November 2024: How to be with Big Feelings Somatically

Presented by:
Becky Riley Olin, LCPC, MT-BC
Cintra Harbold, LCPC
Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 — 1:00-2:00pm ET

Part 3 of our three-part fall series on body-centered practices!

This month in our final of this series on body centered therapeutic strategies we will focus on working with Big Feelings somatically.  In our collective psyche we are faced with some intense emotional experiences in the political realm, in the wars we are witnessing, the human suffering, and the devastating weather events.  All of this shows up in the therapy room along with the individual emotional and trauma related experience.  

This one-hour presentation will offer some strategies and skills to care for the somatic experience of the therapist in order to support their presence.  Also, we will offer some insight into working experientially with the client's experience using IFS and other body centered techniques.

October 2024: Therapist’s Body-Centered Presence as a Clinical Tool

Presented by:
Nina Davey, LCPC, ATR-BC, PMH-C, ACS
Denise Migliorini, LCSW-C
Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 — 1:00-2:00pm ET

Part II of our three-part series on body-centered practices! As the election nears, fear and anxiety may be mounting. Our clinicians offer hope and community in tumultuous times.

This season, we are faced with potential changes and many unknowns. With change comes fear, anxiety and many other emotions. As clinicians, we are responsible to hold space for our clients, but also for ourselves. This hour will instill the concept of “practice what you preach” and focus on ways we as clinicians can hold that space for ourselves through body-centered practices.

Part 3 of the series will be held on the 3rd Wednesday in November.

September 2024: Out of the Head and Into the Body: Facilitating Body Centered Practices in the Therapeutic Relationship

Presented by:
Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C
Becky Riley Olin, LCPC, MT-BC
Nina Davey, LCPC, ATR-BC, PMH-C
Cintra Harbold, LCPC

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 — 1:00-2:00pm ET

The Body is the experiential place where stress, anxiety, depression and trauma live. 

Trauma can cause alienation from the body, can capture the body keeping it from awareness, can distort ideas and experience of the body, and can create chronic hypervigilance in the body. 

Join a panel of therapists from The Counseling Center as we discuss the essential focus on body centered healing, and offer suggestions about ways to introduce, language and facilitate body centered practices, and offer some clinical insight into the value of these practices.

We will offer some particular insight and practices from IFS, EMDR, and Psychodrama.

May 2024: The Intersection of Trauma and Disordered Eating:
How Yoga and Nutrition Therapy Support Positive embodiment

Present by: Julia Oliver, RD, RYT

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 — 1:00-2:00pm EDT

Many individuals who have experienced trauma are left with chronic nervous system dysregulation and face daily challenges in sourcing, preparing, ingesting, and/or digesting food. Additionally, maladaptive behaviors with food and exercise may develop as a way to numb or avoid emotions, seek control, and/or disconnect from a body that feels unsafe as a result of traumatic experiences. In this presentation, we will learn to recognize the 'red flags' of disordered eating in our clients, and we will understand how the tools of nutrition therapy and yoga can help our clients re-establish safety in their bodies and serve as an adjunct to their therapeutic support. 

April 2024: Nature-Informed Therapy

Presented by: Elizabeth McCarthy MS, LCPC, RYT

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 — 1:00-2:00pm EDT

Nature-Informed Therapy is a therapeutic approach that integrates the healing elements of nature into established, evidence-based treatment modalities. Take your walk and talk therapy to the next level by learning theory, research, formal and informal practices to incorporate into your time with clients and the more-than-human world.

March 2024: Emotionally Focused Therapy with Couples and Individuals

Presented by: James Spruill, LMSW

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

In this presentation on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and individuals, attendees will gain an introductory understanding of the core principles and techniques of EFT. Attendees will learn how EFT aims to create secure emotional bonds between partners and within individuals by identifying and addressing underlying attachment needs and patterns. Through case examples and interactive discussions, participants will learn practical strategies for facilitating emotional attunement, fostering communication, and promoting relationship repair within the therapeutic context.

February 2024: Systemic Constellations

A special two hour, in-person event!

Presented by: Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 — 12:00-2:00pm EST

This month's training will offer an experience of a systemic constellation facilitated by Gayle Bohlman. This will be a two hour, in-person event and offer 2 CEUs. Gayle will offer insights into this method and demonstrate a constellation. In a constellation we are exploring an issue from a systemic viewpoint and seeking to bring to light what has not been seen or understood. The constellation presents a visual map or representation and seeks to include and bring to order that which is out of equilibrium or balance so that systemic change can be felt.

