A Live, Interactive Webconference
Friday, 4/22/22, Wellspan-Philhaven via Live Interactive Zoom
Thursday, 4/28/22, Norristown via Live Interactive Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

Children and adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral issues and their families often become entrenched in negative interactional patterns that perpetuate and exacerbate high-risk behavior.  Facilitated enactment is one of the major change processes utilized in current evidence-based child and adolescent focused family therapies (e.g., ABFT, MDFT, BSSFT) to disrupt and shift these negative interactional patterns to more functional ones.  Enactments refer to family members interacting and problem-solving directly with one another in session, with the therapist maintaining a less central, facilitative role. Enactments place family members in an active central role in which they can experience themselves interacting in more functional ways with one another.  

This workshop describes the elements of an enactment, differentiating it from other experiential methods.  Nichols and Fellenberg’s four-phase heuristic (i.e., setting the stage, giving the directive, keeping the conversation on track, and making meaning of the enactment) is used to describe therapist actions typically associated with an in-session enactment.  Since enactments focus on relationships, emphasis is given to having a clearly articulated systemic case conceptualization prior to using this method.  Case examples are provided which show the link between a therapist’s case conceptualization, his or her ability to recognize key negative patterns occurring in the session, then using an enactment to create a more functional interaction. This workshop describes and demonstrates via videotape three different foci (or types) of enactments commonly used in family therapy, which include those used 1) to increase the family’s ability to remain connected in the presence of emotional distress, 2) to foster bonding and deeper emotional connection between family members, and 3) to foster position-taking and boundary-making in the executive and co-parent subsystem.

Objectives 

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe enactments and when to use them in treatment
2. Explain actions involved in the four phases of an enactment
3. Show the link between having a clear systemic case conceptualization and effective enactments
4. Identify and describe three types of change-inducing enactments

This is an intermediate level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

Agenda

8:25am-10:30am: Focus on Objectives 1 & 2
10:30am-10:45am: Break
10:45am-1:10pm: Focus on Objectives 3 & 4

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A Live, Interactive Webconference
Thursday, November 18, 2021, All Sites via Live Interactive Zoom
8:30am-12:30pm

This training details what counselor qualities, actions, and therapeutic approaches have the most compelling evidence to suggest they are effective in family counseling. The traits and qualities most closely linked to client engagement, satisfaction, retention, and outcomes will be reviewed, and practical strategies will be provided on how these can be demonstrated in sessions.

Counselors will also learn proven and effective strategies to build and maintain rapport, repair therapeutic ruptures, promote engagement, accelerate progress, and facilitate real, lasting change with the families they serve. Participants will also learn about the common factors of therapy that are necessary for progress to occur, as well as specific ways to implement these in sessions. 

Strategies to improve the structure and flow of family sessions, monitor progress, deal with resistance and disruptions, and course correct a session going wrong will also be provided. Case examples, role plays, and small group breakouts will be used to get live interaction, feedback, and skill application throughout the training.

As a result of participating in this training, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify the ‘common factors’ which are necessary for growth, progress, and therapeutic change to occur, including the single most important factor linked to positive outcomes in therapy
2. Identify actions that undermine therapeutic progress and the traits/qualities associated with effectiveness
3. Identify specific ways to elicit feedback, monitor progress, and evaluate effectiveness 
4. Explain how to identify and repair a therapeutic rupture, and how to skillfully navigate resistance and defensiveness

Agenda
8:30am-12:30pm: Objectives 1-4

This is an intermediate level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.


About The Trainer
Hailey Shafir is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, a licensed addiction specialist, and a board-approved clinical supervisor for newly licensed mental health and addiction counselors. She has more than a decade of experience providing counseling, developing programs for at-risk youth, people struggling with addictions, and providing training and supervision for clinicians. She is the owner of several businesses including Keep Counsel, Plan-it Therapy, IndyWind, and Therapy Cred. Hailey is also a content writer and medical peer reviewer for Addictions.com, the National Drug Helpline, Choosing Therapy, Rehab Adviser, Searchlight, Social Pro Now, and other sites, and has worked to develop online recovery apps and programs for people struggling with addictions and impulse control disorders.

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A Live, Interactive Webconference
Thursday, December 16, 2021, Norristown via Live Interactive Zoom
Friday, December 17, 2021, Philhaven via Live Interactive Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

Genograms and Timelines are two clinical interviewing tools that have a long and rich history in family therapy practice.  They are useful both in assessment and in creating a relational frame for intervention.  As an assessment, a genogram interview helps therapists identify who is in the larger family system and the pivotal events that have created personal and relational challenges for family members. The genogram creates an opportunity for family members whose perspective has been constrained by survival instincts to see themselves as part of a larger family stems with a shared history.   The timeline places presenting symptoms in a historical and relational context. 

