Professional Training for Mental Healthcare Workers

Therapeutic Disclosures:


Preparation, Process and Polygraphs

 


Online Webinar

6 continuing education clock hours

Therapeutic  disclosure are complicated tasks for both couples and  therapists.  This workshop teaches a process developed and implemented by Richard Blankenship and Dr. Janice Stevens. Janice is a certified clinical partner specialist.  Richard and Janice are certified betrayal  trauma     specialists who have facilitated several hundred therapeutic disclosures.   Richard is a certified sexual & relational trauma therapist (CSRTT) and a certified problematic sexual behavior specialist (CPSBT).  Richard and his team of betrayal trauma therapists have facilitated over 500  disclosures with great success.  They bring a wealth of experience to this material.  It will involve a 6 hour interactive online workshop.  

Learning Objectives



  • Participants will be given a history of the disclosure process and it's roots in the sexual addiction industry.
  • Participants will be able to list 4 theoretical approaches to the concept of disclosure.
  • Participants will be able to describe elements of preparing the betrayed partner and the betrayer.
  • Participants will be able to discuss the process of emotional restitution
  • Participants will be able to discuss vicarious trauma as it relates to therapists and the therapeutic disclosure process.


 

Workshop Topics Include:

1.     Theoretical approaches to the disclosure concept

2.     Preparation of the partner

3.     Preparation and the betrayer (addict, PSB)

4.     Polygraphs and preparation

5.     Disclosure and Post-disclosure trauma

6.     What if the partner already knows all of the details and there is

         no new information?

7.     When should disclosures take place?

8.     After the couple leaves my office – then what?

9.     Pitfalls of disclosure sessions: dealing with abreactions and

         crisis in the session

10.    Vicarious trauma and the therapist: The danger zone

11.     Inpatient disclosures – To do or not to do?

12.    When therapists disagree on the process

13.    Emotional restitution

14.   And many, many more…


$140

Early Registration

By May 5

$150

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After May 5

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Schedule

            New 10:00 - 12:30 Morning Session


            12:30 - 1:00 - Lunch Break


            1:00 - 4:30  Afternoon Session

         


Richard holds two masters degrees; an M.Ed. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and an M.A. From Harding University Graduate School. Richard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with the state of Georgia and a nationally certified counselor (NCC) with the National Board of Certified Counselors.  Richard is a certified professional counselor supervisor (CPCS), a certified problematic sexual behavior therapist supervisor (CPSBT-S), a certified sexual and relational trauma therapist supervisor (CSRTT-S), and a certified betrayal trauma specialist (CBTS).


Richard is the clinical director of Capstone Counseling and Coaching.  He serves on the board of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH) where he chairs the credential committee.  Richard is one of the founders of the International Association of Certified Sexual Addiction Specialists (IACSAS) where he served as president for 13 years, and a founding board member of the Association for Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS) where he served for over 4 years. He developed the first graduate course to be taught on sexual addiction along with a colleague and guest lectures in a variety of University level courses. Richard is a frequent guest on Atlanta area radio & television programs dealing with problematic sexual behavior, betrayal trauma, and domestic violence. He is the author of 5 books including Spouses of Sex Addicts: Hope for the Journey (book and workbook) and A Journey Through Secrets.
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