How to Facilitate Experiential Therapy In Your Practice

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Dates: Jul 23, 2022 - Jul 24, 2022
Times:9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Location
Saddleback Behavioral Health
27184 Ortega Highway, Suite 210
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675


Learning how to facilitate experiential therapy is most manageable when you learn the nuts and bolts, and build your skills one step at a time.

This 2-day in-person Training on Facilitation of Experiential Therapy is designed for those who are interested in learning new skills, or sharpening and enhancing old ones for their clinical “tool box.” We will co-create a safe and supportive environment where everyone will have an opportunity to facilitate at their level – from conducting just one warm up exercise to facilitating a full piece of work.

This workshop can also serve as a safe space in which to do your own healing work, which can be difficult to find for those of us working in the addiction and/or mental health fields.

Some of the topics we can explore will be:
* Facilitating an effective warm up
* Setting a goal for the work
* Structuring the piece – Where do I begin?
* Setting the scene that needs healing and/or change
* Bringing in and using role players effectively
* How to move the piece along
* What to do when you get stuck
* Utilizing techniques such as doubling, role reversal, and mirroring
* Facilitating a catharsis
* Ending the piece – knowing when you’ve met your goal
* Facilitating effective sharing and integration
* Providing effective containment for the group or client(s) before ending

NO prior experiential therapy facilitation experience is required.

Covid Policies

Due to the on-going Covid-19 crisis, until further notice all in person workshops with BraveHeart Retreats are open to fully vaccinated individuals only. Proof of vaccination is required before group begins. Participants are asked to bring rapid Covid tests each day of the workshop and to arrive at 9am to take the test before we start the workshop at 9:30am. If you are unable to bring your own tests, please email admin@braveheartretreats.com at least 2 weeks before the start of the workshop. If anyone either tests positive for Covid-19 or has illness symptoms, we ask that you not return for the remainder of the workshop and a credit will be given towards a future workshop for time missed.

If there is reason to believe it is a false positive (which studies show are rare), you can get a PCR test and may be allowed to return to the workshop with:

  • a negative test
  • no symptoms
  • a willingness to wear a medical grade mask (N-95, KN-95, KF-94, or surgical)

as long as other group participants feel comfortable with this.

General mask requirements for the workshop will be dependent on local ordinance and communicated prior to group.

Substance Use Policy
If you are in recovery, you must have at least 1 year of continuous time.  In addition, because personal work is frequently addressed in our trainings, it is required that all participants abstain from alcohol and non prescribed substances for the duration of this training as well as the 24 hours prior to workshop commencement. This will aid in being present for the personal work and learning.

LOCATION:
27184 Ortega Highway, Suite 210
San Juan Capistrano, CA

DATES AND TIMES:
Saturday and Sunday, July 23-24, 2022
9:30 am – 5:00 pm each day

FEE:
$395 if registered and paid by June 24; $495 thereafter
There is a $10 charge for CEs for California LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, CCAPP, CET, or Psychodrama.
(Please contact us for information about payment plans.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please call 310-744-5257 or e-mail admin@braveheartretreats.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
Course meets the qualifications for a total of 13.0 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. CAMFT approved CE Provider #1000127. Provider approved by CCAPP-EI, Provider Number 2N-10-135-0224 for 13.0 CEHs. Approved for 13.0 CEHs for Psychodrama and for Experiential Professionals (ISEP).

Please visit our FAQ page for information on special needs accommodation, our cancellation/grievance policy, and and course completion document issuance.

EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
Participants will have a thorough understanding of the triadic system of psychodrama.
Participants will learn the Hollander Curve structure of directing a psychodrama.
Participants will learn effective warm ups leading to a psychodrama.
Participants will learn how to assist the group in securing a protagonist.
Participants will learn how to facilitate an effective walk and talk and secure a good contract.
Participants will learn how to effectively role train and utilize auxiliaries.
Participants will learn how to facilitate an effective catharsis of abreaction.
Participants will learn how to facilitate an effective catharsis of integration.
Participants will learn how to effectively facilitate deroling, sharing and action sharing.
Participants will learn effective group closure and containment.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to identify the 3 parts of the triadic system of psychodrama.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 specific aspects of the Hollander Curve structure of directing a psychodrama.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 effective warm ups leading to a psychodrama.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 ways to secure a protagonist.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 characteristics of an effective walk and talk and contract.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 aspects of role training and utilizing auxiliaries.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 aspects of facilitating an effective catharsis of abreaction.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 aspects of facilitating an effective catharsis of integration.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 aspects of  facilitating deroling, sharing and action sharing.
Participants will be able to identify at least 2 aspects of effective group closure and containment.

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