Who should attend: Licensed Clinical Social Workers; Mental Health Counselors; Child Welfare and Social Service Professionals
Registration Fees: All Workshops are $50 plus $10 CEU fee. Please register online by clicking the links below, or call the FRC office at 314.534.9350. Cancellations must be received five business days prior to the event. Registrants assume full responsibility for payment of registration fees.
All workshops in this series are held at Family Resource Center, 3309 S. Kingshighway, St. Louis MO 63139. Registration begins at 8:30 am.
Healing Trauma Using Mind-Body-Energy Techniques Presenter: Adrienne Zahner, PhD, LCSW, CTMB
Date: Friday, June 12, 2009 9am-12pm
In this workshop participants learn body-mind techniques including meditation for releasing emotional blocks, reframing thoughts and beliefs for achieving relaxation, enhanced clarity and empowerment for transformational change.
Healing Attachment Wounds Presenter: Shirley Crenshaw, LCSW
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009 9am-12pm
This workshop will describe the diagnosis, signs, symptoms and assessment of attachment disturbances. It will also highlight the importance of us-ing the family, and the significance of providing high structure and high nurturance within the family to help the child develop basic safety and trust.
Assessment and Treatment of Complex Trauma in Youth Presenter: Matt Klithermes, PhD Date: July 10, 2009 9am-12pm
This workshop will go beyond the traditional symptom presentation associated with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and address trauma-focused assessment and diagnostic considerations, strategies for supporting traumatized youth, and an overview of evidence-based treatments for children and adolescents exposed to trauma.
Compassion Fatigue: Surviving as a Therapist Nancy Spargo, LCSW, Ryan Lindsay, LCSW Date: August 7, 2009 9am-12pm
This workshop will define the concept and identify compassion fatigue symptoms, in addition to learn-ing specific skills to improve chances of staying healthy and avoiding compassion fatigue. Stress management as a clinician who specifically deals with trauma will be explored, and strategies for overcoming the symptoms will conclude the work-shop. Participants will leave with renewed hope and new self management skills.
Integrating Mindfulness Skills into Daily Therapeutic Practice Nancy Spargo, LCSW, Ryan Lindsay, LCSW
Date: Friday, August 14, 2009 9am-12pm
Mindfulness skills have become an important area of interest and research into the treatment of psychological disorders. In this work-shop you will learn about the basic principles and skills of Mindfulness, and array of Mindfulness activities to practice, and how to integrate the principles and skills into your daily life, interventions, and practice.