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Report
of the SEPS One Day Workshop:
CLINICAL APPLICATION OF
PBSP®* FOR ALCOHOL/DRUG ADDICTIONS AND EATING DISORDERS of
Sat. Oct. 11, 2003
The following report on this workshop was sent in by Gus
Kaufman. Gus is a Certified PBSP® Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer, and
also the coordinator for this workshop. 
The Southeast Psychomotor Society (SEPS) held a highly successful daylong workshop, “Clinical
Application of PBSP® for Alcohol/Drug Addictions and Eating Disorders,” Saturday, October 11, 2003 in Atlanta. 35 people attended. (It followed an introduction to PBSP® Friday, led by
Gus Kaufman, Jr., Ph.D., attended by 14 people. In the morning session, Joel Rachelson, Ph.D. and Harriet
Wall, M.Ed gave an overview of substance abuse and PBSP® concepts, highlighting
the relationship between the two. They
finished with a demonstration structure. In the afternoon Rick Kilmer, Ph.D. and Debbie Willbur,
LCSW presented on PBSP® and eating disorders. Debbie spoke about identifying
eating disorders in private practice and using the PBSP® diagnostic
grid—telling a client about basic needs for example—to help client and
therapist organize the client’s experience. She showed a video clip of one
such intervention. Rick led the
group through exercises to understand the experience of an eating-disordered
client and described the Atlanta Center for Eating Disorders’ (ACE) program.
One provocative idea he presented involved having the client enroll group
members to play “favorite” foods. Susan Painter, MS announced she will head Illuminata (www.Illuminataatl.com),
a new Stage II treatment program for women in recovery in the Atlanta area,
which will feature PBSP® work. And, as evidence of the positive impact of the workshop,
ten therapists signed as interested in a new training program in PBSP® to be
based in Atlanta led by Al Pesso and Gus Kaufman. | 
