Topic: Interventions

A deeper discussion of the cause and treatment of the Personality Disorders.

Trying to get an unmotivated client to change is like trying to teach a pig to sing: it wastes your time and annoys the pig.  Discover how to recognize and tap into peoples' natural motivations to make the change process happen. 

Discover five methods of creatively managing and transforming resistance with clients who are stuck or dragging their feet during the change/therapy intervention process.  Drawing on the creative methods of the late Milton Erickson, this session will leave you with a fresh approach to your challening clients.

Participants will first learn how to practice mindfulness themselves - both inside and outside of the therapy hour, and then learn ways to use mindfulness to augment and enliven their professional practice.

This two-part workshop will present guidelines for when and how to introduce various mindfulness techniques to clients.  A step-by-step, mindfulness based program for treating anxiety, chronic pain, and stress-related medical disorders will also be described.

This presentation covers: The 3 Levels of Arise, Loss/Trauma Relationship to Addiction, Family Connectedness, Family Motivation to Change, and ARISE outcome study.

We will see how to use mindfulness to augment cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic and systemic treatments, and will explore ways to deal with the obstacles and challenges that arise when working with particular disorders and personalities.

The young adult population can be difficult, challenging, and rewarding to intervene on.  This workshop is designed to help identify the differences in intervention on the young adult and to learn skills to handle and de-escalate conflict and liability within the intervention.

This workshop explores the application of experiential therapies in the treatment of PTSD and addiction.  Art therapy, psychodrama, psychometrics, cinema therapy, holotropic breathing, equine therapy, ropes courses, rape aggression defense, and yoga/meditation are some experiential therapies that can produce powerful emotional resolution and depth of insight for clients with PTSD and addiction.

This dynamic and engaging presentation covers 10 mindful steps for recovery - Compassion for self & others, attitude, discovery, change, staying in the now, vulnerable states, exercise & flow, connections, and success.  This will give therapists a new tool to help their clients and family sustain recovery.

The focus of this workshop is to gain clinical tools to assure safety while intervening on the Trauma survivor.  Discussions will include the gender of interventionist, appropriate treatment facilities and style of intervention used.

Gaining an understanding of the role desire, clinging, craving and aversion to play in creating and feeding addictive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, is critical to recognizing the value of mindfulness interventions for people struggling with addiction and recovery.

Continuation of Part I: This is an opportunity to learn about MBRP theory and practice.  Lisa will lead the group through the MBRP program and periods of mindfulness meditation and movement.  MBRP teaches effective skills to reduce stress, manage urges and cravings, and cultivate compassion and acceptance.

Learn about the latest myth-shattering trends in typology research about male and female domestic violence offenders.  Why victims stay in abusive relationships, the role of psychopathy and borderline personality in domestic violence, patterns of mutual violence and more.

This session concentrates on the distorted belief systems that are at the core of Disordered Money behaviors.  We also explore strategies for identifying and transforming those beliefs.

This workshop focuses on common errors therapists make that foster resistance and techniques to overcome these errors and break through roadblocks in therapy.

This session concentrates on the influence of historic relationship and events that effect money behaviors.  We explore strategies for identifying and transforming those influences.

This workshop includes specific strategies for more effective domestic violence treatment based on an attachment disorders framework.

This presentation focuses exclusively on two critical linguistic interactions in counseling: questions & "I don't know" responses.

This session concentrates on the presenters' research featuring tools and techniques designed to help clients move towards financial wellness.