WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Focusing: A Practice to Reduce Stress and Enhance Clarity, with Joan Klagsbrun, Ph.D.
Focusing is a psychospiritual practice touching on implicit body knowing that is accessible to each of us. First described by the philosopher Eugene Gendlin, the practice of Focusing has 40 years of research demonstrating its effectiveness in bringing about personal change.
Clinical Hypnosis and Stress Reduction, with Amaro J. Laria, Ph.D., & Kim Larsson, Ph.D. R.N., C.S.
Clinical hypnosis is a powerful tool for treating a wide variety of emotional, behavioral, and medical problems. Clinical hypnosis is especially effective in working with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and treatment impasses. This workshop will address myths and misconceptions of hypnosis, basic applications of hypnosis, and hypnosis for stress management and pain control in the context of psychotherapy treatment.
Learning to Heal, Learning to Care: Youth Development through the Arts with Phillip Speiser, Ph.D., LMHC and Vivien Marcow Speiser, Ph.D., LMHC
The arts, when used in the service of the individual are powerful tools for transforming negative behaviors into positive and healthy responses. This workshop will examine, through discussion and experiential activities, a process for guiding high risk children and youth through the painful circumstances that occur in their lives. Through engaging in a healing process by working with their own experiences of being exposed to violence, despair and hopelessness children learn to care about themselves, others and their community.
Mind-Body Strategies in the Clinical Setting, with Jennifer Johnston, LMHC
Most clinicians would agree that mind-body strategies, among them mindfulness, the relaxation response, yoga, imagery and visualization, (and also including CBT, DBT interventions) are an excellent addition to clinical practice, but are often stymied in how to structure and consistently employ these strategies in their clinical practice. This talk will discuss these strategies and how to effectively introduce and implement them in clinical treatment.
Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT® with Caitlin Williams, M.Ed., LMHC, and Stephen Joseph, MA, LMHC
Emotional Freedom Techniques or 'EFT' is a powerful energy therapy that involves tapping on acupuncture points to relieve emotional distress. This technique is based on the belief that a disruption in our energy system is the cause of negative emotions. It has been shown to be very effective in the rapid treatment of phobias, anxiety, depression, PTSD and more. You will leave the workshop with the tools to begin using EFT for yourself and with others
Prayer is Good For Us! with Rev. Dr. Donna Keane, LMHC
Prayer is one of the most powerful tools for creating a stress free and positive environment in our lives and in our clinical practices. Most clinicians have people in their practices who will admit that they pray. However, for many clinicians, using prayer for their own mental health may not be the first thing we think of. We can use prayer to relieve us of the burden of the cares of others, and we can employ our own prayers to help others achieve their goals in therapy. This workshop will address different forms of prayer, how to use prayer for personal and professional development and to alleviate stress.
Effective Energy Interventions in Trauma Treatment, From Start to Finish, with Barbara Ferullo, LMHC
“Trauma is a normal reaction to an abnormal situation.” This presentation will include a discussion of the definitions of trauma, the physiology of trauma; differences between traditional treatment and trauma treatment, specialty approaches (including EMDR, DBT Sensorimotor techniques ); a phase oriented approach to treatment (including the ‘stabilization tool-box”, and vicarious trauma.
Financial Stress & Mental Health – A Behavioral & Financial Perspective, with Richard W. Smith, CFP. LMHC
This workshop will address the two often conflicting perspectives of mental health counseling and financial counseling; between the traditional view point of a clinician, and the non-clinical issues of how the reality of difficult financial times might effect the counseling process, all within the framework of diagnosis and treatment. The presentation will also discuss the difficulty of working within the framework of the conflicting languages of psychology and finance; a discussion of professional boundaries & limits and a brief introduction to the topic of Behavioral Finance.
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