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I t is with pleasure that I have assumed the role of President of

our association. I find myself in the humbling position of trying to fill a pair of very large shoes. Our Past-President Dr. Lynne Robinson has been a remarkable and dedicated leader and guiding voice in our association during challenging times. She, past presidents, and current and past members of the Executive Committee, as well as other committee chairs and members, have truly forged APNS into an effective and invaluable tool for promoting psychology as a profession, as a science, and as a means of promoting human welfare in Nova Scotia.

This is not my first active role in a professional association. I was previously on the administrative staff of the California District Attorneys Association, where as Director of Training I worked closely with our Board and with our Executive Director. It is there I learned first-hand that no professional association can be effective in its mission without a highly competent and dedicated executive director. As I am sure you all know, in Susan Marsh we are fortunate to have just that. As I have not been very active in APNS over the years, I would like to take this opportunity to

introduce myself to the members of our association. I come to psychology as a second career. I graduated from law school in 1979. I spent 10 years working as a deputy and then assistant district attorney in the Sacramento and San Francisco District Attorneys Offices. I left the law to study clinical psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After obtaining my PhD, I became an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, and attending psychologist for the Jackson Hospital’s Children’s Oncology Service. I was also the supervising psychologist for the Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic of the Mailman Center for Child Development. Several years ago my family and I moved to Halifax where I assumed the position of psychologist for the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Nephrology Services for the IWK Health Centre. This is also when I started to assume for the first time the all-important function at this time of year of “hockey Dad” for our twin 14 year old sons (go TASA!) Having retired from the IWK in 2011, I currently have an active private practice in Halifax and in the St. Margaret’s Bay area.

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J a n u a r y 2 0 1 3

President’s Report

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Update: PHIA & Membership Survey

2

APNS Call for Nominations 3

Early Career Psychology Report

4

CE Workshop By Request 6

NSBEP Notes 8

February is Psychology Month

9

Continuing Education Workshops 2013

10

Acknowledgements 11

Advertisements 12

Committees & Reps 16

Vol. 25• No 1

January 2013

PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Marc Blumberg, Ph.D., APNS President

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The Nova Scotia

PSYCHOLOGIST A Journal Published by The Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia

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T h e N o va S c o ti a P s y ch o lo gi s t J a n u a r y 2 0 13

PRESIDENT’S REPORT (continued from page 1)

The Personal Health informational Act (PHIA)

Many of you may remember the flurry of activity approximately two years ago in regard to PHIA. Psychologists were concerned about the ramifications for psychologists and their clients. APNS held an open meeting and contacted various government representatives in order to make their concerns felt.

PHIA, which governs the collection, use, disclosure, retention, disposal and destruction of personal health information was proclaimed on December 4, 2012 and will come into force on June 1, 2013.

In an effort to ensure that all psychologists (in public or private practice) are aware of what must be done to comply to PHIA requirements APNS will be presenting an information/discussion session in the near future.

If you are interested please see page 6-7 regarding the CE Omnibus Workshop and watch for more information by e-mail. If you haven’t already, please let us know if you are interested in attending [email protected]

Membership Survey APNS will soon be asking the full membership to complete a formal survey which will provide us with information about the state of Psychology and the opinions of Psychologists in Nova Scotia.

Through APNS’ participation with the recently formed CPA Practice Directorate we have been asked for input from Nova Scotia on various national issues and policies affecting Psychologists. Some of these issues are very well know to us while others may not even be on our radar. In any case, we though it time to bring these questions to the membership in hopes of getting a sense of how you feel abut these issues. We also want to take the opportunity to update our statistics on Psychology in Nova Scotia. Some of the topics which will be addressed include integrated health care, access to psychological services, prescription privileges, and regulation of psychotherapy.

The survey will be created in an electronic form and an e-mail will be sent to all members to complete the survey by following a link. The responses will be anonymous. The survey is still in the development process but watch for it in your email In box sometime within the next few weeks. We encourage you to respond.

