Neurobiology research consistently demonstrates that traumatic memory is held in sensory based bodily responses that are survival focused, resistant to change, and that defy explicit verbal narrative; thus they may not be well suited for traditional insight- oriented psychotherapeutic approaches. It follows that trauma informed therapists need to develop an integrative and expanded toolkit that...
Many of our clients have no experience being in a healthy relationship, not with others and, often, not with themselves. In fact when a client seeks therapy, it’s inevitably about a relationship. Work focuses either on difficulties in life with another person, OR difficulties with oneself. In this workshop we will begin by looking at...
Trauma Certificate Program, Level I: Fifth required class.
Friday, April 29
Login to Zoom 8:30am; Training 8:45am - 4:15pm EDT
6 CEUs
Presenter: Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C DAPA
This class is only open to participants of the Level I program.
Does your therapeutic tool box need new and creative instruments? How often do you encounter a client suffering from anxiety who does not respond to the usual therapy approaches? Do you desire a comprehensive formula that provides guidance rather than abstract theoretical paradigms? Dr. Schreiber-Pan’s seminar offers a clinical blueprint that is concise and practical;...
Trauma Certificate Program, Level I: Sixth required class.
Friday, May 6, 2022
Login to Zoom at 8:30am; Training from 8:45am-4:15pm EDT
6 CEUs
Presenter: Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C DAPA
Presenter: Kevin Scott Ferentz, MD
This class is only open to participants of the Level I program.
Post-lockdown adjustment, post Covid trauma, corona-induced-anxiety; whatever we call it, client and therapist alike have been affected. The boundaries have been blurred just a bit. The pandemic has leveled the playing field. To one degree or another, Covid has affected each of us, and we will process some of the transferential and counter-transferential issues that...
This workshop will provide a clinical framework so therapists can compassionately assist their clients in understanding and addressing the root causes of guilt and shame.
“Blended families” begin with such high hopes. However, all too often the adults find themselves facing unhappy “resistant” children, mired in unexpected and painful stepcouple ruptures, struggling with differences over everything from discipline to the “appropriate” cost of a pair of sneakers, and caught in tangles with ex-spouses. The longing captured in that language of...
Trauma Certificate Program, Level I: Seventh required class.
Monday, May 23, 2022
Login to Zoom 8:30am; Training 8:45am - 4:15pm EST
6 CEUs
Presenter: Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C DAPA
This class is only open to participants of the Level I program.
A recent study of adolescents across the United States indicated roughly 2% of middle and high school students self-identify as transgender or gender expansive. As young people are feeling safer in openly sharing their identities, we are also seeing an uptick in the politicizing of gender identity and expression in the USA – demonstrated by...