clients who seek counseling in challenging times,
Call
651-293-1935
for
a
bro-
chure/registration form.
Thompson believes the book offers a unique perspective for others navigating the often uncharted
Database Membership Records
territory of loss.
“Grief – whether it is caused by losing a loved one, a
If you have changes in your identifying data, email, or have
job or a dream – yearns for a compassionate wit-
questions about your membership, please call database
ness,” said Thompson.
staff member Sarah Schuh at 612-873-7720.
“With fitting reverence, we
encourage the reader to pause, notice and reflect on
their own unique journey.”
Mentor Orientation Program
The MSCSW Board and Membership Committee have
established a mentor orientation program to welcome and introduce new members to the society. It
was felt this individualized orientation program
MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
Cashin has discovered the path need not be singular, however. “By sharing this collection of grief
reflections and expressions, it is my desire that others might similarly ease their pathways toward
healing,” she said. Poignant scenarios of grief, like
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encountering the phone number of a deceased loved
Tools to Make the Case for a State Expansion
one or wondering if the tears will ever stop, are
Quick Guide to the Upcoming Changes in the ACA
paired with touching photographs and wisdom
To find the district office of your members of Con-
Thompson has gained over a professional lifetime of
gress, visit
accompanying clients as they move through various
http://socialworkers.capwiz.com/socialworkers/dbq/officials/
life transitions. “We invite readers to take this book
You can search for your Congressional delegation
slowly, page by page, and in their own time, wherever they are on their journey,” said Thompson.
and choose the contact tab.
Nourishing the Grieving Heart: Reflections and Paths
for Healing, ISBN # 978-0-9889531-0-9, would be
Legislative Update
a welcomed gift book as well as a personal resource.
Sarah Anderson
It is available at www.empathpress.com and local
Sarah Anderson met with lobbyist, Bill Struzinsky, in the
bookstores in Minnesota.
spring. Together they planned our legislative agenda for
the next year. Below are the recommendations Bill is mak-
Social Work Advocacy during
August Congressional Recess
Our political watcher, Mary Moriarity, suggests we
pay close attention to this bulletin put out by the
NASW. It's important.
Congress is on recess until September 6th and Congressional members will be in their home states and
ing.
In the fall, Bill and Sarah will meet with his contacts at DHS
regarding
education
and lobbying for clinical social
work. The main agenda items will be our two bills that
were introduced this spring, that is, the pay increase for
LICS's as well as adding clinical social workers to the bill on
care coordination with primary care.
Bill suggested that the legislators who have authored or
co-authored the bills for us be sent hand-written notes by
board members as well as others. This would be a proac-
districts, listening to the concerns of their constitu-
tive tool, as well as a way to thank those who have helped
ents. We encourage social workers to meet with
clinical social work this year who hopefully will also be
members of their Congressional delegation, attend
there for us again in the fall.
town hall meetings, and speak to local media about
Below please find the addresses and the names of the sen-
issues of importance to the social work community,
including:
Advocating for Affordable Care Act implementation:
Make your Congressional representatives aware that
the ACA is critically important for the millions of
people who are uninsured in the U.S. and that implementation must proceed as scheduled.
Implementing the Medicaid Expansion in all states:
Only 24 states have indicated they will expand
ators and representatives, as well as the specific bills they
have assisted us with. For those who prefer email, those
addresses are below. A template is available for those who
would find it helpful.
Representatives
H.F. 1831: Care consultation to
Fritz, Dorholt, Abler
primary care practitioners
H.F.1830 & 1843: Would increase
Representatives
reimbursement for mental health
Dorholt and Abler
services that clinical social workers
skillfully preform.
Medicaid beginning January 1, 2014.
S.F. 1653: Modifying the medical
http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/state-activity-around-
assistance coverage in consultation
expanding-medicaid-under-the-affordable-care-act/
Social workers in non-expansion states should inform their Congressional representatives of the
Senators
Eken and Rosen
health services that clinical social
the health care needs of the most vulnerable mem-
workers skillfully preform.
bers of our society.
