Education and Training

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING PROVIDER/THERAPIST in Training

To restore the stability and vitality of communities around the world, we train and mobilize healing and helping professionals. Somatic Experiencing® International (SEI) is the educational and humanitarian home for Somatic Experiencing. We exist to bring education and training to those who can help heal people with trauma, hope to those living with trauma, and awareness of trauma to related professional communities and the general public. We training healing and helping professionals in SE and we mobilize them to volunteer, research, donate, and otherwise support our efforts to address the global crisis of unresolved trauma through access to SE.

CERTIFIED ADHD PROFESSIONAL (ADHD-CCSP)- PESI/Evergreen Certifications

EVIDENCE_BASED STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING ADHD ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. Scientific advances have dramatically improved our understanding of the neuroscience of ADHD. And have led to the development of effective, evidence-based treatment strategies that are transforming the outcomes of the children, adolescents and adults who live with the diagnosis. Reduce the stress, shame, and anxiety of the disorder and equip your child and adult clients with the skills they need to get motivated, focused, organized, and perform closer to their true potential.

Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) – PESI/Evergreen Certifications

DBT is a “Broad-based” cognitive behavioral therapy treatment. It was originally developed for chronically suicidal clients and people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Full program of treatment includes individual therapy, skills training, phone consultation and a consultation team for therapist. Used with a variety of disorders including both over and under control of emotions.
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Endorsed by the U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, and the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a best practice for the treatment of PTSD, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based approach to treating trauma that helps clients: Understand why recovery from traumatic events is difficult and how symptoms affect daily life, Reduce distress related to memories of the trauma, Decrease emotional numbing and avoidance of trauma reminders, and Improve day-to-day living by decreasing depression, anxiety, guilt or shame

MASTERS IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY – Adler University.

A generalist training that provides comprehensive knowledge and skills for clinical work with clients from diverse communities and in a variety of settings. The program prepares socially responsible counselling professionals to work with individuals, families, and groups to address specific mental and emotional health issues across a range of settings, including mental health centers, human service agencies, and private practice.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY – Angeles University.

The university directs students in providing humane and proficient practitioners who are responsive to the changing health care needs of society. Trainees are competent in life-long learning, health promotion, advocacy, community service, and research.

GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY LEVEL 1 – The Gottman Institute

The Gottman Method is an approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship and integrates research-based interventions based on the Sound Relationship House Theory. The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy, and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.

GENERAL PSYCHIATRIC MANAGEMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER – Harvard Medical School

This course offers training in an empirically validated treatment approach to borderline personality disorder (BPD) known as Good or General Psychiatric Management (GPM). This generalist approach to managing this prevalent, disabling, and sometimes fatal but treatable diagnosis is good enough for most clinicians and most patients and provides mental health professionals with guidelines they need to become skilled providers who can derive satisfaction from treating patients with BPD.  Management strategies using practicality, good sense, and flexibility are emphasized. Listening, validation, judicious self-disclosures, and advisement to build a life rather than focus on being a patient create a positive relationship in which both the concerns and limitations of a mental health professional are explicit. Techniques and interventions that facilitate the patient’s trust and willingness to become a proactive collaborator will be described. Guidelines for managing the common and usually most burdensome issues of managing suicidality and self-harm (e.g. intersession crises, threats as a call-for-help, excessive use of ER’s or hospitals) will be reviewed. Principles for the management of co-morbidities and medications from an evidence-based point of view are presented pragmatically. How and when psychiatrists can usefully integrate group, family, or other psychotherapies will be described.