Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of EAPA
Please join us for our next monthly meeting held on March 14th, 2023!
Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of EAPA
Please join us for our next monthly meeting held on March 14th, 2023!
News and Events
Monthly Meeting
The San Francisco Bay Area EAPA chapter meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month (there is no meeting in August). Each training provides a minimum 1.5 continuing education units (CEU's) from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) and/or 1.5 professional development hours (PDH's). The cost to attend an in-person meeting is $30.00 for EAPA members, $40.00 for non-members. Please, cash or check only. For Zoom meetings, there is no cost.
The next chapter meeting will be held on March 14th, 2023.
Topic: Mental Imagery: A Tool for Short Term Interventions
Date and Time: 12 - 1:30 PM PST (group introductions and networking, if desired, begins around 11:30 AM) a
Location: Virtual
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Speaker: Randy Kasper, LCSW, BCD, PhD
Description:
Mental imagery, also known as visualization, is a tool that has been used for millennia. With the advent of mindfulness’ popularity and the growing field of mind/body approaches, it has finally taken a seat at the table of recognized and valued clinical approaches for mental health professionals. There are various settings in which mental imagery can have an impact on a client’s well-being, Understanding the whys and wherefores of when and how to use mental imagery as a short-term helping modality can be a valuable tool in any clinician’s toolbox. It is especially useful in an EAP setting wherein time-limits necessitate practical and powerful methods that clients can also practice on their own. Interestingly, many practitioners come to learn that many of their clients already practice mental imagery intuitively; having their EAP consultant validate this practice further fortifies both the client and the trusting relationship.
Outline:
Background and research of mental imagery
- Academic research
- Research in the field
Current applications
- Clinical issues that have found relief through mental imagery
- Various formants of mental imagery
Experiential
- Participant exercises
- Discussion
Speaker Bio:
Randy Kasper, LCSW BCD PhD is a board-Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. She has a doctorate in Leadership.
Dr. Kasper has a background in directing several hospital-based programs, including Chemical Dependency, Eating Disorders, Domestic Violence and EAP in a community-based hospital for 15 years. She has been a professor at the Graduate School of Social Work California at CSU (Dominguez Hills and San Marcos) for 12 years where she specializes in clinical practice and internship supervision. She is on faculty as Clinical Supervisor with the American Institute for Mental Imagery where she studied and worked with the late Dr. Gerald Epstein for almost 30 years. She also taught Group Dynamics and Theory in Alliant International University’s doctoral forensic psychology program. Dr. Kasper has been with Kaiser Permanente’s EAP program since 2014. Dr. Kasper has studied and taught mental imagery for many years and was awarded 2021’s Imagery International’s Person of the Year.
She has been a featured guest on various television shows and featured in print. She is/has been on boards of the Employee Assistance Program Association (Los Angeles), Imagery International, Making Right Choices, ContinuingEdCourses.net, and National Repertory Theatre. She maintains a private practice as a therapist, trainer, and supervisor in Southern California.
She can be reached at (213) 434-07900 or through her website at www.randykasper.com
