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Webinar - Health and Wholeness for Givers of Care: The Path Back Home To Ourselves
Thursday, December 05, 2024, 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM CDT
Category: WAFCA CE Training

Registration for this event begins in August.

Health and Wholeness for Givers of Care: The Path Back Home To Ourselves
Presented by Anita Mandley, MS, LCPC

*Up to 4 CE credits will be issued to those attending this virtual opportunity.
Details: December 5 (10:00am - 2:30pm, including a 30-minute lunch break)

Description: This workshop looks at how caring for others within the power structures of our jobs can change and deplete us. It can also lead us to suppress or shut down parts of ourselves to advance, or even just survive in the workplace. When we are depleted it not only impacts our performance at work, but also how we engage with our families and friends, and in our communities. Issues around caring for ourselves within structures of power, including our jobs, are complex. We will have a conversation about what we carry from our personal and intergenerational histories. So many people who support and care for others also have histories of significant adversity, which can increase their vulnerability to burn-out, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. Often there are high levels of responsibility coupled with a lack of power and a lack of permission for self-care. We will look at how we can find and honor our limits and boundaries.  The intention of this workshop is to provide a path towards the restoration of wholeness, health, and vitality. 

Learning Objectives: Participants will learn...
  • How to recognize the physical and emotional symptoms of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
  • How a personal and intergenerational history of adversity increases their vulnerability to compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. 
  • How power structures invalidate and interfere with their ability to care for themselves. 

  • How to develop a plan for the restoration and maintenance of emotional, physical, and relational health.

Presenter Information: Anita Mandley, MS, LCPC is an Integrative Psychotherapist specializing in Complex and Developmental PTSD, Intergenerational and Cultural Trauma, Relational Wounds, Ancestral Wounds, and Interpersonal Violence. She works with clients who struggle with developing internal safety and safety in relationships and in the world. She works with those who have been marginalized and want to restore or acquire their capacity to be empowered, feel safely connected, have a sense of personal value and expand their capacity to heal any grief that burdens them. Anita works primarily with older adolescents and adults as Individuals or couples, as well as in groups. She has developed, along with Francine Kelley LCPC, a decolonized group healing model for Complex and Developmental PTSD. 

Anita holds a BA in Psychology from Spelman College and an MS in Counseling from National Louis University. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. In addition, she has extensive training in trauma, Somatic Experiencing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Touch Skills for Trauma Healing. She is a certified practitioner of Transforming the Experience Based train as taught by Stephen Terrel, PhD. 

In her over 40 years in the field of mental health, Anita has worked in Substance Abuse, Community Mental Health, Partial Hospitalization Programs, and most recently at The Center for Contextual Change for over 20 years.  

A Note on WAFCA Webinars: Webinars are live virtual learning opportunities designed to be accessed by individuals. Group participation is not encouraged; post-webinar group discussions are a recommended alternative.

In order to offer CE credits for these virtual learning opportunities via NBCC, WAFCA verifies attendance using Zoom. Each registrant receives a unique link that confirms their attendance and email address for CE certificates. Link sharing is not permitted, and CE credits are not available for unregistered participants.

About our Offerings: WAFCA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6778. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. WAFCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Visit the WAFCA-CE registration page for more information on fees and policies. 

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