Past Events

Friday, July 15th, 2022 The July meeting featured Dr. Kristen Fitch and Dr. Melissa DuFrene speaking on Cultural Sensitivity and OCD. They reviewed some of the previous treatment methods (e.g., habituation, ACT, exposure-response-prevention), noting these methods are successful in 70% of clients. They asked… what about the other 30%? They noted that fear associations remain… Read More

Friday, May 20th, 2022 At the May meeting, Dr. Paula Zeanah presented her work developing The Sexual Self-Esteem Inventory. When she began working on the measure, much of the literature focused on the sexual activities and sexual abuse of teens; little focused on healthy sexual development, especially in women. Dr. Zeanah explained she conceptualized sexual… Read More

Friday, March 18, 2022 The March meeting featured Dr. Tracy Carlson presenting on the basics of sex therapy. She covered the history of sex therapy from Freud, to Kinsey, to Masters and Johnson. She discussed modern research that has changed our understanding of sex therapy since the days of Masters and Johnson (including work on… Read More

Friday, September 24th, 2021 The September meeting was hosted at the home of Dr. Any Henke, who was also our guest speaker. Dr. Henke is a licensed clinical psychologist who practices at Children’s Hospital. She is also the Clinical Director of The Balance Collective, Louisiana’s first and only specialty clinic providing Family Based Treatment for… Read More

Friday, July 16th, 2021 The July meeting was hosted at the home of Dr. Matthew Holcomb, and our guest speaker was Dr. Erin Reuther. She is a past-president of the Louisiana Psychological Association, and has chaired the Legislative & Governmental Affairs Committee for LPA for the past four years. She is a licensed and board-certified… Read More

Friday, May 7th, 2021 Due to the COVID quarantining, it had been a while since CCAPS met. The leadership of CCAPS decided to reboot the regular CCAPS meetings with a Spring Holiday Party at Hyams Fountain Gardens at Audubon Park.

Friday, January 17th, 2020 The January meeting was hosted at the home of Dr. John Fanning, and our guest speaker was Dr. Joe Mather, a functional medicine physician. He is a board certified family practice physician. He graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine and Tulane University School of Public Health in 2011, and completed… Read More

Friday, November 15th, 2019 Our annual holiday gathering was held at the home of Dr. Carolyn Weyand. The night included socializing and interesting conversation, as well as a feast! We held a brief business meeting, and thanked Dr. Elaine Salzer for her service as past president, and Dr. Gail Gillespie for her work this year… Read More

Friday, September 20th, 2019 The July meeting was hosted at the home Dr. Kim VanGeffen, and our moderator was our President-Elect Dr. John Fanning. Dr. Fanning moderated discussion of and consultation around general practice issues, as well as special concerns related to working in New Orleans. CCAPS members raised concerns, asked questions, and offered advice… Read More

Friday, July 19th, 2019 The July meeting was hosted at the home of Dr. Elaine Salzer, and our guest speaker was our President-Elect Dr. John Fanning. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Memphis in 1983, after having earned his bachelor’s degree at Texas Tech University, and his master’s degree at… Read More

Friday, May 17th, 2019 The March meeting was hosted at the home Dr. Matt Holcomb, and our guest speaker was Dr. Mark Skellie. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice with Crescent City Psychological Services, and specializes in psychotherapy and psychological assessment of adults. He received his doctorate from the Georgia School of… Read More

Friday, March 15th, 2019 The March meeting was hosted at the home Dr. Kim VanGeffen, and our guest speaker was Dr. Michael Chafetz, who presented on the NFL Concussion Settlement Fund. The NFL Concussion Settlement Fund provides for the development of the Baseline Assessment Program (BAP) and the Monetary Award Fund (MAF) programs. These programs… Read More

Friday, January 21st, 2019 The January meeting was hosted at the home Dr. John Fanning, and our guest speaker was Dr. Richard Niolon, who presented on The Things We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About ADHD. Presentations on ADHD seem to generally focus on children, questions about the effectiveness of medication, and alternative treatments.… Read More

Friday, November 16th, 2018 Our annual holiday gathering was held at the home of Dr. Carolyn Weyand. The night included socializing and interesting conversation, as well as a feast including a spinach ravioli lasagna by Dr. Kim VanGeffen, a rosemary crusted lamb by Dr. Gail Gillespie, a chicken broccoli rice casserole by Dr. Georganna Leavesley,… Read More

Dr. Paula Zeanah presented on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, commonly referred to as the ACES study… Read More