January 2024: The Evolution of Consciousness in Dark Times

Presenter: Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C

Panel discussion facilitated by:
Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C
Becky Olin, LCPC, MT-BC
Denise Migliorini, LCSW-C
Cintra Harbold, LCPC

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

As we enter into the Winter of 2024, we want to offer some hope by exploring the darkness in which we find ourselves and what possibilities, resources, and transformations may find us there. We will take a depth psychological approach to looking at how the collective consciousness we are all a part of has been confronting and descending into times of darkness. Worldwide we are encountering the shadow that demands being seen. In the dark we look for the light. There are classical themes here regarding evolution of consciousness, transformation of trauma, and the path of growth and individuation in each psyche. Begin this Winter time of stillness and contemplation by exploring these topics with us.

November 2023: Supporting Families in the NICU and Beyond: Strategies for Clinicians

Presenter: Gina Rossetti, LCSW-C & Becky Riley Olin, LCPC, MT - BC

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

Having a child in the NICU is a unique experience that can be traumatic for many parents, caregivers, and families. And, like many other perinatal mental health needs, the experience is rarely given the space needed for healing. This 3rd Wednesday is designed for clinicians who want to learn about working with families who have required past or present NICU care. It is common for NICU parents and caregivers to experience anxiety, depression, grief, stress, trauma responses, and/or other emotional difficulties associated with their experience with the NICU. This training will provide information about common struggles families face during and after their child's NICU stay and will also offer strategies clinicians can use directly in their work with these clients. 

October 2023: From Control to Compassion:

How Buddhist Psychology and Mindfulness help in the treatment of anxiety disorders, and how practitioners in the West tend to get it wrong. 

Presenter: Viki Stith, MS, LCPC

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

Viki integrates Mindfulness and Buddhist teachings into Western psychotherapy models to help anxious adults with rumination, indecision, and stressful relationships.  She has spent over 20 years learning about and treating anxiety disorders, regularly provides consultation for other clinicians, and is a student in the Soto Zen Buddhist Tradition. 

September 2023: Introduction to Family Constellation

Presenter: Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

Family Constellations, originally developed by Bert Hellinger, is having a resurgence internationally as a therapeutic technique. This technique offers the opportunity to work systemically with problems of trauma, to uncover unconscious aspects of personal, family, and collective trauma from a systems perspective. Hellinger's work offers some depth understanding that may inform other therapeutic work as well. Gayle Bohlman has been studying this method for the last couple of years and integrating it into her work. This workshop will offer an introduction into Family Constellations, describe the value in this method, share some examples of how it may be applied and offer some experiential exercises to give you insight into how it may be applied in your work.

June 2023: Exploring the Importance of the Human Connection

In-Person Interaction

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

While we all appreciate the convenience of Zoom meetings, we miss seeing you in-person and providing the opportunity to network with each other. Join us for our first post-pandemic networking and lunch as we discuss the role of human connection in the therapeutic space. We will explore a variety of topics discussing the irreplaceable value of human connection despite modern alternatives.

April 2023: Problematic Sexual Behaviors

Presenter: Denise Migliorini, LCSW-C

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

Denise Migliorini will briefly review the latest research regarding problematic sexual behaviors, treatment recommendations and ethical considerations.

March 2023: Introduction to Psychedelic Integration Therapy

Presenter: Stacy Stoddard, LCMFT

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

This workshop will introduce participants to psychedelic integration therapy, including an overview of the history and current state of the use of psychedelics as a healing medicine. It will also cover the ways (legal and illegal) that our clients are finding these experiences, as well as an introduction to how we can support our clients who have sought out these experiences. Finally, we will cover what ‘psychedelic integration’ means, and how you can get trained to provide this type of therapy.

February 2023: Holding Space for Parents: Grief and Loss Across Perinatal & Caregiving Populations

Presenters: Becky Olin, LCPC, Gina Rossetti, LCSW-C, and Nina Davey, LCPC, ATR-BC, PMH-C

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

Join us for an exploration of strategies to support and to hold space for those experiencing grief and loss throughout their perinatal and caregiving journeys. We will provide resources and techniques clinicians can use when working with clients experiencing miscarriage and child loss, NICU stays and unexpected medical stressors, and loss of identity and sense of self.

January 2023: Perinatal Anxiety, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Treatment

Presenter: Dr. Julie Brownley M.D. Ph.D

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 — 1:00-2:00pm EST

Women are twice as likely to develop an anxiety disorder compared with men.  Anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum remains an under-recognized source of morbidity in the perinatal period.  

In this talk, Dr. Julie Brownley, a reproductive psychiatrist, will discuss the data, the clinical approach, and how facilitating women to get additional support can change the outcomes of their pregnancy, and early parenthood experience.

November 2022: Attachment and Co-dependency

Presenter: Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C and James Spruill, LMSW

October 2022: Polarization: In the world and in ourselves

Presenter: Gayle Bohlman, LCSW-C

September 2022: EMDR: How is has changed during the pandemic

Presenter: Stacy Stoddard, LCMFT, Nina Davey, LCPC, ATR-BC, PMH-C, Kim Bonsiero, LCSW-C

August 2022: Brainspotting: What is it? How can in help my clients

Presenter: Alison Merrifield, LPC