UPDATE: PHIA and Membership Survey

Of all of the important activities in which APNS engages to support our colleagues in a dynamic professional environment, none is more important to me personally than responding to the informational, educational, and training needs of our members. I have a life-long commitment to education, having taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate psychology courses at Universities throughout North America, including Temple University in Philadelphia, the University of Miami, in Miami, and in our province at Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie University, and Saint Mary’s University. As you will see from our upcoming schedule of workshops and

educational sessions, APNS will continue to respond to the educational and training needs of psychologists in our province. I am very committed to ensuring that APNS is proactively responsive to the information, training, and education needs of our members.

This is a dynamic and exciting time for our profession, with significant changes coming which will impact us all. Our members can count on APNS being there to advocate for you, to inform you of topical issues related to your practice, and to provide educational and training opportunities. I look forward to working with and for you all.

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APNS Annual General Meeting Friday, May 31, 2013

12:00 to 1:15 p.m.

Dalhousie Student Union Bldg., University Ave. Halifax

The AGM will occur from noon to 1:15 pm over the lunch break of the Dr. Marlene Best Couples Therapy workshop.

We encourage all APNS members to join us for lunch while you attend the AGM. In addition to annual business matters the Student Awards will be presented.

T he Elections Committee of APNS is asking the membership for nominations for the

APNS Executive. For the APNS Executive, the call for nominations are for the positions of President-Elect, Executive Secretary, Member at Large, and Student Representative. Please give some thought to who would be a good people for such roles, consult with them, and if they are agreeable, send the attached form back to me, by mail or e-mail. [If you are receiving this newsletter by mail all forms have been included. If you receive this newsletter by electronically, the notice and forms will have been e-mailed to you.]

These positions are important. The Executive of APNS is responsible for representing our profession provincially, and generally fostering the development and collegiality of our profession. If more than one person is nominated for a position, then we’ll have an election.

As described in the nomination form, each year the APNS Executive may choose to honour one member with the “Fellow” designation, in recognition of outstanding service to Association.

If you wish to nominate someone for this, just complete the form and return it to me by mail or e-mail (you don’t have to consult the person, in fact it may be a surprise). All such nominations will be forwarded to the Executive for their consideration.

Nominations for appointment to NSBEP must be signed by two registered psychologists or candidates for registration, as well as by the nominee. For this reason the nomination form needs to be either mailed or faxed to me. The Elections Committee sends the nominations along with its recommendations to the APNS Executive, which chooses the psychologist members of the NSBEP. However ultimately the NSBEP represents the public, in the administration of the Psychologists Act.

Please feel welcome to contact me ([email protected]) if you would like further information about these positions or the processes involved. Best Regards, Vic Day, Chair, APNS Elections Committee

APNS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Executive, Fellow & NSBEP Appointment

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G reetings from the Early Career Psychology (ECP) Committee! Thanks to those of you

who came out to join us for the ECP Holiday Social Gathering at Tempo restaurant in Halifax in December. Our next planned ECP social event will be a public skate at the Canada Games Oval on the Halifax Commons, Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 1-3 p.m. Dress warmly, strap on your skates, and come join us for some fresh air and exercise. Hope to see you all there!

The American Psychological Association’s (APA) State Leadership Conference (SLC) is coming up once again, March 9-12 in Washington, D.C. The APA SLC is an annual advocacy training conference for leaders in professional psychology practice. The conference typically brings together more than 500 psychologists from across the US and Canada, along with APA governance, to advocate for issues important to practicing psychologists. I will be attending this event again this year, as our ECP representative, along with several other members of APNS. This is a great opportunity to meet and network with ECPs from other states and provinces and to learn about their activities and initiatives within their respective associations. If there is anything you would like me to bring forward or take from the conference, please let me know so that I can best represent the group at this important event.

Lastly, our next ECP meeting is Wednesday, April 3rd, 7 - 9 p.m. This meeting will cover a debriefing

on information and events from the APA SLC as well as future ECP event planning. The meeting will be held at the Canada Games Centre, 26 Thomas Raddall Drive, Halifax. We are hoping to be able to make this meeting accessible (e.g. via video or teleconferencing) to ECPs outside the HRM who cannot attend the meeting in person. However, we have yet to finalize the date and meeting room reservations. Please stay tuned as we will notify ECPs of the confirmed date and time of our meeting as well as details re. remote access to the meeting.

