MidSOUTH Continuing Education Series: April One-Day Virtual Event
Dates: April 29, 2025
Meets: Tu from 9:00 AM to 4:15 PM
Location: Zoom Webinar
Zoom - No Charge: $0.00
Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.
Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.
Online registration is not available at this time. Please contact our office for more information.
Support Person: MidSOUTH Phone: 501-296-1920 Email: support@midsouth.ualr.edu
This event is subject to priority registration. If you have a code, you may register yourself now. If you do not have a registration code, you are welcome to add yourself to the waitlist. Any registration spots avilable after the priority registration period is over will be awarded on a first-come first-served basis for those on the waitlist.
Notes:
9:00- 12:00 “Ethics of Self-Disclosure” Diane Bigler, MSW, LCSW, LSCSW
1:00- 2:30 "High Risk Behaviors in Adolescents with Traumatic Stress" Glenn Mesman, PhD
2:45- 4:15 "Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment" Srinivasa B Gokarakonda, MD
| Fee: | $0.00 |
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| Hours: | 6.00 |
Zoom Webinar
Diane Bigler
Diane Bigler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri and Kansas with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She has held clinical positions as an outpatient and in-home therapist and clinical supervisor.
Diane was an Adjunct Professor of Social Work for ten years at The University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, and a Field Liaison and Field Instructor. She has also held administrative positions as a program Director and Coordinator.
Diane is a popular local and national trainer on various mental health and workplace development topics for clinicians and corporations and has facilitated over 500 trainings in recent years. Diane is most passionate about providing quality professional development to clinicians, employees, and leaders. Diane loves to spoil her four Dachshunds and rock out to 80’s music for fun.
Srinivasa Gokarakonda
Srinivasa Gokarakonda, M.D., M.P.H., joined the Department of Psychiatry at UAMS as an assistant professor in 2019. A former research assistant in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Center for Addiction Research, Dr. Gokarakonda completed his residency in psychiatry at UAMS in 2017 and continued his training with a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. In addition to conducting research, he sees patients at the Child Study Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and at PRI’s Center for Addiction Services and Treatment.Glenn Mesman
Glenn Mesman, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Psychiatry. He specializes in empirically-supported assessments and psychotherapies for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and is nationally-certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). He also is a certified Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Level 1 trainer. Dr. Mesman is the Assistant Training Director of the UAMS Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and completed his doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at UAMS.
