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Steve Frankel provides:
Consultation Groups
Ongoing consultation groups are led by Steven A. Frankel, M.D. and Philip Erdberg, PhD, or by Steve Frankel alone. Each group is made up of about six professionals and meets biweekly for 1.5 hours or monthly for 2.25 hours. The meetings are held at Steve Frankel's office in Kentfield, Marin County, California. Participants are given ample opportunity to present clinical material. To enhance these clinical dialogues, the group leader will be prepared to discuss a broad range of topics, complemented by references to the current literature. Continuing education units are available for psychologists (American Psychological Association Provider #1754), MFTs, and LCSWs (California Provider #3239).
The objective of these consultation groups is to create a community of like-minded professionals who are committed to our Collaborative Treatment Methodl and who can grow, work together, and refer to one another.
To find out more about our consultation groups, please contact Steve Frankel.
Scheduled Talks and Workshops
January 23, 2009 • San Rafael, CA
The Psychiatrist as part of a Multidisciplinary School-Based Team
Marin County School Psychologists
March 2, 2009 • San Rafael, CA
A Collaborative Treatment Model: the Social Worker's, Psychotherapist's, and Psychiatrist's Parts
Jewish Family and Children's Services
Talks and Workshops Available for Your Organization
Steve Frankel and other members of the Center for Collaborative Psychiatry, Psychology, and Medicine provide educational programs. Talks generally run for an hour to an hour and a half; workshops for a half or full day.
Talks emphasizing the Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Process we have evolved at the Center for Collaborative Psychiatry, Psychology, and Medicine
In these talks, Steve Frankel, at times co-presenting with a colleague, elaborates upon the comprehensive assessment and treatment process we have developed and use at the Center. Both the assessment and treatment described are conducted according to the principles elaborated in Steve Frankel's four books and published articles, including his most recent book, Evidence from Within: A New Paradigm for Clinical Practice. Elaborated and emphasized are clinical "truing measures," devices through which the clinician can check and enhance the accuracy of the evolving clinical process.
Steve's presentations begin by describing this model of treatment. Aspects of the clinical processes that are highlighted include the authenticity and mutual discovery required in any effective clinical process. Also illustrated is the subjectivity of the clinical situation as it restricts the certainty of both the clinician's and the patient's impressions, underscoring the requirement that the two engage in a dedicated collaborative effort as they find their way.
In co-presented talks, a psychologist-assessor typically continues by describing his or her part in the Center evaluation and treatment process. The balance of the talk will be devoted to one or more case presentations illustrating the place of the clinician psychologist-assessor dialogue in the assessment and treatment of these cases.
The Management of Complex Treatments, With Emphasis on the Creation and Coordination of a Multi-Disciplinary Treatment Team
At the Center we are especially interested in the contribution of teamwork to improving treatment outcome. Developing and managing a treatment team requires multiple skills. The treatment coordinator must integrate all the information required to understand a multifaceted case; speak knowledgeably with the other professionals involved; understand the complex dynamics that are inevitable when patient, multiple providers, and family members are involved; prioritize the clinical issues; monitor the ongoing clinical process; and synthesize all these components to insure the most powerful result. As the strategist-coordinator for the treatment team, the treatment coordinator (TC) also develops outcome measures for monitoring the work. These are collaboratively set and repeatedly revised in the dialogue between the patient, team members, and the TC.
Clearly, the TC's job is complex and challenging. Also, it is always in flux as the patient's or family's needs change or as differing, at times conflicting, opinions develop among team members. In these talks or workshops Steve will use detailed clinical material to illustrate how the TC works. He will refer to the current literature as he and the group develop a model for the TC's role in the case or cases being discussed.
To find out about scheduling a presentation, please contact Steve Frankel.
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