Upcoming Changes in Medicaid: What Social Workers Need to
as and S.F.1654 which would increase reimbursement for mental
importance of the Medicaid expansion in meeting
Resources:
to primary care practitioners as well
S.F. 1646: Included all mental
Senator Hoffman
health professionals in consultation
to primary care practitioners.
Know
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Representative Patti Fritz (DFL) District: 24B
437 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
CLINICAL NEWS & RESEARCH
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
Reverse that aging process - Spend time with the young -
651-296-8237 or 800-292-0012
An Arizona study on bees shows that “tremendous” im-
[email protected]
provements in cognition occurs when older bees spend
Representative Zachary Dorholt (DFL) District: 14B
557 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
651-296-6612 or 800-920-5884
time with the young. Researchers believe changing social
behavior can shave years off the aging human brain.
Who would have thought - A daily glass of wine is now
okay during pregnancy. Can this be? According to the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology it is.
A
[email protected]
Danish study tested 1600 five-year-old children and de-
Representative Jim Abeler (R) District: 35A
their mothers reported 8 drinks a week. You decide.
203 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
651-296-1729
[email protected]
tected no difference in intelligence and brainpower when
Treating Sleep and breathing even more important than we
thought. - A Cleveland Clinic study reports treating sleep
apnea, and finding that symptoms of depression were
markedly decreased. Researchers in adolescent and childhood breathing problems are also finding 40 percent more
Senator Kent Eken (DFL) District 04
behavioral problems in children with breathing issues.
Capitol Office
Throw away that Nyquil and meditate. - A University of
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Madison study found that adults who practiced mindful
Capitol, Room 303
meditation or moderately intense exercise for eight weeks
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
suffered less from colds and flu in terms of incidence and
651-296-3205
length of the illness. The medication group outperformed
[email protected]
the exercise group while both outperformed the control
Senator Julie A. Rosen (R) District 23
Capitol Office
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
State Office Building, Room 139
group.
Watching old TV shows too much? - It's okay. You are just
going for a relaxed, sure thing or trying to measure how
you have changed since your other viewings. (University of
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Arizona study) Could this be a new therapy technique?
651-296-5713
Listening Matters - The Journal of Research in Personality
[email protected]
reports that colleagues rating their interactions with each
John A. Hoffman (DFL) District 36
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Capitol, Room G-24
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
651-296-4154
[email protected]
other, rate listening skills as the stronger effect when it
comes to being influenced by others. Receptiveness was
rated higher than expressing oneself as it built trust and
understanding. More support for social work skills.
The MMPI has been replaced - Shoes have proved to be an
accurate predictor of attachment style. The Journal of Research
in
Personality
found
that
people
deduce
Dear Senator/Representative:
characteristics of strangers with better than chance accura-
I want to thank you for the support you offered clinical
cy based on the shoes. Their guesses were accurate
social workers this past legislative session. We appreciate
regarding age, gender, income and attachment anxiety.
you authoring File #…
Your willingness and support to clinical social work is very
appreciated, recognized and valued. We are excited to
work together in collaboration with you next year to best
serve the individuals, families and communities to which
our profession is dedicated.
With appreciation and gratitude,
Scientific American Mind, November/December 2012
Online dating may lead to better marriages - Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA report a study
from the University of Chicago that maintains more than a
third of the 19,131 adults who married between 2005 and
2112 met their spouses online. A survey revealed that
those couples report less breakup and a higher degree of
marital satisfaction that those who met under other cir-
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cumstances. The key may be that they shared more initial
communication and disclosure.
When it comes to the fastest way to learn- underlining is
vastly overrated – The best techniques have been found to
be: self-testing, spreading our study sessions, asking why,
asking how you know and what you know about this subject, interweaving your knowledge. Underlining and rereading waste time.
