Clinical Training
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The Balanced Life, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6838. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
The Balanced Life, LLC is also an approved Continuing Education provider for the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners No. 0667.
The Balanced Life, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Understanding and Working with Step and Blended Families in Therapy
5 Contact Hours
Friday, April 14 2023
9:45 am until 4:30 PM
In Person Training: Madison Public Library Auditorium 142 Plaza Blvd. Madison, AL 35758
Cost to attend:
$100 by 4/1/2023
$130 through 4/13/2023
Speaker: Holly Walker, LPC-S
Learning Objectives:
- Define vocabulary and statistics when working with step/blended families.
- Identify healthy and unhealthy boundaries in step/blended families.
- Clarify common stumbling blocks, relationship challenges, and unrealistic expectations.
- Understand tools and interventions specific to this population.
- Identify resources for counselors and their clients including books, podcasts and apps.
Providing Ethically and Clinically Sound Supervision
5 Contact Hours (includes 3 hours ethics and will meet the requirement to provide online supervision)
Friday, May 12, 2023
9:45 am until 4:30 PM
In Person Training: Madison Public Library Auditorium 142 Plaza Blvd. Madison, AL 35758
Cost to attend:
$100 by 4/28/2023
$130 through 5/11/2023
Speakers: Dana Hampson, LPC-S, MBA
Learning Objectives:
- Review the ACA Code of Ethics to improve understanding of the ethical obligations of supervisors, including provision of online supervision
- Discuss common challenges in supervising newly licensed counselors
- Consider obstacles that arise in providing supervision and how to competently address them
- Review components of a healthy supervisor/supervisee relationship
- Process what to do when you have concerns about a supervisee
Hypnosis Certification Course
Have you always been interested in learning more about hypnosis and being able to add it to your list of specialties and use it with your clients? Maggie Minsk is delighted to announce that she will be offering a hypnosis certification course this SPRING, through the National Guild of Hypnotists in Madison, Alabama!
Hypnosis is becoming more widely used these days due to research in the field of neuroscience showing its many uses and benefits. HYPNOSIS is a natural, every-day occurrence that as a counselor you are probably informally using in your practice already, so the more we know about it the more we can increase our effectiveness and use it to our advantage both professionally and personally.
As a clinician specializing in Borderline Personality Disorder, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and the severe and often multiple traumas that go along with that, Maggie Minsk uses hypnosis daily as an adjunct to treatment and an additional modality to therapy to increase client success. She will be sharing how she uses hypnosis in her practice.
This course is geared specifically for clinicians and aimed at preparing you to use hypnosis after the first weekend! The course spans three weekends for a total of seven days (May 5-7, June 3-4, and July 1-2). There will be 75 hours of training done face-to-face, with approximately 25 hours of work done on your own time. The trainings will be held at The Balanced Life office- 9238 Madison Blvd, Suite 800 Madison, AL 35758.
Registration Fees:
Early Bird-Pay in full by April 14, 2023 = $2800
Registration and paying in full after April 14 or using payment plan: $2950
This course satisfies the 100-hour training requirement for the Hypnosis Certification, and after completing the course, you will be CERTIFIED through the National Guild of Hypnotists and receive a full year’s membership! All materials, workbooks, test and certificate fees are included in the cost of this course. Fifteen (15) contact hours will also be awarded at the completion of the course. Contact hours are approved by NBCC and the ABSWE.
Don’t delay, registration is limited to 12 participants. Please email Maggie at maggie@thebalancedlifellc.com for the registration form or call or text her directly at 252-288-2724. If you have questions about the class or certification, please contact Maggie directly. Once registered, Maggie will also make sure you get a copy of the workbooks that accompany the course.
Presenter Bio: Maggie Minsk is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing at The Balanced Life, LLC and has been a certified hypnotherapist with the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) since 2006. Maggie is also Certified Instructor (CI) with NGH and travels around the country giving lectures and presentations and workshops on using hypnosis and the neuroscience behind how hypnosis works!
