ITFL Online Workshops
24 CEs are available for NYS LMSWs, LCSWs, LCATs, LMHCs, LMFTs and Licensed Psychologists upon completion of training.
PERSPECTIVE & PRACTICE
Indigenous Tools For Living
This workshop is for professionals at all levels, who are working with marginalized people. We will explore Indigenous perspectives and practice hands-on learning about complex trauma to help keep grounded and be more comfortable when in difficult situations. A variety of Indigenous treatment modalities are woven throughout, including experiential exercises and land based healing techniques
Indigenous Tools for Living, is an in-person and online training that teaches skills on how to work with and sit beside complex trauma while reducing burnout. This training will benefit clinicians, practitioners, frontline non-clinical workers in social work, victim services, first responders and similar professions. It is facilitated by BIPOC instructors from the Indigenous Focusing Orientated Therapy Program. ITFL emphasizes knowledge and application through classroom instruction, applied scenario-based learning, and clinical practice and supervision. A variety of techniques are woven throughout, including experiential exercises, focusing, storytelling, body-centered and land-based healing techniques. Together these provide concrete tools and approaches for working with complex trauma in ways that avoid burnout and triggering, while at the same time maximizing impact and achieving better outcomes.