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SUMMARY:Queer Spirituality
DESCRIPTION:Overview \nThis workshop will assist therapists in exploring topics of religion\, spirituality\, faith\, and religious experience in relation to queer identity and sexuality from a Judeo-Christian perspective. Spirituality\, religion\, and/ or no religious experience can be an important aspect of the well-being of the person with whom you are working. It is imperative to honor where the person is and to be aware of one’s own reactions and responses to their beliefs. Therapists must practice this by holding space and understanding the intersectionality of the client’s spiritual journey with sexuality and other aspects of their life. Even non-religious clients may be aware of what is known as the Clobber passages from the Bible\, and their sense of Self\, God\, and Community may be shaped by the prevalent popular cultural understanding. ‘Clobber passages’ is the name the queer community gave to the biblical passages that\, on the surface\, speak against homosexuality. We will discuss positive and negative aspects of the religious experience. The workshop will be interactive\, and clinicians can address self-of-the-therapist issues and ask clinical questions about their work. \nLearning Objectives: \n\n Identify the harm that LGBTQIA communities have often endured from faith communities.\n Describe the impact of religion and spirituality on attachment.\n Name supportive spiritual/religious skills and resources for the LGBTQIA community\n Learn strategies to address harm and /or make referrals\n Identify what to look for in an inclusive\, safe\, and affirming faith community\n\nAbout the Presenter: \nThe Rev. Dr. Dolores (Dee) Littleton is an ordained ELCA pastor with over 40 years of pastoral experience. In addition\, Dee is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Dee formerly served as Director of Clergy Training at the Council for Relationships\, where she worked with clergy of all denominations seeking to understand systemic issues in congregations and other nonprofits. In addition to being a Staff Therapist for CFR\, she has a private practice and often sees clergy as they deal with the specific stressors of congregational ministry. She has served as an Advisor to various Bishops on clergy discipline\, conflict in congregations\, and helping congregations get unstuck. She is trauma-informed and is especially interested in the intersections of complex trauma\, attachment\, and spiritual abuse. \nPanel Members: Charles Muorah\, PhD\, STL\, LMFT and Rabbi Margot Stein\, LMFT \nAudience: This training is for interns\, pre-licensed therapists\, and licensed professionals. It is designed for a professional audience and includes time for networking with peers. \nContinuing Education: CFR is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Council for Relationships maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CFR’s continuing education programs may also qualify for licensure renewal credit for Pennsylvania LCSWs\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, as well as New Jersey psychologists\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, subject to applicable licensing requirements.Participants licensed in other states or professions should verify credit acceptance with their licensing boards. \nCost: $90 \nDiscounts: Discounts available for current CFR staff and members of the clergy. Please email CEU@councilforrelationships.org for promotions and discounts.
URL:https://councilforrelationships.org/event/queer-spirituality/
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SUMMARY:Sitting Without a Script: Working with Grief in Individuals and Families
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Sara Corse\, PhD \nBio: Dr. Sara J. Corse is a licensed clinical psychologist with 36 years of experience working with individuals\, couples\, and families. She serves as Chief Clinical Officer at Council for Relationships\, where she is also Director of the Community Partnerships Initiative. Her integrative clinical approach draws on individual\, relational\, and systemic perspectives\, with particular expertise in grief and loss\, trauma\, and the complexities of family relationships. Dr. Corse is the author of Cradled All the While: The Unexpected Gifts of a Mother’s Death\, a memoir exploring caregiving\, grief\, and the transformation of a complicated mother-daughter relationship during terminal illness. She has presented workshops and seminars on grief and loss\, trauma\, healthy relationships\, and family dynamics. \nAbout This Training: Grief takes many forms beyond traditional stage models\, including ambiguous loss\, disenfranchised grief\, prolonged grief\, and losses associated with trauma\, relationships\, and major life transitions. This training explores contemporary grief theory through a relational and family-systems lens\, examining how loss affects identity\, relationships\, family roles\, and the ways people adapt to change. Drawing on clinical examples and selected material from Sara Corse’s Cradled All the While: The Unexpected Gifts of a Mother’s Death\, participants will explore how to distinguish typical grief from conditions requiring additional intervention and apply evidence-informed approaches that support adaptation\, meaning-making\, and connection without imposing a prescribed timetable or path to recovery. \nLearning Objectives: \nBy the end of this training\, participants will be able to: \n\nDifferentiate normative grief responses from Prolonged Grief Disorder and major depressive disorder\, and recognize the distinct experiences of disenfranchised grief and ambiguous loss.\nDescribe the Dual Process Model\, continuing bonds\, and meaning-reconstruction perspectives and contrast their clinical applications with traditional stage-based models of grief.\nAnalyze how loss may affect identity\, relationships\, family roles\, communication\, and family-system organization\, including the clinical implications of family members grieving differently.\nIdentify evidence-informed clinical interventions for differing grief presentations\, including loss- and restoration-oriented coping\, grief-focused cognitive-behavioral strategies\, and meaning and narrative reconstruction.\n\nAudience: This training is for interns\, pre-licensed therapists\, and licensed professionals. It is designed for a professional audience and includes time for networking with peers. \nContinuing Education: CFR is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Council for Relationships maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CFR’s continuing education programs may also qualify for licensure renewal credit for Pennsylvania LCSWs\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, as well as New Jersey psychologists\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, subject to applicable licensing requirements. Participants licensed in other states or professions should verify credit acceptance with their licensing boards. \nDiscounts: Available for CFR staff and members of the clergy. Please contact CFR for discounts and promotions.
