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Working with the Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviors in Traumatized Clients
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Clients with histories of prior trauma often lack the ability to engage in appropriate affect regulation, so they may find coping and self-soothing through self-destructive strategies including acts of self-mutilation, addictions, and disordered eating. Join Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA, an esteemed expert in the strengths-based, de-pathologized treatment of trauma, to learn:
- Creative and effective strategies to reduce and eventually extinguish self-destructive behaviors
- Unique grounding and containment skills to reduce flashbacks and other trauma-related symptoms
- Tools to avoid power struggles with an effective alternative to safety contracts
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA, The Ferentz Institute
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA, is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, de-pathologized treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for over 40 years. She has been an adjunct faculty member at several universities, and is the founder of The Ferentz Institute, now in its seventeenth year of providing continuing education to mental health professionals and graduating several thousand clinicians from her two certificate programs in advanced trauma treatment. In 2009 she was voted the “Social Worker of the Year” by the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work. She is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide, now in its second edition, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing and Finding Your Ruby Slippers: Transformative Life Lessons from the Therapist’s Couch.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lisa Ferentz maintains a private practice and is the Founder and President of the Ferentz Institute. She receives royalties as a published author and is a consultant for Northwest Hospital. Lisa Ferentz receives a speaking honorarium and product royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and 小蝌蚪视频. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lisa Ferentz is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the American Psychotherapy Association.