Attached is registration brochure.  Cost is $170 - special student rate
of $100.

>>> Marilyn Smith <[log in to unmask]> 4/27/2008 4:38 PM >>>
One of my colleagues in the WV Counseling Association gave me your
contact information.  This is last minute notice but we are hoping you
can post this information for the WVU community.  Please note there is a
special student rate: $100.00.  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Marilyn Smith 

  [log in to unmask] 

  304.283.4106

 

Renowned Psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel G. Amen, will be presenting a seminar
entitled “Change Your Brain, Change Your Life” on May 9, 2008 at the
National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) near Shepherdstown, WV. 
Using the latest, most sophisticated brain imaging technology in
medicine, Dr. Amen will give you an intimate look into a “working
brain.”  The seminar is sponsored by the Eastern Region of the West
Virginia Counseling Association (WVCA).  
 

Dr. Amen is a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist
with 25 years experience.  He helped pioneer the use of brain SPECT
imaging in psychiatry.  Recently, Dr. Amen had a PBS special “Change
Your Brain, Change Your Life”.  He has appeared on the following
television programs: The Today Show, The View, The Early Show, Fox News,
CNN, CNN International, Behind the Mind, CNN Headline News, 48 Hours,
HBO, America Undercover, Small Town Ecstasy, Discovery Channel News:
Inside the Mind of a Killer, MSNBC, Emmy Winning Show 'The Truth About
Drinking'.

 
Dr. Amen’s work has been featured in Newsweek, Parade, USA Today, NY
Times, NY Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Vogue,
Allure, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, MIT Technology, Ladies Home
Journal, and Good Housekeeping.
 

More information on Dr. Amen’s work can be found on Amen Clinics
website: www.amenclinics.com.
 

This seminar is open to professionals and students in health and mental
health related fields.  The public is also welcome.  Continuing
education credits are available to substance abuse counselors, mental
health counselors, nurses, physicians, psychologists and social workers.
 For more details and the registration information, please visit the
WVCA website at www.wvcounseling.org/easternregion.htm.  You may email
questions to [log in to unmask] or call 304-283-4106.