Counseling Training

In addition to supervising and educating therapists, I have also provided international and Phoenix counseling workshops and training for a variety of treatment centers, corporations, agencies, and organizations including EMDR Canada (EMDR Canada Annual Conference, 2009), Empact-SPC (Southwest Schools Conference 2007 & 2009), The Arizona Psychological Association, Sierra Tucson, and additional local and national organizations.

My private workshops also provide new and seasoned counselors with practical skills, techniques, and increased confidence for working with trauma survivors including, but not limited to, those with histories of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.

Attendees obtain specific and practical techniques for providing trauma treatment including education about EMDR, PTSD, and treating dissociation. I provide counselors with a holistic approach to therapy that explores trauma's impact on the body, mind, and spirit. Counselors are then better prepared for their work with survivors, and increase their confidence in working with this population.

Please note that a variety of workshops are available upon request. Please contact me for additional information.


Events:

August 24th, 2009 Southwest Schools Conference
"Retrieving the Missing Pieces:
A Cross-Cultural Approach to Memory Fragmentation"


Exploring the relationship between current research and a cross-cultural approach to trauma treatment, this presentation offers a holistic approach to processing traumatic material. A cross-cultural, shamanic approach to processing sensory-motor aspects of trauma is examined, offering specific techniques for accessing, integrating, and processing "fragmented" aspects of trauma. With this in mind, the information provided will enable therapists to further assist clients' processing of the behavioral, emotional, physical, cognitive, and spiritual aspects of traumatic events. Practitioners will be better able to facilitate processing of the sensory-motor experiences of the trauma that were dissociated and serve as a block to the processing stages of trauma treatment.

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