If you are an ECP and you have yet to become involved with the APNS ECP Committee, we encourage you to do so. Similarly, if you are a more senior Psychologist and you would be interested in providing some mentorship or otherwise contributing to the group, please contact me, Chimène Jewer, M.Sc., ECP Committee Chair, by email at [email protected], join the APNS ECP Committee Facebook group, or contact APNS by phone: 902-422-9183, fax: 902-462-9801, e-mail: [email protected] or regular mail: 5991 Spring Garden Road, Suite 435, Halifax, NS B3H 1Y6. We look forward to meeting new members, as well as prospective mentors or contributors, and to hearing any feedback you may have about the committee.

Respectfully submitted Chimène Jewer, M.Sc., R. Psych APNS ECP Committee Chair

EARLY CAREER PSYCHOLOGY (ECP) REPORT

APNS Seeking Editor for the Nova Scotia Psychologist

APNS is seeking to fill a volunteer position of Editor of our quarterly newsletter. Duties will include determining themes or topics for each newsletter that will be of interest to Nova Scotia Psychologists and to find attract psy-chologist who can address those issues. The Editor will work closely with the APNS Executive Director to advise

on appropriateness of content and editing of the articles. Some review and proofreading is required

Please contact the APNS Office [email protected] or call 902-422-9183

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Early Career Psychologists (ECP) Survey APNS recently did an informal survey of ECP members to get a sense of what psychologists in the first few years of their career might need in the way of support. The survey was sent to APNS ECP psychologists according to our definition: Psychologists approaching the end of their studies (e.g. completed coursework and involved in an internship program) or within their first 10 years of practice.

APNS is already trying to find ways of answering these needs. The ECP Group, chaired by Chimène Jewer will discuss how they may be achieved. We are presenting a series of sessions on topics that would be of interest to ECPs (see page 6-7) We also hope to see an improvement in electronic communication when our APNS website update is completed later in the year

Summary of Survey Results The comments and suggestion were distilled into three main areas, Continuing Education, Mentoring and Peer Support, and Province-wide

Communication and are listed below in order of number of suggestion received:

1. Workshops /Discussions: Career and business skills, EPPP & oral exam preparation, other available resources, such as access to research/resource materials.

2. Mentoring & Peer Support: Networking, including social events, group discussion groups, and one-on-one interaction.

3. Province-wide Communication: The above workshops and other kinds of support should be available throughout the province, not just in Halifax. There were several suggestions as to how this could be achieved: Ensuring that meetings, workshops and

discussion groups would be available in their own communities in person or through videotaping or webinar

Teleconferencing On-line forums Skype, Facebook, other social media

If you did not receive the survey but would like to add your comments, please contact [email protected]

Deadline for the APNS Private Practice Directory is May 31st. If you are interested in being listed in this year’s Directory and web listing, please contact the APNS office for more information. [email protected]

Omnibus Workshop (Halifax) Part 1 If you are interested in any of these sessions and haven’t already responded please send a quick email to [email protected]

Date: Friday in April (final date t.b.a.) Location: Halifax, tentative Student Union Building Dalhousie University Cost: The cost for each workshop is $50. If you attend the full day, (a total of 3 with lunch and breaks included) the cost is $150. There is no charge for the WCB, the Continuing Competency or the French‐speaking sessions. These workshops will not be combined with the other three but will be presented on a different date t.b.a. (see page 7)

1. Managing your files – Now and Forever 8:30 ‐ 11:30 am (2 hr 45 min) Psychologists are required to develop a plan of action to securely maintain client records as well as to provide appropriate continu‐ity of care in the event of retirement, incapacitation or death. This session will be lead by a panel of psychologists who will share their experiences followed by a discussion session. Participants are encouraged to submit questions or topics for discussion in ad‐vance to ensure that they are addressed. The following topics will be discussed:

Day to day maintenance and security of files.

File maintenance in Private Practice vs. public healthcare.

How clinical records should be maintained and stored to allow future access. paper or electronic?

Secure access to files. When and how to destroy records?

Your responsibility to maintain files in the event of retirement, incapacitation, or death.

What is the responsibility of the colleague who assumes responsibility for your records and what are the associated costs?

