Utah Psychological Association

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Upcoming events

    • May 30, 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Live Zoom Webinar
    Register

    UPA Presents:

    Contextualizing the Gender Divergent Experience: Learning How to Help Your Gender Diverse Clients in Troubling Times

    Friday, May 30, 2025
    1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
    4 CE credit hours
    This will be a Zoom presentation

    Course Description

    This four-hour course provides in-depth learning across areas critical to understanding and providing competent care to gender diverse individuals. The primary focus will be providing foundational information for starting or continuing your journey to becoming a culturally competent provider for gender-diverse clients. While primarily introductory in nature, the course is also intended to provide valuable resources and ideas for clinicians at every level of experience and competency. The topics covered will include vocabulary and concepts critical to providing competent affirmative care, understanding of the broader cultural context effecting gender diverse individuals, discussion of guidance offered by professional organizations, examination of current events, exploration of religious policies related to gender divergent individuals, and an examination of how existing clinical practices can be applied to the clinical needs of gender diverse patients.

    Learning Objectives:

    Identify at least 4 proper and 4 improper vocabulary words for working with gender diverse individuals. Be able to identify at least 4 major gender diverse identities.

    Be able to identify the major national and local laws impacting trans individuals. Be able to discuss in detail at least two major news events of the last 4 years related to gender diverse individuals.

    Know where to locate WPATH Standards of Care Version 8, statements from professional organizations and identify at least 3 community resources available in Utah.

    Identify a third wave CBT (DBT, ACT) concepts or intervention and how it addresses the therapeutic needs of the gender diverse individuals including identity development/early transition, internalized stigma and coping with minority stress.

    Presenter Bio:

    Dr. Marcy Porritt (She\They) received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Loma Linda University with a formal specialization in neuroscience and neuropsychology. Her clinical emphasis is assessment and treatment of severe psychopathology and developmental disorders in adults and children. Dr. Porritt’s work experience includes inpatient psychiatric hospitals, community mental health, homeless outreach, and Veterans Administration settings. She has worked at Huntsman Mental Health Institute and is currently employed at Primary Children’s where she splits her time between the acute inpatient units and outpatient clinic. Dr. Porritt identifies primarily as a contextual behavioral scientist focusing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Dr. Porritt is a member of the LGBTQ Affirmative Therapists Guild of Utah, has experience leading institutional DEI committees and is actively involved in issues of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

    Registration Fees:

       UPA Members Non-Members 
     Early bird registration through May 23, 2025  $100 $125
     After early bird registration $150  $175

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

    Register online at:   www.utpsych.org  OR Call Teresa Bruce at 801-410-0337

    • June 06, 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Live Zoom Webinar
    Register

    UPA Presents:

    Internalized Weight Stigma

    Friday, June 6, 2025
    9 am TO 11 am
    2 CE Credit Hours

    This will be a Zoom presentation

    Course Overview

    Weight stigma, whether internalized or experienced, has deleterious mental and physical health consequences for patients with overweight/obesity. Patients pursuing medical (e.g., GLP-1’s) and surgical (i.e., metabolic and bariatric surgery) weight management are at higher risks for these impacts. MBS is the most effective intervention to treat overweight/obesity and anti-obesity medication use is on the rise. However, outcomes from these interventions may be reduced due to weight stigma. Therefore, providers should understand the impacts and the complexity of weight outside of one’s individual control or ‘willpower’ and apply appropriate assessment and interventions to address and ultimately reduce these negative effects.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify the contributing factors to internalized and experienced weight stigma.
    • Describe the mental and physical health impacts of weight stigma in persons with overweight/obesity.
    • Discuss the evidence-based interventions that can be used on individual, systemic, and organizational levels.

