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WORKSHOP:
Counselor Training
for the Gifted and Talented Population
This seminar recognizes
this tremendous need for training counselors and mental health-related
professionals for the gifted and talented population, and the
provision of such services as a specialty within the mental health
field. This seminar will provide the foundation and a methodology
for the delivery of these services. Attendees will begin to understand
the characteristics, complexities and nuances of the gifted and
talented population. Emphasis will be placed on how to determine
the difference between when a behavior is related to giftedness
or a diagnostic issue related to a mental health concern. During
this seminar, participants will be provided with a comprehensive
model on how to assess and deliver relevant counseling and related
services that adjust for these special needs. Upon leaving the
seminar, attendees will have a more complete understanding of
the identity struggles and mental health-related concerns for
this population; a practical method to intervene in treatment;
and an opportunity to develop a new specialty area for practice
that is in high demand.
To arrange a workshop
on this topic you may contact Andrew Mahoney directly or visit
www.crosscountryeducation.com to participate
For more information
on this specific workshop, click
here.
Reclaiming
Your Genius
Many of us have gone through the
process of cutting off our talents, only to find them reappearing
superficially in our lives as we become bystanders, consumers
of other’s talent or just undeniably envious. Learn to rediscover
those talents and cultivate
your whole self. Discover the marvel of your own gifted
complexity and how to express your unique identity.
To participate in a Reclaiming Your Genius workshop
or to sponsor one, please contact Andrew Mahoney via email at ASMahoney@AOL.COM.
For
more information on this specific workshop, click
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Academic underachievement.
Workplace performance problems. Inflexible institutions, alienation
and isolation. Talents developed fully, at the expense of the full
self. In more than 20 years of working with gifted and talented people,
I've seen many gifted people struggle with issues like these.
As a result, I've become convinced that focusing
on your identity as a gifted person -- and how that relates to
the whole self -- is the foundation for growth. Learning
how people are gifted and understanding it in the context of family,
friends and co-workers is always the first step to reaching full
potential and leading more fulfilling lives.
As a counselor seeking to define and organize
the variables affecting gifted identity and its development, I created
the Gifted Identity Formation Model. Based on identity formation and
its crucial variables in the counseling process, the model gives counselors
a method for assessing clients and delivering interventions that explore
and strengthen the identity formation of gifted people.
The Model uses a grid plotting influences on
identity and constructs to help counselors and clients discover the
deeper issues of identity that relate to being gifted. That grid, my
explanation of the Model and my suggestions for its use in a client
interview are detailed on the Gifted Identity
Formation Model page.
- Go to the articles
page for my writings on issues facing gifted people, their counselors,
parents and educators.
- The books
and links pages offer more resources.
- To learn about my private
practice in Pittsburgh and Bedford, PA, click outline
of services.
- I speak often to fellow counselors,
parents, educators and gifted adults on wide-ranging topics involving
the gifted and talented and their lives at home, at school and
at work. Click speaking opportunities to
learn more about my presentations and how you can engage me to
work with your organization.
Thanks for visiting my Web site. I welcome your
comments. Please direct them to the appropriate address on my e-mail
page. And I invite you to return often to see updates and new features,
including more "Frequently Asked Questions" and an interactive
demonstration of the Gifted Identity Formation Model.
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