Upcoming events

    • 01 May 2024
    • 8:30 AM
    • Dart Coffee + Garden at 121 E Yanonali Street

    We hope you can join us for the first networking breakfast of the year! Come for the coffee and pastries, stay for the good conversation with colleagues. 

    Dart Coffee is located in the funk zone. Please allow a few extra minutes to find parking in the surrounding streets. Place your order at the counter and mention that you are with Santa Barbara County Psychological Association for the bill. Then come find us across the street in the lovely garden.

    Please note there is a 15 person limit. 


    • 11 May 2024
    • 1:00 PM
    • Shoreline Park
    Register


    Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

    Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

    Your Brain on Art explores the new science of neuroaesthetics, a way of reimagining how to live that includes art as an essential part of the human experience and an unexpected doorway to healing.” – Mark Hyman, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever

    Can visiting a museum help someone conquer feelings of loneliness, or even stave off the advent of dementia? In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross explore the wide variety of connections that contemporary neuroscience has established between artistic practice, aesthetic experience and optimal cognitive functioning. Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University. Ivy Ross is the vice president of hardware design at Google.

    Register for the free lecture through UCSB Reads Arts & Lectures online:

    https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/events-tickets/events/23-24/susan-magsamen-and-ivy-ross/

    Register through this email with SBCPA for the lecture and book discussion group to follow on May 11 at 1pm at Shoreline park with coffee, tea, and treats (exact location to be shared with registrants).

    And/or read the book, which is available at Chaucers, Amazon, and other book retailers.

    • 17 May 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Zoom Meeting
    Register


    • You are invited!

      SBCPA Presents: Medical Complications of Eating Disorders

      Presenter: Kathryn Kinasz, MD

      Dr. Kinasz is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist in the CalPsychiatry Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices. She specializes in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses that impact children and adolescents including but not limited to mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, and eating disorders. Dr Kinasz is certified in family based treatment (FBT) for eating disorders and sees individuals with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, atypical anorexia and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. 

        Course Outline

        Timeline:         

        12:00- 12:10 pm–       Introduction of speaker and opening remarks

        12:10-1:10pm-             Didactic Presentation 

        1:10-1:30pm                  Q&A/evaluations

        Topic:

        This talk gives an overview of the medical complications of eating disorders. Dr. Kinasz begins by discussing the different DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses. She then reviews a biopsychosocial model and neurobiology of eating disorders and discusses the role of medications in eating disorder treatment (including FDA approved medications, response and lack of response to medications). She also reviews the cardiac, endocrine, GI, neurological effects of eating disorders, with special discussions on electrolyte disturbances and bone health. Participants with learn to see eating disorders through a medical lens, enhance their clinical knowledge, and acquire tools to help advocate for care. 

        Learning Objectives:

        • Identify at least two of the most common eating disorders
        • Discuss at least one aspect of the most current understanding of the neurobiological implications of eating disorders
        • Identify at least one evidence-based pharmacological treatment of eating disorders

        Continuing Education:

        CPA is co-sponsoring with Santa Barbara County Psychological Association (SBCPA). The California Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CPA maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

          Important Notice:

          Those who attend the workshop and complete the CPA evaluation form will receive (1.5) continuing education credits. Please note that APA CE rules require that we give credit only to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credits.

           

          Please Note: This salon will be held via Zoom.


        • 18 May 2024
        • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
        • Alma Rosa Ranch, 7250 Santa Rosa Rd., Buellton, CA


        Sign up to Walk with the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association team, by clicking HERE (register through this link, not SBCPA website) and join our team. 

        Password: SBCPA1


        Alma Rosa Winery is pleased to announce its fifth annual fundraiser to support mental health: Peace of Mind: 10,000 Steps in the Right Direction on Saturday, May 18, 2024.  To support community services as well as mental health research, the 2024 Peace of Mind event will be a walk of approximately 10,000 steps or 4.5 miles across the Alma Rosa estate benefiting two organizations: the Mental Wellness Center and One Mind.

