Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Helping Clients Survive the Experience of Fear and Threat
A webinar with senior SPI faculty member Janina Fisher, PhD

Approved for 3 CEs for the following professions:

Social Workers, Psychologists, Nurses, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors/Licensed Mental Health Counselors

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This webinar is for Intermediate Level

Presenter Bio:

Janina Fisher, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist (MA; LCP 6468) with 38 years in practice, as well as assistant educational director at SPI and a former instructor at the Trauma Center, an outpatient clinic and research center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known for her expertise on the treatment of trauma and dissociation, she is also an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Consultant and former Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher has been an invited speaker at the Cape Cod Institute, Harvard Medical School Conference Series, Psychotherapy Networker, Annual Conference of the EMDR International Association, and many other conferences. She is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy:  Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (2015), the author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation (2017) and the forthcoming book, Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches internationally on the integration of research and treatment and how to introduce newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic approaches.

Webinar Description:

In a climate of fear and social isolation, therapists are suddenly being asked to help clients deal with the imminent threat of a deadly disease without the person-to-person contact they value as the heart and soul of psychotherapy.  To be alone and dysregulated in a dangerous world is not only frightening but also triggering for many clients.  And adding to the difficulty, virtual therapy poses technical problems (like poor reception and unfamiliar technology), creating more anxiety and increased feelings of aloneness and deprivation.   

This webinar offers ways of differentiating the effects of here-and-now threat from body-based implicit memories of danger.  We demonstrate ways of using Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to meet the challenges of helping clients in a time of shared crisis.

Webinar Outline:

This is a 3-hour digital seminar (recorded video program).

30 Minutes:  Somatic responses to immediate threat

  • Threat of disease
  • Threat of isolation
  • Loss of control and personal power

30 Minutes:   Activation of implicit memories of past trauma as a complicating factor

30 Minutes:  Threat and the immune system

30 Minutes:  Helping clients use the body to support immune functioning

30 Minutes:  Regulating fear states

  • Anxiety as a signal emotion
  • Healthy paranoia:  vigilance vs. hypervigilance
  • Acts of triumph in the midst of a pandemic

30 Minutes:  Creating connection in a virtual psychotherapy

Learning Objectives:
  • Differentiate the effects of current threat from the effects of past trauma
  • Identify resources for helping clients tolerate fear
  • Describe interventions that address feelings of isolation and loneliness
  • Demonstrate techniques that help the therapist stay regulated and present
  • Apply mindfulness techniques to counteract virus-related fears

Webinar Fees:

Due to COVID-19, SPI is finding new ways to continue to support the mental health community. This webinar is one of several resources we have developed to support you in helping clients during this challenging time.  You can find additional resources (many are free) in our COVID-19 resource library.

The financial impacts of this pandemic are varied and widespread. That is why we are offering you the ability to choose what you pay for this digital seminar.

CHOOSE WHAT YOU PAY

  • SUPPORT - $33
    • This option is for those struggling financially through this very difficult time.
  • SUSTAIN - $63
    • If you are sustaining yourself during this difficult time, please consider this option to pay for the basic costs of delivering this learning opportunity including faculty time.
  • CHAMPION - $93
    • If your finances have not been impacted, please consider being a Champion of learning opportunities like this. Your payment covers the basic costs of delivering this learning opportunity including faculty time, plus institute overhead so we can keep bringing this work to the community.

Tuition includes one free CE Certificate. You will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing and passing the on-line post-test evaluation.

If for some reason are not satisfied with the digital seminar, you have 30 days from the date of purchase to request a cancellation and a refund. Please refer to the policy section for details on how to cancel.

Policies:

Grievance Policy

Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) seeks to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please submit a written grievance to: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, webinars@sensorimotor.org. Grievances would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems. 

Accommodations for the Differently Abled

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute online training facilities are handicap accessible. Individuals needing special accommodations, please contact: webinars@sensorimotor.org.

Cancellation Policy

There is a 30-day refund policy. Please contact webinars@sensorimotor.org if you wish to cancel your purchase. After 30 days, you will no longer be eligible for a refund.

Specific CE Information:

Continuing Education Credit is provided by Commonwealth Educational Seminars for the following professions:

Please note: It is the participant's responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state. 

Psychologists:

Commonwealth Educational Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Commonwealth Educational Seminars maintains responsibility for these programs and their content. 

Licensed Professional Counselors/Licensed Mental Health Counselors:

Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) is entitled to award continuing education credit for Licensed Professional Counselors/Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Please visit CES CE CREDIT to see all states that are covered for LPCs/LMHCs. CES maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

Social Workers:

Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) is entitled to award continuing education credit for Social Workers. Please visit CES CE CREDIT to see all states that are covered for Social Workers. CES maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

If applicable: Social Workers – New York State

Commonwealth Educational Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. #SW-0444.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists:

Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) is entitled to award continuing education credit for Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists. Please visit CES CE CREDIT to see all states that are covered for LMFTs. CES maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

Nurses:

As an American Psychological Association (APA) approved provider, CES programs are accepted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). These courses can be utilized by nurses to renew their certification and will be accepted by the ANCC. Every state Board of Nursing accepts ANCC approved programs except California and Iowa, however CES is also an approved Continuing Education provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider # CEP15567) which is also accepted by the Iowa Board of Nursing.

Have a question? Email us at webinars@sensorimotor.org
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