Traditional therapy for sexual trauma survivors leans into cognitive processing interventions adhering to a model of sexual dysfunction and challenging negative self and world narratives. However, trauma is a body and brain experience and including somatic practices is integral to the therapeutic process. Intentionally centering the erotic is also a fundamental step in healing sexual trauma as survivors often report feeling completely disconnected from their desires after a traumatic experience. This workshop will explore methods for increasing sexual embodiment and wellness through the erotic self-expansion model and a sex positive, pleasure centered framework.
Cost: $75 – Want to attend this course and any future event or course from our CE library for FREE and unlimited for the cost of $34.99/month for 12 months??!! Check out our Everything Plan here.
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Discuss overlapping physio-somatic sexual and trauma responses.
b). Describe the impact that trauma has on the brain and body and how it impacts sexuality and sexual behavior.
c). Define and explain 2 benefits of “erotic self-expansion.”
d). Describe four (4) somatic, practical, pleasure-centered interventions to help clients explore eroticism.
Target Audience:
Mental health counselors, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, telehealth treatment professionals, and other clinical mental health professionals treating sexual trauma.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW
Material Author(s): Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, sexual liberation activist, and therapist specializing in relationship, sex, and trauma therapy. She owns Healing Exchange LLC, a therapy private practice, and co-founded Afrosexology, a sex-positive, pleasure-based sexuality education business. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets like HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Vibe Magazine, Broadly, and others. Additionally, she has worked in the field of suicide prevention and crisis intervention in civilian and veteran populations, and in inpatient, outpatient, and community mental health settings.
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Most modes of psychotherapy believe that to have “parts” is pathological. NOT in Internal Family Systems (IFS). In IFS, the idea of multiplicity of the mind is normal. Every part has a good intention, and every part has value. Even for trauma survivors.
In the treatment of trauma, IFS differs from traditional phase-oriented treatments. Instead of starting with building resources in clients before processing traumatic memories, it welcomes extreme symptoms from the onset, learns about their positive protective intentions and gets their permission to access the traumatic wounds.
IFS is the treatment method that all clinicians should know. Nearly all clients with a trauma history have innate abilities that help them improve their mental health if they listen to their parts. IFS does just that. IFS is an evidence-based approach for clinicians working with traumatized clients. Once you see it in action, you’ll want to incorporate it into your practice!
Clients will leave your office with skills to use outside the therapy room to help them master their emotions. This experiential training will show video demonstrations and include exercises and meditation techniques to use with your clients.
Cost: $172.50 – Want to attend this course and any future event or course from our CE library for FREE and unlimited for the cost of $34.99/month for 12 months??!! Check out our Everything Plan here.
Objectives:
a). Present the IFS Model and design and practice ways to integrate IFS into your clinical trauma work.
b). Specify and work with your client’s parts as defined by developer Richard Schwartz, PhD.
c). Model and practice how to work with clinician’s own parts.
d). Critique an alternate view of symptoms and psychopathology, reasoning that these are ways your clients are trying to protect themselves from emotional pain and psychological wounding.
e). State how IFS increases the therapist’s curious and compassionate self when working with difficult and challenging clients.
f). Learn and understand the neuroscience behind the healing process in IFS therapy.
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Youth Development Workers, Healthcare Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Frank Anderson, MD
Material Author(s): Frank Anderson, MD
Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation. He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy. Dr. Anderson is a senior lead trainer and program consultant for the IFS Institute with Richard Schwartz and maintains a long affiliation with Bessel van der Kolk at The Trauma Research Center. He serves as an advisor to the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) and was the former chair and director of the Foundation for Self Leadership. Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation and co-authored the book Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual. He wrote the chapter “Who’s Taking What: Connecting Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology and Internal Family Systems for Trauma” in Internal Family Systems Therapy-New Dimensions, and co-authored the chapter “What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment” in Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy. Dr. Anderson maintains a private practice in Concord, MA. www.FrankAndersonMD.com
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The level of reported cases of Domestic Abuse (DA) continues to increase globally with DA charities recording a 66% increase in calls to helplines during the pandemic. In addition, the number of women murdered by their partner or ex-partner during lockdown also rose above national averages. While much of the clinical literature focuses on physical violence in domestic abuse (DA), there is increasing evidence that there are more subtle and covert forms of abuse in which power and control are used to coerce and emotionally abuse partners in intimate relationships. This training, which would be especially relevant for psychotherapists, counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists, aims to enhance our comprehension of the spectrum of DA and its impact and long term effects on survivors. It will also examine how, as practitioners, we can work effectively using the principles of the Power Threat Meaning Framework and Trauma Informed Practice, psychoeducation and stabilization to restore control over trauma symptoms and emotional regulation to allow for effective processing of the DA experiences
To understand the full spectrum of DA, this training will look at small, subtle, yet incremental forms of coercive and controlling behavior, such as ‘love bombing, ‘gaslighting’, thought control, deception, and lying, to distort reality in order to gain control over the partner and make it harder for them to legitimize the abuse. The focus of this training will be on the dynamics of coercive and controlling behavior and emotional abuse and how the use of blame, shame, and humiliation silences those who are being domestically abused.
