Previous Courses – Page 3 – Illuminated Education

Hold Me Tight® : 7 Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – February, 2019

Presenters: Lisa Blum, PsyD and Silvina Irwin, PhD Drs. Silvina Irwin and Lisa Blum are offering this educational and experiential workshop which teaches you the core concepts of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), heralded as one of the most effective couples therapies by the New York times and endorsed by the American Psychological Society as scientifically proven. These workshops are based on the international best-selling book Hold Me Tight: 7 Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson. These transformative workshops will help you reconnect, repair, and re-energize your relationship and help you create a positive loving bond that will last a lifetime. Dates: February, 1 – 3, 2019 Time: See schedule below CE Units: 14.0 Location: Temecula Creek Inn 44501 Rainbow Canyon Road Temecula, CA 92592 888.976.3404 Cost: Regular Registration per couple is $1250.00 by January 30, 2019. A limited number of discounts are available for students. Please…

Advanced Topics in DBT: The Art of Moving from Conceptualization to Exposure for Emotional Avoidance©

Presenter: Shari Manning, Ph.D Dates: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 – Saturday, April 14, 2018 This workshop brilliantly teaches the integration/augmentation of DBT and exposure with helpful demonstrations and opportunities for practice and feedback. This training will begin with one day of advanced training on DBT case conceptualization. It will then use your own individual cases to formulate exposure interventions and move into training on exposure in Stage 1 and Stage 2 DBT for the following 3 days. This training is designed for people who have attended previous trainings in DBT and will further develop skills needed to provide effective treatment with Stage 1 and Stage 2 clients. Presenter will assume that participants have knowledge of the basic principles of DBT. An overview of the treatment and treatment strategies will not be presented. Time: Wednesday – Friday: 8:30 – 4:30 (doors open at 8:00 for sign-in and light breakfast) Saturday: 8:30 –…

Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) – Feb. 23, 2018

Presenters: Lisa Blum, PsyD and Silvina Irwin, PhD New Date: Friday February 23, 2018 Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a research-validated, attachment-based approach to working with couples. EFT offers a map for understanding relationship needs and struggles in a coherent framework. This interactive introductory seminar combines didactic presentation, case vignettes, and videotaped excerpts of EFT in action with distressed couples. The presenters provide an overview of the EFT model, present key techniques and interventions, and discuss current research and practice applications. Time: 1 pm – 5:15 pm (sign in and snacks from 12:30 – 1pm) CE Units: 4.0 Location: 95 N. Marengo Ave, Suite 100 Cost: $109 — Early bird price: $99 if registered by Monday February 12th Course Level: Beginning to Intermediate. This course is suitable for all practitioners who are unfamiliar with EFT Couples Therapy or who have had minimal training in the use of EFT Couples Therapy You…

Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Action: Case Based Training ©

Presenters: Shari Manning, PhD and Kate Comtois, PhD, MPH DBT in Action: Case Based Training© is for individuals who have been practicing DBT Individual Psychotherapy in the context of a comprehensive program. This training will build on existing skills and provide opportunities for feedback and consultation designed to increase the capacities necessary for certification in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Participants will follow a client named “Lisa” through Stage 1 DBT. Participants will function as “Lisa’s” individual therapist and conduct sessions that include pre-treatment, commitment, chain analysis and the interventions that are chosen as part of solution analysis. Strategies will be identified, coached and strengthened by the trainers and other participants. As others are conducting DBT individual therapy sessions and/or presenting cases, other participants will be identifying strategies in individual therapy sessions, looking for what is DBT and what is not, and focus on the provision of effective DBT consultation. Additionally, participants…

Hardiness Zones for Girls: Best Practices for Helping Girls Thrive at School and After School – July 12, 2016

Presenters: Melissa J. Johnson, PhD and Vicki Chiang, PsyD Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Professionals who work with teen girls in mental health, education and after-school programs often ask how they can help girls thrive in today’s complex world. This course is designed to provide attendees with current information on the biggest issues facing teen girls today – and ways to develop hardiness and advocacy in the face of these challenges. Using a 3-tier public health model, we will look at best practices in girls’ programming for systems such as schools and youth organizations, as well as for meeting the needs of individual and small groups of girls. Each year we offer panels on specific topics – this year we have two panels incorporated into the 1-day training: (1) Hardiness Zones for girls struggling with self-injury and other expressions of emotional dysregulation and (2) Hardiness Zones for gender non-conforming and…

Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): An Advanced Intensive Training

Dates: Wednesday March 2, 2016 through Saturday, March 5, 2016 in Pasadena, CA Location: Neighborhood Church, 301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103 Presenters: Charlie Swenson, MD and Kelly Koerner, PhD Presented in collaboration with the Institute for Girls’ Development and the DBT Center of San Gabriel Valley. In Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): An Advanced Intensive Training the instructors will tackle typical problems in the practice of DBT, demonstrating how to address them with a fine-tuned level of detail, similar to having supervision in a group. While the syllabus will be set in advance and will be followed in detail, instructors and participants will also tailor the clinical examples, demonstrations, and experienctial practices to the needs, interests and clinical experiences of participants. Topics covered are: – Being dialectical: DBT as a principle-based treatment – Treating secondary targets – Behavioral chain analysis and case conceptualization – Understanding and…