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Continuing Education Workshop For Mental Health Professionals
As therapists we are impacted by the trauma our clients bring into sessions. Exposure to trauma can affect our ability to be present to ourselves, our lives, and our clients, as well as create ethical dilemmas. Burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, all can come from trauma exposure. Without awareness of how we are impacted, and practices that restore balance, we are vulnerable to ethical blind spots.
In this workshop, we explore the impact of working with trauma and practices that can help develop balance and ethical integrity.
Participants will learn Reflective Meditation, an innovative, contemplative meditation approach to bring gentle awareness to how they hold the trauma of others.
Participants will also apply Buddhist teachings on the development of compassion, loving-kindness, equanimity, and empathetic joy, and how these can help cope with the impact of trauma exposure and restore balance.
Learning Objectives:
Learn about the impact of working with trauma in clinical practice and its ethical implications
Identify how greater internal balance can be a safeguard against ethical violations of regarding professional boundaries, dual relationships and confidentiality
Learn and apply a Buddhist framework for developing capacity for balance amidst treating trauma
Practice Reflective Meditation to nurture connection to self and others and sustain you as a therapist
Experience a unique opportunity to develop more self-compassion in the face of professional stressors
Adopt an adaptation of ACA Code of Ethics as workshop agreements.
Join us in this transformative workshop to develop restorative practices, ethical insight, and personal/professional growth. Limited spots available for a more personalized learning experience.
Cost: The workshop is offered at three price points: $225, $175, and $125. Honestly consider what you can afford. If you are able to pay on the higher end, this will support others who are experiencing financial challenges.
Please note: this in-person event is limited to 10 participants. This workshop is best taught in small groups as it is interpersonal, requiring intimacy and insight building; it is experiential rather than primarily didactic.
**Pine Street Sangha has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6694. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Pine Street Sangha is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.