This pre-recorded virtual webinar has been approved for 3 CEUS that meet the ethical requirement for the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.  Please email info@mamft.net upon completion to receive your evaluation and CEU certificate.  

Please note- there are a few opportunities for group discussion and was recorded with breakout rooms live, when this was a live stream recording.  For those watching as a recorded webinar, you are encouraged to write down the questions and reflect on what your answers might be and how the content might relate to your practice.

Understanding and Using Parasocial Relationships, Fandoms, and Social Media in Therapy with Ashley Myhre, MA, LMFT, RYT-200

Live Stream: Friday March 24th 9-12:15

3.0 CEUS

*This webinar has 3 CEUS approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Presenter's Bio: Ashley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in serving her fellow nerds and geeks around trauma, sexuality, and relationships. She is an AMFT & MN Board Approved Supervisor, EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant, Board Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Transgender Care Therapist, and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200). She owns POW! Psychotherapy in Minneapolis, MN, and regularly writes, teaches, and presents on mental health, fandom, clinical sexology, and other wellness topics. Find out more at powpsychotherapy.com.

Workshop Description: Do you include your client’s favorite character as part of their support system? Have you ever asked who they talk to on social media? How about what they learned about themselves by watching that one TV show or writing their latest fanfic? Did you celebrate with them when they finished an epic cosplay? What did you say when they talked to you about secondhand embarrassment keeping them from attending a convention? How did you help them navigate their hero becoming “problematic?” Did you know that YOU have parasocial relationships? Feeling lost? Did those questions sound like gibberish? Even if you’re a top-notch geek yourself, there are ways you can use a client’s parasocial relationships, fandoms, and social media activities to enhance the therapeutic relationship, engage in creative interventions, practice skills, and tap into deep and meaningful exploration and narratives to foster growth and change. This workshop will walk though parasocial relationships, fandoms, and social media to help you understand their clinical relevance, and offer concrete ways to bring their power into session today.

Workshop Objectives:

1. Define parasocial relationships, fandoms, and social media.

2. Summarize how parasocial relationships, fandoms, and social media may impact mental health.

3. Integrate questions about parasocial relationships, fandoms, and social media into the therapy process to identify client resources and enhance the therapeutic relationship.

4. Generate and utilize creative interventions to build on strengths and resources that come from parasocial relationships, fandoms, and social media.

This pre-recorded virtual webinar has been approved for 2 CEUS that meet the ethical requirement for the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy for supervision credit.  Please email info@mamft.net upon completion to receive your evaluation and CEU certificate.  

Please note- there are a few opportunities for group discussion and was recorded when this was a live stream recording.  For those watching as a recorded webinar, you are encouraged to write down the questions and reflect on what your answers might be and how the content might relate to your practice.

The Business Side of Providing Supervision with Mark Wilde, LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Tamara Statz, MA, LMFT, FT

Live Stream- Mon April 3rd, 2023 9-11  

2 Supervision CEUS

*This webinar has 2 Supervision CEUS approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy. 

Presenters' Bios: 
Mark Wilde, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a MN board approved supervisor, and an AAMFT approved supervisor. He has provided both group and individual supervision to clinicians working toward licensure since 2012.

Tamara Statz, MA, LMFT, FT specializes in adult mental health focusing on grief and loss, chronic and terminal illness, caregiving, and dementia in her private practice, Vibrant Living, LLC. In addition to her clinical work, Tamara is an adjunct instructor at Saint Mary's University in both the Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy programs. Tamara is a board-approved supervisor in Minnesota through BMFT and BBHT. She is passionate about equipping the next generation of therapists through education and supportive supervision. As a business owner, Tamara knows first-hand the experiences of creating and maintaining documentation, deciding on a fee structure and discussing money with clients and supervisees, as well as how to advertise services offered. She is passionate about equipping supervisors to make the most of the experience of providing supervision.

Description: One of the first questions many therapists ask after going thru the process of becoming a board-approved supervisor is "How do I find people to supervise?" Another common question is "How much should I charge?" This training will offer answers to these and other important questions that approved supervisors may have about adding supervision as a revenue stream to their side job or as part of their private practice.

