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Stop the Dread & Avoidance of Anxiety! How to Apply IFS Techniques for Anxiety

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Objectives

  1. Assess the foundational concepts of the Internal Family Systems as an effective therapy model.
  2. Plan the IFS treatment steps to use with clients to enable them identify and separate from their anxious parts. 
  3. Apply the concept of "multiplicity" as a model for case conceptualization of clients' presenting problem and/or symptoms. 

Copyright : 04/06/2020

Creating a Story of Safety: A Polyvagal Guide to Managing Anxiety

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Objectives

  1. Categorize the ways the nervous system responds to cues of danger.
  2. Utilize clinical skills to engage the nervous system’s natural pathways to regulation.
  3. Utilize The Polyvagal Theory as a model for case conceptualization of clients' presenting problem and/or symptoms.

Copyright : 04/06/2020

Mindfulness-Centered CBT: Daily Practices for Managing Stress and Anxiety

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Objectives

  1. Appraise the effectiveness of mindfulness-centred CBT for anxiety reduction and stress management.
  2. Apply specific mindfulness-centred CBT interventions for management of stress and reduction of anxiety in clients.
  3.  Utilize mindfulness-centred CBT interventions as a means for helping clients increase their sense of self-efficacy.

Copyright : 04/06/2020

Anxiety & Relationships in the New Era

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Objectives

  1. Practice the three components of a healthy conversation for resolving conflict between clients.
  2. Utilize clinical interventions to support clients who experience physiological flooding.
  3. Demonstrate the connection between stonewalling and physiological flooding.

Copyright : 04/06/2020

A Corona Love story: TEAM-CBT Approach to Cope with Crisis

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Objectives

  1. Determine the four components of TEAM-CBT 
  2. Analyze the role of therapeutic resistance in the treatment of depression and anxiety. 
  3. Demonstrate several techniques to reduce resistance and boost motivation, including the Miracle Cure Question, the Magic Button, Positive Reframing, and the Magic Dial. 

Copyright : 04/06/2020

Helping Parents Through Crises: Avoiding Pitfalls & Amplifying Opportunities

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Objectives

  1. Devise two interventions that interrupt anxious routines in families.
  2. Compose three cognitive patterns to target in anxious families.
  3. Appraise the efficacy of utilizing a family-centred approach to working with children. 

Copyright : 04/06/2020

The Traumatic Impact of a Global Pandemic and How it will Shape Patient Care in the Future

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Objectives

  1. Elaborate on the clinical benefits of creating connection for your trauma clients.
  2. Demonstrate activities to use in clinical practice that can help trauma clients from re-experiencing past traumas.
  3. Utilize clinical interventions for helping clients cope with collective anxiety during a widespread crisis.

Copyright : 05/06/2020

EMDR in Trying Times: How Our Brains Process and Move Through Trauma

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Objectives

  1. Appraise the Adaptive Information Processing model of EMDR.
  2. Interpret why people respond differently to similar trauma circumstances.
  3. Apply EMDR approaches with clients in response to recent traumatic events.

Copyright : 05/06/2020

The “Wow” Factor: The New Ways Clinicians Care Use Awe and Gratitude in Therapy

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Objectives

  1. Utilize the benefits of awe for psychological and physical well-being and utilize specific approaches to foster feelings of awe and wonder in clients. 
  2. Determine which regions of the brain are linked to the practices of gratitude and savouring.
  3. Administer interventions aimed to increase neuronal firing and lead to lasting brain change.

Copyright : 05/06/2020

Pandemic and Panic: Facing Viral Realities and Viral Fears

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Objectives

  1. Explore how to cultivate deeper therapeutic presence by bringing attention to what remains unexpressed in clients’ everyday awareness. 
  2. Identify the risk facts and the primary adaptations to stress and how it affects: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Copyright : 05/06/2020

Mindfulness, Resilience, and Post Traumatic Growth

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Objectives

  1. Practice implementing mindfulness techniques in order to reduce symptoms of anxiety.
  2. Apply trauma-sensitive interventions to aid clients’ post-traumatic growth and foster resilience during peak anxiety times.

Copyright : 05/06/2020

Immobility and Fear in the Face of Helplessness: The Somatic Connection

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Objectives

  1. Appraise how trauma responses are a set of defensive bodily reactions meant to protect us.  
  2. Demonstrate two grounding, centring breath, and body-posture techniques to aid with soothing and self-regulation. 
  3. Determine how trauma-based perceptions remain fundamentally unchanged until the internal experience of the body changes.

Copyright : 05/06/2020

BONUS: Private Practice in a Pandemic & Beyond: How to Stay Focused, Profitable, & Secure

As the global pandemic unfolded, many therapists in private practice found themselves scrambling.  
They didn’t have a plan for this kind of crisis....or any kind of disruption for that matter.  
The fact is, as Lynn points out, crises always present opportunities....if we know where to look.  
Few understand how to thrive in the therapy business through crises better than Lynn Grodzki. She points out that now is NOT the time to sit, wait, and hope for things to get better. Instead, as a proactive business owner of a small practice, this is the time to plan and re-invent the way you work.   
In fact, there has NEVER been a better time to step back and re-evaluate your practice. The question every provider should be asking right now is.... 
Do I really have the practice I want? And is it really prepared to weather any storm?  
In this all-new course, Lynn Grodzki shows you the exact ways she is guiding her own consulting clients RIGHT NOW through the crisis to find the opportunities and re-build their practices stronger than ever!

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Objectives

  1. Review the data within your private practice as a precursor for future decision making. 
  2. Assess critical practice issues using a 3-step triage process.  
  3. Understand how to recommit, rebrand or reinvest in your practice, based on your future goals.   
  4. Spot potential opportunities and how other practitioners are looking at options during this serious time. 

Copyright : 21/04/2020