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UPCOMING TRAINING Live Oak Girls Only LOGIC Professional Development Series Live Oak Girls Only The Live Oak Girls Only (LOGO) two day institute has been designed to present unique skills-based training for clinicians working with girls at risk; those girls who may not respond to traditional psychotherapy due to chronic histories of abuse, neglect, homelessness and/or involvement in a host of service systems. Creative interventions and expressive arts provide a unique range of methods that promote healing and change. Using creative approaches, teen girls can expand their ability to express emotions, address struggles, and experience hope in a way that other individual or group modalities may not provide. Four distinct three-hour workshops will be provided over two days. Each workshop will be held in the training room at the Live Oak offices in Lakeview. The cost for each workshop is $80, though discounts are available for attending more than one workshop and for groups attending from the same agency.
July 29, 2010 Presenter: Incorporating expressive performance based groups in clinical work with teen girls provides opportunities to give voice to internal and interpersonal experiences. Through creating performances, girls are able to decrease isolation and improve relationships using a group experience that values each individual voice as part of a community. This workshop offers practical approaches to designing unique expressive performance based groups for teen girls. Structures ranging from a single workshop to multiple-week modules will be explored. Lecture, small group discussion, and experiential activities will be introduced--for the teen girl in all of us. July 29, 2010 Presenter: Although teens may not always have the words to express themselves, their bodies hold a story. Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) is a model of therapy that aids in exploring the connection of movement to emotions and thoughts, in order to increase our awareness of their impact on our past and present lives. This workshop is designed to provide participants with an overview of dance and movement and its application with teen girls, as well as provide exploration and practice of creative movement interventions. July 30, 2010 Presenter: Process-oriented art making and writing within a small group context can provide a safe space and structure for girls to identify, explore, express, and author a positive adolescent self-narrative. Combining intuitive art making and process-oriented writing gives voice and meaning to the non-verbal or marginalized aspects of self and fosters connections, empathy, and acceptance. This workshop will introduce participants to the Open Studio process of therapeutic art making and writing. Within an environment of no comment or criticism, participants will safely experience this simple, yet powerful process intervention, primarily though process-experiential learning. July 30, 2010 Presenter: There is nothing more ubiquitous than music in the lives of teen girls. Fashion, relationships, language, and self-esteem may be more influenced by recording artists than parents, teachers, or therapists. It only makes sense to harness the existing power of music as a modality that can quickly engage teen girls--uniquely and powerfully. This workshop will explore the use of music, rhythm, lyric analysis, and song-writing in work with at risk teen girls; those girls who may not respond to traditional psychotherapy due to chronic histories of abuse, neglect, homelessness and/or involvement in a host of service systems. Resources and experiential activities will be used throughout the presentation, outlining the various approaches for incorporating music into clinical work. Live Oak's Growth-Identity-Change "LOGIC" Professional Development Series 2010 Live Oak's Growth-Identity-Change (LOGIC) Professional Development Series is grounded in Live Oak's core beliefs that the roots of a healthy life are integrity, authenticity, wholeness and connection. The LOGIC series is comprised half day and full-day workshops/institute days. The content of all seminars emphasizes fully integrating identity, roles and life experiences in order to maintain psychological healthAll workshops will be held in the training room of Live Oak's offices in Lakeview. The cost for most three hour seminars is $80, and the cost of each of the Institute Days is $150. For more information and/or to register for any of the workshops, please visit our website at www.liveoakchicago.com. We are also able to bring training to agencies in Chicago, other cities in Illinois, or to other states. Questions regarding particular seminars or special arrangements may be directed to Jeff Levy at 773.880.1310, ext. 82 or via e-mail: jlevy@liveoakchicago.com. February 19, 2010 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 3 CEU / 80.00 Understanding and Supporting Transgender Children and Adolescents Presenter: Prem Pahwa, LCSW Trainer and Consultant, Live Oak, Inc. Private Practice, Chicago Young people who do not conform to socially defined and constructed gender norms may face considerable challenges and stressors in families, schools, and communities. Many parents, teachers, and other well-meaning service providers conflate gender and sexual orientation, making assumptions about transgender youth that may or may not be accurate. Increased pressure to conform and/or inconsistent messages among/between parents and service providers further confuse and pressure transgender youth, resulting in depression, anxiety, isolation/alienation and acting out. This workshop will provide a foundation for understanding needs and issues of transgender children and adolescents, creating a common language and providing basic strategies for supporting young people with gender non-conforming behaviors. Download Registration Form February 19, 2010 1:30 am – 4:30 pm $80.00 / 3 CEU Affirmative Practice with LGBTQ Youth in Schools and Other Group Settings Presenter: Janet Sushinski, LCSW Trainer and Consultant, Live Oak, Inc. Social Worker, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire Many service providers without extensive experience working lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth LGBTQ) may find one:one work (individual psychotherapy, individual casework, individual tutoring) approachable. Unique concerns arise when we look toward creating a larger context (classroom, school, group home, agency) that serves LGBTQ youth in the same space(s) as their non-LGBTQ peers. This workshop will discuss strategies for addressing parent concerns, administrative concerns, and the concerns of other youth when LGBTQ identities are acknowledged and affirmed in schools and other group settings. The speaker will draw upon her own experiences in developing an LGBTQ youth support group at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, as well as her years of experience working in child welfare group home and foster care settings. Participants are encouraged to bring questions and concerns from their own practices and/or places of employment. Download Registration Form April 16, 2010 9:00 am – 4:30 pm 6 CEU / $150.00 Introduction to Interpersonal Neurobiology in Psychotherapy Practice Presenter: Andrea Gundersen, MA, CMT