The Therapist’s Journey: Deepening Personal Understanding and Increasing Therapeutic Effectiveness
September 22, 2012 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
9:00 – 10:50 | Formative experiences: How One Became a Psychotherapist
A) Introduction
- Framing the workshop
- The Itinerary
B) The reasons one became a psychotherapist
- Exercise: Critical experiences
- Research Findings
- The Wounded-healer
10:50-11:00 | Break
11:00 – 12:45 | The Growth of a Psychotherapist: A Model of Professional Identity Development
- Exercise: How one has developed as a psychotherapist
- Four Stage Model of Professional Identity Development
12:45 – 1:30 | Lunch
1:30 – 2:50 | The Personality of One’s Practice
- Relational theory and unconscious organizing principles
- Examining the Psychotherapy frame as a representation of the Self
2:50-3:00 | Break
3:00 – 4:00 | Professional Self Examination: Integration of the Personal and the Professional
- Exercise: Accessing the preferred and non-preferred versions of self
- Professional Self-Examination:
- Integration: Stirring the seeds of change
Learning Objectives
1 – Participants will increase their understanding of how personal issues affect their clinical work and how their work impacts their personal life.
2 – Participants will have a better understanding of the multiple factors, conscious and unconscious that influence the way they developed as therapists and the way they structure their practice.
3 – Participants will make more explicit the incidents that shaped their development as a therapist.
4 – Participants will increase their understanding of the sources of stress and conflict in their work and ways to cope with this stress.
5 – Participants will identify strengths and weaknesses and aspects of their practice that could benefit from change.
6 – Participants will learn a model of Professional identity development that will identify the emotional challenges in becoming a psychotherapist
7 – Participants will explore specific aspects of the psychotherapy frame to understand how their emotional needs influenced its construction and to assess its impact on clients.
Registration Information
Continuing Education: This conference is approved for 6 hours of continuing education for Psychologists, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists and meets the requirements for Supervisory Experience.
Fees: $140.00
Payment: You can pay online by clicking the Buy Now button at the bottom of the page or by check. Please make the check out to Larry Brooks Ph.D. and mail to 138 N. Brand # 300, Glendale CA 91203.
Refund Policy: You will be refunded the fee minus $15.00 if cancellation occurs one week prior to workshop.
Location: The workshop will be held at 138 N. Brand #300 Glendale, CA 91203.
Contact Information: Larry Brooks Ph.D. (818) 243-0839 or drbrooks@drlarrybrooks.com
