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Dr. Harriet Harris Roberts Inspiration Scholarship
4/14/02008
File: African_Americans_and_Psychotherapy.pdf
Type: Acrobat PDF
File: Harriet_Harris_Roberts_Scholarship_Application.pdf
Type: Acrobat PDF
We are honored to have hosted the Second Annual Fundraiser for the Dr. Harriet Harris Roberts Inspiration Scholarship on April 10, 2008. The scholarship is dedicated to inspire African American therapists to explore possibilities and provide innovative therapeutic services to individuals, families, and the community through training, supervision, consultation, and research at HGI.
The scholarships will be awarded twice a year (May and October) to African American postgraduate MFT trainees to cover expenses such as supervision, training at HGI, consultation, and professional association conferences registration fees. A selection committee consisting of Marriage and Family Therapists and community members will review applications.
To apply for the scholarship please contact Dr. Sue Levin or download the form. We invite you to support the scholarship.
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HOUSTON'S LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH* RESPONSE TO KATRINA/RITA: SUMMARY REPORT
1/30/02007
File: Nov 2 report.pdf
Type: Acrobat PDF
The summary report (click link) is based on the roundtables that we conducted on November 2, 2006 at United Way to discuss the successes, unmet needs and lessons learned about the mental health response to Katrina/Rita. The program was part of Community Partnership for Resiliency project funded by United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, Houston & The Houston Katrina/Rita Fund.
*Mental Health includes wellness, behavioral health, substance abuse & mental illness
For more information contact:
Saliha Bava
713-526-8390
sbava@talkhgi.com
Deborah Scott
713-861-6667
dsscott@sageways.com
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Parenting Coordinator: Texas Model for Collaborative Systems 2007 Dates
1/23/02007
File: Nov 2007 PC Training Brochure.pdf
Type: Acrobat PDF
Parenting Coordination legislation which took effect 9-1-2005 is a call for family therapists to step up to the plate and use our skills to help high conflict families in the legal system. Texas is leading the way in defining the role of the parenting coordinator by educating through a fact sheet and training to more than meet the statutory standards by developing a cohesive family systems model.
Training Presented by:
Dr. Lynelle C. Yingling and
Gay Cox, JD
Training Objectives
·Understand the role of the parenting coordinator
·Develop parenting plans and practice parenting coordination in compliance with Texas Family Code
·Better understand the co-parenting process and the emotional needs of parents and children
·Practice screening and appropriately responding to family violence using a national model
·Explore the ethical challenges of working in an interdisciplinary context
Schedule
TRAININGS:
November 1-3, 2007; Houston
CEUs and Fees
24 hrs mental health CE, including 8 hrs family violence & 3 hrs ethics
Download attached Brochure for more information, or call HGI at 713 526-8390.
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Dr. Sue Levin presents on Mental Health Needs of the Gulf Coast after the Hurricanes
1/06/02007
File: Focus Group Report for Service Providers.doc
Type: Word Document
File: NYRAG PPT.pps
Type: PowerPoint
Sue Levin is one of five presenters who spoke to a task force of funders from the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, in Manhattan, January 10, 2007.
Sue spoke about the many lessons learned in the work she and colleagues have done through HGI, Project Resiliency, and the City of Houston's Disaster Mental Health Crisis Response Team.
Sue's presentation covered the unique situation of displaced people in the Houston community, and how the cultural, geographic, demographic and other difference between New Orleans and Houston make recovery and emotional wellbeing a challenge.
The powerpoint file can be downloaded, however it does not include Sue's talking points. To hear Sue's talk, as well as the other presenters, and for more information about the Learning Forum go to NYRAG's website.
Also available, Deborah Scott's report on needs identified by case managers who participated in focus groups in Fall, 2006. For more information, email Sue at sue@talkhgi.com.
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Saliha Bava Honored by City of Houston
7/20/02006
Saliha Bava, associate director of the Houston Galveston Institute, was recently honored by the City of Houston's Disaster Mental Health Crisis Response Team for Exceptional Leadership and Service for the City of Housotn and to the Citizens of the City of New Orleans.