Objectives
• Participants will learn about the concepts of second
skin, primitive defensive organizations, and narcissistic
organizations.
• Participants will gain an understanding of applying
these concepts to detailed clinical material.
• Participants will gain an understanding of the interplay
between psychoanalytic theory and technique.
Handwriting needs to stay - Researchers at the University
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis is located one block
of Minnesota found students seemed to do a better job of
south of Loring Park, on the east side of Hennepin Avenue
planning their writing by hand than by keyboard. Learning
across from the Walker Art Center. The Woman’s Club has
letters in an unfamiliar alphabet by hand may lead to long-
two parking lots on Oak Grove Street. One is located next
er-term memory. It may be that seeing handwriting elicits
to the club and the other is east and across the street.
motor activity in the brain.
Scientific American Mind, September/October 2013
Surviving Unthinkable Trauma:
Dissociation, Delusion and Hallucination
Saturday, September 7, 2013
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
410 Oak Grove Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Schedule
8:30 am
9-10:30 am
10:30-10:45 am
10.45–12 pm
Noon–1 pm
1–2:30 pm
2:30–2:45 pm
2:45–4 pm
Registration & check-in
Surviving Unthinkable Trauma
Break
Seminar continues
Lunch in dining room
Clinical Presentation and discussion
Break
Questions and discussion
For more information or to register, please contact Bev
Caruso at [email protected].
Solveig Intensive Outpatient Program
Psych Recovery, Inc., in a joint venture with Choices Psychotherapy, Ltd., is pleased to offer: Solveig - An Intensive
Outpatient Program. Appointments for assessments are
available, beginning September 3rd. Clients can call the
location they would like to attend.
Solveig “The Way to the Soul” is an Intensive Outpatient
Program based in CBT and ACT Therapy. Acceptance &
Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a contemporary form of
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) that has shown much
promise in helping clients with a wide range of emotional
and behavioral difficulties. ACT introduces a comprehensive model of therapy including a creative set of metaphors
and experiential exercises to help clients (a) move away
from unworkable change strategies, (b) make healthy contact with thoughts, feelings, and other private reactions
they have feared and avoided, (c) re-connect with their
Dr. Mitrani, author of the books Framework for the Imagi-
deepest values to set a direction for change and to moti-
nary: Clinical Explorations in Primitive States of Being and
Ordinary People and Extra-Ordinary Protections: A PostKleinian Approach to the Treatment of Primitive Mental
States, will demonstrate how Ang Lee’s film “The Life of Pi”
vate change, and (d) experience their struggles differently
expresses some basic truths about human struggles for
approach, which addresses dysfunctional emotions, mala-
both physical and psychic survival. She will emphasize the
role of the unconscious mind in providing life-preserving
experiences and memories that fuel the protective triumvirate of dissociation, delusion and hallucination in the face
of insufferable trauma. Since a picture is worth a thousand
words, throughout her presentation Dr. Mitrani will screen
excerpts and images from the film itself.
Scholars, sociologists, theologians, film students, mental
health professionals and interested others are all welcome
to take part in the audience discussion with Dr. Mitrani.
and in a manner that permits them to move forward with
their lives now.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic
daptive behaviors and cognitive processes, and contents
through a number of goal–oriented, explicit systematic
procedures. The name refers to behavior therapy, cognitive
therapy and to therapy based upon a combination of basic
behavioral and cognitive principles and research.
Solveig IOP is offered at both locations, concurrently.
 8 weeks in duration
 4 days per week
 Daytime groups 3 hours in length
 Co-ed
 Maximum 10 members per group
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MSCSW News
 Weekly rotating enrollment of new members
 Weekly Individual Therapy and Psychiatry Appointments
The Solveig IOP is designed for adults who are experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties, but who do not
require (or no longer require) the intense level of inpatient
psychiatric care.
Functional and diagnostic assessments will be completed
prior to beginning group.
Psych Recovery, Inc.