2. The Personal Health information Act (PHIA) ‐‐ Implications for you and your client 11:30 am ‐ 2 pm (2 hr 30 min) This information session is to prepare psychologists for the changes which PHIA will bring. PHIA was declared on December 4th, 2012 and will come into force on June 1st, 2013. This Act has specific implications for psychological services. Participants are en‐couraged to submit questions or topics for discussion in advance to ensure that they are addressed. The following topics will be discussed:

Responding to questions from clients about the electronic trail of who has access to their records.

Clients rights to protect access of their records and how may they make those desires known.

Revision of informed consent forms.

Ensuring record‐keeping meets the required level of security.

3. Private Practice 101: You know how to be a good clinician, but how to run the business side of a practice? 2 ‐ 5 pm (2 hr 45 min) This session deals with the issues around starting your career as a Private Practice Psychologist, whether your own practice or join‐ing an existing practice, from the nuts and bolts of setting up the administrative and financial structure to promoting and marketing the practice. This session will be lead by a panel of psychologists who will share their experiences followed by a discussion session. Participants are encouraged to submit questions or topics for discussion in advance to ensure that they are addressed. The follow‐ing topics will be discussed:

Administrative structure and legal and regulatory guidelines.

Office organization: files, forms, payment options, technical systems/equipment

Finding the right partners and/or staff.

Support/contract services: accounting, administration, reception, technology, and marketing.

Peer support, consultations, etc.

Establishing a referral network and building a client base.

Marketing: promoting your practice in cost efficient and effective ways using advertising, promotion, and electronic media.

Potential problems and pitfalls.

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APNS has participated in development of this, providing info on its referral services for psychologists.

211 Nova Scotia ~ Helping you find the right community and social services Starting February 11th, information on non‐profit organizations, community groups and Government services in Nova Scotia will be organized in a single 211 database. Until now, Nova Scotians have not had a single referral source for community and social services across the Province. The staff at 211 have followed a rigorous process of building the database through direct contact with non‐profit organizations, community groups and government agencies across the province.

211 is not a counselling service. It is an information and referral service that will connect people with the most appropriate services to meet their needs. Our call centre is staffed with information specialists who are trained to deal with the most complex and sensitive challenges and they know how to get to the real issue facing a caller. It is free, confidential and avail‐able 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Although the service will be Province wide starting on February 11th, advertising to the public through radio, social media and print, will take place in phases, region by region, starting with Cape Breton and moving through Northern, South West and Central (HRM) over an 8 week period.

Omnibus Workshop (Halifax) ‐ Part 2

4. Working with the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) (3 hrs) This is a half‐day information session lead by WCB staff.

WCB 101 ‐ a brief overview of the WCB

WCB’s Return to work model overview and the role the psychologist plays within it

Psychologists Contract Highlights

Question and Answer session

5. Continuing Competency Questions ‐ Where Are We Now? (3 hrs) This is an information session sharing information and asking questions about Continuing Competency procedure after the first year. Participants are encouraged to submit questions or topics for discussion in advance to ensure that they are addressed.

What methods are working for you?

What are your challenges?

What works, what doesn’t and do you have concerns?

6. Health Care in French At A Glance (up to 7 hrs) We do not have enough people to hold this workshop yet, if you are interested please contact [email protected] The interactive workshop raises awareness of the importance of providing health services in French. 7 hours, divided into 4 mod‐ules. You may start with module 1 and then select one or more of the remaining modules. Participants receive a resource manual and practical tools to use following the workshop. This workshop is offered in both English and French.

Overview of Nova Scotia’s Acadians and francophones (1 hour)

Why provide health services in French? (2 hours)

The Acadian and francophone client (2 hours)

Tools for delivering service in French (2 hours)

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Given that issues relating to the release of raw data often arise for psychologists, the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology encourages all members to be aware of the Board’s existing position on the release of raw psychological data.

