Welcome to The Inherent Parent Coach! After nearly 20 years as a child therapist (LCSW, RPT-S) I’ve combined all my favorite tips, tricks, and info into easy e-courses for parents. Then, once I had the platform in use, I figured why not also create some trainings for therapists? Please take a moment to look around, and let me know if you have any questions.
The Ethics of Self Care: From Theory to Practice
The August live ethics of self care training is currently full. Click “learn more” to be added to the waiting list for the October 4 ethics of self care training.
The field of social work is wrought with mandates for ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, the profession, and broader society. In addition to outlining ethical behaviors and standards, one of the purposes of the NASW Code of Ethics states it is “to encourage all social workers to engage in self care, ongoing education, and other activities to ensure their commitment to (the)... core features of the profession” yet it does not detail how social workers are to do that. This training will review the necessity for self care as outlined by NASW, as well as various practical and realistic means for self-care that are consistent with the professional code. Rather than discuss theoretical self care in a sterile conference room, participants in this experiential training will discuss and practice individualized methods of self-care including physical activity, commensality, interprofessional collaboration, burn out self-inventory, and creative expression.
This 5-hour CEU covers the following objectives:
Recognize signs of professional burn out in self and/or colleagues
Identify the four attendant syndromes of burnout, as compiled by SaraKay Smullens, LCSW, ACSW, BCD, DCSW, CGP, CFLE
Practice at least 4 preemptive self care techniques that can help mitigate risk of professional burnout
Review the ethical responsibilities and protective factors for burnout of social workers in regards to interdisciplinary collaboration, consultation, networking, and working within scope of practice as found in the NASW Code of Ethics
Discuss the 5th purpose of the NASW code of ethics: to encourage all social workers to engage in self care, ongoing education, and other activities to ensure their commitment to (the)... core features of the profession.
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Play Therapy with Teens and Adults
Play therapy is defined as “the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained Play Therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development." Therapists often assume that play therapy is used exclusively with children, but note that this definition does not even include the mention of children. Play therapy can, in fact, be used with clients of all ages including teen and adult clients. Play therapy may be associated with doll house miniatures and finger puppets, but can also include a vast array of various strategies and activities that can be extended for use with teens and adults. These include creative/expressive mediums, sand tray therapy, drama and role play, and movement.
This 2-hour CEU is a recording of a live training that I did locally. It covers the following objectives:
Identify benefits of incorporating play therapy into sessions with teens and adults
Identify 4 play therapy strategies/activities appropriate for use with teen or adult clients
Identify 2 play styles of adults, as defined by Stuart Brown, MD
Identify reasons why adults may be hesitant to play in life or in session
One Week to Less Yelling contains 5 brief videos with strategies for parents who would like to yell less at home. These videos were originally part of a live One Week to Less Yelling e-course for parents on facebook.
Total investment: $0. There’s no catch, it’s free. Feel free to share with clients who might find it useful.