2550 University Avenue West, Suite 229N
St. Paul, MN 55114
651-645-3115
www.psychrecoveryinc.com
Betsy Horton and Susan Schultz, loyal
annual meeting attendees.
Choices Psychotherapy, Ltd.
715 Florida Avenue South, Suite 307
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
952-544-6806
www.choicespsychotherapy.net
MSCSW Photos
Administrative assistant and super social worker, Sarah
Schuh and Advisory Council Representative Kristy Schutt
Visit our website!
Clinicalsocialworkmn.org
Clay Sankey and Ellen Luepker enjoy getting
reacquainted at the annual meeting.
All living things contain a measure of madness that moves
them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to
adapt without it no species would survive.
Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Bill Struzinsky, our lobbyist, met members and shared a
dinner at the Rainbow Chinese Restaurant in Minneapolis.
MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
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Supervise/Consultation List
Clinical Social Work
Mary Moriarity – 763-494-8554
Supervise/Consultation List
adolescents, school social work
The following list of members, available as supervisors or
consultants, is provided for the convenience of our members and is not meant to convey any endorsement or to
take any responsibility for their practice. The following
Also LMFT, individual, family therapy, adults, children,
Linda Nielsen, LICSW, BCD – 612-874-7488
Individual, adult groups and couples psychotherapy, trauma (including torture of violence of war), cross culture,
grief, loss, depression, anxiety
supervisors attest that they have completed the 30 hours
Catherine Phibbs – 612-296-2799
of required CEU training in supervision required by the
General Practice, adolescents, families, couples, women’s
BOSW as directed in the new licensure law of August 1,
issues, grief/loss
2011.
Kathy Sampson – 612-722-5120
Supervisors
Heather Burke, LICSW – 952-454-2835
Individual, children, adolescents, adults, family therapy,
group therapy with children and adolescents, crisis intervention, and school social work
Beverly Caruso, LICSW – 612-374-2618
Individual and group adult therapy, marital therapy
Carole Cera, LICSW – 952-542-4836
Individual, adult, child, adolescent treatment, crisis intervention, domestic violence, social service, agency setting,
Skype availability
Laurie Curtis, LICSW – 763-493-0171
Individual, couples, group psychotherapy
Clayton Sankey – 651-770-0355
General practice, adolescents, corrective action by Board of
Social Work
Carol Schreier – 612-925-8673
Individuals, couples, groups and families
Connie Schweigert – 952-926-0436
Provide supervision in child therapy, play therapy, trauma
development issues, Golden Valley area
Jenelle Slobof – 561-308-5904
Individual, group supervisor, crisis psychiatric emergency,
geriatric, medical, case management, SPMI
Adults, psychoanalytic psychotherapy & psychoanalysis
Ned Froehlich, LICSW, BCD – 763-201-1093
Consultants
Individual, adults and adolescents, family therapy, children
with disruptive behavior disorders, marital therapy
Bonnie Burg- LICSW, BCD, -651-647-4412
Hilde Gasciorowicz – 612-871-8344
Psychodynamic psychotherapy, adults, mood disorders,
Individual or group supervision, adults, crisis, also short-
GLBT, spirituality
term model, psychoanalytic training
Gail Hartman – 612-871-3371
Dave Gibson, LICSW – 651-216-8899
Individual therapy with adults and couples, family therapy
Adolescents 12+, individuals, groups and family,
Susan Schultz – 952-842-0299
day/residential treatment, GLBT
Work with birth to five years of age
Betsy Horton – 612-920-3265
Chad Breckenridge - 612-339-0737
Adults, couples
Adult, adolescent, couple family therapy
Tamara Kaiser – 612-825-8053
Mitch Leppicello - 651-739-7539 ext. 228
Individual, adults, supervision/consultation and training for
Children, adolescents, and family therapy, specializes in
supervisors
work with youth on autism spectrum D
Susan Kundell – 651-788-2913
Joan Wernick- 651-641-1749
Individual, group psychotherapy with adults and seniors,
Adults, individuals and couples
GLBT issues, mood disorders, psychiatric disorders
Harriet Kohen – 763-546-1796
School age children, youth and their families
Mark LaChapelle, LICSW, LMFT, BCD – 952-928-8474
Individual adults, couples, families, Axis II, spirituality,
trauma, GLBT, addiction recovery
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell
a story about them.
