The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Department of Psychiatric and Addiction Medicine holds Psychiatric Grand Rounds, a monthly presentation given by a professional in the community. The department seeks to promote excellence and quality in clinical care and introduce clinicians to recent advances to enhance treatment and care. The aim of the Psychiatric Grand Rounds presentations is to provide a forum for discussion topics that strengthen the relationship of psychiatry and addiction medicine to the broader Santa Barbara community.
Dr. Heidi A. Zetzer will be presenting on the topic of “Existential Themes in Positive Psychotherapy: The Role of Purpose, Mattering, and Coherence in Cultivating a Meaningful Life.” Her presentation will be on February 11, 12 – 1:30 pm at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital at 400 W. Pueblo Street, Santa Barbara. No RSVP or advanced registration or payment will be required. Registration for course attendees requesting continuing education credit will take place prior to the start of the course.
Positive psychotherapy approaches help clients cultivate positive emotion, identify strengths, and embrace approach goals. Approach goals are expressions of clients’ values, which help clients move through hard times and find the strength and motivation to persist. One way that approach goals and values are connected is through meaning in life (MIL). The purpose of this presentation is to describe three facets of MIL: (1) purpose/goals, (2) mattering, and (3) coherence, and to offer strategies for increasing a “felt sense”
of meaning for the therapist and their clients.This will be Dr. Zetzer’s second time presenting the Psychiatric Grand Rounds, as she co-presented in 2014 on the topic of “Multicultural Supervision: The Joy of Embracing Each Other’s World Views.” Other GGSE faculty who have presented in the past include Dr. Erika Felix and Dr. Ann Lippincott.
Dr. Zetzer is a Teaching Professor with Security of Employment in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education as well as the Director of the Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services Clinic. Not only does she run the clinic, but she also teaches practicum and supervision courses, offers psychotherapy to community clients, and provides education programs on positive psychology, evidence-based practice, cultural competence, and supervision.
She has held many board positions in service to the profession and the community. She is the Past-President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the SBCPA, and is now the SBCPA’s Representative to the California Psychological Association.