The Menninger Clinic

Menninger Family Workshop

RSVP for the workshop:
The next workshop is January 12 and 13, 2009. RSVP online for the workshop (please register one participant at a time). See the program schedule below.

Workshop cost:
$250 for 2 days (limit 2 participants, includes lunch). Please register one participant at a time. Payment arrangements can be made through the Admissions Office at 800-351-9058.

Attending a future Menninger Family Workshop:
We appreciate the fact that travel may not be possible at the time a loved one is in treatment at The Menninger Clinic. Family members are welcome to attend the next workshop scheduled. See workshop dates through 2009.

Articles referenced during the workshop:

Schedule of educational workshop sessions (only family members attend)

Monday, January 12 - On hospital units
8:15-9 am
Orientation
Monday, January 12- Wellness Center (Gym)
9:15-10:30 am
The Menninger Clinic Tradition of Excellence
Donna Yi, MD
10:30-10:45 am
Break
10:45 am-Noon
Mentalizing As A Compass For Treatment
Efrain Bleiberg, MD
Noon-1 pm
Lunch
Addictions Focus - Cafeteria Mental Health Focus - Wellness Center
1-1:50 pm
My Experience
Jill V., guest speaker
1-1:50 pm
Psychopharmacology
Chris Martin, MD
2-2:50 pm
The Disease Concept: What is an Addiction and the 12 Steps
James Sargent, LCDC
2-2:50 pm
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Mary McParland, PhD
3-3:50 pm
Science of Addiction
Richard Capriola, MA, LCDC, CRADC, NCC
3-3:50 pm
Coming Together: A Shared Experience
Brad Kennedy, CPRP
Martha McCrory, MT-BC
4-4:50 pm
Relapse Prevention
Berry Wall, MA, LCDC
Michael Rios, LCDC
4-4:50 pm
Development of Psychiatric Illness
Harrell Woodson, PhD
Tuesday, January 13- Wellness Center
9-10 am
Power Issues
Stuart Twemlow, MD
10-10:30 am
Break
10:30 am-Noon
Depression, Trauma and Hope
Jon Allen, PhD
Noon-1 pm
Lunch
Unit-specific programming (1-4 pm)

Meals
For your convenience, there is a full-service cafeteria on the Menninger campus. The cost of the workshop includes lunch on both days. Times are as follows:

  • Breakfast 7 to 8:30 am
  • Lunch 11:30 to 1 pm
  • Dinner 4:30 to 6 pm

A special thanks
We would like to recognize and thank our workshop hosts: Michael Rios, Nancy Diacon and Tina Holmes.

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