URL:https://councilforrelationships.org/event/sitting-without-a-script-working-with-grief-in-individuals-and-families/
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SUMMARY:Ethical Documentation
DESCRIPTION:Learning Objectives:  \n\nIdentify key ethical standards and legal requirements governing clinical documentation in mental health practice.\nDemonstrate best practices for drafting precise\, protective clinical records that support quality client care and maintain compliance.\nApply practical protocols for maintaining client confidentiality and data security across documentation workflows.\n\nCEU: 2 CEU Provided \nAudience: This training is for interns\, pre-licensed therapists\, and licensed professionals. It is designed for a professional audience and includes time for networking with peers. \nContinuing Education: CFR is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Council for Relationships maintains responsibility for this program and its content.CFR’s continuing education programs may also qualify for licensure renewal credit for Pennsylvania LCSWs\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, as well as New Jersey psychologists\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, subject to applicable licensing requirements.Participants licensed in other states or professions should verify credit acceptance with their licensing boards. \nCost: $30 \nDiscounts: This training is FREE for CFR staff. Please email CEU@councilforrelationships.org for promotions and discounts. \nPresenter Bio: Breesha Comish is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Pennsylvania and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She holds a Master of Science in Couple and Family Therapy (Medical Family Track) from Thomas Jefferson University. She is Clinical Director at Council for Relationships and Executive Director of Clinical Services at Sun Point Foundation\, where she oversees clinical services\, supervision and training programs.Her clinical work has spanned intensive family-based services\, integrated pediatric behavioral health at Penn Medicine LG Health\, and long-term outpatient therapy with individuals\, couples and families. She has created and developed training programs in systemic therapy including a certificate training program in Systemic Sex and Trauma counseling at Sun Point Foundation where she serves as the executive director of clinical services. Breesha is dedicated to the development of new therapists as well as improving the standards of care and training in the field of couple and family therapy. \nTraining and Certifications \n\nAttachment Based Family Therapy: Advanced Training and Supervision \nAttachment Focused-EMDR: fully trained\, retired cert\nEmotional Focused Therapy (Johnson): Advanced Training and Supervision\nTherapeutic Crisis Intervention: Certified\nTF-CBT: Certified\nEcosystemic Structural Family Therapy: Certified\nIntegrated Behavioral Health: Certified\nAAMFT Approved Supervisor
URL:https://councilforrelationships.org/event/ethical-documentation/
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SUMMARY:Reframing Personality Disorders from an Attachment Perspective
DESCRIPTION:About the Training \nOverview: Research shows that clinicians often hold negative views of clients with personality disorder traits. A diagnostic label alone can make clinicians less hopeful about a client’s prognosis and more likely to pull back from them. That distancing is associated with early dropout\, dismissive crisis care and poorer outcomes for a population at high risk of suicide. This training reframes personality disorder traits as adaptations to attachment injury\, giving clinicians a lens that replaces judgment with understanding and helps them build the secure base these clients need to recover. \n Learning Objectives: \n\nDescribe at least two ways that clinician bias toward clients with personality disorder traits affects engagement\, retention\, and treatment outcomes.\nExplain personality disorder traits as adaptive responses to attachment injury\, using core concepts from attachment theory.\nReframe at least three common personality disorder behaviors\, such as emotional intensity\, fear of abandonment\, or mistrust\, in attachment terms.\nIdentify their own countertransference reactions to clients with personality disorder traits and name strategies to manage them.\nApply attachment-informed interventions that help clinicians act as a secure base for clients with personality disorder traits.\n\nPresenter Bio:  \nBreesha is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Pennsylvania and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She holds a Master of Science in Couple and Family Therapy (Medical Family Track) from Thomas Jefferson University. She is Clinical Director at Council for Relationships and Executive Director of Clinical Services at Sun Point Foundation\, where she oversees clinical services\, supervision and training programs.Her clinical work has spanned intensive family-based services\, integrated pediatric behavioral health at Penn Medicine LG Health\, and long-term outpatient therapy with individuals\, couples and families. She has created and developed training programs in systemic therapy including a certificate training program in Systemic Sex and Trauma counseling at Sun Point Foundation where she serves as the executive director of clinical services. Breesha is dedicated to the development of new therapists as well as improving the standards of care and training in the field of couple and family therapy. \nTrainer:  \nBreesha Comish LMFT\, AAMFT Approved Supervisor \nFormat: \nThis training is held live online and combines didactic content\, video and case illustrations\, as well as guided skill practice. \nAudience: \nThis training is for interns\, pre-licensed therapists\, and licensed professionals. It is designed for a professional audience and includes time for networking with peers. \nContinuing Education: \nCouncil for Relationships (CFR) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Council for Relationships maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CFR’s continuing education programs may also qualify for licensure renewal credit for Pennsylvania LCSWs\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, as well as New Jersey psychologists\, LPCs\, and LMFTs\, subject to applicable licensing requirements.Participants licensed in other states or professions should verify credit acceptance with their licensing boards. \n  \n			\n				Learn More & Register
URL:https://councilforrelationships.org/event/reframing-personality-disorders-from-an-attachment-perspective/
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