Isak Dinesin
Ellen Luepker- 651-999-0116
Child, adult, family, & group therapy, Issues of ethics, law
MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
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Study Group News
Supervision Study Group
Treatment of Trauma (Thursday)
The Supervision Study Group will continue on the
This group meets the third Thursday of the month
second Monday of the month at the home of Sue
at 7 pm. Call 612-374-2618 for questions. The
Johnson, 4306 Bryant Avenue, Minneapolis. Betsy
group is reading A Framework for the Imaginary:
Horton is the coordinator and can be reached at
Clinical Explorations in Primitive States of Being.
612-702-8631.
Treatment of Trauma (Friday)
This group meets the first Friday of the month at 9-
The Body in Psychotherapy
10:30 am They vary their meeting place between the
The group meets the third Friday of the month,
from 12-1:30 pm. Presentations have included client and therapist natural movements in therapy
sessions, and how to use these patterns in therapy,
Edina Community Room at Lund’s and a location in
St. Paul. They are reading Trauma & the Body, by
Pat Ogden. Contact Anne Ford at 612-817-1757 or
[email protected] for more information.
particularly poetry therapy. Contact Kathie Bailey
612-870-6127 or [email protected] if interested.
Spirituality Group – This study group has completed
their work after 11 years. Strong work, Folks!
Study Groups:
Supervision Study Group ....................................................................................... Betsy Horton, 612-702-8631
Treatment of Clients Who Experienced Trauma (Thursday) ........................................ Bev Caruso, 612-374-2618
Treatment of Clients Who Experienced Trauma (Friday) .............................................. Anne Ford, 612-817-1757
The Body in Psychotherapy .................................................................................... Kathie Bailey, 612-870-6127
To have a Study Group listed in this newsletter, email [email protected]
What are Society Members doing?
Bev Caruso will be teaching Core Concepts in Social Work
Brenda Hartman presented a workshop for women busi-
and interesting adventure!
ness owners in early August on brain research on stress
Elise Sanders, LICSW, became a published poet in a volume
and the use of mindfulness meditation for the relief of
edited by Salmon Akhtar, “Between Hours: A Collection of
stress.
Poems by Psychoanalysts.”
She is now the President of the College of Education and
Anne Gearity continues to teach the popular course “Clini-
Human Development (CEHD) Alumni Society Board at the
cal Proactive Adult Children & Adolescents at the University
University of Minnesota.
of Minnesota.
Her focus as President is on
alumni-student connections, scholarships and the Alumni
Board connecting to the larger alumni community.
She
would love to tell you more about her work.
Joyce Ratner is opening a new private practice in Golden
Valley, specializing in work with children, adolescents and
families. She also specializes in working with families of
children with disabilities and special health care needs.
She can be reached at 763-542-9810.
Jane Thompson is releasing her book, Nourishing the
Grieving Heart: Reflections and Paths for Healing. (Empath
Press, May 2013)
Jane has been a psychotherapist in-
volved in the areas of palliative care, psycho-oncology and
at the University of Minnesota this fall and spring. A new
Kathleen Fargione will teach a child development class at
the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program at the
MN Psychoanalytic Society & Institute.
Susan Schultz is leading a conference for the society on
Emotional Regulation in Children and Adolescents.
