Courses | Psychology

Antioch Seattle is a qualified provider of continuing education for mental health clinicians in the State of Washington and is a National Board for Certified Counselors approved provider of continuing education workshops.

Using Your Mental Health Code of Ethics
I See What You Mean: The Mandala and MARI as Creative Counseling Tools
Yoga and Art Therapy in a Therapeutic Context

Clinical Supervision: Improving Skills in a New Era
Holistic Approaches to Recovery Treatment
Couples Therapy and Personality Disorders
Trauma and the Body: Understanding the Neuroscience and Working with Right Brain to Right Brain Communication
Inquiry Based Stress Reduction: A Practical Approach to Mindful Living

Using Your Mental Health Code of Ethics (or How to Avoid Narcolepsy and Dread While Fulfilling Your Ethics Requirements) (6 CE Hours)
Friday, March 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $130 general; $120 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff

Codes of ethics are evolving, dynamic documents designed to help clinicians navigate challenging issues that arise in mental health practice. Learn to use codes of ethics to problem-solve sample situations in a lively small group format. Review the ethical decision making process and participate in a group analysis of a series of vignettes using the codes of ethics of ACA, NASW and AAMFT as guideposts. The day is designed to be lively and interactive as well as to meet the Washington State law and ethics requirements for mental health professionals.

Learn the key elements of the ethical decision making process
Increase your skill in using the code of ethics as a resource
Improve your awareness of current ethical issues that are shaping our practice environment

Instructor: Lisa Erickson, M.S., L.M.H.C., has been a mental health counselor, clinical supervisor, program director and consultant for more than 25 years and is an adjunct faculty member in Antioch's School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. She has been very active at the state level with issues related to licensure and supervision. For more information, visit her website.

I See What You Mean: The Mandala and MARI as Creative Counseling Tools (6 CE hours)
Friday, March 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $130 general; $120 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff

Discover therapeutic uses of the mandala, a circular drawing which Carl Jung referred to as a "cryptogram"—a coded message from the self. In this experiential workshop, find out how you can use mandalas to gain insight into clients' issues and to reinforce their counseling progress. Develop familiarity with the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI), a non-verbal assessment tool for client evaluation and guidance.

Instructor: Chris Brewer, MA, FAMI, has been a MARI practitioner for 12 years and has taught MARI certification courses in the U.S., Germany and Canada. She holds a master's degree in music therapeutics and is a certified trainer in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music. Brewer currently lives in Bellingham where she teaches at Western Washington University's Fairhaven College and also directs an arts-in-education program.

Yoga and Art Therapy in a Therapeutic Context
(6 CE Hours)
Friday, March 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $130 general; $120 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff

With the growing understanding of the mind/body connection for greater mental health, both yoga and art offer profound ways of connecting people to their authentic source. Many types of clients respond to the sense of groundedness that creativity and movement bring to the experience of counseling. In this experiential workshop, learn how to bring a mindfulness-based practice to sessions with clients. Find out what helps clients find their own sense of personal power in the therapeutic process. Develop confidence in integrating art and yoga with clients by addressing a range of clinical issues. Gain an understanding of the basics of the chakra system for emotional well-being, the essentials of yoga therapy and Jungian art therapy, as well as the use of mandala and color work with clients.

Basic art materials will be provided. Please bring a yoga mat and any "props" (such as a foam block, cushion, etc.) you may need. Wear comfortable clothes.

Instructors:
Rebecca Bloom, MPS, ATR-BC, LMHC, is a visiting faculty member in Antioch's School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. Bloom provides private art therapy counseling and supervision in Seattle.

Carey DeMartini, ATR-BC, LMHC, RYT, has been integrating the powers of the mind, body and creativity in her work with others for nine years. DeMartini has studied extensively with Ana Forrest, Shari Friedrichsen and the Samarya Center in Seattle.

Clinical Supervision: Improving Skills in a New Era (15 CE Hours—meets DOH requirements)
Two Fridays: April 16 and April 23, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Tuition: $250 general; $225 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff

One way to become an approved supervisor in Washington State is to take a 15 hour continuing education course in clinical supervision. This course meets that requirement. Good clinical supervision benefits the client, the clinician and the organization. In this two-day course, learn about new developments in the WAC as it applies to clinical supervision of associates, certified counselors and certified advisors. Improve your supervisory skills, and develop a better understanding of the difference between supervision and consultation. Explore the effects of gender, age and ethnicity on the supervisory relationship, and learn about the developmental stages of supervisors and supervisees. In a safe and supportive environment, engage in collaborative problem-solving of particular supervision challenges you may be experiencing.

