The Winter/Spring 2009 WVU Division of Social Work Program Brochure is
available!  It is attached and also always ready for download at
http://socialwork.wvu.edu/continuing_education 

February workshops (more details and registration form in the
attached):

February 20, 2009, 9am-5pm, Mountain State University, Carter Hall,
Room 307, Beckley, WV
How and Why Therapy works:  Dancing with Clinical Process 
Chatman Neely, LCSW, ACSW, PhD Candidate, Senior Lecturer, Wheeling MSW
Site Coordinator, WVU Division of Social Work
CEU’s: 7 Social Work hours, 6.5 LPC hours
Registration Fee:  $75 (Early bird rate $67.50 by February 9, 2009)

Most psychotherapists agree that “people are hurt through
relationships and they can heal through relationships.”  
Psychodynamic theories recognize the relationship existing between a
client and a therapist as the epicenter of the therapeutic process. This
workshop presents a psychodynamic perspective on how this unique
relationship develops.  We will examine the elements of how and why
therapy works with particular emphasis on the importance of forming a
therapeutic alliance and how to work with this alliance during the
beginning, middle, and termination phases.  Understanding the relational
matrix can widen clinical knowledge and promote mutual growth for both
client and therapist.  

February 27, 2009, 9am-5pm, Gaston Caperton Center, Room 149,
Clarksburg, WV
Documentation, Ethics, and Risk Management
Jennifer Powell, MSW, LGSW, JD, Assistant Dean, WVU College of Law;
Assistant Adjunct Professor, WVU Division of Social Work and WVU
Division of Sociology
CEU’s: 7 Social Work hours (Approved for 3.5 SW Ethics hours), 6.5
LPC hours (NOTE:  NOT approved for LPC ethics)
Registration Fee: $75 (Early bird rate $67.50 by February 13, 2009)

This workshop will review with practitioners the importance of
recordkeeping and documentation. Social workers and counselors will
learn what kinds of legal or ethical proceedings they may face if they
are accused of behaving unethically, unprofessionally or even criminally
in their workplaces. Documentation is a key component of risk
management, is ethically required, and can be an important tool in
protecting a social worker or counselor against claims of unethical
practice or malpractice. Participants will review the importance of
confidentiality, informed consent and privilege as it relates to client
records and clinical practice.




Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506

304-293-3501, ext. 3109
fax:  304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321
Summer Institute on Aging Website:  www.wvsioa.org 
WVU Division of Social Work Website:  http://socialwork.wvu.edu