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Instilling Hope in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Thursday, May 29, 2008
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Speaker: Patricia Bruininks, Ph.D, Whitworth University
Location: Ecumenical Center - Medical Center office, 8310 Ewing Halsell

Cost: Free, includes lunch
6 CEUs: $60 in advance; $65 at the door (Available for LPC, LMFT, LCSW)

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The goal of this seminar is to lend insight into how counselors and ministers can instill the multidimensional emotion of hope in their clients and parishioners. The following questions will be addressed:

  • What are the emotional and cognitive processes involved in the experience of hope?
  • When does hope occur? What do people hope for?
  • Where does hope come from? What are the sources of hope?
  • What does the experience of hope look like over time?
  • Who is hopeful? What traits and/or life experiences are associated with hopeful people?
  • What are the potential psychological and physical benefits of hope? What are the potential consequences?
  • How does one’s culture affect one’s hope?
  • How do we instill hope in others?

 

 

Gestalt Play Therapy with Children: A Two-Day Workshop

Friday, June 20, 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 21, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Speakers: Mark Jones, Ph.D., clinical director for the Ecumenical Center, and Felicia Carroll, Founder-Director and advanced trainer for the West Coast Institute for Gestalt Play Therapy
Location: Ecumenical Center - Medical Center office, 8310 Ewing Halsell

Cost: Free, includes light refreshments, lunch on your own
Up to 8 CEUs and/or RPT Contact Hours for both days

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Our two workshops, designed for attendance on both days, provide a framework for understanding the interrelationship of neuroscience and play therapy. The workshops are experiential, interactive and chock full of important concepts and case examples. We will use a case study to illustrate the complementary effects of neurofeedback and play therapy.

Friday - Dr. Mark Jones will cover how the development of brain structure relates to psychological functioning and neuropsychological developmental milestones. Learning objectives include:

  • Understand basic neuropsychological development
  • Explore a complementary approach of play therapy and neurofeedback

Saturday - Felicia Carroll will offer new ideas for those who have attended previous workshops and introduce other clinicians to the Gestalt approach in working with children and adolescents. Learning objectives:

  • Review the fundamentals of the Oaklander Model of Gestalt Play Therapy with children
  • Understand the relational view of self development and the importance of shame in clinical work
  • Understand the neurological principles of Gestalt Play Therapy

 

 

The Meeting of our Hearts and Minds:
Integrating Interpersonal Neurobiology into the Practice of Counseling

Thursday, June 26, 2008
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Speaker: Joan I. Rosenberg, Ph.D, Mindsight Institute/Phillips Graduate Institute
Location: Ecumenical Center - Medical Center office, 8310 Ewing Halsell

Cost: Free, includes lunch
6 CEUs: * $60 in advance; $65 at seminar (Available for LPC, LMFT, LCSW)

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Knowledge of brain functioning has increased exponentially in recent years. Now, a key element in conducting effective therapy involves having a clear understanding of brain function, self-regulation, and the interplay between psychotherapy that heals and brain biology. The goals of this seminar is for participants to understand:

  • basic functions of the brain and the ways in which mind, brain, and relationships all interact
  • differences between explicit and implicit memory function and their relationship to transference/counter-transference
  • how attachment with others is intertwined with and affects brain development and one’s sense of self
  • the impact of trauma on the brain and mind
  • the role of psychotherapy in self-regulation, developing secure attachments and healing
  • why some people seem to tolerate feelings better than others
  • differences in right and left hemisphere brain function and the connection to psychotherapy process
  • the relationship between types of brain integration and healing
  • attunement, resonance and the specialized function of mirror neurons for experiencing empathy
  • a variety of interventions and applications to psychotherapy