Opening Day Conference
The Bowen Center’s Opening Day Conference provides background on family systems thinking related to a topic of current interest to therapists in clinical practice. Held at the University of the District of Columbia since 2016, the conference will be offered via Zoom in 2020. Four continuing education hours will be offered for social workers and counselors.
The Other Side of Trauma: A Family Systems View
Overview
Date: October 2, 2020
Location: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:15 PM Eastern Time
What difference does it make – to both the therapist and the client – when looking at trauma from a family systems view? During this day, leaders in family systems thinking will explore how a family lens can open up resources for increased resilience and growth. Multigenerational patterns, projection processes, triangles, and other systems concepts will be explored.
Fees
Regular Rate: $75
Full-Time Student Rate: $25
UDC Students, UDC Faculty Members, and UDC Staff: Complimentary admission
Schedule
Time |
Session Title |
Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | The Family Emotional Response to Trauma A shared trauma response can be found in the family. The four adaptive mechanisms to manage anxiety are part of the emotional system and the emotional system is a memory system that is the breeding ground for one’s susceptibility to traumatic events and one’s capability to respond. |
Carrie E. Collier, PhD, LPC, CRC |
| 9:45 | Break | |
| 10:00 | When Families Fight: How the Family Diagram Can Help to Navigate Rough Waters This session will explore the intersection of domestic violence, trauma-informed care and Bowen theory. The family diagram will be explored as a way of thinking through a theoretical lens. |
Amie Post, MA, LCMFT |
| 10:45 | Other Sides of Self-Care: Exploring the Contribution of Bowen Theory to Trauma Awareness and Resilience “Self-Care” is a common reminder to therapists, ministers, parents and those persons supporting the elderly and sick stressed by the additional challenges of the current pandemic. Much of the commonly offered advice is beneficial to many. This presentation will explore how a family systems view offer perspectives and practices that may be of unique value to many. |
Kenton T. Derstine, MDiv, DMin |
| 11:30 | Panel: Morning Presenters | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 | War Stories: From the Forgotten Soldiers: A Family Systems View of PTSD Dr. Beal will address psychological and moral trauma within the individual, the family, the military and society. Multiple types of interventions are helpful to service men and women and their families. A family systems approach provides a framework for effectively addressing these problems. Beal asserts, however, that some war trauma is so monumental that it cannot be contained within an individual soldier or family but must become part of our national collective responsibility to service men and women. |
Edward W. Beal, MD |
| This presentation will be offered in three parts, about 20 minutes each: | ||
| Interview between Edward Beal, MD and John Millikin, PhD | ||
| Selected readings from Dr. Beal’s book, War Stories: From The Forgotten Soldiers, and types of interventions on various physical and moral traumas | ||
| Question and Answer Section | ||
| Additional Resource: Watch Dr. Beal on the interview series, Veterans N Transition | ||
| 2:00 | Panel: All Presenters and Comments | |
| 2:15 | Adjournment |
CEU/CEs
The Georgetown Family Center is approved as an independent provider of continuing education credit by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners and the District of Columbia Board of Social Work. Georgetown Family Center/Bowen Center for the Study of the Family has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6225. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgetown Family Center/Bowen Center for the Study of the Family is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The conference day provides a maximum of 4 hours of Category I continuing education credit for social workers and for counselors.
If you plan to participate in the CEU/CE process, it is necessary to:
Pay the CEU/CE fee of $15
Sign CEU/CE registration form the day of conference
Prepare to stay for the entire conference
Submit a completed evaluation at day’s end
Return policy: Refund will be issued if cancellation is given within 24 hours
Learning Objectives
Identify the four adaptive mechanisms for managing anxiety.
Describe the intersection of trauma-informed care and family systems theory.
Relate a family systems view of self-care to specific self-care practices.
Georgetown Family Center, Inc.
Opening Day Conference
ACEP No. 6225
