Training for Professionals

Using Action to Effect Change

TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS

Neurobiology research shows that much of our memory is buried in parts of the brain and the body that are not easily accessed by talk or thought. These discoveries demonstrate why the addition of action to the therapeutic process can be so valuable.

At the Action Institute of California, we offer training for professionals, students and interns in any human services field, including mental health, education, substance abuse and recovery (including mandated clients), Employee Assistance Programs and Human Resources, nursing and medicine, corrections and religion.

In Action Institute workshops and trainings, you will be taught specific techniques, such as psychodrama, sociometry and sociodrama, for use with individuals, groups and families. Our trainings are tailored based on your needs and practice, and taught in a relaxed environment conducive to learning.

In each training group or workshop, special attention is paid to creating a safe place to learn and practice new skills. Specific action methods tools are taught, in a step-by-step fashion, so that you can build upon your existing clinical skills.

Special topics taught include (but are not limited to):

* Using Action Methods for Group Building
* Trauma Containment vs. Exploration
* Working with “Resistance”
* Healing Toxic Shame
* Dealing with Conflict Effectively
* Addiction and Recovery
* Anger vs. Rage: How Do I Work With Them?
* Grounding Techniques for Dissociated Clients
* Empty Chair Work
* When in Doubt: Ethical Choices

There will be many opportunities to practice these skills after they are demonstrated, and where appropriate, participants will be encouraged and supported to student direct.

PERSONAL GROWTH WORK FOR CLINICIANS

Learning new skills allows us to grow in our professional development. And as we do, there are fewer and fewer places available to do our own work. This is especially true for those working in the recovery community. We at the Action Institute of California are committed to creating a safe space for professionals to do their own work – whether it be dealing with issues of countertransference, recovery-related issues, family of origin issues, or issues arising in our present life. All of these can be brought to our trainings.

As clinicians, we are all in the business of helping people – and sometimes, in order to be a better clinician, the person we need to help most is ourselves.

Please click here for a listing of upcoming trainings

If you would like a training done for your staff or at your agency, please click here.

All trainings offer CE hours for California MFT and LCSW (PCE#3645), NAADAC, LPC, CAS, CET and Psychodrama.

WHY TRAIN WITH US??

• Safe and supportive environment of risk taking and learning

• Step by step process so that you build on existing skills

• Training is tailored to your needs and practice

TESTIMONIALS

“After just my first training session with Jean, I felt excited to go practice with my clients what I had learned…and I felt really well prepared to do that.”

Rob M, Los Angeles, CA

“I so appreciate the safe environment that Jean creates for her students. I feel like it’s okay to admit when I make a mistake. I know that I’ll be supported, not shamed, and that allows me to grow as a therapist.”

Nora L, New York, NY

11340 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 207

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phone: 310-909-9780

E-mail: actioninstitute@mac.com

Website: www.theactioninstitute.com