Instructor(s): Liz Brenner and Laura Orth
Date: A Three Day Workshop from July 23 – 25, 2010 with 18 CEU’s in Watertown, MA
Cost: Groups of Two or More, $330 per person; Early registration, $375. Regular rate: $405. (See below for details).
Location: 51 Kondazian Street, Watertown, MA 02472
Western science is beginning to corroborate what many cultures understood 5000 years ago. The ancients gave us prescriptions for maintaining optimal mental health: mindfulness, meditation, imagery, yoga, breathing practices, sound, self inquiry, body sensing and affirmations that arise from our authentic experience of self. We will review current research that shows the evidence-based aspects of using these practices for self care and teaching them to clients.
We'll immerse ourselves in these practices in a safe environment where we can assess their affect and know them fully. Practicing these tools for self-care will have the side effect of helping you to bring them back to your work settings. You will discover for yourself the physiological changes occurring in the body during practices that produce an immediate "feel good" effect, and experience the shift in your own outlook as we practice simple exercises that can change your life. Thus we can discern what we will bring back to our lives and what to particular clients.
You'll learn strategies to help clients focus, relax, have greater access to feeling states and impact their thoughts and moods in positive ways, reducing emotional reactivity. These practices can provide an alternative or adjunct treatment for clients have received only so much relief from cognitive restructuring and other therapeutic strategies or who are averse to/not responding to medication.
This workshop is designed for all level of mental health practitioners, regardless of your experience with these practices. There will be options provided for those who may not want to try all of the offerings. Every day will include easy and accessible movement, yogic breathing, and meditation or guided relaxation. Along with didactic components and practice, the format will include sharing in dyads and small groups. Wear comfortable clothing.
Instructors Liz Brenner, LICSW and Laura Orth, LICSW are colleagues and friends who met as students in the Intensive Program in Family Therapy at the Family Institute of Cambridge in 1990. After graduating from the course, they participated in supervision together for 14 years. Most recently, Liz and Laura completed Level 1 Life Force Yoga® training with Amy Weintraub which inspired the creation of this offering.
Elizabeth (Liz) Brenner, LICSW is the Director and primary instructor for Family Therapy Training Boston. She is passionate about teaching models and skills to facilitate therapeutic meetings in ways that are effective, making challenges manageable. Liz has 25 years of experience doing family, couples and individual therapy in child psychiatric inpatient, home-based and outpatient settings. Her own healing journey includes practices from Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish traditions as well as singing and artistic endeavors. She is committed to being mindful, integrating a variety of practices in her clinical, teaching and consultation work. Liz maintains a private practice in Watertown, MA and Providence, RI.
Laura Orth, LICSW is a practicing psychotherapist at Southboro Medical Group. She is the former Director of Child Outpatient Services and Training at South Shore Mental Health. For the past 20 years Laura has provided individual and family therapy to adults and children, taught Psychology and supervised Family Therapy. Since studying in India in 1982, she has been trying to understand better how ancient Eastern traditions can be integrated into all aspects of our busy and demanding Western lives. Laura is a traditionally trained clinical social worker who is inspired to thoughtfully integrate yoga and meditation practices as psychotherapeutic and healing strategies.
Register for this Workshop:
For early or group registration please mail in the registration form
- Register and pay by mail: download form »
- OR register and pay online
Registration Information and Workshop Policies:
- The Early registration rate is $375, payment must be received 21 days prior to the workshop. The Regular Registration rate is $405 (received within 3 weeks of the event). The Online registration rate is $405.
- Group Registration rates: We encourage you attend with your friends/colleagues! Groups of two or more will be charged $330 per person. Please mail together or indicate the person/people with whom you are attending.
- Early and group discount registration must be submitted by mail and paid by check.
- Mail checks made out to Liz Brenner with completed registration form to:
51 Kondazian Street, Watertown, MA 02472 - Breakfast and afternoon snacks will be served; lunch on your own. Unless otherwise specified, the day begins at 9 am and ends at 4:45 pm.
- Participants MUST attend 100% of the program to earn 6 CEUs per day requested for MSW's, MHC's and MFT's. CEU certificates will be given at the end of the day after you are fully paid and have completed the workshop evaluation form.
- Enrollment will be limited to 30 participants. Please call or email if you are registering within the last week to make sure there is still room to attend.
- No refunds are available unless a written request is received 21 days before the program. A $50 administrative fee will be deducted from all refunds. No cancellations, including no shows, will be honored beyond this time frame.
- Only email acknowledgments will be sent to confirm receipt of your registration.
- If you require special accommodations, please submit a written statement at least 30 days prior to the program to see if we can meet your needs.
- Workshops may be cancelled by the presenter(s) if minimum enrollment requirements are not met. In this case, full fees will be refunded.
- Weather cancellations are consistent with the decision of the Watertown, MA school system. If Watertown is cancelled or delayed, the workshop will be as well.
- Participants MUST attend 100% of the program to earn 18 CEUs applied for from various accreditation bodies. Please contact us from more information about CEU's for your particular discipline.
- Grievance policy is to submit a written complaint. If the complaint can not be resolved by Liz Brenner, she will consult with another faculty member for a second opinion to resolve the problem.