William F. Symes, L.P.C., Clinical Supervisor

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Bill Symes is a State Clinical Supervisor, National Board for Certified Counselors Continuing Education Provider and Licensed Profesional Counselor with over 30 years of clinical experience. An undergraduate degree with honors in Comparative Religion/Psychology of Religion. A graduate degree in counseling/education. Post-graduate diploma from the Gestalt Institute of St. Louis; Conrad Sommer, M.D., Psychoanalyst, Director. He is currently serving his eighth year as a member of the Board of Directors of the Elizabeth Richardson Center for the Developmentally Disabled. With strong training in Jungian and Freudian analysis, Gestalt Psychotherapy, and Psychodynamic Self Psychology, his clinical approach includes Analytic, Psychodynamic, Strategic, Family Systems, Dream Analysis and Meditation.

William F. Symes, M.Div. L.P.C. Clincal Supervisor

N.B.C.C. approved Continuing Education opportunities. First Thought Seminars are designed to provide a wide variety of continuing education experiences....Click on the Fish for a complete list of offerings.

• Dream Analysis
• Working with Borderlines, Narcicists, and Sociopaths
• Cross Cultural Healing: The techniqes of the Navajo Singers, Casteneda, Ruiz and Tibetan Lamas.
• Introduction to Jung
• Meditation
• Diagnosing Personality Disorders
• Strategic Family Therapy
• Self Psychology
• Masterson's Diagnostics
• Ethics

Your "final" training should be challenging and insightful. Commitment, Courage, Curiosity; these three character strengths are the basic tools. Clinical supervision is the final, and most critical part of a therapist's training. Choosing a supervisor is choosing to belong to a lineage of therapists and the wisdom that has been shared from generation to generation. It is in the clinical supervision that one learns effective diagnosis, technical skills, emotional balance, treatment modalities, insight into self and others, superior cognitive skills, mercy and discipline. My fundamental training modality is psychodynamic: self psychology. A colleague of mine once called psychodynamics, "the fingerprints of God". Click on Clinical Supervision to explore further the techniques and training that I offer as a Supervisor.

I will have 2 supervision hours available: LAC supervision or clinical consultation on diagnosis and treatment strategies: as of January. 1, 2008

FOR INFORMATION: Energy@Emotionalinsight.com

N.B.C.C. accreditation has become the standard for Continuing Education Licensing requirements. Of the fourteen continuing education provider organizations in the state of Arkansas accredited by the N.B.C.C., Mr. Symes has been the only individual to hold such a license. The State of Arkansas currently requires 24 hours of continuing education every two years, including 2 hours of Ethics. Mr. Symes has tried to create a variety of continuing education experiences, including Dream work, Learning Strategic Techniques, Family Systems, and others. He is the founder of the annual Synergy Series. Please click on the Continuing Education link....or the Fish!

OFFICE PHONE: 479 . 442 . 7112

This page is an extensive list of my workshops and lectures for Universities, Hospitals, and professional organizations. Also, over the past few years I've tried to give non-professionals opportunities to explore my continuing education groups in a setting that promotes personal creative growth. Click the link for more information.

There are many choices to consider when seeking counseling. Do I go to a therapist, or counselor, or psychotherapist, or psychologist, or psychiatrist, or marriage and family counselor? And what kind of University degree, or state license should they have? Knowing a bit about psychotherapy helps us make informed choices and improves the chances that we'll find the person and the method that will help us the most. Click on Psychological Counseling for some helpful hints.

This page is a good "snap-shot" of my accreditation, training history, and workshops, given and attended.