2 Hours Domestic Violence Awareness and Trauma Informed Care

Objectives

The student will learn about:

• Trauma-Informed Approach to Domestic Violence Advocacy

• Tips for Creating a Welcoming Environment

• Tips for Enhancing Emotional Safety

• Tips for Supporting Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence: What You Might See and What You Can Do

• Practical Tips for Increasing Access to Services

• Tips for Discussing a Mental Health Referral with DV Survivors

• Tips for Supporting Survivors with Reduced Energy

• Tips for Making Connections with Survivors Experiencing Psychiatric Disabilities

5 Hours Clinical Supervision

http://www.counseling.org/resources/library/vistas/2010-v-online/Article_45.pdf

Objectives

•     Identify the performance domains for supervision

•     Identify the purpose of supervision

•     Differentiate supervision from counseling

•     Explore the stages of supervisor and supervisee development

•     Determine the objectives for supervision

•     Learn how ethical standards integrate with performance

•     Review the Models of Supervision

•     Identify the stages of supervisor and supervisee development in the supervision process

•     Highlight ethical issues and concerns unique to supervision

•     Review documentation necessary for supervision to include the supervisory contract, performance reviews

•     Brainstorm methods for supervising sessions

2 Hours Mindfulness: What it is and Why it is important

Objectives

• Discuss the mind-body connection and its applications in the counseling setting

• Define Mindlessness

• Define Mindfulness

• Differentiate between Mindfulness and Purposeful Action

• Identify how mindfulness can be useful in practice

• Explore several different mindfulness techniques and activities that can be used by clients in and out of session

2 Hours Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills

Objectives

• This course will cover the following:

• The Goal of ACT

• What is Mindfulness?

• How Does ACT Differ from Other Mindfulness-based Approaches?

• What is Unique to Act?

• Healthy Normality

• Destructive Normality

• Experiential Avoidance

• Therapeutic Interventions

• Confronting the Agenda

• Control is the Problem, Not the Solution

• Six Core Principles of ACT

2 Hours Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills

Objectives

• Why was DBT created

• Identify the philosophical and theoretical roots of DBT

• Understanding Emotional Dysregulation

• Identify DBT assumptions about clients and therapists

• Explore skills to help clients learn: Distress Tolerance. Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness

4 Hours Understanding Chemical and Behavioral Addictions

Objectives:

• Define behavioral addictions

• Examine some of the most common behavioral addictions

• Explore similarities and differences between behavioral and chemical addictions

• Discuss similarities and differences in treatment between chemical and behavioral addictions

3 hours  Ethics including a review of ACA Ethics

Objectives

• Discuss ethical and legal standards in counseling

• Demonstrate familiarity with what often leads to boundary breaches.

• Explore the most frequently made allegations of ethics violations. 

• Discuss examples of multiple relationships. 

• Examine important areas to consider regarding boundaries.

• Demonstrate familiarity with components of informed consent including HIPAA