April 18,19,20,27,28,29
Hours: 10am -3pm EST, except for April 20th and 29th which will meet from 10am-4pm EST.
*Please note these are not full days – to allow for scheduling clients, multiple time zones and breathing time.
26 CE credits available ($40)
The Lost Piece: Reclaiming the Body after Abuse (Part 3)
Teach your clients to gain a sense of their body as a safe place to live. Working gradually and incrementally, we will use Somatic Intervention to repair the body and the sense of self which were compromised by abuse. Enable your clients to contain their internal experience, build trust, tolerate intimacy and approach pleasure.
Location
The space of your choice 🙂

Target Audience
Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors, Creative Arts therapists, Sex Therapists.
Geared for all professional levels.
Course Objectives
After this course, students will be able to:
Identify those clients who shouldn’t be invited to “go inside” their body.
Create enough safety to make therapy possible for them.
Resource clients who are particularly difficult to resource.
Track the body in session, identifying dissociation when present.
Propose somatic “body building” exercises for each client.
Regulate physiological activation in client, and in self.
Interrupt habitual patterns, mindfully, to create new neural pathways.
Identify the missing piece in each trauma, and treat accordingly.
Address the wounds of incest and early childhood sexual abuse.
See below for more information on CE Hours.
Registration Deadline: April 10, 2021
Cancellation policy
up to one month before course begins, full refund minus $50
up to one week before course begins, 50% refund
after that there will be no refund
For any questions or concerns, email: rickibernstein@gmail.com
Agenda
(*this pre-COVID agenda will now take place over 6 zoom meetings)
Day 1
9:00-10:30 Betrayed by the Body
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 The Reparative Power of Choice
1:00-2:00 lunch
2:00-3:00 live demonstration
3:00-3:15 break
3:15-5:00 Practice in Dyads
Day 2
9:00-10:30 Sensing the Self
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 Body Building Exercises
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Live demonstration
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Practice in Dyads
Day 3
9:00-10:30 Self touch and sound to regulate
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 Repairing the Attachment Wound
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Live demonstration
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Practice in Dyads
Day 4
9:00-10:30 Types of Perpetrators
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-1:00 Clinical Pitfalls
1:00-2:00 lunch
2:00-3:00 video analysis
3:00-3:15 break
3:15-5:00 Q&A, processing
Continuing Education
Certificates will be available following satisfactory course completion at www.ceuregistration.com
Satisfactory Completion
Participants must have paid tuition fee, signed in and out each day, attended the entire seminar, and completed an evaluation, And signed out in order to receive a certificate. Failure to sign in or out each day will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit Is Not available.
Psychologists
R. Cassidy Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for this program. (26) CE hours
Psychoanalysts
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0005. (26) clock hours.
Social Workers
Somatic Intervention (Part 1) The Missing Piece: The Body in the Therapy Room (Part 1), Course #3162, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by R. Cassidy Seminars as an individual course. Individual course, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 07/10/2020- 07/10/2022. Social workers completing this course receive 26 Clinical continuing education credits.
(NJ SW: Ace individual course approval would meet the NJ Board of Social Work Examiners requirements for individual course approval pursuant to NJ Code 13:44G-6.4.16)
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0006. This program is approved for (26) contact hours live
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for (26) clock hours, #RCST110701
Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists
CA: The Board of Behavioral Sciences has deferred CE course approvals to APA and ASWB for its licensees. See those approvals under Psychologists and Social Workers.
Other States: If your state is not specifically listed, nearly all state Counselor and MFT boards accept either APA or ASWB approval, or are reciprocal with other state licensing board approvals, such as those listed below. Check with your board to be sure. The Ohio Board includes Counselors and MFTs.
IL: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #168-000141.(26) hours.
NY-LMHCs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0015. (26) contact hours.
NY-LMFTs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0011. (26) contact hours.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for (26) clock hours, #RCST110701
TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists. Provider #151 (26) CE hours.
Creative Arts Therapists
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0005. (26) contact hours
Nurses
CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP12224, for (26) contact hours. Some state nursing boards are reciprocal. Check with your licensing board to be sure.
Co-sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars, P.O. Box 14473, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Disability Access – If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days Or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often And while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions Or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
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There is no conflict of Interest or commercial support for this program.
Registration
- April 18, 2021
10:00 am - 3:00 pm - April 19, 2021
10:00 am - 3:00 pm - April 20, 2021
10:00 am - 4:00 pm - April 27, 2021
10:00 am - 3:00 pm - April 28, 2021
10:00 am - 3:00 pm - April 29, 2021
10:00 am - 4:00 pm