T he Standards of Professional Conduct (Principle 7) and the Standards for Providers

of Psychological Services (V), require providers of psychological services to establish a system to protect confidentiality of their records. A psychologist shall not release confidential information except with the written consent of the user directly involved or his/her legal representative. Even after the consent has been obtained for release, the psychologist should clearly identify such information as confidential to the recipient of the information. If directed otherwise by statute or regulations with the force of law or by court order, the psychologist shall seek a resolution to the conflict that is both ethically and legally feasible and appropriate. The Standards further note that a registrant takes all reasonable steps to ensure that raw psychological data, if requested with proper authorization, is transferred to a designated registrant for interpretation rather than provided directly to a client or the client’s legal representative. Generally speaking, this means that when information is released you should make all reasonable attempts to ensure it goes to another psychologist who can then interpret the data for those requesting its review. Additionally the Standards require the following:

When ordered by the court to release copyright or clinically significant information such as test questions, stimuli, manuals and protocols, the registrant makes all reasonable attempts to ensure the court is aware of the ramifications of releasing such protected information to the general public. There are concerns related to the importance of protecting psychological test material. Publishers

of test materials consider such materials as proprietary, copy righted, and confidential commercial information analogous to trade secrets, and treat and protect them accordingly. Studies confirm that if test items and test protocols were readily available, the integrity of the test and scoring model could be compromised and would harm the public. Test publishers expect psychologists to do all they can to protect material and to protect the items and scoring criteria in response to written requests and/or subpoenas. They state that the Psychologist should secure a court order or protective agreement when faced with such requests/demands and that this should ideally contain the following requirements: a. Restricted access to materials and the

testimony regarding materials to the most limited audience possible, preferably only to individuals who satisfy the test publishers qualification policy;

b. Restricted copying of test materials; c. Assurance of the return or destruction of the

materials at the conclusion of the hearing and confirmation of such return or destruction;

d. The sealing of and/or removing from the record to the extent any portion of such materials are disclosed in pleadings, testimony, or other documents in order to safeguard the integrity of the assessments. It is crucial that test material does not become part of the public record.

The position taken by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is supportive of the concerns expressed by test publishers and it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the CPA position.

In conclusion, psychologists practicing in Nova Scotia are expected to exercise great care in releasing raw data. This is because we strive to protect confidentiality, also need to protect test materials for the public good, and to ensure raw

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F ebruary is upon us again and

with it APNS’ annual advocacy activities. We will do our usual province-wide edition of the Chronicle Herald Psychology spread on the last Sunday in February – Feb. 24th. Each year we partner with NSBEP to produce a two-page spread promoting the profession of psychology. NSBEP describes its role in registering Psychologists. APNS provides information about the profession of psychology, usually highlighting a particular role that a Psychologist plays in the community or an issue which is of importance both to the profession and to the public. In past years we have dealt with psychology in the schools, testing, depression, mind-body health, the healthy workplace and treatment across the lifespan. This year the topic is “The Psychologist and Primary Care.”

Every year we set aside space for Psychologists to support Psychology Month and promote their practice by purchasing an ad. If you are interested in purchasing an ad for your practice please contact Laura Freeman of the Herald at 426-2811 x3566.

What you can do to promote psychology We rely on members to promote psychology

and Psychology Month within your schools, hospitals and other public workplaces. If you are interested in helping to promote Psychology Month contact the APNS office for copies of promotional and informational pieces. Much of this material is available on our website so that you can download and print it yourself.

We encourage you to organize an Open House

at your workplace, contact your local service clubs to see if they would like to host a psychologist as speaker for their monthly meetings or ask your local library to do a book display on psychology or screen a film on topics of interest to psychologists. And please tell us what you are doing so that we may help you promote it.

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FEBRUARY IS PSYCHOLOGY MONTH: ACTIVITIES

data is not accessed by individuals who do not have the skills to interpret it accurately. However, provincial legislation does not support our standards in this regard. When the release of data is ordered by the court or required by law, psychologists are not expected to refuse compliance. In those cases when required to

disclose information, your responsibility ends once you have requested that the court make adequate provision for the ethical handling of the data.