Sue Johnston will be presenting at the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Conference in Duluth. On
Wednesday, September 25, she will present on CrossCultural Clinical Work: Reflecting on Our Own Cultures. On
Thursday September 28, Sue will serve on a Panel on Implementing Organizational Trauma Informed Care.
bereavement counseling for forty years, thus has decided
to give wings to her experience. (www.empathpress.com)
MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
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 Dynamic issues affecting the process of supervision
Our Sunday evening seminars resume in the Fall
counter transference on the supervisory relationship;
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Meet and Greet – 6:30 pm
 Learning from mistakes;
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Light refreshments
Fall 2013 Conference- Treating Unthinkable Trauma:
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All Participants
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7 pm thru 9 pm, beginning October 2013 thru April 2014.
pervisors
South, St. Louis Park
952-920-6568, Cell- 612-374-2618 or email [email protected]
Fee:
When: We will meet 15 times, on Tuesday evenings, from
Who will benefit: Experienced and beginning clinical su-
Gloria Levine
Home of Bev Caruso, 2829 Inglewood Avenue
Phone:
fessionalism; and
 Rationale and methods for terminating supervision
Judith L. Mitrani, Ph.D.
November 3,
 Evolving changes in practice contexts that impact pro-
in
social
work,
psychiatry,
psychology,
counseling, marriage and family therapy. Seminars are
designed to meet MN Board of SW’s supervision training
requirements.
Cost:
Free to members
$645 for all 15 seminars
$43 per individual seminar
Non-members - $15.00
MSCSW Members are welcome to attend our seminars and
get to know our group.
Participants are encouraged to attend all 15 seminars for
continuity in the small group discussions.
This seminar is limited to 8 participants.
Instructor: Ellen T. Luepker, MSW, LP, LICSW, Adjunct In-
Clinical Supervision Training Opportunity
structor in Psychiatry, University of MN School of Medicine,
presented by:
and Faculty, Supervision and Clinical Practice Series, U of
MN School of Social Work, maintains a private practice of
psychotherapy, consultation, and supervision in St. Paul.
Author of articles and books on ethical and clinical issues,
including the 2012 second edition of Record Keeping in
Advanced Clinical Supervision:
Psychotherapy and Counseling: Protecting Confidentiality
and the Professional Relationship, she has received honors
Concepts, Dynamic Processes & the
for her professional contributions to mental health ser-
Supervisory Relationship
AAPCSW is repeating its successful clinical supervision
training seminar series for multidisciplinary mental health
professionals wishing to gain knowledge and skills in
clinical supervision.
Each seminar includes presentation
vices.
For further information and to register: Contact Ellen
Luepker 651 999-0116; [email protected] or Beverly
Caruso, [email protected].
and small group discussion based on articles, hand-outs,
and supervisory case examples. Participants are invited to
share disguised dilemmas from their own supervisory case
experience. Topics include but are not limited to:
 Core elements of clinical supervision & stages of supervisee and supervisor development;
 Theories
of
learning,
learning
styles,
and
It goes without saying that a civilization which leaves so
large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives
them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a
lasting existence.
Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion
self-
assessment of learning styles;
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Understanding Hmong Culture
September 20, 2013
Panelists: Dr. Pang Foua Yang Rhodes (Argosy University Asst. Professor),
Dr. Churekai Malle (Owner, Metro Acupuncture), Nao
Registration: 9:00 – 9:30 am
Thao (Hmong Shaman)
SESSION I: 9:30 – 10:45 am
Overview: This session will introduce the case of a
Introduction to Hmong Culture
young Hmong wife & mother who was brought to a
Presenters: Mai Vang (Gemicam, Inc.) & Chong Pao
local hospital unconscious following an automobile
Lee (Director, Hmong Culture Center)
accident. The family requested a shaman to attend
Overview: This session introduces the 18 Hmong
to her. Their request was denied; creating a clash of
clans and describes how the traditional Hmong
community structure has changed in Minnesota.
Areas covered: traditional Hmong approaches to
medicine,
healthcare
decision-making,
mental
traditional Hmong culture and Western healthcare
practices. Participants will be asked “what trustbuilding methods could have been used to avoid
this situation?”
