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Total Credits: 1.5 Continuing Education Credit for Social Workers, 1.5 Continuing Education Credit for Clinical Psychologists, 1.5 Continuing Education Credit for Professional Counselors, 1.5 Continuing Education Credit for Marriage and Family Therapists
Alumni Weekend: 2024 Sarnat Lecture
Preparing Social Workers to Meet the Moment with Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT)
Saturday, May 18, 2024
11:00am-12:30pm
In-Person Only:
Crown Family School Lobby
969 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637
The Crown Family School will host the 2024 Rhoda G. Sarnat Lecture: Preparing Social Workers to Meet the Moment with Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT), featuring Heidi L. Allen, MSW, PhD., Associate Professor, Columbia School of Social Work.
This lecture will outline the research and regulatory landscape of psychedelics, describe the treatment protocols in psychedelic-assisted therapy clinical trials, identify implementation opportunities and challenges for MDMA Assisted Therapy, and explain the critical role of educating social workers to meet the demand for these new treatments.
This event is free* and welcomes participants from all backgrounds. Attendance is open to all.
*There is a fee for those attendees seeking Professional Development Credit
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for social workers.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for clinical psychologists.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for professional counselors.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for marriage and family therapists.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
Heidi Allen, MSW, PhD is an Associate Professor at Columbia University in the School of Social Work and Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management. She has a certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research from the California Institute of Integral Studies (2023) and completed the MDMA Therapy Training Program offered by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in 2022. In partnership with faculty from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Dr. Allen is developing curriculum for psychedelic assisted therapy (PAT) specific to within- degree training programs for social workers and nurses. Columbia School of Social Work is welcoming the inaugural cohort of students for the Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Training Program (PTTP) in fall 2024.
Dr. Allen serves on the Clinical Advisory Board at the Usona Institute, which is in Phase 3 clinical trials of psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Dr. Allen was a speaker at Horizons New York, and Psychedelic Science 2023. She studies access and affordability of health care in America, particularly for under-served populations. Her research has been published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Health Affairs. Dr. Allen is a Commissioner on the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, a non-partisan government agency that advises Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues related to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