Saliha directed the mental health services, on behalf of the City of Houston's Disaster Mental Health Crisis Response Team, that were offered in the aftermath of Katrina, in the George R. Brown Convention Center, one of the mega-shelters in Houston that served thousands of New Orleans evacuees. Saliha has continued her service and initiated projects which she and HGI implement to strengthen our community in response to, and preparation for, disaster.
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HGI Faculty Margarita Tarragona wins Peggy Penn Award
2/22/02006
The Ackerman Institute for the Family has recognized Dr. Margarita Tarragona with the 2006 Peggy Penn Award. Margarita was honored at a presentation on February 7 in New York City.
Margarita integrates her clinical work with writing and her interest in psychotherapy research by documenting how one client describes the role of writing in her therapeutic process. She will present research findings on the effects of writing on well-being, a conceptual framework for writing in therapy and the results of an in-depth interview with a client about her therapeutic process.
The Peggy Penn Award is an annual prize awarded to a student, alumnae/i, project staff, or junior faculty member at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. The recipient is honored for a project connoting Peggy Penn's continual commitment to the advancement of writing both as a therapeutic technique and as a vehicle for professional and personal growth and discovery.
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HGI Community Membership- Join or Renew Now!
12/06/02005
HGI has a rich history full of unique and intriguing stories, and a community of people who tell them. People tell their memories of their life at the Institute. They are stories of wonder, of community, of creativity, of fun, complexity, and compassion. There are stories of professional and personal changes as a result of this experience. For over twenty-five years people have been connected to HGI. This community has learned, laughed, loved, lived, and lost together, participating in what has been called "a professional home, and a labor of love and connection". Now, after more than twenty-five years of growth and development, HGI is recognizing this with a special membership program to continue the growth and community of life-long learners. This opportunity benefits HGI by creating new pathways through which our community can participate in growth and development. Benefits to members are outlined below. On behalf of HGI, I would like to thank you for being a member of our community: past, present and future. Sue Levin, Ph.D., Executive Director
Membership Categories: The Institute has always been dedicated to expanding conversations and community membership, so everyone is invited to become a member, independent of professional affiliation, vocation, or theoretical orientation.
Full Member* $80.00
New Professional* (up to three years, post-graduate) $50.00
Student Member* (enrolled student in college or university program) $30.00
Lifetime Member (one time life membership fee) $1,000.00
JOIN NOW THROUGH DEC. 31, 2005 TO BE A CHARTER MEMBER!
*Renewals are due by January 1, 2006
To join or renew immediately, click the buttons above and use the secure Paypal system to pay your membership dues. You can also download the attached .pdf file link,or Word Document, in blue, above. You may fax or mail the hard copy to HGI in lieu of using Paypal.
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HGI Team Provides Disaster Mental Health Response with City of Houston
9/17/02005
HGI is priveleged to be a part of the disaster mental health response to Katrina survivors who have come to Houston. Saliha Bava joined the City of Houston Disaster Mental Health Response Team two years ago, as they developed a team and a plan for such a situation. This team, in collaboration with UT and MHMRA, leads the way in providing Mental Health and Emotional Wellness Services at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Many HGI associates have volunteered countless hours in the mega-shelters at George R. Brown and the Reliant/Astrodome complex. Others have worked in Red Cross shelters across the community from Galveston to Conroe. Valuable contributions include much: "behind-the-scene" and "big picture" planning and administration; shift leaders and administrative directors; roving teams who would visit with people in their living, dining, and recreational facilities; group, individual and family crisis counselors; among others.
HGI has a long tradition of interest, involvement and training in disaster response. Sue Levin, Harlene Anderson and Saliha Bava have worked in Bosnia, Croatia, India and Houston, with natural and war-related mental health disasters. We are honored to continue to learn and serve our community, and to join with our many associates, interns, and faculty, who are doing this difficult and valuable work.
HGI's Hurricane Katrina Mental Health Response Fund provides reduced fees for counseling for our Gulf Coast guests and neighbors. Please make monetary contributions, using Paypal, below, or contact HGI at 713 526-8390.
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