Come Join Us for a New and Different Ethics Training
Positive Ethics: An Empowering Approach to Ethical Practice
Designed for Counselors, Art Therapists, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Substance Abuse Counselors, Expressive Therapists, and other Mental Health Professionals
Rebecca Wilkinson, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT and Gioia Chilton, PhD, ATR-BC
Silver Spring Civic Center, in Maryland Just Outside of DC
Saturday, April 26, 2014
10:00 AM-5:00 PM Full Seminar
6 CECs in Ethics
Morning Session only 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
3 CECs in Ethics
1 Veteran’s Place,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 202 352 5225
Enjoy an inspiring day of art, writing, and reconnecting to the passion that brings us to this work!
Ethics trainings are often experienced as boring, full of legalistic jargon, and overly simplistic in providing guidelines for managing the complexities of real life therapeutic relationships. 
How can we go beyond meeting minimal standards and keep moving towards the ideals that bring us to the helping professions? Positive Ethics seeks to nurture the positive values that inspire us to fulfill our highest potential as therapists.
In this workshop. we will engage in creative and dynamic activities that will give us a fresh perspective on the unique values and strengths that move us to be therapists.
This training meets the Ethics requirements for renewal of State licensure for DC, MD, VA Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Substance Abuse Counselors, and for National Certification for Art Therapists and Expressive Therapists.
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Registration From Saturday, April 12- Friday, April 25, 2014
Individual Rate
Full Seminar (6 CECs) – $175.00
Morning Session Only (3 CECs) – $95.00
Group Rates (Available for Full Day Training Only)
You and a Colleague (6 CECs) – $155.00
You and Two Colleagues (6 CECs) – $150.00
Walk-In Registration Day of the Training
Available for Individual Registration only, no group rate available
Full Seminar (6 CECs) – $190.00
Morning Session Only (3 CECs) – $110.00
General Outline of the Day
Morning session will include an overview of philosophical approaches to ethics as well as a introduction to positive ethics. We will engage in experiential activity to identify strengths and values that we bring to our work. The afternoon section will include dynamic and engaging activities such as writing and art making to crystallize new ideas and create a vision/mission for ethical practice in our personal and professional lives.
Training will take place at the Civic Center in the heart of the downtown Silver Spring. Free parking is available right across the street. Metro Accessible on the Red Line. Snacks will be provided. Lunch is available from a broad range of healthy and affordable local restaurants.
Education Objectives
1. Participants will be able to describe 3 philosophical approaches to ethics.
2. Participants will be able to define ‘positive ethics’.
3. Participants will outline the strengths and values they bring to their work.
4. Participants will be able to develop and refine their personal and professional vision/mission for ethical practice.
Rebecca Wilkinson, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT and Gioia Chilton, PhD, ATR-BC are Registered and Board Certified Art Therapists with over 20 years of experience each in mental health care, training and education. In addition to their clinical and academic pursuits, they are leaders in advancing and nurturing on-going professional development for clinicians. They spearheaded the American Art Therapy Association’s on-line continuing education program (ICE-AT) and coordinate continuing education for several local mental health organizations. Among the multiple leadership roles they have served in their local and national professional associations, Gioia served as Ethics Chair for the Potomac Art Therapy Association. They are co-authors of Positive Art Therapy: Linking Positive Psychology to Art Therapy Theory, Practice, and Research (2013) and Positive Art Therapy: Envisioning the Intersection of Art Therapy and Positive Psychology (2009). They serve as adjunct faculty at the George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program.
Cancellation Policy
$30 non refundable cancellation fee until Friday, 4/25/14. No refunds on the day of the training.
Save The Date for other Positive Ethics trainings if you cannot make this training.
Sunday, September 28, 2014 will be the next training in the DC/MD/VA area. Same Place and Times.
Sunday October 19, 2014, Tucson, Arizona Location and Time TBA.
Contact us if you would like to reserve your spot now for either of these trainings.
Creative Wellbeing Workshops is an approved NBCC provider (#6566). Creative Wellbeing Workshops may award NBCC approved clock hours for events or programs that meet NBCC requirements. Creative Wellbeing Workshops maintains responsibility for the content of this event.