Workshop

Healing Trauma: Cool Hacks for Kids, Teens (their Parents), and Adults

Featured Speaker: Christin Mullen & Liliana Casas Hernandez

This 2-day training provides advanced, integrative approaches for healing trauma in children, teens, and adults. Participants will learn practical, evidence-based tools for trauma therapy, including working with "resistant" clients and immigrant and refugee populations. The workshop covers creating safety and rapport, crisis intervention strategies, supporting the child-parent dyad, understanding ACEs study implications, and the benefits of group therapy.
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About This Course


This comprehensive 2-day training delves into advanced, integrative approaches for healing trauma in children, teens, and adults. Participants will gain practical, evidence-based tools to enhance their trauma therapy practices, even with so-called "resistant" clients. The workshop emphasizes creating safety and rapport, working with immigrant and refugee populations, and using one-time crisis intervention strategies. Attendees will learn to support the child-parent dyad, understand the implications of the ACEs study, and explore the benefits of group therapy. The training also focuses on self-care techniques to reduce compassion fatigue among trauma therapists.

Topics of focus will include: 
  • Integrative Approaches and Tools for Trauma Healing: Learn concrete, effective methods for helping individuals of all ages recover from trauma. This includes new therapeutic "hacks" that are welcomed by clients, fostering resilience and healing.
  • Working with Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Explore specific strategies and tips for effectively supporting immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking clients, acknowledging their unique challenges and cultural contexts.
  • Developmental Impact and Parent Support: Understand how trauma affects children at various developmental stages and learn ways to involve parents in the recovery process, strengthening the child-parent relationship and promoting emotional well-being.
  • Therapist Self-Care and Compassion Fatigue: Develop skills and practices for therapists to maintain their well-being, manage compassion fatigue, and sustain their capacity to support clients effectively. This includes personal recovery techniques and professional resilience-building strategies.
*Please note that a portion of the proceeds from your registration will be donated to ATTCH Niagara to support the delivery of free and low cost therapy. Thank you to our guest speaker for their generosity. 
PREREQUISITES: None

FORMAT: Virtually / Self-paced

LENGTH: 2 Days


FOR WHO: Anyone

TAUGHT BY: Christin Mullen & Liliana Casas Hernandez

This course, led by Christin and Liliana Casas Hernandez, focuses on helping children, adolescents, adults, and families find healing in a supportive, inclusive environment. Christin emphasizes sensitivity to cultural, social, and spiritual differences, helping clients uncover strengths and overcome barriers. Liliana, with 17 years of experience, uses therapies like EMDR and TF-CBT to support children, teens, and parents. Together, they offer practical strategies for working with diverse backgrounds and promoting teamwork and growth.


COMPANY / LARGE GROUP ADAPTABLE:  Yes 
We can adapt to fit your requirements and budget, with options for virtual or on-site sessions. Benefit from group discounts and personalized plans for maximum value. Contact us to discuss your specific needs and budget today.
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Featuring Guest Speakers: Christin Mullen & Liliana Casas Hernandez

Christin Mullen

SPEAKER

Christin is dedicated to helping children, adolescents, adults, and families achieve their goals and find healing in a safe environment. As a psychotherapist, she is mindful of cultural, social, economic, religious, and spiritual differences, aiming to help clients discover and express their strengths while overcoming barriers to their true selves. She values client feedback to ensure therapy meets their needs and collaborates with them to set goals and determine the course of therapy.

Christin has worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and identities. As an able-bodied, cis-gender, white, middle-class woman, she is conscious of the privileges her identity affords her and strives to be an ally to all her clients. In the current polarized political climate, she is committed to seeing and hearing people for who they are.

Website: www.christinmullen.com

Liliana Casas 
Hernandez

SPEAKER

Liliana Casas Hernandez, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, has provided counseling to children, teens, and parents for 17 years. She has worked in various settings, including schools, hospitals, non-profits, and outpatient programs, serving clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Liliana uses an integrative approach, incorporating EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. For children, she employs Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).Liliana supports parents in understanding their child's strengths and temperament, helping to overcome barriers and maximize potential. She believes in the continuous potential for growth and learning within families, emphasizing teamwork and mutual learning.

Website: https://upkidsandteens.com/about/
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