Objectives:

1. The participant will learn the basics on how to connect with people who need supervision

2. The participant will learn about how to handle recordkeeping, accounting and other business aspects of supervision.

3. The participant will leave with a better understanding of how to do supervision as part of a small business.

This pre-recorded virtual webinar has been approved for 1.5 CEUS that meet the ethical requirement for the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.  Please email info@mamft.net upon completion to receive your evaluation and CEU certificate.  

Please note- there are a few opportunities for group discussion and was recorded with breakout rooms live, when this was a live stream recording.  For those watching as a recorded webinar, you are encouraged to write down the questions and reflect on what your answers might be and how the content might relate to your practice.

Ambiguous Loss: Attending to the Provider's Experience with 

Kierst Finsand, PsyD, LP and  Heidi Bausch-Ryan, PsyD, LP

Live-Stream Friday April 21st, 2023 8:30-10:00am CST

1.5 CEUs

*This webinar has 1.5 CEUS approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Presenters' Bios: Kierst Finsand, Psy.D. LP, is a psychologist and Associate Director of Clinical services at CARE Counseling. Kierst has studied the experiences of grief and ambiguous loss for those experiencing infertility, and works frequently with clients experiencing a wide range of grief narratives. Kierst has provided professional trainings on grief, resilience, and various therapy modalities including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Dr. Kierst Finsand has worked in university counseling supporting students in their transitions to a new environment and has worked in providing higher level of care intensive programming in an eating disorder recovery setting. Kierst’s clinical interests include grief and loss, eating disorders, somatic exploration and trauma, and resilience.

For the past six years, Dr. Bausch-Ryan has done clinical work and research in the areas of grief, loss and bereavement. Heidi has studied the experiences of grief and losses associated with substance use and recovery, for the individual, family members, and significant others. She has received additional training in the areas of grief and substance use disorders, as well as delivered professional training presentations on grief, depression, anxiety, trauma, co-occurring concerns, and resiliency. Prior to graduating with a doctoral degree, Dr. Bausch-Ryan worked in residential substance use treatment and on an in-patient dual diagnosis unit, serving adolescents to young adults with mental health and substance use concerns. Her clinical interests include grief, substance use and recovery, life transitions, identity explorations, and building resilience.

Workshop Description: Amid the past few years, ambiguous could be seen as one of the more collective life experiences encountered, professionally and personally. The provider’s experience of loss inevitably enters the room (or Zoom) when working with an individual’s grief journey. During this webinar, Dr. Kierst Finsand will define the various forms of ambiguous losses and disenfranchised grief one is likely to encounter in their work. Dr. Heidi Bausch-Ryan will then share about a reflective process helpful in identifying and effectively navigating the provider’s experience during grief-oriented work. Lastly, the speakers will discuss ways providers can approach ambiguous loss and build resilience throughout grief related work to maintain a sustainable practice.

Workshop Objectives:

• Describe ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief
• Recognize how the provider’s personal experience(s) of loss intersects with grief-oriented work
• Practice and post-presentation apply reflective process and interventions for ambiguous loss
• Identify ways to build provider resilience throughout grief related work.

This pre-recorded virtual webinar has been approved for 2 CEUS that meet the ethical requirement for the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.  Please email info@mamft.net upon completion to receive your evaluation and CEU certificate.  

Please note- there are a few opportunities for questions and group discussion when this was a live stream recording.  For those watching as a recorded webinar, you are encouraged to write down the questions and reflect on what your answers might be and how the content might relate to your practice.

Training Series - OCD and I-CBT: Traits and Essentials of Inference-Based CBT with Lucy Grantz, LMFT

Live Stream: Friday May 5th 9:00-11:00 a.m.

2 CEU's 

*This webinar has 2  CEUs approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Presenter's Bio: Lucy Grantz, of Pivot Psychotherapy, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Minnesota specializing in therapy for teens and adults struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety. She has lived experience with recovering from the grip of OCD and is subsequently committed to helping others. Lucy's OCD presentation appeared with primarily mental compulsions, and so this is a specific area of interest.

Currently, Lucy uses Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a preferred method to treat OCD. She finds the approach provides an enlightening "manual for the OCD brain", and has seen clients improve greatly. She attends several peer consultations and also consults with Frederick Aardema, one of the founders of I-CBT. 

