Professional Training Institute

Robert Taibbi, LCSW will present 'Therapy Boot Camp: Brief, Action-Oriented Treatment of Couples and Families on Friday, April 23, 2021 from 9:30am-12:00pm. The cost is $59/person. Robert will show participants how to quickly set goals and shape the first session, how to quickly build rapport and assess, how to develop treatment maps for common couple and family presenting problems, how to use homework. We’ll walk through the opening sessions, tell you what to do, but more importantly what not to do. If you are new to couple and family therapy, this will provide a model on which to build. If you are an experienced, you’ll leave feeling challenged and creative. Visit our website at https://www.familyservicesociety.org/ce-workshops.html for more information or to register.

We are excited to announce that our Professional Training Institute program will be offering a two-hour webinar - Brain Based Strategies for Helping Kids Calm D...own - on Monday, March 29th featuring internationally recognized author and educator Signe Whitson. The cost is $59/person. Signe will provide dozens of ideas for how to effectively Regulate, Respond and build Relationships with young people. With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic weighing heavily on young people and families, this webinar teaches participants how to meet children where they are both developmentally and emotionally and to use trauma-informed practices to build coping skills and resilience. Visit our website at https://www.familyservicesociety.org/ce-workshops.html for more information or to register.

Upcoming Webinar: A PEACEFUL AND PLAYFUL DIVORCE: Learning how to successfully navigate divorce through the parent, co-parenting and child’s views Presenter: Rebecca Darszewski, LCSW, RPT... Tuesday, December 8, 2020 (9:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time) 3.0 CE Hours; $49 - ZOOM LIVE ONLINE SESSION This three-hour webinar will help the therapist to coach parents through the beginning stages of divorce, including how to successfully talk to the child(ren) about divorce and techniques to engage the child(ren) during this time. Then we will transition into the stressful portion of co-parenting and how to do this in a peaceful manner all while maintaining a calm and nurturing relationship with the child(ren). Finally, the therapist will learn tools and techniques to work with the child(ren) throughout the divorce process to examine those big feelings that pop up while Mom and Dad are going through and after the divorce. To register, visit: https://www.familyservicesociety.org/ce-workshops.html

Upcoming Two-Part Webinar Series (December 4th & 11th) RETHINKING PERSONALITY DISORDERS: THE SEARCH FOR SECURE ATTACHMENT Presenter: Courtney Armstrong, LPC/MHSP... Would you like to be more effective in working with your personality disordered clients? In this two-part webinar series, you will learn how attachment trauma affects the developing brain and contributes to the development of personality disorders. Understanding this often ignored factor can help you more easily develop rapport, avoid frustration, and increase positive outcomes by selecting strategies that repair attachment wounds. Drawing from research that has found an association between attachment trauma and personality disorders, you'll learn evidence-based treatment strategies that help you create a strong therapeutic alliance, manage enactments, and teach clients how to have healthy relationships with themselves and others. PART 1 - Friday, December 4, 2020; 8:45am-12:00pm (EST) 3.0 Contact Hours of CE ($59) THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN EARLY ATTACHMENT AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS PART 2 - Friday, December 11, 2020; 8:45am-12:00pm (EST) 3.0 Contact Hours of CE ($59) STRATEGIES FOR REPAIRING ATTACHMENT WOUNDS *please note that you do NOT have to attend both parts of the webinar series - you can attend either part or both (Each webinar is $59. If you attend both parts, the cost is $99 total) Visit https://www.familyservicesociety.org/ce-workshops.html to register.