Inner Child Work
in Client-Centred Psychotherapy
CE053
Prerequisites: None
Overview
Over the past years, the understanding of the impact of developmental trauma and neglect has increased. Yet, most professional responses are geared towards symptom reduction only. Inner Child work offers another approach, one that allows us to shift from the experience of the hurt and scared Child into that of the secure and capable Adult.
This course reviews the basics of Inner Child work: trust building, cultivating the skill of observation, and introducing the idea of the Inner Adult – while exploring all concepts of Inner Child work as an approach for getting in touch and healing the vulnerable part in our clients.
As an approach to psychotherapy, Inner Child work becomes a safe way to explore past experiences that shaped our client’s current day responses and behaviours. From that exploration we can then use the client’s strengths and their Adult self to heal and integrate past traumas and to gain a new perspective of their biography, thus allowing them to create new experiences in their current day lives.
Participants will learn:
- How to apply their Observer Self to keep clients safe during their explorations
- How to help clients find and build their own Adult Self
- Safety measures and cautions in Inner Child work
- Which tools work well with Inner Child work as an approach
- How to apply the Inner Child approach with clients of different backgrounds and approaches to life
- How to use their own understanding of Self safely when working with vulnerable clients in Inner Child work sessions
- How to work with experiences from different phases of life
Format: Five videos to download – plus homework assignments, test, and case studies depending on tier
Duration:
Audit Tier: 8 hours
Regular Tier: 13 hours
Enhanced (CEU) Tier: 17 hours 30 minutes
All prices in Canadian Dollars.
Audit Tier
$ 205.00 incl. HST
This tier allows you to watch the videos and participate in the in-class reflections at your own leisure, without any pressure.
Total time to complete this tier: 8 hours
Regular Tier
$ 335.00 incl. HST
With this tier, you will receive a Certificate of Participation after watching the videos and finishing the in-course activities. The Certificate of Participation is not intended as a CEU certificate.
Anticipated time to complete this tier: 13 hours
Enhanced Tier (CEU certificate)
$ 450.00 incl. HST
After completing the requirements for the Regular Tier, you will be asked to submit a pair of case studies and pass a short test. After successful completion of all requirements, you will receive a Continued Education Units (CEU) certificate for 17.5 hours.
Anticipated time to complete this tier: 17.5 hours
Participation in this workshop allows OAMHP members to apply 17.5 hours (CECs) towards their required continuing education hours. OAMHP’s review of the general content of this workshop recognizes the learning objectives meet and support the criteria (1) for best known practice in continuing education and (2) for educational requirements for mental health professionals.
I found this workshop to be really informative and educational. I took a lot of my own notes during the workshop and really enjoyed learning about the Inner Child and how you can use this approach in a therapeutic setting. I left this course feeling like I had tons of tips and tools in my back pocket to use in session with clients and feeling more confident in my ability as a practitioner in facilitating Inner Child work.
I participated in the Inner Child Workshop in October 2019. My goal was to deepen my understanding of how to work with clients in a concrete way. I found the 3 days to be highly informative. Sabine presented an altogether new way of thinking about Inner Child work and how to approach it. I came away with some valuable tools to integrate into my practice.
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