February 2020
Institute on the Relational Treatment of Trauma
The 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 encounter…
Find out more »Partners in Healing Support Group: 6 Sessions Feb 15-Mar 21
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 on ways to contribute to relationships so that both partners can thrive. Participants will explore issues related to…
Find out more »The Wounded Healer: Embracing Capacities & Vulnerabilities
Therapists are often taught to hide their vulnerabilities. We may consider the wounds from our childhoods to be a dangerous liability. This perspective fosters secrecy, shame and isolation. Woundedness, I have come to believe, is a metaphor for our shared humanity. In this workshop, we will celebrate the depth of compassion and empathy of…
Find out more »Parenting with Awareness: Creating a New Legacy for our Children
Our own childhood experiences have a profound impact on how we parent our children. Parenthood can come with fears of repeating the unhealthy parenting we experienced in childhood, as well as a fierce determination to parent differently. This workshop will provide an opportunity for mothers and fathers to reflect on their own experience as a…
Find out more »March 2020
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 »April 2020
Transforming Darkness to Light: A Group for Women Survivors of Trauma
Like the pull of a healed a scar, trauma can invisibly or dramatically affect how we move in the world - how we interpret others, what we believe is true or not, and what we think is possible in the wake of such devastating experiences. In the evolution of healing, adaptations can create distortions;…
Find out more »Partners in Healing Support Group: 6 Sessions April 11-May 16
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 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…
Find out more »June 2020
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 »July 2020
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…
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