Lucy brings to treatment a wealth of experience personally and as a therapist. She has a background in exploring Buddhism and mindfulness, which is beneficial for any therapeutic process. As an OCD provider, Lucy was trained in Exposure and Response Prevention through the Behavioral Therapy Training Institute. She also has experience treating OCD using Rumination-Focused CBT.

Workshop Description: This introductory training in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is designed so that clinicians feel more competent in identifying this in their clients. OCD can be easily mistaken as trauma, general anxiety, and other diagnoses, which can lead to needless suffering.

Additionally, while Exposure and Response Prevention has been considered the unequaled “gold standard” for treatment, we now have other options for OCD, namely Inference-Based CBT. In this training I will provide an overview of this newer and very effective, evidence-based treatment approach.

Workshop Objectives:

1. Increase ability to identify OCD in their clients, including the purely mental presentation of compulsions (nicknamed “Pure-O”)
2. Increase understanding of the mechanism of OCD thought
3. Learn about differential diagnoses
4. Know treatments generally used in the US
5. Gain insight into the newer treatment modality, Inference-Based CBT

This pre-recorded virtual webinar has been approved for 1.5 CEUS that meet the ethical requirement for the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.  Please email info@mamft.net upon completion to receive your evaluation and CEU certificate.  

Please note-at the end there is a group discussion and was recorded when this was a live stream recording.  For those watching as a recorded webinar, you are encouraged to write down the questions and reflect on what your answers might be and how the content might relate to your practice.

Introduction to Medical Family Therapy: Theory & Concepts with 

Lisa Zak-Hunter, PhD, LMFT and Susan Pfau, LMFT

Live Stream: Thursday July 20th 1-2:30p CST

1.5 CEUs

*This webinar has 1.5 CEUs approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Presenters' Bios: M. Susan Pfau, LMFT, is a behavioral health predoctoral intern at St. John's Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program (2022-23). Her career goals are to provide behavioral health for patients across their lifespan in an integrated medical setting in the Twin Cities, supervise LMFTs pursuing licensure, and become a faculty member at a higher education institution. Susan specializes in diagnosis and management of mental health in ages 0-5. She is pursuing a PhD in Medical Family Therapy at Northcentral University.

Dr. Lisa Zak-Hunter is an LMFT and clinical fellow with AAMFT. She serves as the Director of Behavioral Health at St. John's Family Medicine Residency with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. In this role, she works in a primary care clinic as part of an integrated care team that includes resident and faculty physicians, medical students, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, and nursing. Dr. Zak-Hunter is passionate about medical family therapy (MedFT), integrated behavioral healthcare, family-centered care, residency education, provider wellbeing, and culturally responsive trauma-informed care. She has published, presented, and taught in these areas for over a decade. She is a founder and chair of the Medical Family Therapy Consortium, a national group of MedFT practitioners, academics, and advisors working together to advance the field through self-promotion, training/education, and workforce development.

Workshop Description: This workshop is an introduction to the field of Medical Family Therapy (MedFT). The content will focus on theories, concepts, and constructs related to working with couples and families facing medical illness and disability. We will cover foundational theories and history beginning with the biopsychosocial and then biopsychosocial spiritual models and McDaniel, Hepworth, and Doherty's early work. Then we will explore Rolland's (1994, 2018) expansion on this work and concepts to better understand how illness impacts families at different life stages, how typology of illness impacts families, and the role that diverse family and cultural illness beliefs influence understanding and treatment.

Workshop Objectives:

1. Develop a basic understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of Medical Family Therapy (MedFT)

2. Be able to identify how illness phases & typology impact families.

3. Develop an understanding and appreciation for the diversity of cultural beliefs as they relate to health and illness

AntiRacism Facilitation Training for Therapists with Lucreshia Grant, MS

Live Stream: Friday, August 18th, 12:00-3:15 p.m.

3 Cultural Competency CEUs

*This webinar has 3 Cultural Competency CEUS approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Presenter's Bio: Lucreshia Grant is a  graduate of UW Stout's Marriage and Family therapy Program. Since graduating she has been working as a couples therapist in St. Louis Park. Lucreshia has been working in racial justice since 2008 in a variety of capacities. While at Augsburg University she ran their interracial/ interfaith dialogues. As a 2013 CoreAlign fellow she studied Eugenics and did many talking circles and racial healing sessions. Lucreshia is passionate about transforming therapy spaces into antiracist, body centered spaces of healing. At the Relationship Therapy Center she has coordinated their antiracist efforts for the past 3 years. She identifies as pro Black and is hungry for liberation. 