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health counseling and divorce.
ture.eventbrite.com
SESSION II: 11:00 – 12:30 pm
To request accommodations in connection with this
event, contact the Student Affairs Department or
Child Protection & Social Services:
program organizer in advance at 651-846-2882.
The Case Study of Marla Thao
Free of Charge - Space is Limited
Presenter: Marla Thao
Facilitator: Mai Vang
Panelists: Dr. Koua Vang (Director, Asian Pacific Islander Learning Resource Center),
Robert Blong Lor (President, 18 Council), Dr. Chong
Chang (Pastor, Hmong Christian Church)
Overview: This session will introduce the case of a
Hmong child who was removed from her family
home, and subsequently, was unable to reintegrate
into the Hmong community. She turned to prostitution
and
eventually
was
convicted
of
human
trafficking. Participants will be asked “how could
this have been avoided?”
The Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society
and Institute Training Program
The Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society's Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program is currently
offering a two-year course of study beginning in
September, 2013.
This innovative program is designed for mental
health professionals, graduate students in clinical
programs and psychiatry residents. Both early career and seasoned clinicians are welcome to apply.
This two-year (six trimesters) program consists of
Lunch: 12:30 – 1:15 pm (available for purchase in
two core classes and a case conference. The pro-
Campus Commons)
gram can be taken in its entirety as a certificate
SESSION III: 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Local Outreach Efforts to the Hmong Community
program or one class as a time.
Classes include: Foundations of Technique, Development,
Analysis
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Defense,
Internalized
Presenter: Pahoua Yang (Clinical Manager at Am-
Relationships, Transference & Counter-transference,
herst H. Wilder Foundation)
Advance
Healthcare & The Hmong Community:
The case study of True Vang
Presenter: True Vang
Facilitator: Mai Vang
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Clinical
Listening
and
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with
Dreams.
For more information contact Catherine Phibbs,
612-296-2799, [email protected] or visit
www.mpsi.org.
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traumatic world and how, unless treated, the trauma
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and often unconsciously. Transmission of trauma is
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possible over many generations and interferes with
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a healthy engagement in the present-day world. He
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considers specifically the South African case, especially
their
establishment
of
the
Truth
and
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to describe the necessity of the public world recognizing the sufferer and collectively acknowledging
various forms of private pain and suffering. Finally,
he describes trauma as the severing of an implicit,
taken-for-granted social contract, which, if it is to
be repaired, requires the restoration of interpersonal trust and belief in a social world protective of the
individual from psychological and physical harm.
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MSCSW Newsletter – Spring 2013
You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did and as a
result I picked up and felt much better.
-Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work
Officers
Standing Committees
Other Committees
President
Education
MN Coalition of Licensed Social Workers
Harriet Kohen 763-443-6562
Mark LaChapelle 952-928-8474
Christie Cuttell 651-768-8828
President-Elect
Secretary
Finance
Newsletter Coordinator
Linda Pavic 952-215-6612
Beverly Caruso 612-374-2618
Media Watch
Law Committee
Tamara Kaiser 612-825-8053
Ellen Luepker 651-999-0116
Clay Sankey 651-770-0358
Membership Services
Treasurer
Beverly Caruso 612-374-2618
Linda Pavic 952-215-6612
Sarah Schuh 612-873-7720
State Board of Social Work
Advisory Committee
Kristy Schutt
Linda Pavic 952-215-6612
Members at Large
Leadership Development
Clay Sankey 651-770-0358
Past President
Anne Ford 612-817-1757
Sarah Anderson 651-766-0671
Student Member
Melissa McCanney 651-334-9625
Dates to Remember:
September 23, 2013
October 2, 2013
November 8, 2013
Fall Kick-Off Meeting
Fall Clinical Conversation: Making the Best Clinical Use of the DSM-V
and the ICD-10
Fall Workshop: Supporting Emotional Regulation in Children and Adolescents
Minnesota
Society For
Clinical
Social Work
P. O. Box 80594
Minneapolis, MN 55408
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