Friday, July 20th, 2018 The January meeting was hosted at the home of Dr. Kim VanGeffen. The evening included some networking, and then a peer consultation and group discussion of several topics, including ways to streamline our practice and billing work, including practice management software and office sharing, technology challenges, including use of smartphones and… Read More

Friday, May 25th, 2018 The May meeting was moved from 5/18 to 5/25 to avoid conflict with LPA. Our May meeting was held at the home of Dr. Georgianna Leavesley, and the guest presenter was Dr. Suzanne Chabaud. Dr. Chabaud earned a degree in clinical and developmental psychology from Vanderbilt University, and has been treating… Read More

Friday, March 13th, 2018 Our March meeting was held at Andreas in Metairie, and Dr. Gail Gillespie presented on the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) also known as “tapping.” Dr. Gillespie has been using EFT in her practice for nearly ten years. She reviewed the history of the technique, research from peer reviewed journals, and offered… Read More

Friday, January 19th, 2018 The January meeting was hosted at Five Happiness Restaurant in New Orleans. Our speaker was Dr. Jennifer McCarroll who presented on becoming a prescribing psychologist. Dr. McCarroll discussed some of her experiences training in psychopharmacology to become a prescribing psychologist in Louisiana, as well as her views on how prescribing psychologists… Read More

We are coming up on our next meeting –it is scheduled for Friday, September 15, 2017. The meeting will be held at the home of member, Bobby Kizer, PhD. We will start at 6:30 with happy hour/mingling and will have dinner at 7:00 and the speakers’ presentation will follow dinner. Our topic for the meeting is an Overview of mental health issues at the… Read More

In case you missed it, the July CCAPS meeting was held last Friday. Mr. Ramon Zelaya, LPC and Bobby Kizer, PhD presented on Privacy and Telecommunications in the Practice of Psychology… Read More

Hello CCAPS! This is your save the date notice for our next meeting, on Friday, July 21st. The meeting will be held at the home of our past president, Carolyn Weyand, PhD. We will start at 6:30 with happy hour/mingling and have dinner at 7:00 and the speakers’ presentation will follow dinner. Carolyn is making moussaka, a Greek dish with beef and eggplant, which… Read More

Thank you Dr. Allyson Bennett for your informative and timely presentation on the ethics of telepsychology in Louisiana and beyond!  This topic applies to all of us, ranging from telephone communication, to e-mail, text, and video-conference.  A lot to consider.  In case you missed it, Dr. Bennett has graciously offered to share her presentation notes.… Read More

The May meeting of CCAPS will be held on Friday, May 19, at Andrea’s restaurant, Located off Causeway Blvd. at 3100 19th Street, Metairie, LA 70002 Happy hour will begin at 6:30 pm with dinner at 7 followed by a speaker.  The menu is a choice of 2 entrees Eggplant Parmesan or Cannelloni Andrea (you can decide at the… Read More

The minutes from executive leadership meetings will now be posted online, here on our CCAPS website (towards the bottom of the “About” page). Here are the highlights from February meeting: Drs. Weyand, Leavesley, Salzer, and Gillespie met to plan and organize our upcoming year. The dates of our upcoming meetings are on the 3rd Friday… Read More

Hello CCAPS members– Please make note in your calendars that the March meeting of CCAPS will NOT be on the third Friday of the month. That day is St. Patrick’s Day and we decided at the January meeting not to compete with or attempt to curtail any of our members’ celebrations or solemn commemorations of… Read More

The January CCAPS meeting was fantastic!  Our current President, Dr. Georganna Leavesley presented a workshop on working with older adults with dementia.  She taught the group about how to communicate with these individuals and their families with true sincerity, dignity, and compassion.  We enjoyed some great food and fellowship as well.  About 15 were in… Read More

Greetings from your new president! I’m very happy to be able to serve our organization in this role. I am looking forward to our first meeting of the year: when: Friday, January 20, 2017, 6:30 PM where: The home of our past president, Dr. Weyand We will be having happy hour, dinner and an after-dinner… Read More

You are all invited to CCAPS’ 4th Annual Gourmet Holiday Feast on November 18th.   Being a primarily social occasion, please bring your significant others!  Our Gourmet Holiday Feast is our most successful event.  You’ll be sure to see old friends at the gathering. This year’s Feast will be at Dr. Weyand’s house.  If you need… Read More

The September General Meeting was a huge success!  We had about 20 in attendance including 2 students from the new PsyD program at the Chicago School at Xavier New Orleans.  We ate some amazing Chinese food and networked with one another.  We discussed the new website (which you are now reading).  If you have not… Read More