Issued by The Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in

Psychology on June 2008 Revised: January 2013

NSBEP NOTES: POSITION ON THE RELEASE OF RAW PSYCHOLOGICAL DATA

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2013 Fri. April 5 ( 1‐ 4:30 pm) & Sat. April 6 (9 ‐ 4:40 pm) Compassion Fatigue: Helping 'til it Hurts ‐‐ Hurting 'til it Helps Gail Andrew, Ph.D., R.Psych. Britannia Room, Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax In addition to defining and examining types of trauma, this workshop will facilitate small group discussions, provide exercises to encourage self‐reflection and heighten self‐awareness, and share tools that protect and heal. This is a 1.5 day workshop running from 1‐ 4:30 on Friday April 5th and from 9 am ‐ 4:30 pm on Saturday April 6th. This workshop would be of benefit to mental health professionals, including psychologists, physicians, social workers, counsellors, psychotherapists, and students. For more information visit: http://www.apns.ca/documents/AndrewCF.pdf

Omnibus Workshop: Date April—See Page 6*

Fri., May 31st, 2013, 9 ‐ 4:30 pm Couples Therapy: Creating Connection Through Emotionally Focused Therapy Marlene Best, Ph.D. Dalhousie Student Union Bldg, Rm 224/26, Halifax This workshop will cover the key elements of EFT practice. You will learn how to work with key change events and specific interventions designed to undo the vicious cycle of toxic dynamics within a relationship. Interventions will be illustrated with video recordings of therapy sessions, and exercises will be offered for play and practice. Within the EFT model, attachment theory will help you tune into the life‐and‐death drama that defines a distressed relationship, and restructure pivotal moments so that partners can move from isolation and frustration to a felt sense of security and lasting satisfaction. Marlene Best will also address issues such as forgiveness after attachment injuries, such as affairs. This workshop would be of benefit to mental health professionals, including psychologists, physicians, social workers, counsellors, marital and family therapists, and psychotherapists and students. For more information visit: http://www.apns.ca/documents/BestBrochure_001.pdf

Fri. Nov. 8 (9 ‐ 4:30 pm) & Sat. Nov. 9 (9 ‐ 1 pm) Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) John P. Forsyth, Ph.D. For more information visit here: http://www.albany.edu/adrp/forsyth.htm

APNS CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOPS 2013

Transition to post‐secondary education: the psychologist’s role Sat. March 23 ‐ 10:30‐12:30, Seton 432, MSVU Psychologists’ assessments of adolescents and young adults with disabilities often play a critical role in determining eligibility for the Canada Student Grant, as well as eligibility for accommodations in college or university. Psychologists also assist youth and their families plan for transition, either directly, or as part of school and/or hospital‐based teams. Join us for a dialogue with post secondary/adult service providers, to discuss how we can make our assessments, reports and recommendations as useful as pos‐sible. We’ll also get an update on grants and services available for students with disabilities in post secondary education, and dis‐cuss how and when we should refer clients to specialized employment services for adults with disabilities. Panel members:

Corinne Dillon, Coordinator, Post Secondary Disability Service, Dept of Education & Advanced Labour

Ruth Fraser, Disability Services, NSCC

Janice Ainsworth, Executive Director, Team Work Cooperative

Judy Turner, Executive Director, The WorkBridge

Annie Baert, Student Services, Dept of Education

Joan Backman, Psychologist

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY INTEREST GROUP (CAP-I)

Acknowledgements


Nancy Adams, M.A. Anne Sophie Champod, Ph.D.

Kaleigh Cole, B.A. Jennifer Decker, M.A

Megan Fisher, M.A.S.P. Robyn Jackman, B.A.

Gelareh Karimiha, Ph.D.

Brynn Kelly, Ph.D. Tammy L. Kontuk Boyce, M.Sc.

Karin Kramer, M.A. James C. MacDougall, Ph.D. Elizabeth McFadden, M.A.

Bradley McRae, Ph.D. Robert McInerney, Ph.D.

Meghan Taylor, M.Sc. Joanne Vallely, Ph.D. Melanie Vanier, Ph.D.

Mikaela Vidmar-Perrins, M.Sc Dawson Wambolt, M.A

Vicky Veitch Wolfe, Ph.D.

Welcomes its Latest Members as of January 28, 2013

We would like to thank the membership for supporting APNS in its efforts to promote the interests of Nova Scotia psychologists through advocacy,

continuing education and the support of special interests in the field.