Holistic Approaches to Recovery Treatment
(6 CE Hours)
Friday, April 30, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $130 general; $120 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff

Washington State DSHS recently merged the departments of mental health and substance abuse into one Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery. Brain research and holistic wisdom are inspiring new frameworks for addiction treatment. Come explore an emerging holistic team treatment model for co-occurring clients, especially youth.

Learn the benefits of a team approach to client care that includes mental health and potentially other wellness providers.
Explore team selection, training, consultation, treatment planning, supervision and funding for holistic services and team support.
Develop innovative strategies for engaging youth in substance-abuse treatment. This training qualifies as an official orientation to The Seven Challenges: (www.sevenchallenges.com).

This workshop is particularly appropriate for mental health, chemical dependency and wellness professionals.

Instructor: Marianne R. Rose, M.A., CDP, LMHCA, is a private practice therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and addictions. She is the Clinical Director for Vashon Island's Holistic Approaches to Recovery Treatment (HART), a Washington State DBHR outpatient agency. Rose is a certified Leader Trainer for The Seven Challenges. Some of Rose's colleagues from HART will co-lead portions of this workshop. "Therapet" Otis, a small dog that assists in Rose's therapy practice, will also attend.

Couples Therapy and Personality Disorders
(6 CE hours)
Friday, May 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $130 general; $120 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff

Personality disorders add additional levels of complexity to couples therapy. In this engaging, interactive workshop, develop skill in assessing the type (borderline, narcissistic, schizoid) and level (low, mid and high) of personality disorder and the subsequent relational difficulties from an object related perspective. Build your skill in using interventions designed to speak to the different "languages" of the various personalities. Learn practical techniques to deal with the various stages of couples therapy. Develop familiarity with associated topics including attachment theory and research, sexual addictions, trauma and PTSD, developing capacity for intimacy, interlocking projections and countertransference. There is time within the workshop for participants to present cases for consultation.

Instructor: Steven K. Reed, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice and is on the faculty of the Masterson Institute. He specializes in personality disorders, trauma and spirituality. Reed is a frequent workshop presenter for Washington State Psychological Association and other organizations. He has taught at the graduate level has published on subjects including personality disorders, trauma and countertransference.

Trauma and the Body: Understanding the Neuroscience and Working with Right Brain to Right Brain Communication (6 CE Hours)
Friday, May 21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $130 general; $120 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff

Many in the mental health field believe a paradigm shift is occurring in how clinicians think about and treat trauma. There are signs that the nearly exclusive focus on conscious cognition (explicit-left brain) is yielding to a growing acknowledgement of the importance of nonconscious affect (implicit-right brain). Develop a familiarity with the autonomic nervous system (fight/flight/freeze) which is essential in understanding and treating clients who vacillate between hyperarousal (rage/terror states) and hypoarousal (dissociation). Explore the differences between the left brain explicit system and the right brain implicit system. Develop strategies for responding to and intervening with clients from a right to right brain perspective. Discuss the transference and countertransference implications of a right brain perspective. The workshop combines didactic presentations including numerous clinical examples, along with (non-threatening) experiential learning activities.

Instructor: Ralph "Trip" Quillman, M.A., ACSW, is a clinical social worker in private practice for the past 25 years. He has taught workshops on topics including "Borderline Personality: Understanding and Working With Projective Identification" and "Treating Borderline, Narcissistic and Schizoid Personality: What Neuroscience Is Teaching Us About Embodiment, Affect, Cognition and Therapist Self-Regulation."

Inquiry Based Stress Reduction: A Practical Approach to Mindful Living (6 CE Hours)
Friday, June 4, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $130 general public; 120 Antioch alumni, faculty and staff

Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR) is a new therapy approach useful with individual clients, couples or in group therapy settings. This approach goes beyond mindfulness meditation practice; it offers clients both practical and concrete ways of applying the principles of mindfulness and inquiry in their daily lives. IBSR is a clinical adaptation of "The Work of Byron Katie."

In this introductory workshop on therapeutic uses of IBSR, find out how to identify the underlying concepts that cause your clients' suffering. Learn to guide clients through an investigation of each stress-inducing concept using the Four Questions and an evaluation of the truth of each of these concepts.

Instructor: Anil Coumar, M.A., M.B.B.S., trained as a medical physician in India and a mental health counselor here. He is the director of the Mental Health Clinic at the University of Washington's Hall Health Center. He co-authored a book chapter, "Mindfulness Meditation in the Prevention and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors," published in 2006.