The training will also explore how these more subtle forms of abuse can precede a range of domestically abusive behaviors, such as the use of physical force, sexual violence, financial abuse, spiritual abuse and revenge porn, and identify those most at risk of DA. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the processes involved in DA such as grooming victims, the cycle of abuse, the role of dissociation and thought blindness that supports the trauma bond which dysfunctionally binds the couple. The aim is to understand the role of attachment and fear of abandonment that underpins much of DA and how this manifests relationally both for the couple and practitioners working with DA. We also look at the importance of the therapeutic relationship in restoring relational worth, mitigating the de-humanizing effects of DA and restoring autonomy and self-agency.
Conceptualizing DA within the complex trauma framework, we consider the processing of the DA narrative and the facilitation of post traumatic growth through the use of the Power Threat Meaning Framework and Trauma Informed Practice. By identifying the challenges of working with DA and introducing a range of therapeutic skills, practitioners will feel more equipped when working with survivors of DA and enhance their comprehension of the transformative effects of post traumatic growth for both clients and practitioners.
Cost: $199 – Want to attend this event and any future event or course from our CE library for FREE and unlimited for the cost of $34.99/month for 12 months??!! Check out our Everything Plan here.
Attendance and Location Details
Date and Time
**This is a special, two-day 6-CE Live Webinar Event
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 9:00am – 12:00 pm CST / 10:00am – 1:00pm EST / 7:00am – 10:00am PST
Friday, October 27, 2023, 9:00am – 12:00 pm CST / 10:00am – 1:00pm EST / 7:00am – 10:00am PST
*Live Webinar Attendees: Zoom link will be made available to you 24-48 hours prior to event date
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Identify and describe the nature and dynamics of DA, such as how charm and love bombing, gaslighting and deception is used to entice and lower the defenses of victims.
b). Learn and understand the nature of coercive and controlling behavior, such as the use of thought control and thought blindness to distort reality and facilitate the trauma bond.
c). Link the intergenerational transmission of DA to attachment and relational deficits in childhood, and understand how these processes negatively affect adulthood.
d). Differentiate between the characteristics of male and female perpetrators.
e). Formulate DA within complex trauma and acknowledge its psychobiological impact.
f). Identity the long term effects of DA on partners and children, and acknowledge the obstacles to leaving an abusive relationship and the importance of developing safety plans.
g). Incorporate the principles of the Power Threat Meaning Framework and Trauma Informed Practice when working with survivors of DA.
h). Acknowledge the role of the therapeutic relationship in restoring power, control, and autonomy while recognizing this work’s impact on practitioners and the importance of self-care.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, and Healthcare Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Christiane Sanderson, BSc., MSc.
Material Author(s): Christiane Sanderson, BSc., MSc.
Christiane Sanderson BSc, MSc. is a retired senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Roehampton, of London with over 30 years of experience working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sexual violence. She has delivered consultancy, professional development and professional training for parents, teachers, social workers, nurses, therapists, counselors, solicitors, the NSPCC, the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Committee, the Methodist Church, the Metropolitan Police Service, SOLACE, the Refugee Council, Birmingham City Council Youth Offending Team, and HMP Bronzefield. Christiane has contributed to news coverage on BBC TV and BBC Radio, and Sky News, as well as being featured in a number of documentaries involving sexual violence, most recently Fred and Rose (West): The Untold Story (Channel 5, 2014); ‘Hotel of Horrors’ (2014) and The Cul-de-Sac Cult (2015) on the Crime and Investigation Network (Sky Channel 553). She is the author of Counselling Skills for Working with Shame, Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing from Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse, Counselling Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 3rd edition, Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse, The Seduction of Children: Empowering Parents and Teachers to Protect Children from Child Sexual Abuse, and Introduction to Counselling Survivors of Interpersonal Trauma, all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She has also written The Warrior Within: A One in Four Handbook to Aid Recovery from Sexual Violence; The Spirit Within: A One in Four Handbook to Aid Recovery from Religious Sexual Abuse Across All Faiths and Responding to Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: A pocket guide for professionals, partners, families and friends for the charity One in Four for whom she is a trustee.
