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[edit] May 2011 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I hope this finds all of you well. This newsletter will be a little shorter than normal, but there are also some events and news I am happy to share with you all. In this edition:
- June Peer Supervision Teleconference
- Dr. Schubiner Practitioner Training, Dec 6-7, 2011
- Final installment of the Wiki's interview with Dr. Schubiner
Sincerely,
Forest
June Peer Supervision Teleconference
The TMS Wiki is in the process of lining up the guest speaker for the June Teleconference, but as of today there is not a definitive time and date. Most likely it will be the 2nd Saturday of June, June 11, from 1:00 to 2:30, ET. If you have not yet attended one of our teleconferences but think you might like to attend this one, feel free to email me directly ( forest@tmswiki.org ) to be notified of the final date and time as soon as it is settled.
Dr. Howard Schubiner Practitioner Training
From December 6-7, 2011 Dr. Howard Schubiner conducting professional training for medical and mental health practitioners on how to diagnosis and treat patients with PPD. The training is part of the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine Conference in Hilton Head, SC. Dr. Schubiner is the founder and director of the Mind Body Medicine Program at Providence Hospital, the author of Unlearn Your Pain and has completed a randomized control trial testing the effectiveness of the PPD approach on treating fibromyalgia. For more information please visit the NICABM website at http://www.nicabm.com/december-conference/ .
If you are interested in practitioner training visit the wiki page at http://tmswiki.wetpaint.com/page/Practitioner+Training . The page also lists Georgie Oldfield's training, conducted through the organization SIRPA. (This training is taking place from May 11-14 in Huddersfield, England. For more information please visit http://www.sirpauk.com/ .) Currently there is not a significant amount of other information on the page, but we will update it whenever we learn of something.
The TMS Wiki Interview with Dr. Schubiner
The following is the third and final installment of the interview with Dr. Schubiner. This section focuses on treatment and therapy approaches. If you are interested in reading the interview in its entirety please visit http://tmswiki.wetpaint.com/page/Interview+with+Howard+Schubiner,+MD . The Wiki would like to thank Dr. Schubiner for agreeing to this interview and his continued support in our organization. In addition I would like to thank Eric Sherman, Alan Gordon, Barbra Kline, and Colleen Perry.
To read the interview visit the page: Interview with Howard Schubiner
[edit] June 2011 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I hope this finds all of you well. There are several announcements I am pleased to share with you, including some great news regarding the PPDA and the discovery of a body of research that should be of great interest to all practitioners interested in PPD/TMS. In this edition:
- PPDA 501(c)(3) Status Update
- June Peer Supervision Teleconference with Dr. Dave Clarke
- Review article of Dr. Allan Abbass ISTDP Research
Sincerely,
Forest
PPDA 501(c)(3) Status Update
I am pleased to announce that the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA) has received federal tax-exempt status from the IRS. This means that the PPDA can begin to collect individual donations, which will provide the organization with the resources to begin more activities and reach more practitioners. The recent strides the PPDA has been making are a great sign of things to come.
June Peer Supervision Teleconference
The next Peer Supervision Teleconference will be on June 11, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EST. This month the guest speaker will beDr. Dave Clarke, MD, the author of the bookThey Can't Find Anything Wrong, the president of thePPDAand the International Clinical Advisor for the UK basedSIRPA(Stress Illness Recovery Practitioner's Association). He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology at Oregon Health & Science University who has been treating patients with PPD since 1983 and seen over 7000 patients with these conditions. At thefirst TMS Conferencein Ann Arbor, Dr. Clarke gave a presentation entitled "Interviewing to Elicit TMS Triggers." He again presented at theL.A. Mind Body Conference, where he gave a lecture entitled "Connecting Stress to Physical Symptoms."
We are requesting a simple one line (i.e. "I'm coming") RSVP from participants in the peer supervision teleconferences. For the first time that you attend a teleconference, we also request a short, 2-3 sentence description of your experience with PPD and your professional interest. These aren't required, but they help us give the guest an idea of what to expect and ensure that you get appropriate reminder emails and materials. Please don't hesitate to drop in even if you are not able to RSVP or send an introduction of yourself. Contact Forest for more information.
ISTDP Research by Allan Abbass, MD
In doing research for a wiki page, I came across a series of 7 articles that I think should be of interest to anyone interested in the academic literature supporting the TMS/PPD approach. They are all written by Dr. Allan Abbass, MD, FRCPC and coauthors about how Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) can be used to treat PPD (also known as TMS).
To read the article please visit the page Seven Articles About ISTDP and Medically Unexplained Symptoms
[edit] December Newsletter
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I hope this finds you well and that everyone is having a wonderful Holiday season. This is always a busy time for everyone and it is especially true for the PPD/TMS Peer Network (PTPN). We are in the process of transitioning to a new website built on more powerful and reliable software. This will increase our ability to better assist people in their recovery, and we hope to have the site running by the end of the year. I want to thank all of you for your continued support, and I hope everyone has a happy holiday season.
Sincerely,
Forest
Peer Supervision Teleconference
I am pleased to announce that the next Peer Supervision Teleconference will be held on Saturday January, 14th 2012 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM EST. The guest speaker will be PPD therapist Dr. Bob Evans. Dr. Evans has been treating TMS patients for over 24 years, during which time he has seen over 1,000 patients.
Dr. Evans trained under John Sarno, Eric Sherman, and Arlene Feinblatt at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. He has continued to work with Dr. Sarno since his training and wrote briefly about his case studies regarding PPD on pages 169-178 in The Divided Mind. He integrates Mindfulness and Somatic Experiencing, along with other approaches including: Creative Visualization, Yoga, Humanistic, Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavorial therapies. This is surely to be a very interesting teleconference and I look fowrard to chatting with everyone who is there.
Category Two CEU Credits for Supervision Teleconferences
For the past several Peer Supervision Teleconferences, some practitioners have been receiving Category Two CEU Credits, depending on the state. This has been made possible by the gracious work of Dr. Jonna Lee Barta who has researched and organized all of the necessary documentation.
New Book on PPD
Former PPD patient, Steve Ozanich, has recently written a new book on PPD called The Great Pain Deception. I have not yet seen the book, but it is always great to see someone else promoting PPD. For more information please check out this forum thread.
Q & A with an Expert
This past week Eric Sherman, PsyD recently joined the wiki's Q&A with an Expert program. His answer is below. The Q&A program is very popular and we are very excited to have it running again.
Question: How do I handle a family member who is not supportive? To read the response please visit the page Q&A: How do I handle a family member who is not supportive?
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