When the World is Anxious: Navigating the Therapeutic Relationship under Unusually Difficult Circumstances
We created When the World is Anxious to support you in your work with clients as we negotiate the influence of collective distress.
Course meets the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credit for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s and LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. 12 CE Units included at no additional charge.
Deborah Yarock
Tamara Thebert
Welcome
Introduction
Introduction
The Co-Emergence of Strengths and Challenges
Tracking Discomfort and Destabilization
The Second Arrow
Vignette: Rosa
No Trauma is Individual: Intergenerational Trauma, Oppression, and Internalized Oppression
Vignette: Rashida
Reflection
Resisting Re-traumatization
Vignette: Katrina
Exercise
Facilitating a Pathway for Increasing Awareness of Triggers
Encouraging Inner Wisdom
Embracing Collective Wisdom
Internal Awareness
Meditation
Relational Safety
Vignette: Rachel
Reflection
Cultural Wellness
Exercise
Trust in the Innate Wisdom within Communities
Exercise
Recognizing Activation
Assessing Intensity
Returning To Optimal Window Of Tolerance
Defining Judgment and Its Implications on Mental and Emotional Health
The Evolution of the Threat Defense System: Current Strategies For Fight, Flight, Freeze
Systemic Judgment: Oppression & Internalized Oppression
What is Self-Compassion?
Practice Guidelines: How to Approach Self-Compassion
Three Main Components of Self-Compassion
Three Main Ways to Initiate Self-Compassion
Two Wings of Mindful Awareness
Meditation
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
Meditation
Integration
The Power of Neuroplasticity
Meditation
Self-Directed Neuroplasticity: Taking in the Good
Exercise
Implementing an Individualized Practice Plan