New! Mentalization-Based Group Therapy on Tuesdays 11:30am

Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) is an attachment-based treatment for individuals who struggle with emotion dysregulation, chaotic and unstable interpersonal relationships, and difficulty managing interpersonal conflicts. The focus of this group is to help group members build the capacity to “mentalize” – that is, to hold one’s own state of mind and the state of mind of another together. This group can benefit anyone looking to understand their interpersonal relationships better and increase their sense of curiosity and engagement through the inevitable ups and downs of any relationship.

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Free Virtual Parent Support Group Starting 4/20

Beginning Monday, April 20, a free virtual multi-family parent support group opens to friends and family of Mind Therapy Clinic, from 5:30 Pm to 6:30 PM.

Co-facilitated by Mind Therapy Clinic Clinical Director Katy Tarella, LCSW, and Program Director Amelia Howard-Smith, MFT, the group will focus on skill-building, limit-setting and support for parents.

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Mind Therapy Clinic is an approved Spravato® center.

Mind Therapy Clinic is happy to announce that it has become an approved Spravato® center. Spravato® has a very different action in the brain from commonly used antidepressants. For those suffering from depression that hasn’t responded to a number of antidepressant trials, this new treatment may be a valuable options. Spravato® is a newly FDA approved treatment for difficult to treat depression. This medication is a variant of ketamine and is administered nasally. The FDA requires that the treatment takes place in approved centers.

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Mind Therapy Clinic’s tele-psychiatry and tele-therapy during COVID situation

Hello Mind Therapy Community,

Mind Therapy Clinic is open during the current COVID situation. However, with the Bay Area-wide shelter in place orders, we have implemented virtual visits or “teletherapy” for individual and group therapy sessions for the near future. Only some medical appointments involving physical treatments will continue on-site.

Please be on the watch for emails coming from your Mind Therapy Clinic’s clinicians from which you will be able to join individual and group video sessions. Mind Therapy Clinic is using a HIPAA compliant system to ensure confidentiality. We are also asking everybody to complete a Telehealth Consent Form. This is available below and at https://www.mindtherapyclinic.com/client and can be scanned or sent back from a photo to info@mindtherapyclinic.com. In addition, we can also send you the form using an electronic signature program if you prefer.

We are very sorry for this turn of events, though our greatest concern is for the health and safety of our patients and our community. We hope that all of you are doing well in this difficult time. We look forward to returning to business as usual soon.

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Congratulations to Dr. Schiller for being elected to Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association!

Congratulations to Dr. Schiller for being elected to Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, effective January 1, 2020.  He joins an elite group of psychiatrists with this honorary distinction who continue to make significant contributions to the field of psychiatry.

Dr. Schiller will be honored and acknowledged at the 2020 Convocation of Distinguished Fellows, during APA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.  The ceremony will be held on Monday, April 27, 2020, from 5:30 – 6:45 pm, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 200 – Hall B.   

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Ethics and Boundaries for Mental Health Professionals – 12/6

Ethics & Boundaries for Mental Health Professionals

Friday, December 6
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Mind Therapy Clinic, Room 7,
240 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 94925
2 CEs – $25

The Training

This course provides ethics and boundary information relevant to mental health professionals. In addition to discussions on responding to common ethical and boundary dilemmas, topics include HIPAA, California-specific laws, mandated reporting laws, informed consent and confidentiality.

Attendees at this presentation will be able to:

  • Describe informed consent and limits of confidentiality

  • Discuss established ethical and legal requirements contained in the relevant statutes and ethical codes.

The training is free for all clinicians and the public. Two Continuing Education units are offered for $25.

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Dysfunctional families and distorted communication: Clinical approaches… (CE Training 11/19)

Join Mind Therapy Clinic for a Professional Training with Kenneth Perlmutter, PhD

When: Tuesday, November 19, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Where: Mind Therapy Clinic, 240 Tamal Vista Drive, Corte Madera CA 94925, Upstairs Classroom

Presenter: Kenneth Perlmutter, PhD, Founder, Family Recovery Institute

For Clinicians

Clients requiring intensive treatment for complex psychological issues, including addiction and mood, eating and trauma-based disorders, developed in family systems wounded by legacies of loss from which the members have never fully recovered. Communication patterns among members of such families are fraught with distortions, assumptions, accusations and misdirection. This two-hour workshop will uncover the nature of family system woundedness using the Stress-Induced Impaired Coping model developed by the presenter. Strategies to engage members in the clinical conversation and promote more effective communication among them when outside the office will be presented.

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe the common environmental characteristics of wounded family systems

  • Use experiential exercises to deepen family treatment

FREE. 2 CEs for $25.

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