2024 Workshops

Speaker:  Dr.  Stephanie Ellis

When:  Friday, September 13, 1:00-4:00 

Time:  3 CE hours!

Where:  Zoom

Cost:  $40.00 for FBPA Members, click here to register.

            $50 for NonMembers , click here to register

            $10 for students, click here to register

Email ftbendpsych@gmail.comif you have any registration difficulties (or if the email you use to register is not the email you want to receive your zoom link)

Credit:   3.0 hrs 

An exploration of the “magic” of in-person therapy and how we can bring it, with intention, to our Telehealth sessions.

• Define “temenos” in the therapeutic sense and apply the concept to the therapy experience, both in-office and online.
  Identify the losses associated with telehealth psychotherapy work and potential mitigation strategies.
  Become familiar with the research about challenges in the online work environment (e.g., technostress, media naturalness theory).
  Develop 2-3 personalized strategies to improve your own and clients’ engagement in teletherapy.
  

Brief Bio: 

Dr. Stephanie Ellis is an author and psychologist (TX 34722) who currently works in private practice treating individuals, couples, and families. She earned a doctorate in Counseling Psychology and a master’s degree in counseling and guidance. She has 20 years’ experience in psychotherapy (individual, couples, families, and groups) and supervision of master’s and doctoral level practicum students and interns. She has taught psychology and counseling at the undergraduate and graduate levels for 10 years, as well as served as program director and department head for graduate programs in counseling. She is the author of Five Minutes a Day to an Upgraded Therapy Practice: Transtheoretical Tips for Making the Most of Each Session (Routledge, 2021), a text aimed at improving practice for practicum students and early career mental health clinicians. She also produces low-cost, therapy-quality resources for clients through Diligent Page Publications. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and Texas Psychological Association, and president of the Fort Bend Psychological Association.