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This training provides military and civilian mental health providers with information about key elements of the assessment process when treating military and Veteran couples. The components of an initial assessment will be reviewed with a specific focus on how aspects of military culture impact their relationships. In addition, a variety of assessment tools will be presented including self-report measures and genograms.
Participants will be able to:
CEs Pending
Marjorie Weinstock, Ph.D. is a Senior Military Behavioral Health Psychologist at the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She joined the CDP in 2009 as a Deployment Behavioral Health Psychologist at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. Prior to joining the CDP, Dr. Weinstock spent three years working for the Navy’s Fleet & Family Support Program, where she provided counseling services to military members and their families.
Dr. Weinstock is a graduate of Emory University and received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University at Buffalo. She completed her internship at the Brockton, Massachusetts VA Medical Center and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical research and addictive disorders at the Brown University Training Consortium.
As the spouse of a recently retired Service member, Dr. Weinstock has a first-hand understanding of the demands of military service on the family. In her current role she is engaged in the development and presentation of trainings for behavioral health clinicians to improve their competency in working with both Service members and their families. Her professional interests include deployment-related mental health issues, cognitive behavioral therapy, suicide prevention, and the impact of military life on the family.
Financial: Marjorie Weinstock is employed by Center for Deployment Psychology.
Non-financial: Marjorie Weinstock has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
April Thompson, LCSW, is a clinical social worker currently working as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Trainer with the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland. In this capacity, she is responsible for the development and delivery of both live and web-based trainings to military and civilian mental health providers on deployment-related topics.
Ms. Thompson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and her Master of Social Work degree from University of Pennsylvania.
For over 20 years, Ms. Thompson has specialized in military child and family issues especially in the area of domestic violence and family maltreatment prevention, response and treatment. She has worked as a clinical counselor on military bases in Japan, Florida, Virginia and Hawaii. Prior to joining CDP, Ms. Thompson was a clinical care coordinator overseeing the training and quality control of clinical documentation for contracted counselors working at Navy bases throughout the continental United States.
Financial: April Thompson is employed by Center for Deployment Psychology.
Non-financial: April Thompson has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call the Center for Deployment Psychology at 301-400-4160 or email mnorgard@deploymentpsych.org
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