Congratulations to the following who have recently become Registered Psychologists*

Congratulations to the following who have

recently become Candidates*

Kathy Braunmiller, M.A.S.P. Helen Flanagan, Ph.D. Shelley Harvill, Psy.D. Karin Kramer, M.C.

Laura Lang, M.Sc. Nadine Leger, M.A.S.Ps. Kelly Mahoney, M.A.S.P. Sarah Williams, M.A.S.P.

Jessica Bird, Ph.D. Jennifer Decker, M.A Colin DeFreitas, M.A.

Katharine Filbert, Ph.D. Megan Fisher, M.A.S.P.

Iryna Ivanova, M.A.

Gelareh Karimiha, Ph.D. Adam Kayfitz, Ph.D. Brynn Kelly, Ph.D.

Rebecca MacNevin, M.A.S.P. Elizabeth McFadden, M.A. Catherine A Stewart, Ph.D.

Marlena Szpunar, M.A. Meghan Taylor, M.Sc. Joanne Vallely, Ph.D.

Dawson Wambolt, M.A

This information provided by NSBEP as of January 28, 2013

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South Shore Psychological Services Inc. is seeking a Doctorate or Masters level Registered Psychologist to join our group of independent practitioners. The qualified individual will offer comprehensive assessment and

treatment services to adults and couples.

Our facility includes furnished office space, a private deck overlooking the river, a shared reception area and kitchenette.

Located in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia , South Shore Psychological Services is a thriving private practice providing a wide range of psychological services to children, adolescents, adults and couples.

Interested Psychologists may contact Dr. April D'Aloisio by phone, email or fax.

926 King Street , Bridgewater , Nova Scotia B4V 3E6

Phone: (902) 527‐1058 Fax: (902) 527‐2946 [email protected]

Associate Position Available

Growing private practice is seeking a Part‐time Associate (with the potential for additional hours over time)

Qualifications: • registered with the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology with a minimum of two years experience • provide counselling services to adults, and potentially couples and adolescents • eclectic approach preferably, with emphasis on cognitive‐behavioural therapy • administration and case management skills

Please send CV to: Carla Seymour, M.Sc.

Seymour Psychological Services Inc. Suite 2030

1658 Bedford Hwy Bedford, NS B4A 3X9

Fax: 832‐4369 Or to: [email protected]

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Now Hiring: Associate Psychologist

Cornerstone Psychological Services (CPS) is a mental health practice in the central, but accessible, West End of Halifax.

We have a vision to create an integrated team of highly skilled mental health professionals who take pride in their clinical work, and continually strive to improve the quality of services they provide.

Since our practice opening in September 2010, we have seen both our referrals and reputation grow. At the present time, we are looking for a psychologist to join our team on a part‐time basis with an aim of

quickly building toward full‐time work. Qualifications:

Full or Candidate Registration with the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology.

Must have experience working in couples’ therapy.

Preference for clinicians who can provide therapeutic services to children/adolescents, families, adults, and couples.

Preference for clinicians who are ‘theoretically integrative’ and/or are willing to broaden their therapeutic skills through peer supervision, consultation, or additional training.

For more information about our practice, please visit our website: www.cornerstoneclinic.ca Qualified applicants may send their CV to: [email protected]

Cornerstone Psychological Services 2045 Harvard Street Halifax, NS B3L 2S6

The Maritime Institute for www.distdp.ca Teaching and Research of Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy

Presents a Day Long Symposium

Addressing and Removing Resistance in Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy

Metapsychology and technical aspects in handling resistance in IS-TDP illustrated by vignettes from videotaped patient interviews

Open to professionals and students training in all disciplines that treat clients with neurotic illness

Place: The Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax Date: Saturday April 6, 2013, 9 am to 4 pm

Presenting Faculty: Dr. Miroslaw Bilski-Piotrowski, Dr. Katharine Black, Dr. Douglas Carmody,

Dr. Jody Clarke, Dr. Catherine Hickey, Dr. Christopher Stewart

Registration Fee: $125 for practitioners and $50 for students

To register and for more information, please contact the office of Dr. Douglas Carmody Tel.: 902-315-0814 ♦ Fax.: 902-432-8168 ♦ E-mail: [email protected]

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