Event Description

This workshop provides an overview of the relevant relationship frameworks important in the treatment of trauma. Topics covered include: Ideal Parent Figure Protocol, SCARF model, PACE framework from attachment-focused family therapy, counter-transference, differentiation, mentalization and mindfulness in therapeutic relationship, safe emergencies as neural exercise to promote resilience, embedded relational mindfulness.

Objectives

1. Learn 3 relationship models that facilitate working safely with trauma.
2. Learn 2 therapeutic attitudes that facilitate working safely with trauma.
3. Integrate the relational principles into 3 effective therapeutic interventions.

Student discount and sliding scale available. Please contact us at chicagominds@gmail.com for details.

About the Speaker

Ling Lam, Ph.D., MFT

Ling is a Lecturer in the Counseling Psychology Department at Santa Clara  University, and a TEDx Speaker on the Power of Feeling Safe: How Kindness Restores  Resilience. 

He holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, an M.A. in Counseling  Psychology from Santa Clara University, and an M.S. and B.S. (with distinction) in Electrical  Engineering from Stanford University. Before he became a licensed therapist, Ling worked as  an engineer in Silicon Valley and was part of the original engineering team that invented the  world’s first HDMI chip.

Workshop participants who opt to receive CE certification, please select the CEU option. This workshop fulfills requirement for 1.5 CE credits. CE sponsorship is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), credits are applicable to LCSW and transferrable to LCPC in Illinois. If you have a different licensure or are licensed outside of Illinois, please check with your licensure body before purchasing. 

Please note that we require your live attendance in order to issue CE certificates. If you are unable to attend live, please let us know at least 24 hours before the event.