        Date: May 18, 2024
        Location: Alma Rosa Ranch, 7250 Santa Rosa Rd., Buellton, CA

        After the walk, please join us at the reception:
        1. Enjoy wines from Alma Rosa Winery, as well as the delicious offerings from The Hilt, Sanford, Casa DuMetz, Brander, Brave & Maiden, and Loubud
        2. Mingle with guests from both Mental Wellness Center and One Mind at the historic Ranch House

        IMPORTANT NOTICE, PLEASE READ:
        Enjoy the rugged natural beauty of the Alma Rosa ranch as you walk from the front of the estate on the valley floor up through vineyards with breathtaking vistas of the Sta. Rita Hills. This walk is for people who can walk 4 - 5 miles comfortably. There are 3 quarter-mile steady inclines along the route. The last incline will bring you to the furthest and highest vineyard on our estate, where we will greet you with a splash of sparkling (for persons 21 years of age and older) and a view to remember! The route is a HARD-PACKED DIRT/GRAVEL agricultural road and FOOTWEAR WITH TREAD is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. This walk IS NOT RECOMMENDED for young children.

        Start Time: 9:00am PDT
        End Time: 12:00pm PDT
        Avg. Walk Time: 2 hours

        Price: $55.00 Walk Fee

        Please register through this link:

        Sign up for our team (Santa Barbara County Psychological Association) with password SBCPA1 by following this link:

        https://runsignup.com/RaceGroups/110231/Groups/1522528

      Past events

      17 Apr 2024 Ethical and Legal Issues in the Practice of Clinical Psychology
      23 Feb 2024 Novel Biofeedback as Part of a Chronic Pain Recovery Program
      26 Jul 2023 SBCPA Summer Social
      23 Jun 2023 SBCPA/VCPA Salon: Competency-Based Clinical Supervision: Theory, Research & Deliberate Practice with Heidi Zetzer, Ph.D.
      26 May 2023 Reminder: Spring Membership Networking Breakfast
      21 Apr 2023 SBCPA/VCPA Salon: Madly We Love, Sharply We Fall: Conceptualizing Romantic Love and Breakups as an Addictive Process with Cortney Warren, PhD, ABPP
      31 Mar 2023 SBCPA/VCPA Salon: Decolonial Indigenous Psychology, Identity, and Dreamwork with Indigenous Peoples with Barbara Bain, M.S., PhD.
      03 Feb 2023 VCPA/SBCPA Salon: Gender Expansiveness: Supporting Youth and Their Families with Dr. Krishna Kary, PhD (they/them)
      01 Jan 2023 [RESCHEDULED] 2022 SBCPA Holiday Happy Hour(s) Gathering!
      02 Dec 2022 SBCPA/VCPA Salon: Decolonize Mental Health: Fostering Equity, Diversity and Belonging in our Clients with Susana López, Ph.D.
      04 Nov 2022 Gather in Gratitude: Fall SBCPA Social & Membership Event
      01 Oct 2022 How We Got Here and Where We're Going: Civil Community Conversation About the Roe v. Wade Reversal
      23 Sep 2022 SBCPA/VCPA Salon: Human Trafficking in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties
      17 Jun 2022 SBCPA Salon: Integration of Mobile Mental Health Apps Along the Continuum of Care (6-17-22, 12PM-1:30PM)
      10 Jun 2022 Ventura County Psychological Association Law & Ethics CE: The Standard of Care: Shield Against Liability (3 CE Credits)
      13 May 2022 Heart Medicine in Clinical Practice: How to Heal Longstanding Recurrent Painful Patterns on and off the Couch, with Radhule Weininger, Ph.D.
      12 Apr 2022 Lunch and Learn: How has the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the mental health needs of Santa Barbara County?
      19 Nov 2021 Prevention & Treatment of Youth Suicide with Richard T. Liu, Ph.D.
      05 Nov 2021 Autism in Adulthood with Anna Krasno, Ph.D.
      23 Jun 2021 Psychiatric Medications for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Pearls of Wisdom for Psychologists
      04 Jun 2021 CE Lunch and Learn: Understanding Neurocognitive Sequelae of Hypoxic and Anoxic Brain Injury and How it May Apply To COVID-19
      14 May 2021 CE Salon: ACT Daily in Clinical Practice: Bringing the Processes to Life On and Off the Couch
      17 Mar 2021 SBCPA Mindfulness During CoVid with Dr. Radhule Weininger
      30 Jan 2021 SBCPA Implicit Bias Workshop (6 CE Credits)
      23 Jan 2021 Zoom CoVid19 Check-in for SBCPA Members with Dr. Chuck Lepkowsky
      09 Jan 2021 Zoom CoVid19 Check-in for SBCPA Members with Dr. Karen Lehman
      12 Nov 2020 Virtual Membership Networking Breakfast-- Zoom & Dune Coffee!
      23 Oct 2020 SBCPA Salon: Transgender Patient Care w/ Max Rorty, LCSW
      17 Oct 2020 We're Back! - THIS Saturday 10/17/20 - Zoom Check-in for SBCPA Members - CoVid19 Updates with Dr. Chuck Lepkowsky
      04 Sep 2020 SBCPA Salon Rescheduled--- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young Adults in Santa Barbara County
      28 Aug 2020 Caring Together: A Compassion-Focused Approach When We Need It Most
      07 Aug 2020 Membership Networking Breakfast via Zoom
      17 Jul 2020 SBCPA SALON: Shelter From the Storm: Protecting Children From Custody Conflict
      09 Jul 2020 Sip and Share Social Hour
      26 Jun 2020 SBCPA SALON: Pro Bono Psychosocial Accompaniment of Asylum Seekers with Mary Watkins, Ph.D.
      05 Jun 2020 UPDATED: Virtual Membership Networking Breakfast @ Zoom/Dune Coffee
      04 Jun 2020 Social and Creativity Hour
      15 May 2020 SBCPA SALON: CORONAVIRUS ANXIETY AND THE CBT TREATMENT OF PANIC, ILLNESS ANXIETY, AND SOMATIC SYMPTOM DISORDER
      12 Mar 2020 March 2020 Board of Directors Meeting
      04 Mar 2020 Using Mindfulness in Clinical Practice: Case Presentations
