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If you enjoy watching and talking about movies, this Workshop is an opportunity to have fun while learning and earning continuing education credits. This training uses film as a medium for mental health providers to broaden their understanding & capacity for compassion when working with clients who live with Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma Disorders.

An entertaining learning experience, this workshop elicits clinicians to glean new insight into theories and practices that may have begun feel stale or out of date. Utilizing the powerful medium of film, the Workshop will engage and teach mental health providers fresh new perspectives in treatment. By viewing excerpts of films together in breakouts, clinicians are immersed in learning environments that foster camaraderie, discussion and debate enhancing their understanding of various mental health disorders. Presented by Ellen Blaufox, LCSW-R a former professional actor, this Workshop is an immersive, interactive experience for providers who are seeking creative new ways to invigorate their practice.

Learning Objectives

·      Participants will recognize countertransference by viewing dramatizations that incorporate empathy for characters.

·      Participants will analyze dysfunctional behavior patterns in clients with anxiety, depression and trauma through the use of film.

·      Participants will apply their increased understanding to future interventions directly with clients.

This Workshop takes clinicians (and other mental health providers) on a journey where they discover the revolutionary new skill that has been missing from their wheelhouse. The workshop teaches an important, often disregarded tool that will allow your clients to enhance their capacity to cope with life’s challenges, as well as to build and sustain resilience. One of the most powerful (and misunderstood) tools for ameliorating the devastating effects of self-comparison, envy and shame; Self-Compassion has been proven to be effective in reducing the troubling need for perfectionism, thereby enhancing self-worth, improving daily functioning and overall well-being. We will debunk the myths around self-compassion (for instance: that it leads selfishness, weakness, or impairs motivation). Research will be presented that reveals the truth about this revolutionary source for coping. Additionally, skills for managing difficult emotions, unhelpful thinking patterns & lack of motivation will be taught. Special attention and adaptations will be paid to the treatment of individuals living with chronic stress and survivors of trauma. This Workshop is highly interactive and will consist of a didactic component, as well as experiential, interactive exercises and breakout rooms for practicing interventions. 

Learning Objectives

 ·      Participants will understand the three key components of self-compassion (kindness versus judgment; common humanity versus isolation and mindfulness versus identification).

·      Participants will explore the difference between self-compassion and self- esteem and finally achieve a greater ability to support clients in their shift from comparison to others toward acceptance of the self, regardless of their perceived successes or “failures.”

·      Participants will enhance their own skill set & confidence in their own ability to incorporate these practices with their clients, as well as themselves (reducing caregiver burnout). 

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If you enjoy watching and talking about movies, this Workshop is an opportunity to have fun while learning and earning continuing education credits. This training uses film as a medium for mental health providers to broaden their understanding & capacity for compassion when working with clients who live with Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma Disorders.

An entertaining learning experience, this workshop elicits clinicians to glean new insight into theories and practices that may have begun feel stale or out of date. Utilizing the powerful medium of film, the Workshop will engage and teach mental health providers fresh new perspectives in treatment. By viewing excerpts of films together in breakouts, clinicians are immersed in learning environments that foster camaraderie, discussion and debate enhancing their understanding of various mental health disorders. Presented by Ellen Blaufox, LCSW-R a former professional actor, this Workshop is an immersive, interactive experience for providers who are seeking creative new ways to invigorate their practice.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will recognize countertransference by viewing dramatizations that incorporate empathy for characters.

• Participants will analyze dysfunctional behavior patterns in clients with anxiety, depression and trauma through the use of film.

• Participants will apply their increased understanding to future interventions directly with clients.

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This Workshop takes clinicians (and other mental health providers) on a journey where they discover the revolutionary new skill that has been missing from their wheelhouse. The workshop teaches an important, often disregarded tool that will allow your clients to enhance their capacity to cope with life’s challenges, as well as to build and sustain resilience. One of the most powerful (and misunderstood) tools for ameliorating the devastating effects of self-comparison, envy and shame; Self-Compassion has been proven to be effective in reducing the troubling need for perfectionism, thereby enhancing self-worth, improving daily functioning and overall well-being.

We will debunk the myths around self-compassion (for instance: that it leads selfishness, weakness, or impairs motivation). Research will be presented that reveals the truth about this revolutionary source for coping. Additionally, skills for managing difficult emotions, unhelpful thinking patterns & lack of motivation will be taught. Special attention and adaptations will be paid to the treatment of individuals living with chronic stress and survivors of trauma.

This Workshop is highly interactive and will consist of a didactic component, as well as experiential, interactive exercises and breakout rooms for practicing interventions.

·      Participants will understand the three key components of self-compassion (kindness versus judgment; common humanity versus isolation and mindfulness versus identification).

·      Participants will explore the difference between self-compassion and self- esteem and finally achieve a greater ability to support clients in their shift from comparison to others toward acceptance of the self, regardless of their perceived successes or “failures.”

·      Participants will enhance their own skill set & confidence in their own ability to incorporate these practices with their clients, as well as themselves (reducing caregiver burnout).

Virtually every human being will experience some form of trauma and or chronic stress at least once in their lifetime. In addition to being a universal human experience, trauma and chronic stress has the potential to provide an opportunity for change, creating meaning and enhancing our sense of purpose. Within nature, supportive relationships and with access to the proper tools, humans can build or restore emotional, physical and spiritual balance. “Research around the world has revealed the variety of ways we can reconnect with nature and in doing so, the fit it brings to our mental and emotional health*.” *Dr. James Gordon

This Workshops’ immersive, experiential and interactive format provides the foundation for learning and integrating such evidence-based tools.

By framing concrete interventions within the context of the scientific research, Ellen will teach simple, practical skills that clinicians can implement immediately, thereby supporting their clients’ healing the wounds and scars of trauma.

Using various teaching and practice methods such a: small breakout rooms, media, as well as techniques from nature therapy, participants will learn to support clients in all the realms impacted by trauma (emotions -the improvement of their mood, somatization - decreasing stress hormones and cognitive - reducing rumination) promoting mind/body healing.

Workshop Objectives:

·       Participants discover how to support clients in balancing their physiology and psychology with nature, even when they live in urban areas.

·       Participants will connect how movement improves mood and decreases anxiety, and make behavioral changes for clients “doable,” rather than an intellectual exercise.

·       Participants will find resources for the animal kingdom and food as a natural healing aid for clients stress levels.

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