The Northwest Behavioral Health Independent Provider Association is committed to bringing quality continuing education workshops to the greater Pacific Northwest. Since 2004 we have been the premier sponsor of professional psychological workshops in the Whatcom, Skagit, Island, and San Juan counties, and we are dedicated to filling a growing need in our community for continuing education and professional development in psychology.
October 27, 2008
HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM AND ASPERGER'S SYNDROME
With Dr. Tony Attwood from Brisbane, Australia
This workshop will be limited seating and will likely fill up early
6 CE's and 6 Washington Education clock hours are available to participants
April 17, 2009
EATING DISORDERS
Two of the field's most well known researchers will be in Bellingham
to discuss the spectrum of Eating Disorders
Dr. Michael Strober, Director of the Eating Disorders Center at UCLA,
a prolific author and researcher,
and Dr. Judith Brisman from New York,
co-author of the well-known SURVIVING AN EATING DISORDER
6 CE's will be offered for this workshop
The Northwest Behavioral Health IPA began bringing quality continuing education workshops to Bellingham in October of 2004 with Dr. Stephen Feldman's: HOW TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE WITH EVERYONE, and has continued to bring an Ethics workshop every other year to satisfy most licensing requirements.
Since that first workshop Dr. Feldman has again presented: HOW TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE WITH EVERYONE: 2ND EDITION: WHAT'S NEW IN NOVEMBER 2006.
Most recently Robert Earl Smith, an attorney from Mercer Island, Washington presented: LEGAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH PRACITIONERS; 2008 UPDATE in April, 2008.
Other workshops sponsored by NWBHIPA include a two day workshop in October, 2005 when we brought Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. to
Bellingham to put on a workshop entitled: ENRAGED: ADDRESSING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR TOWARD SELF AND OTHER IN ADULT PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
And the following day hosted Michael A. Freeman, M.D. in a workshop: THE TITANS' FIRE: INTEGRATED CARE AND EMPOWERMENT FOR PEOPLE IN THE BIPOLAR SPECTRUM.In November the NWBHIPA was honored to bring Dr. Irvin Yalom to Bellingham for a morning lecture: THE ART OF PSYCOTHERAPY; A MORNING WITH DR. YALOM.
In April 2007 we co-sponsored a multidisciplinary day of speakers on the topic of: DEFINING QUALITY AT THE END OF LIFE; A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.