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April 2019
Tools for Moving from Surviving to Thriving: For Male Survivors
Too often men who have been abused feel disconnected from themselves and from those around them. Gender expectations can interfere with men seeking help and receiving the support they deserve. This workshop will provide education about sexual and physical abuse and how current behaviors are often linked to past abuse. Participants will learn how…
Find out more »May 2019
The Pregnant Therapist: Navigating the Therapeutic Relationship
When a therapist becomes pregnant, the client-therapist relationship is impacted in ways that can be both challenging and enriching. A therapist's pregnancy is an unavoidable self-disclosure, which impacts the therapeutic relationship before, during and after the therapist’s maternity leave. The complex feelings and interpersonal dynamics which arise are stirring for the client, and also for…
Find out more »Slippery Slopes & Therapeutic Opportunities: Traumatic Countertransference, Enactments & Love
Childhood abuse is a traumatic experience of love which continues to haunt our clients as they seek caring relationships. Trauma survivors are more likely to show us the wordless trauma they cannot yet speak. Their disowned, dissociated and unspoken experiences appear between the therapist and client. Laurie Kahn, MA, MFA, LCPC and Janet Migdow, PhD,…
Find out more »July 2019
Summer Institute on the Relational Treatment of Trauma
The Summer Institute on the Relational Treatment of Trauma is a six-session institute intended for therapists developing their skills in the treatment of trauma. For six Friday mornings, therapists who value the therapeutic relationship as foundational to change will explore the challenges of working with clients who have experienced trauma. We recognize that participants may…
Find out more »August 2019
Partners in Healing: A Workshop Supporting the Partners of Abuse Survivors
All of us face the challenge of becoming a supportive and responsive partner in our intimate relationships. Healthy and mutual intimate relationships require work and a myriad of skills, negotiation, empathy, and a well-defined sense of self. For those whose partners are survivors of abuse, the challenges multiply and place strain on both partners and…
Find out more »September 2019
Year 1 or Year 2 Trauma Consultation Program Tuition Payment
You may make your tuition payment for Year 1 or Year 2 Trauma Consultation Program here if you are paying in full and taking advantage of the 5% discount. Your tuition payment with the discount will be $902.50 ($950 less 5%). If you are paying any amount other than this you will need to…
Find out more »Advanced Trauma Consultation Program Tuition Payment
You may make your tuition payment for Advanced Trauma Consultation Program here if you are paying in full and taking advantage of the 5% discount. Your tuition payment with the discount will be $855 ($900 less 5%). If you are paying any amount other than this you will need to contact our program coordinator,…
Find out more »Partners in Healing Support Group: 6 Sessions Sept 7 – Oct 12
This 6-session support group is for those who want to continue the learning and conversations from their prior participation in a Partners in Healing Workshop. Group time will be spent sharing, teaching and strategizing with one another around contributing to relationships in which both partners can thrive. Participants will explore issues related to balancing needs…
Find out more »The Pregnant Therapist: Navigating the Therapeutic Relationship
When a therapist becomes pregnant, the client-therapist relationship is impacted in ways that can be both challenging and enriching. A therapist's pregnancy is an unavoidable self-disclosure, which impacts the therapeutic relationship before, during and after the therapist’s maternity leave. The complex feelings and interpersonal dynamics which arise are stirring for the client, and also for…
Find out more »October 2019
The Parent Therapist: Holding Two Worlds
Being a parent can be an inspiring, exhausting, and transformative endeavor. The same might be said of being a therapist. Our commitment to being the best parent and the best therapist we can be often leads to feeling conflicted, divided and under-resourced. This workshop will explore how holding both roles can bring complications as well…
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