    Presenter Bio:

    Hannah Farnsworth, PsyD is a clinical psychologist and provider in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah specializing and Bariatric and Weight Management Psychology. Dr. Farnsworth performs pre-surgical psychological bariatric evaluations and provides psychotherapy services for individuals in the Comprehensive Weight Management Clinic. Her clinical and research interests include understanding the unique experiences of bariatric and weight management patients, such as stigma and discrimination, to inform treatment recommendations and healthcare services

    Registration Fees:

       UPA Members Non-Members 
     Early bird registration through May 30, 2025  $50 $75
     After early bird registration $75  $100

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

    Register online at:   www.utpsych.org  OR Call Teresa Bruce at 801-410-0337

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April 25, 2025 Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: How to Approach Ambivalence and Talk About Change
February 28, 2025 Mindful-Somatic Approaches to Psychological Trauma
February 22, 2025 Join the Utah Psychological Association for a Snowshoeing Adventure!
February 21, 2025 Stress from Political and Social Issues
February 07, 2025 Sequence XIV: Ethics and Risk Management of Navigating New Frontiers in Psychological Practice
January 24, 2025 Artificial Intelligence: Research and Applications in Mental Health and Policy and Innovation Issues in the State of Utah
December 06, 2024 Self Compassion
November 21, 2024 Ready!Resilient! Utah Early Childhood Mental Health Conference: A statewide convening on early childhood mental health
November 15, 2024 Mindful-Somatic Approaches to Working with Acute and Developmental Trauma
November 01, 2024 Planning Ahead for Closing a Practice: Considerations for retirement, disability, and death of a mental health practitioner
October 18, 2024 Charting Your Path: Navigating Your Journey as an Early Career Psychologist
September 20, 2024 Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Tips, Tools, and Techniques
April 19, 2024 Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy in Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
February 02, 2024 Practical Ethics in Challenging Times: Ethical Decision-Making and Practice, Boundaries and Multiple Relationships, Telepsychology, and Clinical Supervision
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December 04, 2023 Good Coping Gone Bad
November 03, 2023 Suicide Ideation and Behavior: Management, Interventions, and Impact
October 24, 2023 The Israel/Gaza Conflict...Impact on Professionals and Our Work With Our Clients
October 06, 2023 The Ethics of Practicing Telepsychology Across Jurisdictions
September 22, 2023 Behavioral Sleep Medicine Beyond Insomnia: Sleep Walking, Circadian Rhythm Disorders and Sleep Apnea
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May 31, 2023 Clinician Ouches, Oops, & Oh sh*%#: An ethical dilemma checklist for greater peace of mind
April 28, 2023 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) For Adult ADHD
April 21, 2023 New Perspectives on Autism: Assessment and Treatment Through the Lifespan
March 24, 2023 Psychedelics in Treatment of Mental Illness
March 17, 2023 Demystifying Functional Neurological Disorders
February 10, 2023 The Trust Insurance Presents: Sequence XI: Ethics, Risk Management and Vulnerabilities: Yours, Mine and Ours
January 27, 2023 The Minds, Lives, and Motivations of Mass Attackers
October 14, 2022 Save the date: PsyPact Update
October 14, 2022 Looking Through a Multidimensional Lens When Providing Telepsychology
August 26, 2022 Don't Let the DSM-5-TR Fool You: The DSM-5-TR is Far More Than a Text Revision
April 22, 2022 The Private Practice Journey: Running, Marketing and Increasing Revenue
April 08, 2022 Bariatric Surgery: The Role of Psychologists on the Interdisciplinary Surgery Team
March 25, 2022 Suicide Risk/Assessment. Nancy A. Piotrowski, Ph.D.
March 04, 2022 Tackling the Topic of Eating Disorders: Risks, Prevention, Early Detection, and Evidence Based Interventions. Presented by Lindsey Ricciardi, Ph.D.
January 21, 2022 Just Ethics: Professional Ethics, Decision-making, & the New Science of Morality
January 12, 2022 Social Justice, Civility and Dialogue
November 19, 2021 Medical Health Coding, Documenting, and Billing
October 22, 2021 Multiple Sclerosis: 9 Things Every Psychologist (and Neuropsychologist) Needs to Know
September 17, 2021 Understanding and Treating OCD
