Ethics and Stress Management,, Advanced Training Associates, 9/19/2008 , Jackson MI. Update on current standards of ethical behavior for mental health professionals, as well as a discussion of stress management techniques for both treatment and personal use.

Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist, Training and Certification, National Association of Forensic Counselors, June 16-20, 2008 , Ann Arbor Michigan. Seminar highlighted current strategies in treating perpetrators of sexual crimes, including use of the polygraph as a therapeutic tool and aversion therapy.

Parental Alienation, Dr. Joan Kelly PhD, 4/24/2008 , Birmingham MI. The focus of this seminal was on the need to make distinctions between a child who is being deliberately alienated and one who has an aversion to seeing a parent because of that parent’s inappropriate behavior, or lack of interest or parenting skills; including suggested treatment options for individual/family therapy.

Self-Destructive Emotions – MI, Presented by Nicholas R. S. Hall Ph. D., 4/27/2007, Lansing MI. This seminar dealt the need to help the client identify self-destructive emotions and, though positive self-talk and other techniques, empower clients safeguard their mental health and not allow the negative emotions to create a downward spiral from which it becomes increasingly difficult to escape.

Law and Ethics; Things a Clinician Needs to Know, Presented by Patrick L. DeChello PhD, on 9/9/2005. Discussion of Michigan Public Heath Code, national trends, and important case law relevant to how Mental Health Professionals conduct themselves in and out of the office; appropriate and inappropriate ways to relate to clients.

Difficult to Treat Clients, a seminar by Mary Clark PhD, sponsored by the Michigan Association of Professional Psychologists, 10/15/2004 on current techniques for treating eating disorders and chronic depression.

ComprehensiveSubstance Abuse Assessments, a seminar by Lannie McRill MA, on 11/26/2003 in the Penobscot Building, sponsored by the Michigan Bar Association, addressing the state of the art regarding substance abuse assessments, including a new patch that will test whether or not someone is using/abusing substances over a 30 day period, and testing to determine toxic levels of legally prescribed substances to accurately assess whether these substances are being abused.

Mediation Seminar, a practicum hosted by Hon. Bill Callahan 5/6/2003 consisting of pro bono mediation of clients who desired this service and were not represented by counsel. Each participant performed a mediation and the experiences of the mediators, consisting of trained attorneys and mental health professionals, were later discussed in a group forum.

Domestic Mediation Training, presented at the Dispute Resolution Center of Central Michigan on March 5, 6, 13, 14, 15 of 2002. This seminar on facilitative mediation was presented by Zena Zumeta J.D., president of the Mediation Training and Consultation Institute and The Collaborative Workplace.

MIPA luncheon presentation by Kay Schwartzberg J.D. and Lyle Danuloff PhD entitled, Parenting Plans for Teens, 12/13/2001 in Birmingham at Andiamo Italia West Restaurant.

2nd Annual Rapid-Fire Topics in Family Law, Moderated by: Sandor M. Gelman, November 29, 2001 from 9-4:30 PM at the Double Tree Hotel in Novi Michigan.

MIPA luncheon presentation by Mary Whiteside PhD entitled Parenting Plans for Young Children During Separation and Divorce, 10/18/2001 in Birmingham at Andiamo Italia West Restaurant.

Sex and Violence in Divorcing Families: Assessment and intervention, by Kathryn Kuehnle, PhD, fall 2000, sponsored by Michigan Inter-Professional Association.

Child Custody Evaluations: A Seminar by Jame Bow PhD and WSU, October 1998.