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Augusta-Parham, Aishah, MA

Aishah Augusta-Parham is a fifth-year Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas. She completed a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Regent University. Aishah is currently finishing her doctoral internship, with a focus in forensic assessment and competency treatment, at the Center for Behavioral Medicine. Her research has primarily focused on; the effects of clients’ social media use on their ability to deal with difficult decisions moderated by well-being, spirituality and need for cognition, and positive psychology. Aishah’s research experience has strengthened her appreciation for the development, evaluation, and implementation of effective evidence-based psychological services. 


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Evidence-based Psychotherapies in Competency Restoration Treatment

 

 

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Humenik, Alexis, M.A., M.S.C.P.

Alexis Humenik is a fifth-year Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology at Baylor University. She completed a Master of Arts degree in Forensic Psychology at The George Washington University. She is currently completing her Doctoral Internship, with a focus in forensic assessment and competency treatment, at the Center for Behavioral Medicine. Her research has primarily focused on factors associated with engagement in deviant behaviors in juvenile and adult populations, in hopes to aid in the classification, treatment, and rehabilitation of offenders.  Her research experience has strengthened her appreciation for the development, evaluation, and implementation of effective evidence-based psychological services.

 

Presentation(s): 

Evidence-based Psychotherapies in Competency Restoration Treatment

 

 

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Neville, Kristin, M.A.

Kristin Neville, M.A. is a psychology intern at the Center for Behavioral Medicine and a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology Psy.D program at Pacific University’s School of Graduate Psychology. She completed her master’s degree in clinical psychology with a forensic specialization from the University of Denver. She worked as a Licensed Behavioral Practitioner in Oklahoma for over three years before starting at Pacific University. She has prior work in crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy, domestic violence offender treatment, substance abuse treatment, and competency to stand trial evaluations. She is trained in the therapeutic approaches of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Her research interests include competency evaluations, competency restoration, and professionals with degrees in law and clinical psychology. Previous research presentations include investigating the intersection between law enforcement, Child Protective Services, and incarcerated primary caregivers in Michigan.

 

Presentation(s): 

Evidence-based Psychotherapies in Competency Restoration Treatment

 

 

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Anderson, Shawn, Ph.D.

Shawn Anderson, Ph.D. is the Director of Treatment Services and Psychology at Center for Behavioral Medicine. She received her doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a graduate of the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute. She conducts research and is published in the area of competency restoration and is recognized for developing treatment programs for long-term inpatient populations and competency restoration.   

 

Presentation(s): 

Evidence-based Psychotherapies in Competency Restoration Treatment

 

 

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When Your Consumer Needs A Guardian: Practical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects of Seeking Guardianship

Speaker(s):

James Reynolds, MD

Ron Smith, Ph.D., J.D.

Presentation:

The appointment of a substitute decision-maker is a legal matter decided by a Judge or Jury, but initiated by a health care provider. Depriving a person of their autonomy is an awesome responsibility, matched only by the equally awesome responsibility placed upon a caregiver to act in the best interests of a consumer who is not competent to manage their own affairs. Knowing when that time has come can be trying for the consumer and caregiver. Dr. Reynolds has evaluated many consumers for Guardianship and testified in court hearings and jury trials on the issue. Mr. Smith is an experienced attorney with the Office of the Missouri Attorney-General who has tried numerous cases of Guardianship on behalf of the State.       

Dr. Reynolds will speak on the decision-making process in determining the need for a Guardian, and some practical and ethical considerations inherent in this important decision. He will cover recent changes in Guardianship law concerning specific questions required by the law, including the rights to marry, vote, and drive a car. Mr. Smith will speak to the process of testifying in court on these matters, the information your attorney will need to demonstrate to the Court through testimony, and what to expect from cross-examination. Caregivers who are anxious about appearing in court will particularly find his advice helpful.

Objectives:

  1. Define factors to consider when proposing Guardianship
  2. Review recent changes in Guardianship law and questions to address in detail.
  3. Identify the importance of a good working relationship with the attorney and the issues that will arise in court

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Lessons Learned: The Road to Sexual Offending

Speaker(s):

Rachel Colwick, M.A., LPC

Mark Moore, M.A., LPC

Presentation:

This presentation will consist of an overview of the empirically supported treatment models and theories associated with persons who have committed sexual abusive acts such as Good Lives Model, Risk Needs Responsivity Model, Relapse Prevention, Self-Regulation Model-Revised, Motivation-Facilitation Model of Sexual Offending, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. The presenters will explain the dynamic risk factors related to this population as well as the protective factors, or features that have been shown to help lower rate of recidivism. Further, characteristics of patterns regarding the sexual offense progression will be depicted within this presentation. Additionally, case examples will be illustrated to increase conceptualization of the offense motivations, goals, and behaviors. Finally, an emphasis of evidence based treatment strategies or tools will be exemplified to audience members.