July 30, 2021 Cultural Considerations for Neuropsych
June 25, 2021 Suicide Assessment and Empirically Supported Treatment Options
May 14, 2021 Cultivating Cultural Fortitude in Clinical Practice: A Multicultural Orientation Framework Approach
April 23, 2021 Adolescent Brain Development
April 09, 2021 Telepsychology and PSYPACT (Registration Full)
February 26, 2021 Sequence IX: Ethics and Risk Management in Complex Clinical Conundrums. Daniel O. Taube, JD, PhD
February 20, 2021 Self Care as an Ethical Imperative: Maintaining Competence and Flourishing During Challenging Times. Jeffrey E. Barnett, PsyD, ABPP
January 29, 2021 What keeps us up at night: An ethics discussion for 2021 (Registration Full)
November 13, 2020 Psychological Approaches to Treating Chronic Pain
October 02, 2020 CBT for Insomnia
August 07, 2020 A Practical Guide to the Ethics and Practice of Telepsychology and Teleneuropsychology During COVID-19
July 17, 2020 PTSD Treatment, and Related Ethical Dilemmas, in the Time of COVID-19
June 26, 2020 Trauma, Loss, and Traumatic Growth: Applying Conservation of Resources Theory through Social-Environmental and Behavioral Intervention
April 17, 2020 How to Rise Above the Ethical Demands of Utah Psychologists: Frank Rees, PhD
March 20, 2020 Pragmatics of Telepsychology Practice in the Age of COVID-19
February 21, 2020 Best Practices in Forensic Psychology: Testifying in Court/Related Case Law
January 24, 2020 Suicide Prevention Training: An Update on Assessment, Intervention, & Postvention
December 13, 2019 UPA Holiday Party
October 23, 2019 Creating & Getting the Most out of Clinical Supervision
June 15, 2019 Early Career Psychology Hike
June 07, 2019 The Trust Risk Management Workshop
April 12, 2019 Motivational Interviewing. Presented by Denise Lash, PhD
April 12, 2019 Non-pharmacological Interventions in Pain Management: Psychology's Answer to the Opioid Crisis
February 22, 2019 Don't Be Afraid of the Lawyer: A Clinician's Guide to Divorce, Subpoenas, Court, and All of the Those Things that Keep You Up at Night.
January 25, 2019 Concussion: From the CDC to CTE: Presented by Dr. Anne Russo and special guest Dallas Davis, former football linebacker
December 07, 2018 UPA Member and Guest Holiday Party
November 02, 2018 Eating Disorders: What Every Clinician Needs to Know by Eating Disorders presented by Dr. Lindsey Riccardi
September 28, 2018 UPA CE Presents: Aging: Biopsychosocial Perspectives
May 04, 2018 Ethics by Dr. Michael Donner
April 20, 2018 The Management of Anxiety, Insomnia, Depression and Pain with Electrons: A Brief Primer on Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) and Microcurrent Electrical Therapy (MET)
February 23, 2018 Cross Cultural Mental Healthcare of Non-Binary and Transgender Adults
January 26, 2018 Psychopharmacology Update for Clinicians: What’s new in 2018
September 29, 2017 Psychological Practice Sequence VII: Working with Couples and Families, Risk Management with the Suicidal Patient, and Legal and Ethical Issues presented by Retirement
May 12, 2017 HIPAA Compliance 2017
April 10, 2017 Don’t forget about sleep: Incorporating assessment and treatment of sleep into busy practices
March 24, 2017 Moving Through Swamps: Didactics and Experiences in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
March 10, 2017 Concussion and Post-Concussion Syndrome – Overview and Management by Dr. Angela Eastvold
February 17, 2017 Eating Disorders. Presented by Dr. Lindsey Ricciardi
February 13, 2017 Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy
January 09, 2017 Professional Wills
October 14, 2016 Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders Using the ADOS-2
October 10, 2016 Basics of Telepsychology Practice
September 16, 2016 Ethics Update
September 12, 2016 Effects of Stress on the Brain
June 03, 2016 Prolonged Exposure for the Treatment of PTSD
May 06, 2016 Surviving & Thriving as Psychologists: Empathic Distress and Wellbeing
April 15, 2016 Causes and Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction
March 18, 2016 Psychopharmacology Update
January 22, 2016 Resilience & Executive Functioning: Are They Evidence Based Concepts?
September 25, 2015 Ethics and Risk Management in the Age of the Affordable Care Act: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know and Were Afraid to Ask!
May 15, 2015 ICD Diagnosis and DSM Changes: The New Horizon
March 13, 2015 Behavioral Sleep Medicine
January 23, 2015 Continuing Education: Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidality
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