Florida School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University

The Florida School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University | Tampa (FSPP) recently held its 7th annual Children, Couples, and Families Conference. The goal of the conference is to increase awareness of issues facing today’s families and to improve the quality of treatment that children, couples, and families receive by providing accurate information and skills training to clinicians.

The conference was held Friday, June 8, 2018 on the FSPP campus located at 1403 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607.

The conference was offered at no cost and included lunch for participants. Up to six continuing education units were available to licensed psychologists in attendance.

Director of Practicum Training and Associate Professor Gary Howell, Psy.D. of the Florida School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University was named President-Elect of American Psychological Association’s (APA) Division 44, the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.

Howell is an early career psychologist who has dedicated himself to advocacy and support of the LGBT community for over 20 years. As an undergraduate student, he found himself on the front lines of HIV prevention work where he provided community workshops and volunteered at an AIDS service organization spanning 7,000 square miles in rural Texas.

For the past several years, he has worked to create a safe space in Tampa for LGBT individuals in need of mental health services. Over the past year, he has made a tremendous mark in his work with the transgender community by providing free group therapy to transgender and gender diverse youth as well as their parents. 

As an openly gay psychologist, educator, and LGBT expert, Howell strives to shed light on bullying, suicide, and homophobia when possible. He is working to expand his practice, the Center for Psychological Growth, in Tampa to make an even larger presence in the LGBT community and has begun the final stages of setting up a non-profit, Institute for LGBT Health and Wellbeing, with an emphasis on training, education, and LGBT research regarding health, wellness, and healthcare disparities. The ultimate goal of the nonprofit is to create a summer retreat or camp for LGBT youth and serve as a conduit for social change.

He has used his role as an associate professor and Director of Practicum Training at the Florida School of Professional Psychology to create LGBT courses for doctoral students and develop clinical training opportunities for doctoral students to receive competency training with LGBT patients.

Florida School of Professional Psychology Associate Professor Eric Rosen, Ph.D. was named Educator of the Year at the International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT) Hypno Expo. The award honored him as a teacher/trainer of hypnosis. Rosen also presented at the conference, covering “Trauma Informed Clinical Hypnotherapy.”

Rosen is an IACT and IMDHA ( International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association) certified hypnotherapy instructor and certified master trainer of clinical hypnosis, having taught clinical hypnosis both in the community and through the Florida School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University to clinical psychology doctoral students.

IACT is an association for holistic practitioners that provides a forum where members may exchange ideas, information, techniques and methodologies. Establishing itself apart from the rest as a multidisciplinary association, which specializes in holistic techniques. IACT's membership includes medical practitioners, psychologists, clinical social workers, coaches, stress consultants, NLP practitioners, clergy, licensed massage therapists, hypnotists, hypnotherapists, biofeedback specialists, nutritionists, educators, mental health therapists, substance abuse counselors and others in the helping, healing arts.

WHAT: FOSTERING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN, COUPLES, AND FAMILIES

WHEN: FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

WHERE: FLORIDA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AT ARGOSY UNIVERSITY (FSPP)

1403 NORTH HOWARD AVENUE | TAMPA, FL 33607

Please join us for this series of workshops and poster sessions focused on working with children, couples, and families.

Licensed psychologists in the state of Florida attending the conference can earn up to 6 CEU’s (Continuing Education Credits).

Lunch and Refreshments will be served

QUESTIONS OR TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, EMAIL THE CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE AT: fsppconference@gmail.com.

FSPP offers an APA accredited Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology* (PsyD) and is committed to offering opportunities for traditional and non-traditional students of diverse backgrounds and training.

FLORIDA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AT ARGOSY UNIVERSITY

1403 North Howard Avenue | Tampa, FL 33607

813.463.7314 | 800.850.6488 | FSPPTampa.com

*The Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology Program at the Florida School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association (APA).

To request accommodations for this event, contact the Student Affairs Department or program organizer in advance at 813.436.7314.

Questions related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation: Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, American Psychological Association, 750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Phone: (202) 336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org / Web: apa.org/ed/accreditation. Licensed by the Florida Commission for Independent Education, License No. 2630. Argosy University is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, www.wscuc.org). Programs, credential levels, technology, and scheduling options vary by school and are subject to change. Not all online programs are available to residents of all U.S. states. Argosy University, Tampa, 1403 North Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607. © 2019 Argosy University. All rights reserved. Our email address is materialsreview@argosy.edu. | AU-051704R

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