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• UPA Advertised Event: Your Guide for Mastering Complex Therapies and Fostering Deep Connections

  • Start
    April 03, 2025
  • End
    April 04, 2025
  • Location
    Sandy, UT or Live Online

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  UPA Approved Event: 

  Connected Therapies Summit: Essential Skills for Attachment, Development, and Effective Treatment. 

  Your Guide to Mastering Complex Therapies and Fostering Deep Connections.

  In-person in Sandy, Utah or Live Online

  Karen Gail Miller Conference Center
  9750 S 300 W Sandy, UT 84070
  (or Online via Zoom)

  

  Sign up at: https://www.suncrestcounseling.com/

  Use UPA10 at checkout for 10% off

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• UPA Board Meeting: April 2025

  • When
    April 11, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: How to Approach Ambivalence and Talk About Change

  • When
    April 25, 2025
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    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Jon and Karen Huntsman Education Center, 8th Ave & C St, Salt Lake City, UT

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  7 CE Credit Hours

  Course Overview

  Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a client-centered, transdiagnostic treatment approach that helps individuals who are ambivalent about change. Moreover, it is a defined set of communication skills that fosters a partnership between the provider and the client in a manner that conveys empathy and understanding. In turn, this helps providers quickly build rapport with clients. MI is distinct in its focus on language, specifically addressing how responses to clients can help draw out their own motivations for change. MI can be used independently or woven within other treatment modalities.

  For the last several years, MI has been among the most researched treatment approaches. It has demonstrated effectiveness across a broad range of patient concerns, demographic factors, and populations. In this introductory workshop, participants will learn the foundations of MI as well as practice MI skills to help enhance the client-provider relationship. Specifically, the MI spirit, OARS, change talk and sustain talk will be taught and ‘real’ played.

  Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be familiar with the foundations of Motivational Interviewing
  • Participants will have a way to reconceptualize ambivalence
  • Participants will be familiar with the MI Spirit, OARS, and Change Talk and Sustain Talk and understand how this relates to fostering partnership and creating change
  • Participants will practice the different components of MI in the workshop

  Presenter: Denise Lash, PhD

  Denise Lash, PhD is a clinical psychologist and member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Training (MINT). She completed her bachelor’s degree at Loyola University Chicago and her doctorate at the University of New Mexico, where she learned Motivational Interviewing from Dr. Bill Miller. Dr. Lash has a passion for teaching MI. With respect to therapy, Dr. Lash uses CBT and ACT along with MI and has worked in outpatient settings. She currently works in primary care clinics at Intermountain Health, where she is also the Co-Director of Behavioral Health. When not working, Denise enjoys reading, spending time with her family, travel, cooking, and eating.

  Registration Fees:

  	UPA Members	Non-Members
  Early bird registration through April 18, 2025	$175	$250
  After early bird registration	$225	$300

  
  

  UPA Student/Resident Members	Non-Member Students /Residents
  No Charge	$15

  Register online at: UPA Home Page   OR Call Teresa Bruce at 801-410-0337

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• UPA Board Meeting: May 2025

  • When
    May 09, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• UPA Podcast: From DBT to CBT to ACMHC: Decoding the Alphabet Soup of Therapy Lingo to Increase Patient Empowerment

  • When
    May 30, 2025

  Are you confused by all the letters after your therapist's name? Wondering what CPT, DBT, or EMDR means for your treatment? You're not alone! Join Cat Sales, UPA Student Representative, as she breaks down mental health credentials and treatment approaches.

  In this episode, Cat guides listeners through

  • The differences between various mental health providers (LPC, LCMHC, LMFT, LCSW, PhD, PsyD, MD, APRN)
  • What each credential means for a provider's training, approach, and specialization
  • Popular therapy methods demystified, from Cognitive Processing Therapy to Internal Family Systems
  • Practical insights on licensing, student status, and cost differences between providers

  Listen now to gain confidence in finding the right provider and treatment approach for your unique needs. And remember, the Utah Psychological Association offers a comprehensive directory of providers throughout the state to help you take that important next step.

  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/utah-psychological-association/id1719693176

  
  

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• UPA Board Meeting: June 2025

  • When
    June 13, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• UPA Board Meeting: August 2025

  • When
    August 08, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• UPA Board Meeting: September 2025

  • When
    September 12, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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    Zoom

  
  

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• UPA Board Meeting: October 2025

  • When
    October 10, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• UPA Board Meeting: November 2025

  • When
    November 14, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• UPA Board Meeting: December 2025

  • When
    December 12, 2025
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    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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