Second Saturday Seminars

Our trauma is stored in the right side of our brain, which additionally is the visual processing side of our brain. This pairing creates the perfect dynamic for visual re-processing of traumatic experiences. In this interactive presentation, you will begin to understand how art therapy can help teens with healing from trauma. You will be able to experience creating an art piece of your own as a small glimpse into your client’s experience.

Are you looking to learn about counseling LGBTQ+ clients? Or, do you need to refresh your multicultural competence and humility in working with this community as a counselor? This workshop is for you!

Those who attend this workshop will leave with awareness, knowledge, and skills to provide affirming care to, and advocate for, LGBTQ+ clients. To scaffold learning, current, appropriate terminology and language related to affectional/sexual orientation and attraction and internal gender will be described. As you become more familiar with this knowledge, a better awareness of the intersection of LGBTQ+ status in relation to other socially constructed identities will be acquired and your understanding of systemic barriers faced by this community will develop. The workshop will also review local, national, and global resources to improve counselors’ multicultural competency and skills when working with LGBTQ+ clients.