Healing the Community: New Approaches to Trauma Recovery, Nervous System Re-Regulation, and Resilience

With Ron Alexander, Ph.D., Bonnie Goldstein, LCSW, Ed.M., Ph.D., & Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

ONLINE ONLY

Description:

Join us for a FREE collaborative online gathering designed to support our community in finding calm, developing effective coping skills, and fostering resilience in the wake of trauma, loss, and the recent fires. Trauma lives in our bodies and minds—but so does healing.

Led by local psychologists Drs. Ron Alexander, Bonnie Goldstein, and Elisha Goldstein, this workshop will introduce supportive mindfulness practices, mind-body techniques, and sensorimotor/somatic methods to aid self-healing. Together, we will explore practical, evidence-based strategies to reduce stress, ease anxiety, and restore a sense of safety while developing a sustainable mental health plan for well-being.

Participants will learn how to shift from reactivity to presence, increasing receptivity and responsivity in their daily lives. This CE-approved workshop (for LCSWs, Ed.M.s, MFTs, and nurses) includes interactive mindfulness and somatic exercises grounded in sensorimotor psychotherapy principles.

Because trauma manifests differently for everyone and healing unfolds over time, this workshop will be recorded, allowing continued access to its concepts and practices.

Cost & Details:

Tuition: FREE!

Class Schedule:

Thursday, February 27, 2025

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Access: Online via Zoom. For Zoom, the link will be provided to you. Be sure to register using the email address that you use to login to zoom as the link will only work with the specific address you register with.

Attire: Dress comfortably.

Tech Requirements: You will need a stable internet connection and the most recent version of Zoom Client for Meetings (available free here).

Tech Courtesy: We want your experience to be positive, so please:

- Log-in to the session a few minutes early.

- Submit questions via the chat feature.

- Limit chat submissions to workshop topics only.

This webinar offers 1 hour of Continuing Education Credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, & LEPs and is appropriate for all mental health professionals.

Clicking the Register now button will take you into zoom to complete your enrollment and pay your fee. You will be asked to log in to Zoom. Be sure to add “noreply@zoom.com” to your email app’s trusted senders list to assure that confirmation and reminder emails go to your inbox.

You can also register by phone: 310.474.2505

Objectives:

In this interactive program, participants will learn how to:

1. Identify at least three mindfulness strategies that help restore a sense of safety after trauma.

2. Apply at least four interventions to help clients regain balance and equanimity.

3. Differentiate and describe the benefits of body-based, somatic, and sensorimotor psychotherapy for self-healing—shifting from a reactive mode to full presence.

Meet the Presenters:

Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D.

Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D. is a licensed psychotherapist and clinical trainer in the fields of Somatic Experiencing, Ericksonian Mind/Body Therapies, Mindfulness Meditation & Core Creativity. He is the author of ''Core Creativity'' & ''Wise Mind, Open Mind'' https://ronaldalexander.com.

Bonnie Goldstein, LCSW, Ed.M., Ph.D.

Bonnie Goldstein, LCSW, Ed.M., Ph.D., aims to synthesize the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of somatic psychotherapy & mindfulness to foster and heal relationships. She oversees a team of associates and offers training opportunities for emerging clinicians at the Lifespan Psychological Center in West Los Angeles. For over three decades she has been at the forefront of integrating curriculum and training for therapists and educators, working to bring people together so that they may motivate and inspire one another in far-reaching ways. Dr. Goldstein has published numerous professional articles, co-edited three professional books and has co-developed with Dr. Pat Ogden the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute’s Child, Adolescent & Family series of post-graduate professional workshops for mental health professionals. www.DrBonnieGoldstein.com.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living and the creator of the mental health accelerator coaching program Uncover the Power Within. His books are available in 12 languages and include Uncovering Happiness, The Now Effect, Mindfulness Meditations for the Anxious Traveler and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook with a foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Disclosure: The Lifespan Learning Institute and The Maple Counseling Center have implemented a process where everyone who is in a position to control the content of any educational activity must disclose any potentially relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest. The presenter listed above have been determined to be free of conflict for the purposes of this workshop.

Continuing Education Credit:

Continuing Education Credit: The Lifespan Learning Institute and Maple Counseling are cosponsors of this Continuing Education program.

CE Provider Approval Statement: Lifespan Learning Institute (Provider # 050085) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and FamilyTherapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, & LEPs. Lifespan Learning Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

Credit statement: Course meets the qualifications for 1 hour of continuing education credit for LMFT’s,LCSW’s, LPCC’s and LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Science.

Target Audience: This webinar is designed to enhance the skills of master’s level clinicians working with individuals, couples and groups, and will benefit most mental health professionals of all levels.

Course Completion Certificates: Awarded at the end of the course in exchange for a completed evaluation form. (Or successful completion of an online test and a completed evaluation form)

Communications: All pre-conference and post-conference communications will be via email or online. This includes but is not limited to: Registration confirmation, digital syllabus, Evaluations, CE certificates, etc.

Cancellations and Refunds: If Lifespan Learning Institute cancels or postpones a program, a full refund will be issued. If you need to cancel: Cancellation must be made in writing (by mail or by email) and received by Lifespan Learning Institute at least 10 days prior to the first date of the program. All cancellations are subject to a 20% cancellation fee.

Grievance Policy: Lifespan Learning Institute is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the Ethical Principles of the APA & CAMFT. The full policy and filing procedure are available at LifespanLearn.org

Students with Disabilities: In accordance with the American with Disability Act (ADA), please contact our office (310.474.2505) at least 2 weeks before the program if you need special accommodations.

Sponsors:

The mission of Maple Counseling is to provide low-cost comprehensive mental health services to individuals of all ages, couples, and families, and to provide training for graduate and postgraduate students who are working towards licensure in the mental health field. Since its inception, in 1972, Maple Counseling has helped over 300,000 people receive critical mental health service. Maple Counseling provides programs and services to people of all ages, annually servicing over 7,700 individuals throughout all areas of Los Angeles County, and expanding to support all of California via telehealth. Maple offers ongoing counseling services in a safe space for adults through individual, couples, and group sessions, as well as to children, teens, and families, and provides psychiatric services through the Kapelovitz Psychiatry Program for eligible clients. In addition, Maple Counseling offers several community-based programs onsite at various schools including Community Circle, The Ted and Hedy Orden & Family Community-Based Preschool Mental Health Program, and School-Based Counseling Services that serve over 1,600 students a year.

Lifespan Learning Institute s is a non-profit organization founded by a group of senior clinicians who sought to impact the direction of mental health training by providing training in classic and cutting-edge research. Our board members search internationally for presenters with the newest research in the field. As a result we have a vast collection of programs with leaders and legends in mental health. For over 30 years Lifespan Learning Institute has been dedicated to providing advanced continuing education for marriage family therapists, social workers, psychologists, psychotherapists, physicians, nurses, and counselors. From psychotherapy legends (e.g. John Bowlby, Heinz Kohut, D.W. Winnicott), to Mindfulness Leaders (e.g. Jack Kornfield, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Thich Nhat Hanh) to today's integrative pioneers (e.g. Daniel J. Siegel, Allan Schore, Pat Ogden, Diana Fosha, Mary Main & Erik Hesse) in the mental health field, we continue to provide the latest research and critical thinking. Continuing education credit offered through conferences, workshops and home study programs. We cover areas that interest you: Attachment Theory, Self Psychology, Trauma Treatment, Mindfulness, Development, Psychoanalytic Theory, Couples Therapy and more.