 This workshop demonstrates how to conduct both a relational timeline interview and a genogram interview.  A basic symbol legend is described for constructing a three-generational genogram.  In addition, a method for highlighting qualitative dimensions of family relationships, the Genogram Based Interaction Measure (Browning, Hull & Rozovsky) is introduced and demonstrated.  This workshop uses videotapes to demonstrate a genogram interview.  Connecting the genogram to specific case conceptualization will be discussed. Workshop participants’ genograms, based on their current cases, will be shared to demonstrate analysis and interpretation of genogram data.

As a result of participating in this training, attendees will be able to:

1. Explain the role of genograms and timelines in family assessment and family treatment
2. Utilize the genogram as a tool in forming a case conceptualization
3. Describe how to introduce the genogram and timeline interviews to families
4. Describe the basic genogram symbol legend and the expanded genogram-based interaction measure.
5. Describe how to conduct a timeline interview so it evokes empathy in caregivers and reframes presenting problem as relational.

Agenda

8:25am-10:30am: Focus on Objectives 1-2
10:30am-10:45am: Break
10:45am-1:10pm: Focus on Objectives 3-5

This is an intermediate level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

About Scott Browning, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Browning is a professor in the Department of in the Department of Professional Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia.  He is a noted authority on psychological treatment with stepfamilies, families of homicide, and families on the spectrum.  He has published numerous books, chapters and articles on these topics, as well as on the genogram.  Dr. Browning is a diplomat in couple and family psychology and is part of the clinical training team of the National Stepfamily Resource Center.  In 2017 Dr. Browning was given an award for Distinguished Contributions to Family Psychology by division 43 of the American Psychological Association.

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A Live, Interactive Webconference
Friday, October 29, 2021, Philhaven via Live Interactive Zoom
Thursday, November 4, 2021, Norristown via Live Interactive Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

The US is currently experiencing simultaneous public health issues.  The COVID crisis is obvious but the other crisis, trauma created and maintained by patterns of violence, is often less visible and gets too little attention.  Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is of pandemic proportions, which means it’s very likely that therapists working in intensive, in-home, family-based programs encounter it regularly.   IPV creates adverse childhood experiences as well as significant life adversity for adults, both of which are social determinants of health linked to chronic disease, poor health outcomes, and premature death.  And these effects impact caregivers’ parenting.  Utilizing a trauma focused lens, this training explores contributing factors of IPV, including what many families describe as generational curses related to IPV.  This training highlights the contexts that maintain and perpetuate these “curses” involving the intergenerational transmission of this form of violence.  Videos and case scenarios are utilized to help identify different types of IPV, the structural and systemic issues that intersect with IPV, and the indicators for predicting lethality. 

 As a result of participating in this training, attendees will be able to: 

1. Explain the link between IPV, adverse childhood experiences, and the long-term adverse effects on adult physical, emotional, and relational health. 
2. Describe the Cycle of Violence 
3. Describe the role of intersectionality and systemic structural issues that contribute to re-traumatization of individuals and families seeking services and support
4. Explain the role of stigma and the concept of generational curses in the intergenerational transmission of IPV  
5. Identify types and lethality indicators for IPV  

This is an intermediate level course. The target audience is all behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

Agenda

8:25am-10:30am: Focus on Objectives 1-2
10:30am-10:45am: Break
10:45am-1:10pm: Focus on Objectives 3-5

About The Trainer

Lisa Christian is an experienced Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Temple University.  She completed a post graduate training program in Marriage and Family Therapy at the Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center (PCFTTC) where she is a faculty member.  She is employed full time at the Anti Violence Partnership of Philadelphia (AVP) and has been working in the area of victim’s services for the past 5-years.  At AVP she provides in-office individual and family therapy as well as in school counseling, trauma focused crisis response, clinical consultation, training and support to middle/high school students and faculty impacted by violence and violent crime. She also provides clinical supervision, training and support to the Philadelphia (CARES) Peer Crisis Response Program.  Prior to her work in victim services, she worked in varied capacities with homeless adolescents and families for 26-years. She has an extensive background as a trainer, group and workshop facilitator. Her engaging and interactive teaching style incorporates more than 30-years of work as a practitioner in homeless as well as victim services.

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