Working with parental self-blame with cognitive and emotion-focused techniques
Event date: -
Event location: Online
Event Link: https://cvent.me/a5DnEP
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Webinar details: April 10, 2025 | 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Adele Lafrance, PhD, C.Psych.
This training is suitable for:
Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers
Medical Professionals: nurses, psychiatrists, pediatricians, family doctors
Direct Service Workers: drop in workers, shelter and hostel workers, child and youth workers, youth justice workers
Educators: teachers, ECE, school administration, support staff
Level of training: Introductory
Client age category: For professionals who work with clients aged 12 to adulthood
Trigger warning: Triggers are always possible when discussing trauma/self-blame.
Description: Research has demonstrated that when parents carry self-blame, not only do they suffer but their caregiving can be negatively affected as well. In fact, when self-blame is deep, typical strategies to lift self-blame may be ineffective. This training will provide participants with a series of cognitive and emotion-focused strategies to transform caregiver self-blame, including a specifically designed chair-work intervention.
Benefits of these interventions include:
- Reduced shame and self-blame
- Better quality of life
- Decreased defensiveness
- Increased sense of empowerment/engagement
- Increased access to caregiving instincts
Participants will be introduced to the theory and several interventions to implement with parents post-training. A video demonstration will also be included. Participation can be active or passive.
Learning objectives:
- Identify emotional markers underlying therapy-interfering behaviours in caregivers.
- Apply cognitive techniques to attenuate caregiver self-blame and related behaviours.
- Apply emotion processing skills to attenuate caregiver self-blame and related behaviours.
This training meets the criteria towards certification through the International Institute for EFFT.
Registration fee: $150
Learn more and register at: https://cvent.me/a5DnEP