Article archive / September 2017
Originally published: . Volume 8, No. 9. Source pages: 14.
The Louisiana Psych- ological Association will present a Fall Workshop on Friday, November 3, to be held in New Orleans.
A panel discussion on, “Conflict Management at the Individual, Group, and Societal Level: What Psychological Science Tells Us about Charlottesville,” will be presented as part of the morning training activities. The afternoon will include a workshop and panel of expert practitioners who will address, “Ethical and Effective Ways to Deal with Third-Party Payers.”
Dr. Marva Lewis, Associate Professor at Tulane University and invited speakers, holds a doctorate in Sociocultural Psychology. Her program of research focuses on the development of culturally valid research methods and measures of racism-based stress during pregnancy, Colorism in African American families, and parental acceptance or rejection of children. She has focused on applied research using narrative therapy techniques and measures to strengthen African American family intergenerational relationships based on issues of Colorism as a legacy of the historical trauma of slavery.
Her work also includes development of an evidenced-based tool for use by individuals, organizations, and groups on the topic of Diversity, Privilege and Oppression.
Also an invited speaker for the morning panel is Dr. Tyree Mitchell, Assistant Professor in industrial-organization psychology at the Louisiana Human Resource Education & Workforce Development, College of Human Sciences & Education. Dr. Mitchell’s work focuses on effective leadership and group functioning, including elements of culture, gender, negotiation and other characteristics important in social interactions.
Dr. Mitchell is currently working in research projects that include: teams and culture project, antecedents of effective leadership behaviors, and gender and virtual negotiation empirical study.
His manuscripts under review include the cross-cultural negotiation project, the motivation and emergent leadership project, and the Intelligence, prosocial motivation and emergent leadership project.
Dr. Mitchell has presented on research for “Team prosocial motivation and shared leadership: Moderating effects of team surface- level diversity;” Qualifying the extra- verted leadership advantage: Extra- version, gender, and leader effectiveness;” and Leader goal orientation and effectiveness: Mediating effects of transformational leadership.” The November 3 workshop will also host a panel of expert practitioners for the panel discussion session, “Ethical and Effective Ways to Deal with Third-Party Payers.”
Licensed psychologists Drs. Kathryn Kirkhard, Kathy Robinson, Kim VanGeffen and others will discuss dilemmas faced with insurance companies and other third-party payers. Panelists will review ways to maintain the professional standards and therapeutic alliance with the client when another third-party entity is involved. Panelists will share their business and professional approaches to working with and bypassing problems caused by misaligned economic incentives created by reimbursement challenges and third- party arrangements. They will review what has worked and what hasn’t, and some guidelines and caveats for maintaining boundaries and ethical standards.
Other elements of the one-day educational activity will include a new educational feature, the Science Café. Laboratories from universities will provide updates on advancements in psychological science and their current research contributions. A working Lunch & Learn experiential training activity with colleagues is also included.
The association will also host a Fall Workshop–North, to be held in Shreveport, November 17.
A group exercise for psychologists, professors, and students held at a previous conference, with Tulane’s Dr. Marva Lewis (center back at table). Dr. Lewis is one of the invited panelists to discuss conflict management. Her doctorate is in Sociocultural Psychology.
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