Early Recollections and Life Task Assignments: Applying Adlerian Concepts within the Clinical Setting

Description: Adler believed that human behavior is goal-oriented and that humans can best be understood in relations to how they go about trying to attain their goals. Adler believed that a person's lifestyle was set early in life as a result of early familial influences. Emotional and psychological problems occur because of mistaken lifestyle beliefs about how to achieve life goals, and these interfere with a their ability to function and successfully achieve his goals. During this webinar, participants will become familiar with Adlerian concepts and clinical strategies that can be utilized within the clinical setting to explore how memories of their childhood influence approaches life as well as task that could assist the clients in gaining a new perspective.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-820548

This event is sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop an understanding of Adlerian Counseling and the Stages of Adlerian Therapy
2. Gain insight into Adlerian Early Recollections and how to explore childhood memories.
3. Identify at least three (3) Adlerian Therapy Task Assignments that can be utilized with counseling clients within the clinical setting.

Dr. Karla L. Sapp is currently Licensed by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapist as a Licensed Professional Counselor and the Florida Department of Health as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She also holds the following certifications: National Certified Counselor, Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor, and Approved Clinical Supervisor. Dr. Sapp is currently a member of the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (LPCA-GA) and the former Coastal District Representative which consist of 21 counties. Dr. Sapp is a member for the Florida Counseling Association and currently the Public Awareness Committee Chair, Public Policy/Legislative Committee Chair, and Member-At-Large for FACES. Dr. Sapp is currently a member of the National Board of Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program Addictions Advisory Council as well as a member of NAADAC Critical Issues in the Black Community Committee. Dr. Sapp has been practicing for 12 years, specializing in general mental health and addictions counseling, among the adult and criminal offender populations. Dr. Sapp also works with Adolescent Student-Athletes and Athletic Professionals. Dr. Sapp has experience working in the following settings, In-Patient Acute Hospitalization, Outpatient, Correctional setting, and currently the Owner of U Matter Consulting and Counseling, LLC, located in South East Georgia. Dr. Sapp was previously an Adjunct Faculty at South University-Savannah Campus in the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, where she taught the following courses: Counseling Theories, Psychopathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Addictive Disorders, Professional Ethics and Orientation, and Group Psychotherapy; as well as a previous Adjunct Psychology Professor at Georgia Southern University- Armstrong/Liberty Campus, where she has taught and/or currently teaching the following courses: Introduction to Psychology, Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Personality Theories, Child Development and Research In Psychology which includes conducting research. A scholarly practitioner, Dr. Sapp, has a research interest in lifestyle choices and wellness, offender treatment and rehabilitation, developmental counseling, trauma, and disaster mental health and have been featured as a workshop presenter and speaker on the Global, National, Regional, and Local level.