      03 Mar 2020 Membership Network Breakfast @ Andersen's
      24 Jan 2020 Well-Being and Work-Life Balance: Cultural, Positive Psychology, and Practical Perspectives
      19 Jan 2020 SBCPA 2020 Installation Brunch and Legacy Awards Ceremony
      06 Dec 2019 SBCPA Holiday Party
      08 Nov 2019 Assessment and Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
      01 Nov 2019 Riverbench Winery Fall Membership Event
      18 Oct 2019 Salon-Digital Overuse: The Clinician’s Role in Assessment and Intervention
      14 Sep 2019 SBCPA CE Event - Suicide: Effective Crisis Response and Treatment
      13 Sep 2019 Membership Networking Breakfast
      03 Aug 2019 Summer Social 2019
      28 Jun 2019 A Fitting Denouement: Understanding and Meeting the Psychological Needs of Older Adults
      14 Jun 2019 Membership Networking Breakfast
      31 May 2019 Salon: A Humanistic Approach to Culturally Sensitive Clinical Supervision
      25 Apr 2019 2019 Spring Social
      12 Apr 2019 Salon-Give Psychology a Chance: How the Gut Influences the Brain
      04 Apr 2019 Meet and Greet with Monique Limon
      22 Mar 2019 Membership Networking Breakfast
      08 Mar 2019 SALON: The Shadows of Xenophobia in Clinical Practice: Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Issues in Relation to Immigration
      08 Feb 2019 Where are we with HOPE and Resilience? Your Role during our Community’s Long Term Disaster Recovery
      13 Jan 2019 2019 SBCPA Installation Brunch
      30 Nov 2018 The Divorce Conundrum: Legal, Ethical, and Psychological Issues
      16 Nov 2018 Keys to Treating Kids with Behavior Problems
      08 Nov 2018 Membership Networking Breakfast
      12 Oct 2018 Carr Winery Fall Membership Event
      30 Aug 2018 Membership Networking Breakfast (Note Date Change to Aug 30)
      09 Jun 2018 Digital Ethics with Dr. Keely Kolmes (6 CE Hours)
      30 May 2018 Membership Networking Breakfast @ Jeannine's Downtown
      25 May 2018 Opioids: What Psychologists Should Know with Mikhail Meyerovich, M.D. (Board Certified Psychiatrist)
      22 Mar 2018 Five Invitations: What the Dying Teach the Living, an evening with Frank Ostaseski
      15 Mar 2018 Membership Networking Breakfast @ Finch & Fork
      09 Mar 2018 Integrating the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual 2 with the DSM 5 and ICD-10 in Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning
      01 Mar 2018 SBCPA Board Meeting
      24 Jan 2018 2018 SBCPA Installation Dinner
      17 Nov 2017 Practicing Psychotherapy In Constructed Reality with Stephen Bacon, Ph.D.
      07 Oct 2017 POST-PONED- Digital Ethics with Dr. Keely Kolmes (6 CE Hours)
      08 Sep 2017 Record Keeping: Charting New Courses with Dean Given, Ph.D.
      09 Jun 2017 Mindfulness in Psychotherapy: The Role of Self-Reflective Function with Marjorie Schuman, Ph.D.
      05 May 2017 Promoting Engagement in Parenting Programs with Miya L. Barnett, Ph.D.
      07 Apr 2017 Constructivism, Reality, and Psychotherapy with Kjell Rudestan, Ph.D.
      10 Mar 2017 2017 SBCPA Spring Social Gala
      03 Mar 2017 On Nurturing The Negative In The Age Of Positive Psychology: Psychoanalytic, Feminist, And Multicultural Considerations For Practice with Oksana Yakushko, PhD
      28 Jan 2017 Beyond Words: Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Experience (3 CE hours)
      17 Dec 2016 SBCPA HOLIDAY PARTY 2016
      02 Dec 2016 In Search of Meaning: Using Self-Compassion and Values Clarification in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Diana Hill, PhD
      17 Nov 2016 SBCPA Harvest Wine Tasting Event and Membership Drive
      05 Nov 2016 Patient Welfare, Therapist Responsibility: Legal and Ethical Considerations (6 CE Hours)
      07 Oct 2016 Horses Never Lie: An Introduction to Equine Assisted Psychotherapy with Mary Ann Evans, Ph.D.
      09 Sep 2016 In Search of Meaning: Using Self-Compassion and Values Clarification in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Diana Hill, PhD