Body-Centered Psychotherapist, Live Oak, Inc. This training will offer a theoretical framework for understanding both why and how the interpersonal interactions of caregiver and client are central elements of healing. Participants will also learn concrete tools, including mindfulness, attunement, right brain to right brain interactions, and others that support the creation of effective treatment interactions. The workshop will present new research in an easily digested form via lecture and experiential exercises. The entire afternoon will be devoted to clinical application of the theory. Participants are encouraged to bring questions and case examples for discussion. Download Registration Form June 18, 2010 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 3 CEU / $80.00 Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness in Psychotherapy Practice Presenter: Erica Rumpel, MA, CYT Clinical Associate, Live Oak, Inc. Service Learning Coordinator, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Clinicians often recognize the benefits of yoga and mindfulness practices, frequently referring clients to such classes and programs. However, the clients who might benefit most from such practices are too anxious, scared, self-conscious, and/or ambivalent about accessing additional resources outside the psychotherapist's office. In addition, therapists familiar with hatha yoga may experience challenges when attempting to incorporate this eastern model into a predominantly western modality. This workshop will provide participants with specific yoga and mindfulness strategies that may be integrated within traditional psychotherapy practices. Experiential activities, partner work, and reflective opportunities will allow participants to deepen their understanding of basic yoga principles to begin using these practices immediately. Download Registration Form June 18, 2010 1:30 – 4:30 pm 3 CEU / $80.00 Dance and Movement Therapy for the Traditionally Trained Psychotherapist Presenter: Jaime Henry-Juravic, LMFT Postgraduate Fellow, Live Oak, Inc. Clinical Coordinator, PEER Services, Evanston Traditional models of therapy focus on verbal communication to understand the thoughts, feelings and beliefs that shape our relationship with self and others. Though our bodies play an integral role in our experiences, our physical selves are often overlooked in these traditional therapy models. It is through physical sensations that we know pain or pleasure and through movement that we express ourselves in non-verbal ways as well as navigate our physical proximity to others. For many of us, movement in the form of dance allows us to gain distance from a place of self-criticism and analysis. This creates space for a more authentic form of expression. In this workshop, we will explore ideas for incorporating body awareness, in the form of movement and dance, into traditional forms of therapy with individuals, couples and families. Download Registration Form September 17, 2010 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 3 CEU / $80.00 Disruptive Behavior and Complex Trauma: Understanding and Managing Problem Behaviors Through a Trauma Lens Presenter: Alisa Messana, LCSW Psychotherapist, Live Oak, Inc. Dealing with and managing disruptive behavior can become an exceptionally challenging task in clinical work. Our diagnostic system does not speak to causation, but rather behavioral criteria necessary for specific diagnostic categories. Clients with traumatic histories can present in a variety of manners, including with disruptive behavior. This workshop will give an overview of trauma-related symptoms and concurrent diagnostic possibilities as well as examine the connection between trauma and disruptive behavior. Understanding the impact of complex trauma through a trauma lens can allow us as clinicians to shift the way in which we think diagnostically; how we support our clients in understanding and managing their behavior; and our work with the families, caregivers and systems which they are connected. Participants are encouraged to bring current and former client descriptions for discussion. Download Registration Form September 17, 2010 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm 3 CEU / $90.00* When Talking Isn’t Enough: Creative, Expressive and Activity-Based Interventions Presenter: Jeff Levy, LCSW, CTRS Co-Founder and CEO, Live Oak, Inc, As clinicians, we sometimes become “stuck” using language and traditional talk therapies. We may have been trained to believe that change requires insight and insight requires language. This experiential workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn creative, expressive, body-centered, and activity-based intervention strategies for clinical practice with children, adolescents, and adults. Grounded in neuropsychology, this workshop will discuss how therapeutic activities access specific parts of the brain, providing opportunities for processing and metabolizing material unreachable through language alone. Participants should be prepared to draw, paint, move, breathe, write, sing, imagine, and maybe even talk a bit. *Each participant will receive a creativity bag, Download Registration Form November 19, 2010 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 3 CEU / $80.00 An Introduction to Dreamwork in Psychotherapy Presenter: Matt Spitzmueller, MA, MSW Clinical Associate, Live Oak, Inc. Doctoral Candidate, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Dreams are an integral facet of the human experience. Yet, we do not generally give much credence to them, for their capacity to signal importance, to cast light on dark wounds, or to direct our attention to future prospects. This workshop is designed to provide a invitation tor dreamwork, focusing on the relevance of dreams to psychotherapy practice. Basic tenets of dream analysis will be reviewed, including a discussion of core Freudian and Jungian concepts, such as condensation, complex, and shadow. The conversation will be guided by examples from the presenter’s own practice, and participants are encouraged to bring a dream of their own to work, using the tools provided by the course. Download Registration Form November 19, 2010 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm The Power of Performance: Examining Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Psychotherapy Through Drama 3 CEU / $80.00 Presenter: Heidi Coleman, MA, AM Clinical Associate, Live Oak, Inc. Director, Theater and Performance Studies, University of Chicago Both performance and psychotherapy stem from the profound impact of relational work, developing in the contexts of safe creative spaces, while riding momentums of conflict. Ranging from Freud's analysis of Greek archetypes or an Amazonian shaman's mediation in healing, performance has been used as a regenerative and reparative process. This workshop will provide a basic foundation to theories of performance and potentials in individual, couples, and group work. Through both experience and discussion, participants will gain tools to extend and enhance psychotherapy practice. Current and former speaker and participant cases will be used to illustrate the highlighted performance and drama principles. Download Registration Form |
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