Creatively Relational Applications: CBT

Service Description

Treating childhood trauma can often be challenging, especially in family contexts in which the abuse has occurred by a family member and/or the caregivers struggle with supportive and appropriate parenting strategies. This training will explore ways in which childhood trauma can be addressed within family therapy sessions with caregivers actively involved in the activities. Participants will learn about new and creative ways to incorporate psychoeducation activities for ages 3-17 and their caregivers. Participants will expand their understanding of core CBT concepts and learn new ways to incorporate CBT interventions in a way that is engaging, fun, and meaningful for families. This engaging and highly interactive training with arm attendees with several new interventions that support families in understanding trauma and common trauma responses, affect identification and regulation, and addressing unhelpful family patterns. This training will focus on the following domains and objectives: 1. Participants will be able to identify ways in which interactive and fun psychoeducation interventions can be implemented within family therapy sessions. 2. Participants will be able to identify ways in which common CBT interventions can be adjusted and utilized effectively within a family therapy session. 3. Participants will learn and practice activities/interventions that can be utilized with families to improve family patterns around affect identification and regulation. 4. Participants will learn strategies to improve attachment and co-regulation abilities between children and involved caregivers. *Clinical Best Practice Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7639. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Clinical Best Practice Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.