Workshop Description: This workshop will be interactive and engaging. The purpose of this workshop is to further deepen your work as antiracist, especially when it comes to therapy and the work you do with clients. We will talk about different models of therapy and how they can be bridged to have an antiracist lens. Storytelling is a part of the fabric of the workshop. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences and expertise. 

Workshop Objectives:

1. Further therapist's awareness of racist automatic responses. 

2. Gather new ideas about how to show up in an anti-racist or non-racist way in the therapy space. 

3. Make a plan for more study and understanding of anti-racist practice, group development, newsletter add-ons and day to day efforts. 

Cultural Humility: Responding to Self and Others
with Hannah Dufek, MA, LADC, LPCC

Live Stream: Friday, September 29th 9-10a.m. 

1 CEUs

*This webinar has 1 Cultural Competency CEU  approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Workshop Description:

Responding to cultural differences has been a topic of discussion for a number of years and continues to grow in importance as individuals from diverse backgrounds increasingly seek therapeutic services. Learning to use cultural humility in relationships allows participants to take the pressure off of knowing the “right thing to say” about different cultures and instead focus on the relationship being built by showing up as the whole self. Participants will learn how to identify their own intricate cultural identities so that they can reflect on ways that their human experiences show up in the therapy room. Participants will also learn how to repair cultural ruptures when there are inevitable misunderstandings or microaggressions that often occur in human interactions. By increasing cultural humility, conversations about culture will become more open, more honest, and more comfortable in order to create safe and effective therapeutic relationships.

Objectives:

1. Define cultural humility and identify why it is important in relationships.

2. Name the three components that make up cultural humility.

3. Reflect on their own aspects of identity using the ADDRESSING model.

4. Begin to explore and describe ways to repair cultural ruptures.

 Application of Medical Family Therapy in a Primary Care Setting 

with Susan Pfau, LMFT, RPT and Lisa Zak Hunter, PhD, LMFT

Live Stream Thursday November 8th 1-2:30p CST

1.5 CEUs

*This webinar has 1.5 CEUs  approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.

*it is recommended that you either have some basic knowledge of Medical Family Therapy or have participated in the webinar "Introduction to Medical Family Therapy: Theory & Concepts" in the Training Series prior to taking this course

Presenters' Bios: M. Susan Pfau, LMFT, is a behavioral health predoctoral intern at St. John's Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program (2022-23). Her career goals are to provide behavioral health for patients across their lifespan in an integrated medical setting in the Twin Cities, supervise LMFTs pursuing licensure, and become a faculty member at a higher education institution. Susan specializes in diagnosis and management of mental health in ages 0-5. She is pursuing a PhD in Medical Family Therapy at Northcentral University.

Dr. Lisa Zak-Hunter is an LMFT and clinical fellow with AAMFT. She serves as the Director of Behavioral Health at St. John's Family Medicine Residency with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. In this role, she works in a primary care clinic as part of an integrated care team that includes resident and faculty physicians, medical students, behavioral health, pharmacy, social work, and nursing. Dr. Zak-Hunter is passionate about medical family therapy (MedFT), integrated behavioral healthcare, family-centered care, residency education, provider wellbeing, and culturally responsive trauma-informed care. She has published, presented, and taught in these areas for over a decade. She is a founder and chair of the Medical Family Therapy Consortium, a national group of MedFT practitioners, academics, and advisors working together to advance the field through self-promotion, training/education, and workforce development.

Description: This workshop will be on the application of Medical Family Therapy in a primary care setting. We will cover integrative care with medical professionals and family therapists with a primary focus on communication between disciplines, and the incorporation of diverse family and cultural illness beliefs in healthcare.

Objectives:

·  Gain an understanding of communication between medical professionals and medical family therapists.

·  Understanding the application of family systems lens in a primary care setting and therapy methods for integrated care settings.

Introduction to Medical Family Therapy: Theory & Concepts with Susan Pfau, LMFT, RPT

Live Stream: Thursday, November 9th, 9-11 a.m.

2 CEUs

*This webinar has 2 CEUS approved by the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.