DSM-Diagnoses
Ain’t No Cure for the Wintertime Blues?
This fun, full day workshop will increase your insight and skill set by offering a template for mapping out effective treatment approaches for connecting with and helping clients with Seasonal Affective Disorder that often presents with “Post-Holiday” or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.Read More>
“Blending the Colors: A DID Client’s Journey from Fragmentation to Integration Using Art Therapy”
Clinicians are learning that the Expressive Arts are highly effective modalities in their work with DID clients as they lend a “voice’ for the dissociated parts. Read More>
Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Beginner’s Guide
DID (formerly multiple personality disorder) is frequently misdiagnosed, under-diagnosed and misunderstood, creating anxiety, counter-transferential issues and intense challenges for treating clinicians. Read More>
Food for Thought: Eating Disorders and Trauma Survivors
Many clinicians treat eating-disordered clients with varying degrees of success. It is a difficult, persistent problem that is particularly challenging because of it chronicity and high relapse rate. Read More>
It’s Much More than the Food: The Intimate Relationship Between Personality Traits and People with Eating Disorders
In this workshop you will learn about all of the typical personality traits found in people with an eating disorder. Each trait will be closely examined and detailed examples will be given along with case scenarios.
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OCD, Trauma and the Therapist’s Dilemma
Treatment of OCD is an enigma to most therapists, as typical talk therapy not only doesn’t work, but seems to increase compulsive symptoms. Read More>
Treating the Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviors
Many clients with histories of prior trauma and neglect or who have attachment issues lack the ability to engage in appropriate affect regulation. As a result, they often turn to self-destructive strategies including: self-mutilation; addictions; and eating disordered behaviors to cope and self-soothe. In this workshop we will explore the relationship between trauma, attachment, and a cycle of self-harm. Read More>
Understanding and Working with Self-Injurious Behavior
Many clinicians are challenged and frightened by adolescents and adults who engage in self-harming behaviors.Read More>
What happens in Vegas Doesn’t stay in Vegas: Understanding and Healing Pathological Gambling within the Family Syste
In contrast to substance abuse which receives significant media attention and funding for research and treatment, there is a notable lack of awareness and clinical understanding in the field of gambling addiction. Read More>
What, Me Worry? How to Transcend Anxiety, Panic and Fear
Although we live in greater safety and security than ever before,Americans are the most nervous people on planet earth! Read More>
What the “I” sees: Understanding and Managing the Narcissistic Personality
One of the most frustrating clients for mental health professionals is the narcissist. Characterized by pervasive grandiosity, lack of empathy, and a need for constant adulation, the narcissist views others as mere objects who exist to serve his or her material or psychological needs. Read More>
