Presented by: Kate Cook, MA, LPCC, TEP & Diana Zumas, MA, LPC, LPCC

January 11 & 12, 9am-5:30pm Mountain Time Zone

In person with working lunch at Southwestern College

This course will offer participants a resource-based model and a toolbox of experiential action methods. The theoretical lens for this model integrates interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, classical psychodrama, social baseline theory and mindfulness practice. Participants will learn and practice skills aimed at developing empathy, spontaneity, social and emotional intelligence and addressing developmental deficits and relational repair. Specific techniques taught will include: use of the ‘felt sense’, tracking somatic cues, strategies for cultivating regulation and co-regulation self/individuals/groups, identifying implicit (unconscious) aspects of memory and experience, externalizing unconscious/implicit dynamics in action, and incorporating play, art and metaphor into action. Discussion will include how to adapt and apply this model in working with a variety of populations and venues. This course is appropriate for people at all levels of experience.

16 CEs for licensed Professionals
Applies to Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate

Kate Cook, MA, LPCC, TEP, is the Founder of the Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate Program and a nationally certified practitioner and trainer in psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy.

Diana Zumas, MA, LPC, LPCC, is the Director of the Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate Program. Diana has 17 years of psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy training. She has a psychotherapy private practice in Santa Fe, NM.

Presented by: Rev Ted Wiard, EdD, LPCC, CGC

January 11 & 12, 9am-6:00pm Mountain Time Zone

Synchronous Online via Zoom

This course will introduce current trauma theories, PTSD and many prevalent modalities of trauma treatment and traumatic grief. We will explore the neurobiology of trauma and its effects on the brain, the body, the mind, and emotional functioning. Participants will be introduced to many of the tools and interventions and their appropriate applications presently being used in trauma counseling. Intergenerational aspects, traumatic grief and loss, and the trauma of facing one’s own death will also be introduced. The interventions discussed will be framed in the context of a sequential three-stage treatment model. Experiential exercises will assist students in exploring and assessing the effect of trauma in their own lives. Vicarious trauma and therapist self-care will also be explored.

16 CEs for licensed Professionals
Applies to Trauma, Grief, and Renewal Certificate

Rev. Ted Wiard, EdD, LPCC, CGC, is the Director of the Trauma, Grief, and Renewal Certificate. Dr. Wiard is the founder and Director of Golden Willow Counseling and Golden Willow Retreat Center. He is also the co-author of Witnessing Ted: The Journey to Potential through Grief and Loss as well and continues to write professional articles pertaining to emotional healing. Dr. Wiard also maintains a private practice.

Presented by: Rochelle Calvert, PhD, CMT, SEP

January 18 & 19, 9am-6:30pm Mountain Time Zone

Synchronous online via Zoom

The earth is experiencing trauma in the form of our current ecological crisis, which directly impacts the health and wellbeing of humanity. The relationship between the earth’s suffering and our own will be examined as well as how to awaken care and compassion in order to heal the trauma of our disconnection from the earth. We will discuss how healing can occur through activism and participation in environmental movements locally and globally. Therapeutic processes for reconnecting with the Earth to support clients who may be experiencing eco-grief or eco-anxiety related to ecological trauma.

16 CEs for Licensed Professionals
Applies to the Ecotherapy Certificate

Rochelle Calvert, PhD, CMT, SEP, is the author of Healing with Nature: Mindfulness and Somatic Practices to Heal from Trauma. She has studied and taught mindfulness for the past 19 years and personally knows the transformational potential. Dr. Calvert currently leads courses, workshops, and treats in mindfulness and somatic experiencing in nature. As a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of New Mindful Life, she supports her clients, taking them into nature with the aid of Bertha Grace, a Sprinter van that serves as a mobile therapy office. www.newmindfullife.com

Presented by: Amy Wong Hope, MSW, LCSW

February 1 & 2, 9am-6pm Mountain Time Zone

Synchronous online via Zoom

This course explores the complex history of psychedelics, past and current legal status, policy development, and potential uses. A combination of lectures, discussions, readings, and experiential exercises will support students as they explore the various ways in which psychedelic compounds have been used throughout history from ancient Indigenous practices up to current controversies surrounding their therapeutic benefits. Topics covered in this course will include an overview of modern psychedelic research and how it has been influenced by Indigenous usage, the political and cultural opinions about psychedelics in the 1970s, the current legal status of psychedelic compounds across the globe, and legalization/decriminalization. The various potential uses of these substances in therapy for mental health issues and for creativity and personal growth will be discussed. Students will be invited to contribute to current debates as well as discern relevant evidence-based resources in psychedelic studies.

16 CEs for Licensed Professionals
Applies to the Psychedelic Studies Certificate

Amy Wong Hope, MA, LCSW, is the Certificate Program Director of the Psychedelic Studies Certificate. Amy is trained as an MDMA-assisted therapist through the (MAPS) Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and co-author of Small Doses of Awareness: A Microdosing Companion (due to be published spring 2024). Amy maintains a private practice with a focus on trauma-informed modalities and shame-resilience approaches that support clients in restoring emotional, somatic, and relational resiliency.

Presented by: Laura Rademacher, MA, LMFT, CST, CST-S

February 8 & 9, 9am-6:30pm Mountain Time Zone

Synchronous online via Zoom

As various forms of ethical non-monogamy (ENM) become more common, it is vital that clinicians learn best practices in working with diverse relationship structures. This class will widen the participant’s knowledge of the many different forms and flavors of ENM, and explore how established psychological theories, such as attachment theory and systems theory, can be applied in work with ENM clients. Through case studies we will explore ethical issues such as special considerations in working with more than two people, such as how to determine who should attend sessions, how to maintain therapeutic alliance with multiple people, and when co-therapy might be a helpful model. Participants will explore their own feelings, biases, and experiences with various relationship structures to be aware of and avoid harmful countertransference.

16 CEs for Licensed Professionals
Applies to the Human Sexuality Certificate

Laura Rademacher, MA, LMFT, CST, CST-S, is the Director of the Human Sexuality Certificate program. She is an AASECT certified sex and relationship therapist with over 15 years of experience as a sex-positive sexual health educator. She is the author of “The Principles of Pleasure: Working with the Good Stuff as Sex Therapists and Educators.”

Presented by: Richard Pelfrey, BA, LADAC, NCAC

February 22 & 23, 9am-6pm Mountain Time Zone

Synchronous online via Zoom

This course will examine the impact of substance use on the developing brain and explore strategies and techniques for prevention and treatment of substance abuse among adolescents. Neurological mechanisms, epigenetic predispositions, sociocultural messaging, and other risk factors underlying chemical dependence will be explored from a trauma-centered viewpoint. Misconceptions regarding the etiology of substance use disorders, such as heredity of substance use, will be examined in service to prevention, harm reduction, intervention, and treatment planning strategies for counseling adolescents.

16 CEs for Licensed Professionals
Applies to the Addictions, Abuse and Recovery & Children’s Mental Health Certificates

Richard Pelfrey, MS, LADAC, NCAC, has been holding space for the resolution and reintegration of trauma and addictions of all forms for the past 12 years. While becoming licensed as an addictions counselor, Richard heard the call to expand his work with people beyond traditional models and began exploring alternative methods for the resolution of trauma. Richard is trained and certified in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Wim Hoff method, and Brainspotting, meditation leadership and grief counseling, and incorporates all of these modalities as well as a decade of apprenticeship in the Toltec wisdom path and traditional earth-based ceremony in his focused work with individuals and groups for the purpose of healing and finding our highest joy and artistry in life.