Titles of Available Workshops:

 

· Please note that all our workshops, seminars and courses may be tailored to the population that you serve and the needs of your community. The following workshops have been offered on the past and are periodically offered.

* Workshops are divided into: 

"Workshops for the Child Therapist"

"Workshops for the Therapist working with Adolescents"

"Workshops for the Adult and Family therapist"

"Popular workshops tailored to First Nations"

 

 

Workshops for the Child Therapist

· Counselling children 18 months to 6 years.

· Counselling children 2 to 12 years. (see sample itinerary)

· Therapeutic Storytelling (see sample itinerary)

· Counselling Sexually abused children (see sample itinerary)

· Parent awareness of when children may require therapy. 

· What is developmentally appropriate child sexual development 

· When children act out sexually: abuse reactive children. (see sample itinerary)

· Grief and loss.

· Counselling traumatized children - Developmental considerations

· Working with children deemed to be "behaviour disordered"

· Introduction to sand tray therapy.

· Introduction to Play Therapy, Intermediate play therapy, Advanced play therapy

· Conducting bibliotherapy (including how to choose resources, sequence them, and
use them for children with difficulties).

· Teaching social skills.

· Interrupting posttraumatic play and sexually inappropriate behaviours.

· Solution-focused language in the work with children.

· Solution-focused approaches to working with children.

· Providing impromptu family therapy during family visits (including how to
appropriately coach the family and how to teach families appropriate family
behaviours.

Workshops for the Therapist Working with Adolescents

See above and the following:

· Grief and loss.

· Developmentally useful counselling approaches with Adolescents

· Developing Healthy Sexuality

· Healthy sexuality including:

· What is within the norm and outside of the norm;

· Sexual abuse and how to promote healing;

· What are personal boundaries?

· Group participation in boundary exercises;

· Safe sexuality; and "safety in general

· How to decide when professional intervention in needed and how to choose

a professional to work with

 

Workshops for the Adult and Family Therapist

· Grief and loss.

· Working with sexual offenders.

· Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a research and treatment review

· Complex PTSD and it's treatment

· Working with multiply traumatized individuals

· Working with individuals with multiple concurrent problems

· Working with individuals who have extreme difficulty in "trusting"

· Spirituality and counselling

· Working with First Nations Peoples/Multiculturism

 

Professional supervision

· For all of the areas listed above

Popular Workshops tailored for First Nations Communities

(See first Nations Site)

 

Examples of Previous Workshops: 

 

· Counselling Children ages 2-7

Includes:

General principals of counselling children and developmental considerations.

Introduction to play therapy

Introduction to Art and Sand Tray therapy

Introduction to Therapeutic storytelling (See example itinerary below)

 

· Assessment and Counselling approaches Which Utilize Therapeutic Storytelling

Includes:

Using bibliotherapy to assess children

Conducting bibliotherapy, including how to choose resources for children with particular difficulties, sequence the stories and using them so learning continues after therapy is completed

Types of stories

Direct teaching type stories – geared for the conscious mind

Indirect teaching of skills – geared for the unconscious mind

Generic stories and General purpose metaphors

Specialized stories

Mutual storytelling techniques (See example itinerary below)

 

· Counselling Sexually Abused and Traumatized Children

Includes:

Information about the effects of traumatic experiences (at different ages and stages of development)

Effects of multiple and long-term trauma

General principals of counselling children who have been traumatized

(See example itinerary below)

 

· When Children Act Out Sexually: Abuse-Reactive Children

Includes:

How to assess the difference between developmentally appropriate sexual play and sexual play outside the appropriate development.

Children’s memory function and implications for interviewing children

Treatment (See example itinerary below)

 

These workshops are geared towards counsellors in the field (e.g.. Psychologists, Social workers, Clinical counsellors, etc). Participants must have a minimum of a Bachelors degree in an appropriate discipline

 

Fee Schedule

 

 

Contact info:

 

(604) 899-9229

DrDaria@TELUS.net