Continuing Education

Course Description:
Jean Paul Sarte said “Hell is Other People” and both in our personal and professional lives, navigating relationships and communicating our needs and boundaries are often our biggest sources of stress. This six hour training will employ group discussion, case studies, and skills training to give participants a comprehensive knowledge of communication styles, systems theory explanations of why families and individuals often employ toxic communication, and how to teach others more adaptive communication skills.

Course Description:
This introductory training to trauma and PTSD provides the learners with a comprehensive exploration of the psychological trauma field, the nature of trauma (sexual abuse, combat, and natural disasters), how trauma affects individuals, grief reactions, and traumatic stress. Also included in this training, is the exploration of the professional’s response to trauma, vicarious traumatization, the use of trauma-informed care as a crisis intervention, comorbid disorders and general treatment issues.

Suicide attempts, suicidal ideation and clinical depression are significantly higher among trans and gender diverse youth. This workshop will discuss factors connected to suicidal risk, including internal conflicts about gender identity, discrimination and minority stress, bullying and cyber-bullying, and lack of social and familial support.

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Eating disorders, disordered eating and body image concerns are common among many client populations, and this is especially true within the LGBTQ community. This workshop will increase clinical knowledge and competency in working with people with eating disorders, and discuss why eating disorders occur so frequently within the LGBTQ population

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This training will focus on understanding and working with both fetal loss and issues related to fertility. When someone becomes pregnant, there is often a sense of hopefulness and looking forward to the future. But when pregnancy loss occurs or it is difficult or impossible to get pregnant, loss becomes a significant part of the experience. 

 

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This workshop will offer a foundation perspective on what aspects influence how development occurs in neighborhoods within the City of Pittsburgh.  It will also detail how residents and organizations can work both with and against the system to ensure communities are places that protect the vulnerable while providing opportunity for growth. 

 

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