Objectives:

  1. Discuss the empirical based models associated with sexual offending
  2. Explain the dynamic risk factors associated with sexual offending including the protective factors (or features shown to help lower recidivism rates)
  3. Describe the primary characteristics or patterns (offense goals, motivations, and behavior) related to the offense progression
  4. Identify treatment targets and interventions or strategies

Slides and Handouts:

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Evidence-based Psychotherapies in Competency Restoration Treatment

Speaker(s):

Shawn Anderson, PhD

Aishah Augusta-Parham, MA

Alexis Humenik, MA, MSCP

Kristin Neville, MA

Presentation:

Expanding the role of evidence-based psychotherapy is critical to effective and efficient competency restoration treatment. Although pharmacological treatment is widely accepted as the primary intervention for competency attainment, for some patients, medications alone are not sufficient to achieve this goal. Certain psychotherapeutic treatments have been empirically established to successfully address particular psychiatric symptoms, which underlie the legal deficits and/or contribute to the psycho-legal deficits of many incompetent defendants.  This presentation will: review different manualized psychotherapeutic approaches that can be used to address specific competency deficits; describe the process for identifying patients whose competency deficits would benefit from psychotherapeutic treatments; and provide case examples using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.


Objectives:

  1. Learn how psychotherapy fits into a competency restoration program.
  2. Learn to identify patients with competency-related deficits appropriate for psychotherapy treatment.
  3. Learn how three evidence-based therapies can be applied in competency restoration treatment by addressing specific interfering symptoms and building psycho-legal skills.

Slides and Handouts:

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Smith, Ron, Ph.D., J.D.

A.B. – Biology/Philosophy, Drury College 1976 
M.S. – Guidance and Counseling, Southwest Missouri State University 1981 
Ph.D. – Counseling, Kansas State University 1989 
J.D. – University of Missouri School of Law 2001 

Employed as clinician at the Southwest Missouri State University counseling and testing center, and taught developmental and educational psychology courses after completing Ph.D. until entering law school in 1998. Upon graduation from law school, employed as an assistant attorney general for the State of Missouri until retirement in March 2020. Provided general counsel and litigation services to Missouri Department of Mental Health, Missouri Board of Pharmacy, State Committee of Psychologists, State Committee for Social Workers and State Committee for Professional Counselors. From 2006 until retirement, served as manager of Governmental Affairs Division mental health unit.

Presentation(s): 

When Your Consumer Needs A Guardian: Practical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects of Seeking Guardianship









 

 

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Reynolds, James, MD


Dr. Reynolds graduated a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Tennessee in 1986. He was a general and aerospace medicine physician in the Air Force before training in Psychiatry at Wright State University, and Forensic Psychiatry at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He trained in threat analysis and criminal profiling at the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit. Board certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry, and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, he has testified as an expert witness on more than 190 occasions in Military, Federal, and State courts. He joined Missouri DMH and the Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center in 1999, and has been the Medical Director of that facility since 2002. Dr. Reynolds has presented at forensic conferences in the U.S. and Europe, and teaches medical students and resident physicians from several universities in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.



Presentation(s): 

When Your Consumer Needs A Guardian: Practical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects of Seeking Guardianship





 

 

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Moore, Mark, MA, LPC


Mark Moore has his Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, as well as a National Board Certified Counselor. Mark is published and co-authored in two articles in the Safer Society Press. Further, Mark is a member of the professional organization, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA). Mark has vast experience in working with a variety of populations such as those suffering from mood disorders, psychotic disorders, grief, trauma related experiences or PTSD, to name a few. Specifically, Mark has specialized in the treatment of sexual offenders starting with conducting group and individual therapy sessions for the Cape Girardeau, MO Probation and Parole. For over 8 years, Mark has been working at Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center (SORTS-Sexual Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services) and has been implementing process groups, psycho-educational groups, and individual therapy for those who are civilly committed sexual violent predators. Mark also spent time conducting process groups and psycho-educational groups at Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP).  Primarily, Mark has been working with those that have scored moderate to high psychopathy levels, Antisocial Personality Disorders, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders. 


Presentation(s): 

Lessons Learned: The Road to Sexual Offending