Treating Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Teens
3 Contact Hours
Friday, June 9, 2023
9:45 am until 1:15 pm
In Person Training: Madison Public Library Auditorium 142 Plaza Blvd. Madison, AL 35758
Cost to attend:
$80 by 5/26/2023
$110 through 6/8/2023
Speaker: Casey Harris, LPC
Learning Objectives:
- Determine the difference between self-injury and suicidal ideation/attempts.
- Learn risk and contributing factors to NSSI and why children and teens resort to self-injury.
- Learn effective interventions to teach clients who self-injure proper stress management, how to manage trifferes once self-injury has become habitual, and how to develop a safety plan.
Creative Strategies for Treating Angry Teens and Adults
3 Contact Hours
Friday, July 14, 2023
9:45 am until 1:15 pm
In Person Training: Madison Public Library Auditorium 142 Plaza Blvd. Madison, AL 35758
Cost to attend:
$80 by 7/1/2023
$110 through 7/13/2023
Speaker: Mackenzie Boothe, LPC
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn strategies to communicate and facilitate change in angry clients.
2. Discover specific techniques and exercises to help clients understand their triggers, build healthy support systems, and communicate effectively.
3. Explore how to help clients improve self-awareness, stress-management, and relationship skills.
Complex Trauma: Effectively Identifying and Treating Clients
3 Contact Hours
Friday, August 25, 2023
9:45 am until 1:15 pm
In Person Training: Madison Public Library Auditorium 142 Plaza Blvd. Madison, AL 35758
Cost to attend:
$80 by 08/11/2023
$110 through 08/24/2023
Speaker: Laura Boothe, ALC, NCC
Learning Objectives:
1- Define and learn about the presenting symptoms and diagnosis of complex trauma.
2- Understand tools and treatment models for specific complex traumas such as: developmental trauma, betrayal trauma, and religious trauma.
3- Review and discuss case studies of complex trauma clients and learn effective interventions.
4- Identify resources for complex trauma that would be useful for mental health professionals and their clients.
Using the Enneagram in Clinical Work
6 Contact Hours
Friday, October 27, 2023
9:45 am until 4:30 PM
In Person Training: Madison Public Library Auditorium 142 Plaza Blvd. Madison, AL 35758
Cost to attend:
$120 by 10/13/2023 (lunch included)
$140 10/14-10/25/2023 (lunch not included)
Speaker: Holly Walker, LPC-S
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the Enneagram’s 9 types, including finding out your own number.
- Overview of the 9 levels of health within each of the 9 types.
- Learn about the 3 instincts (subtypes) and the wings.
- Mix in the MBTI and DISC personality types and how they mesh well with the Enneagram.
- Integrate the Enneagram into therapy sessions.
- Have fun together!! Who doesn’t love learning about personality types?
Refund, Transfer, Cancellation and Postponement Policy
Refunds:
If a refund is requested by the participant a refund, minus a $25.00 administrative fee, will be provided assuming the request is received at least two weeks in advance of the event. All cancellations must be in writing and should be emailed to dana@thebalancedlifellc.com. No refunds will be issued if the request is received less than two weeks prior to the training event. If a participant fails to attend the seminar, no refunds or transfers will be issued.
Transfers:
If a participant is unable to come to a training he/she is registered for, he/she may transfer the registration fee to a future training. The request to transfer the registration must be a minimum of two weeks before the scheduled event. The credit must be used within 12 months of the original training date. If there is a balance due (i.e. the original training fee is less than the one being transfered to), the participant will need to submit a check to The Balanced Life, LLC for the balance a minimum of two weeks prior to the new training date.
Cancellations:
If The Balanced Life, LLC cancels a seminar, a full refund will be provided. The Balanced Life, LLC reserves the right to cancel any seminar due to low enrollment, weather or other special circumstance.
Postponements:
At times, postponing a seminar may be unavoidable. If a seminar is postponed, all registered will have the option to attend the seminar on the newly scheduled date, or have their registration transferred to another seminar of their choice within the next 12 months. No refunds will be given. If a seminar is not attended within that 12-month period, transfer of paid registration to another seminar is forfeited.
By enrolling, regardless of payment method, means that you agree to and will adhere to the refund, transfer, cancellation and postponement policy.
The Balanced Life, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6838. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Balanced Life, LLC is also an approved Continuing Education provider for the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners No. 0667.The Balanced Life, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