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is becoming increasingly popular, especially as insurance companies place more and more restrictions and limitations on mental health treatment coverage. SFBT can also be an incredibly effective approach for work with families, especially since at the root of most family system dysfunction is a negative dynamic – or a “problem” that we can troubleshoot for a targeted solution to change the way the family system operates.
Please join us for a learning experience that will inform you how solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) can be used to effectively support and treat families. Discover this effective modality to move families out of problem focused, conflicted dynamics and into a future place when past conflict no longer impacts their daily lives. Learn specific and intentional interventions to deal with negative communication patterns. Discover the most effective way to use scaling, specifically to assess each member’s perspective on the family communication to move them into positive, solution focused interactions and healing.
In addition to the below Objectives, this course will also touch on the following:
Describe the brief history of Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT).
Name the eight principles of SFBT.
Describe the three-part SFBT skeleton.
Identify which interventions and questions fit in the three parts of the skeleton.
Learn and practice the nuances of language needed to effectively use SFBT with families.
Name two ways that scaling and the use of visuals such as flip charts provide concrete interventions in family sessions.
Identify two ways that working with a color-coded scaling system is beneficial to track progress when using SFBT with families.
Define and describe “The trifecta” and resources that are specific to the importance of it in SFBT family treatment.
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Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). State the difference between problem solving and solution building, specifically when working within a family system and define the family system within the SF model.
b). Identify at least two interventions and questions in SFBT that can be used as specific interventions when working with challenging family dynamics.
c). Describe two ways that relational questions support an intentional approach to assess and improve communication between family members.
Target Audience:
Clinical Mental Health Professionals such as Counselors, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Jodi Ann Geis-Crowder, MS, LPC, ACS
Material Author(s): Jodi Ann Geis-Crowder, MS, LPC, ACS
A native of Wyoming, Jodi holds an Associate of Science Degree in Education from Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Sciences with areas of emphasis in psychology, economics, political science and anthropology, and a Master of Science Degree in Counselor Education and Human Development with an emphasis in Leadership from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. She holds professional counseling licenses in good standing in Colorado (LPC-2476, March 2000) and Wyoming (LPC-1602, September 2016), is an Approved Clinical Supervisor, a certified Solution Focused Brief Therapy practitioner, is a trainer for Professional Case Management and Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling, holds a certificate in the Human/Animal Bond from the Denver University Graduate School of Social Work, has studied and gained numerous continuing education credits in the area of the human/animal bond, has been registered with three therapy dogs (2005, 2010 and 2019) and is a tester/observer for Alliance of Therapy Dogs, a national credentialing organization for therapy dog teams headquarter in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Jodi’s passion for culturally meaningful human/animal bond and agriculture related services in rural areas resulted in her developing animal assisted therapy programs for two community behavioral health centers: Centennial Mental Health Center in Northeast Colorado and Peak Wellness Center in Southeast Wyoming. She also developed a therapeutic horticulture program while at Centennial Mental Health Center. Jodi has held positions as a clinician, clinical coordinator, clinical supervisor, regional clinical director, telehealth clinical supervisor and education and training coordinator in her years in community behavioral health. In addition to the program development mentioned above, Jodi was the architect for and developed a centralized telehealth clinical supervision model for Peak Wellness Center.
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Microaggressions are defined as indirect, subtle, or unintentional acts of discrimination against members of minoritized and marginalized groups. The impact of microaggressions can be more detrimental, in some cases, than more overt forms of racism and discrimination we are all familiar with.
Unfortunately, these more subtle microaggressions are an extremely common experience amongst minority individuals today; therefore, to practice ethically, it is essential that mental health clinicians obtain the knowledge, skills and ability to both help clients navigate such experiences and prevent further harm by avoiding inadvertent microaggressions in therapy practice.
“The American Psychological Association (2003) stresses the importance of being aware of oneself as a racial and cultural being, as well as being aware of the cultural worldviews of one’s clients” (Williams, Shamp & Harris, 2017).” Unfortunately, those in the helping profession often engage in the reinforcement of stereotypes, discrimination and perpetration of microaggressions which tend to run contrary to these professional recommendations (Sue et al., 2007).
