Training Institute for Mental Health- Empathy

"How Empathic Are You?" Mini-Workshop Series - Special Session  SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015 10 AM - 2:30 PM Presented by   THE EmpathyWorks PROJECT  Empathy Training Validation Research Study CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, LCSW, CGP Find out your EmQ (Empathy Quotient). Participate in a multifaceted research project. Play Empathy Games and enhance your empathy skills. Please join us for a customized presentation of "Creating the WE Space," a fun, easy-to-grasp empathy skills training program that deconstructs empathy and provides practical tools to help enhance your empathic ability.  Be one of the first to participate in our research study being conducted with the TIMH Couple Program to determine the efficacy of the empathy skills training, using a new performance-based, non-self-reporting empathy measure, the "EmQ" empathy quotient.  If you will be joining us for the workshop, it is very important that you complete the online survey "Bagging Groceries," before attending the workshop (link below).  Thank you! ABOUT EmQ 1 "Bagging Groceries" The EmQ is a performance-based measure of empathic accuracy, and is designed to evaluate the subject’s ability to accurately tune in to and assess what others are feeling in-the-moment. How the EmQ Works (Please read this...) Online Survey – To complete EmQ1 "Bagging groceries," click on the link below. Please complete the survey BEFORE attending the workshop. EmQ2 "Boss's Dinner" will be completed at the end of the workshop. Videos/Q&A – The EmQ uses short, scripted videos. We ask you to evaluate the inner experience of each individual in the vignette, then answer questions about what you think the characters are feeling and the emotional impact they are having on each other. Scoring – Your personal EmQ score is tabulated using the “best answers” provided by a panel of expert psychotherapists and psychoanalysts. While there is no perfect or “correct” answer, your answers are compared to the experts' answers and scored accordingly. Timing – There are 47 questions in the survey.  Some will be easy for you to answer and some may take a little more time for you to make a thoughtful decision. Confidentiality – Your answers and score will be completely confidential. Our purpose is to compile aggregate data, and we ask for your name and email address only to track improvement. Your information will not be shared with anyone else. EmQ1 - "Bagging Groceries"  Meet Tom and Jane. Tom has just arrived home from the grocery store and describes his experience while checking out. CLICK HERE  http://empathyworks.org/training-validation-study/ This workshop will be valuable to anyone who works in the health, mental health and educational fields. Participants will be invited to participate in feedback and role-play as part of the EmpathyWorks Organic Learning Method. CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, LCSW, CGP is a senior partner at the Village Counseling Center in NYC and has been in clinical practice for over 25 years. He is a Group Analyst and Certified Couples Therapist, with a specialty in training individual, couple and group therapists. He is on the faculty of Adelphi University, the Training Institute for Mental Health, and the Psychoanalytic Society & Institute Group Therapy Program, where he is Associate Director, and is a guest lecturer at Teacher's College, Columbia University and corporate venues. Chris is Co-Founder and CEO of Psych-Tech Inc. and The EmpathyWorks Project, dedicated to training emotional intelligence and providing support for emotional well-being through digital technologies directed to underserved segments of society.   For information on this program contact Chris Scott at: 212-473-1512•chris@empathyworks.org Contribution: $15. This is not a requirement for attendance or participation and is totally voluntary.  Payable by check or credit card. To Register via Paypal please visit the bottom of our calendar page atwww.timh.org/calendar Mail your registration with check or credit card number to: Training Institute for Mental Health Attention:  Caitlin McMullen 115 West 27th Street , 4th Floor New York , NY 10001 Call 212-627-8181 for any further information. Name_______________________________________Degree _________ Email _____________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ Phone _____________________ Note:  The Training Institute for Mental Health is in process of applying for CEU certification for our programs.  CEUs will not be available for this workshop, but a Certificate of Attendance can be provided if desired. Check here if you want such documentation. ______