Lisa Larson has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 23 years. After seven years in private practice doing "cognitive-behavioral" or "talk therapy", Lisa had a life-altering event that changed the course of her life and transformed her therapeutic orientation. She and her son flat lined (or clinically died) in 2005 from two different allergic reactions three weeks apart (both have recovered). Lisa was acutely traumatized with the normal symptoms of trauma: loss of appetite, insomnia, anxiety, panic, restlessness, hyper-vigilance, and constant retriggering of the traumatic events. She had a classic case of PTSD. No amount of talk therapy worked. But after two sessions of EMDR (a powerful trauma modality developed and rigorously researched at Stanford University) she was back to being herself.
As Lisa continued to train in the most powerful trauma modalities, she saw her traumatized clients heal quickly and permanently. She learned that her years as a talk therapist were missing the most crucial piece required to heal those with simple or severe trauma, the body. Those with complex trauma and PTSD are enslaved by their own neurophysiology. True healing requires releasing the individual from the trapped body memories that trigger chronic fight/ flight or numb/ freeze responses. No amount of talking or praying can remove the body’s relentless hold on the traumatized.
A dream was born in Lisa. She was determined to do something about the unnecessary physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual torment of the traumatized. She opened Pacific Counseling & Trauma Center, dedicated to offering the most cutting edge trauma modalities to anyone who suffers. She brought out the best trauma clinicians in the world to train her staff in releasing trauma from the body, mind, heart and spirit. She is passionate about letting the world know that trauma and PTSD are not something you have to live with and that freedom is possible.
Currently, she trains other therapists in Brainspotting as a Certified Brainspotting Trainer under David Grand, PhD, the founder of Brainspotting.
Revolutionize Your Intake & Treatment Plan Process
This course will set you apart as a therapist. As you learn a results-driven Intake and Treatment Planning Process, developed over 25 years, you will become a warrior in expediting your clients healing by monitoring specific and measurable goals each week. Every client deserves to know that their therapist understands their goals and has a comprehensive treatment plan to assure they will accomplish them. As you upgrade your Intake and Treatment plans, your outcomes will improve dramatically. Attendees will learn to do a comprehensive Intake with every client by assessing the five most importan...Read moret areas to include, and carefully attuning to how the client wants to grow. They will learn to measure each client’s goals, diagnoses, negative cognitions, traumatic experiences and relevant resources at the onset of therapy. We teach attendees how to monitor progress throughout the therapeutic process until all goals have been met and the client is ready to graduate.
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Learning Objectives
- discover how to assess eight of the most common mental health conditions with the Amen Clinic Questionnaire, The MDQ for Bipolar, and the PCL-5 for PTSD.
- observe and participate in the client intake process three times; first by witnessing it with a live demonstration, then as both the ‘client’ and ‘therapist’ in partner practice.
- determine the five most important areas to assess in the intake and treatment planning process in-office.
- identify three different assessments to use during the Intake process and when to use them. (Amen Clinic Questionnaire, MDQ Mood Disorder, and the PCL-5 for PTSD)
- understand the ten traumatic experiences in childhood measured in the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE) and how high ACE scores impact longevity and health.
- list the six positive outcomes resulting from a specific and measurable treatment plan.
- list 3 examples of positive resources a client might list during their intake process.
Target Audience
All mental health professionals welcome.
Learning Levels
- All levels welcome
Friday, March 21, 2025
Live Interactive Webinar
09:00 AM PDT - 05:30 PM PDT
Register for this Webinar
$25.00
EARN 7 CE Credit Hours
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About the speaker
Lisa Larson, LMFT
Founder of PCTC, Brainspotting Trainer
Agenda
No CEs awarded for breaks or lunch.
● 9:00-10:30: PowerPoint
○ The PowerPoint will discuss why the Intake and Treatment Planning Process is so important to outstanding outcomes, emphasize that graduation, not dependence, is the ultimate goal of therapy, review how the process was developed, and teach the participants the five most important areas to assess with every client.
● 10:30-10:45: Break
● 10:45-12:15: Demonstration of the Intake Process
○ Witnessing the Intake and Treatment Process from start to finish on one class member, as if they were the client, deepens and embodies participants' understanding of the entire process.
● 12:15-12:45: Debrief of Demonstration
○ Attendees can clarify any questions they have about the process in order to allow them to be able to execute the process with another participant.
● 12:45-1:45: Lunch
● 1:45-3:15: Practicum of Intake Process
○ Each participant takes a turn at being the “client” and the “therapist” with their own Intake paperwork that was pre-filled out before class as well as five additional forms to be completed while with the client while in session together. This helps students to internalize how to do the process with a live client.
● 3:15-3:30 Break
● 3:30-4:00 Debrief Practicum
○ This allows attendees time to get their questions answered while deepening their understanding of how to do the Treatment Planning Process effectively.
● 4:00-5:00: Q&A
○ This allows time to ask questions and share experiences in order to fully embody and feel comfortable using this technique when the attendees go back to their clients.
● 5:00-5:30: Closing, final questions, case studies, etc.
○ To further clarify and the process and understanding of how to use the entire process by answering any remaining questions and sharing more personal case studies.
CE Information - Earn 7 CE Credit Hours including
0 Clinical Hour
CE Approvals
New York State Education Department's State Board for SW
EngagedMinds Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0676.
Association of Social Work Boards
EngagedMinds Continuing Education, #1858, formerly Erena DiGonis, LCSW, PLLC, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/25/2024-8/25/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 7 continuing education credits.
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New York State Education Department's State Board for LMHC
EngagedMinds Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education
Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an
approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health
counselors. #MHC-0284.
Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an
approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health
counselors. #MHC-0284.
New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners
EngagedMinds Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0117.
New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology
Erena DiGonis, LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0270.
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