In this engaging and interactive live webinar, participants will take a deep dive into defining and exploring examples of microaggressions and the impact of microaggressions on individual well-being. Through the use of video clips, discussion and reflective activities, participants will be encouraged to explore their own cultural worldview, engage in the practice of cultural humility, and learn strategies to mitigate the perpetration of microaggressions, toward assisting clients in healing from the daily experience of microaggressions.
Cost: $90 – Want to attend this event and any future event or course from our CE library for FREE and unlimited for the cost of $34.99/month for 12 months??!! Check out our Everything Plan here.
Attendance and Location Details
Date and Time
Friday, June 30, 2023
1pm-4pm CST / 2pm-5pm EST / 11am-2pm PST
*Zoom link will be emailed to you 24-48 hours prior to event date
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Define and describe the connection between implicit bias, stereotyping, and microaggressions.
b). Identify at least two examples of how microaggressions show up in the therapeutic relationship.
c). Evaluate and explain the impact microaggressions may have on the receiver of such attacks.
d). Explore and learn to apply strategies to practice cultural humility and mitigate harm in the therapeutic relationship.
e). Learn and practice strategies to work effectively and ethically with clients who have experienced microaggressions.
f). State at least two considerations from your profession’s ethics code that apply to preventing and addressing microaggressions in therapy.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Youth Development Workers; Healthcare Workers
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Crystal Rozelle–Bennett, LMSW
Material Author(s): Crystal Rozelle–Bennett, LMSW
Crystal Rozelle – Bennett, LMSW has been working with youth and families for nearly 20 years. She is committed to empowering, engaging, educating and advocating in order to implement trauma-informed strategies for individuals and communities. Mrs. Bennett earned a Bachelor’s in Arts in Psychology from Wells College and went on to complete her Masters in Social Work from Florida State University. During her career, Ms. Bennett has demonstrated a passion in sharing her personal and professional experiences with others to serve marginalized individuals and prevent re-traumatization. Ms. Bennett is a life longer learner and has provided education and support to foster families, facilitated psychoeducation programs for youth, responded to crisis hotline calls for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and trained behavioral healthcare professionals in the areas of Human Trafficking, Suicide Prevention, Child Trauma/Maltreatment, Motivational Interviewing, Racial Trauma, Cultural Competency and serving LGBT youth.
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Course materials (including the link to view live events) are sent to webinar and in-person attendees 24-48 hours before the event start time. Course materials for online asynchronous courses are found in the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
Traditional therapy for sexual trauma survivors leans into cognitive processing interventions adhering to a model of sexual dysfunction and challenging negative self and world narratives. However, trauma is a body and brain experience and including somatic practices is integral to the therapeutic process. Intentionally centering the erotic is also a fundamental step in healing sexual trauma as survivors often report feeling completely disconnected from their desires after a traumatic experience. This workshop will explore methods for increasing sexual embodiment and wellness through the erotic self-expansion model and a sex positive, pleasure centered framework.
The level of reported cases of Domestic Abuse (DA) continues to increase globally with DA charities recording a 66% increase in calls to helplines during the pandemic. In addition, the number of women murdered by their partner or ex-partner during lockdown also rose above national averages. While much of the clinical literature focuses on physical violence in domestic abuse (DA), there is increasing evidence that there are more subtle and covert forms of abuse in which power and control are used to coerce and emotionally abuse partners in intimate relationships. This training, which would be especially relevant for psychotherapists, counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists, aims to enhance our comprehension of the spectrum of DA and its impact and long term effects on survivors. It will also examine how, as practitioners, we can work effectively using the principles of the Power Threat Meaning Framework and Trauma Informed Practice, psychoeducation and stabilization to restore control over trauma symptoms and emotional regulation to allow for effective processing of the DA experiences
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is becoming increasingly popular, especially as insurance companies place more and more restrictions and limitations on mental health treatment coverage. SFBT can also be an incredibly effective approach for work with families, especially since at the root of most family system dysfunction is a negative dynamic – or a “problem” that we can troubleshoot for a targeted solution to change the way the family system operates.
Microaggressions are defined as indirect, subtle, or unintentional acts of discrimination against members of minoritized and marginalized groups. The impact of microaggressions can be more detrimental, in some cases, than more overt forms of racism and discrimination we are all familiar with.