COURSES ▶ ANNUAL MARCH WORKSHOP
The 37th Annual March Workshop:
What Does Your Patient (Really) Need?
How to be the Best Therapist for Each Patient
At A Glance
Registration Costs:
$75 for Students (No CEU's or CME)
$225 for SFPRG Members $225 for Early Career (Licensed 5 years of less)
$300 for General Public
Being the best therapist means moving beyond one-size-fits-all approaches and tailoring treatment to each individual patient.
The most important guide for doing this is the patient themselves. Patients often try to help their therapists help them more effectively. This conference focuses on approaches from several perspectives on how to understand patient problems and needs to personalize treatment.
Live Online Conference
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
& Friday, March 7th, 2025
9:00 am - 12:50 pm PST (Zoom)
Saturday March 8th, 2025
9:00 am - 4:30pm (Zoom OR In Person)
Registration Opens: Monday January 6, 2025
Registration Closes: Thursday March 5, at 6pm
With Featured Speaker:
Dr. Nancy McWilliams
Nancy McWilliams, PhD, APBB is Visiting Professor Emerita at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology and has a private practice in Lambertville, NJ. Dr. McWilliams is a widely acclaimed author, teacher and supervisor and gives clinical workshops all over the world!
Continuing Education:
CE Credits: 15 APA approved CE hours.
CME Credits: Maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with perspectives on personalizing psychotherapy. This workshop focuses on what therapists can do to optimize therapeutic effectiveness as well as to recognize and respond to a patient's unique problems and needs. We have invited experts from different theoretical approaches to describe their theories and approaches, including from SFPRG’s own fifty year history of empirical research and clinical practice.
Instructors: Nancy McWilliams, PhD; George Silberschatz, PhD; Trevor Ahrendt, PsyD; Francesco Gazzillo, PhD; Kevin McCarthy, PhD; David Kealy, PhD; James McCollum, PhD; John Curtis, PhD; Pamela Lyss-Lerman, MD; Paige Pires de Almeida, MFT.
This course will cover:
Why the patient’s perspective is critical to achieving the best outcomes in psychotherapy
How to Identify clinical strategies to personalize therapy to a particular patient
How case formulation can be used to understand the patient’s problems and optimize treatment for their needs
Course Level: Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced
CE Credits: 15 APA approved CE hours. If you would like CEU's you should indicate so during registration. COA's will be sent within 30 days of the class. You must arrive on time to the course and stay for the entirety of the program to receive CE credit.
Continuing Education
All planners and all presenters for this educational activity have no financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
The Personalized Psychotherapy Institute (PPI) is the education wing of the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (SFPRG)
CME Credits: SFPRG designates this for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
SFPRG is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
registrations
Registration Opens: Monday January 6, 2025
Registration Closes: Thursday March 5, at 6pm
Course Schedule: If you would like know more about the schedule for this event please contact our front office at cmt@sfprg.org or 415-561-6771
Cancellation Policy: No refunds are provided for this event. If you have questions about your registration, please contact our office at cmt@sfprg.org 415-561-6771
Co-sponsorship: There is no co-sponsor of this event.
Commercial Support: There is no known commercial support for this program.
Please note that registrations for all PPI classes are handled by the website of our parent member organization SFPRG. You will be redirected to that website to complete your registration. You need not be a member to register, however, if you are a member or have registered for one of our classes before, you will be prompted to enter your information.