Registration Form VSCSW Pinkus-Schwartz Symposium

April 25, 2014

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Virginia Society for Clinical Social Work

& VCU School of Social Work

The Clinical and Ethical

Challenges of Working with

Traumatized Clients:

Transference, Counter-

transference and Vicarious

Traumatization

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Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA

President and Founder, The Insti-tute for Advanced Psychotherapy

Training and Education, Inc.

Pinkus-Schwartz

Symposium

VCU Student Commons

April 25, 2014

6 Category I Contact Hours

6 CEUS

Fees

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the connection between a client's traumatic family-of-origin and the impact it has on transference in the therapeutic rela-tionship.

2. Identify at least four risk factors that make mental health professionals vulnerable to vicarious traumatization, and five warning signs that indicate compassion fatigue.

3. Explain four manifestations of counter-transference and three examples of how they impact the client-therapist relationship.

4. Identify at least three “red flags” that are indicative of waning ethics in our work with trauma survivors.

5. Describe appropriate strategies for ethically addressing boundaries and gift giving in the client-therapist relationship.

The Clinical and Ethical Challenges of

Working with Traumatized Clients:

Transference, Counter-transference and

Vicarious Traumatization.

In this workshop, we will explore the powerful

and often complicated therapeutic alliance that

exists between mental health professionals and

clients with histories of trauma, abuse, and ne-

glect. We will discuss the “coping strategies” and

inevitable emotional baggage that clients bring

with them into treatment, the assumptions they

make about therapists and the therapy process,

and the impact that “traumatic transference” has

on the relationship. We will also look at poten-

tial triggering experienced by the therapist and

how their own vulnerabilities can evoke counter

-transferential responses that impact efficacy,

relationship dynamics, treatment agendas and

outcomes. Participants will also learn about the

ways in which they are vulnerable to vicarious

traumatization and the effects that can heave on

the therapeutic alliance. In addition, we will

explore the common “red flags” that are indica-

tive of waning ethics in our work with trauma

survivors, as well as some of the ethical chal-

lenges that emerge in this work including: use of

self-disclosure; gift giving; and boundary setting.

Many of these issues will be illustrated through

case vignettes and clips from popular movies

and TV shows that demonstrate deviations in

the standard of care, transference, and counter-

transference in the client-therapist relationship.

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Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA

As founder of The Institute for Advanced Psy-

chotherapy Training and Education, Inc., Lisa is

the guiding force behind a team of seasoned

clinicians and educators whose mission is to

provide Social Workers and other mental

health professionals with state-of-the-art con-

tinuing education encompassing a wide variety

of clinical issues, client populations, and prac-

tice settings. Her 25-plus years of professional

experience have paved the way for the devel-

opment of an effective approach to learning

that is fostered by a professional, nurturing,

supportive and fun teaching environment.

Along with managing The Institute and run-

ning a very active clinical practice, Lisa is a

locally and nationally known author, speaker,

and consultant. She has written numerous arti-

cles for journals and publications including

New York University's Child Study Center and

the Psychotherapy Networker Journal. Most

notably, Lisa participated in a documentary

entitled “The Multiple Personality Puzzle,”

which was produced for the Learning Channel,

and took part in a series of educational videos

focusing on eating disorders, available through

Cavalcade Videos.

Schedule

8:00 Check in

VCU Student Commons, 2nd Floor

8:30 Presentation*

11:30 Lunch

12:15 –3:15 Presentation

* Please note the start time.