      20 Aug 2016 Sunset Cruise Hawaiian Style on the Condor Express
      10 Jun 2016 Transgender Client Care with Max Rorty, LCSW (1.5 CE hours)
      20 May 2016 Bridges And Barriers In Mental Health Care Access By Mexican/Mexican-Americans with Andres Consoli, PhD
      06 May 2016 5th Mental Wellness Walk- Join or Donate to SBCPA Team!
      29 Apr 2016 SBCPA Spring Social Gala
      08 Apr 2016 Inquiring Deeply: Finding the Opportunities Within Problems with Marjorie Schuman, Ph.D.
      18 Mar 2016 Liberation Psychology and Psychosocial Accompaniment with Mary Watkins, PhD
      26 Feb 2016 Increasing Children’s Resilience through The Healing Power of Story with Deborah Schiller, PhD
      11 Dec 2015 Psychodynamic Taxonomies of Anxiety with Matthew Bennett, PhD
      20 Nov 2015 SBCPA Membership Mingle Wine Tasting Event
      20 Nov 2015 (copy) SBCPA Membership Mingle Wine Tasting Event
      14 Nov 2015 Facilitating Behavior Change: Energizing Healthier Living for the Long Term with Jennifer La Guardia, Ph.D.
      06 Nov 2015 SBCPA Salon Series: "Healing Into Wholeness: Liberation From the Stories that Bring Suffering to Our Lives", Presented by: Gail Brenner, Ph.D.
      23 Oct 2015 Meet and Greet with Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson
      10 Apr 2015 SBCPA Salon Series: "A Theatre of the Mind: Psychodrama and Role Theory", Presented by: Elizabeth Plummer, Ph.D.
      06 Feb 2015 SBCPA Salon Series: In Sickness as in Health; Psychology's Role in Medical Illness, Presented by: Betsy Bates Freed, Psy.D.
      23 Jan 2015 2015 SBCPA Board Installation Dinner
      09 Jan 2015 SBCPA Salon Series: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: What it is and how to use it, Presented by: Suzanne Johnson, Ph.D.
      13 Dec 2014 SBCPA Holiday Party
      07 Nov 2014 SBCPA Salon Series: Being a Gender Competent Clinician, Presented by: Max Rorty, LCSW
      23 Oct 2014 SBCPA Harvest Wine Tasting Event
      10 Oct 2014 SBCPA Salon Series: Supporting Families in Developing Balance in their Digital Use—The Clinician’s Role and Tools for Use, presented by Winifred Lloyds Lender, Ph.D.
      12 Sep 2014 SBCPA Salon Series: A Clinician's Primer on Violence and Mental Illness, presented by John Lewis, Ph.D.
      17 May 2014 Join Our Walk for Mental Wellness
      03 May 2014 C.G. Jung's Red Book Art Exhibition
      02 May 2014 SBCPA Salon Series: Creating a Professional Will - The Why, The What, and The How, presented by Joan Sandberg, Ph.D. and Sari H. Dworkin, Ph.D.
      26 Apr 2014 Anxiety Toolbox: 4 Experts Discuss how they Understand and Treat Anxiety from their Distinct Theoretical Perspectives
      03 Apr 2014 SBCPA April Board Meeting
      14 Mar 2014 SBCPA Salon Series: Embodied Attentiveness: Recognizing the Language of Nonverbal Behavior -- taught by Katya Bloom, PhD, BC-DMT, CMA
      06 Mar 2014 SBCPA March Board Meeting
      21 Feb 2014 SBCPA Student Salon, AN INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY AND PSYCHODRAMA, with Elizabeth Plummer, Ph.D.
      07 Feb 2014 SBCPA February Salon: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Behavioral Issues and Phenotype, presented by Elisa Gottheil, Ph.D.
      06 Feb 2014 SBCPA February Board Meeting
      24 Jan 2014 2014 Installation Dinner
      10 Jan 2014 SBCPA Salon Series: Therapeutic Assessment as Psychotherapy Consultation, presented by Steve Smith, Ph.D. and Deborah Schiller, Ph.D.
      09 Jan 2014 SBCPA January 2014 Board Meeting
      06 Dec 2013 Holiday Potluck
      01 Nov 2013 SBCPA November Salon: Mindful Aging presented by Christine Fredericks, Ph.D.
      19 Oct 2013 Hot Topics in Ethics and Risk Management In Psychological Practice
      08 Oct 2013 Psychotherapist Mixer
      04 Oct 2013 Salon: Healthcare Reform
      12 Sep 2013 Carr Winery
      07 Jun 2013 Trauma Conference
      06 Jun 2013 Board Meeting
      14 Dec 2012 Board Meeting
      07 Dec 2012 Holiday Party
      02 Nov 2012 Salon
      01 Nov 2012 Board Meeting
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