Family and Community Resilience - Why Integrative and Collaborative Family Therapy Is More Relevant Today Than Ever
Family and Community Resilience - Why Integrative and Collaborative Family Therapy Is More Relevant Today Than Ever
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Description
The family is the integral unit of resilience and survival during stress, and core stabilizer of our communities. Disruption of families by trauma and stress (e.g., opiate and methamphetamine epidemics, PTSD, and human trafficking, systemic racism with political, economic and health inequities, climate change, and pandemics) precipitates major problems including, e.g., addiction, PTSD, suicidality, serious physical and behavioral challenges increasing the need for therapy, especially family therapy. This is a time for equity, social justice and increased collaboration including voices of families and communities.
Connectedness to family and culture of origin correlate with reduced risk-taking behaviors and violence resulting from stress. Facilitating family, cultural and community ties protects against effects of trauma, allowing individuals, families, and communities to access their inherent resilience.
The family therapy field recognizes our roots and commonalities. In addition to the original models of family therapy, much of current practice focuses on models applicable to specific problems or populations and integrative models one of the earliest of which was Transitional Family Therapy (TFT). Evidence-Based protocols developed from Transitional Family Therapy (TFT) will illustrate the utility of a resilience-based family approach. Training community peers can supplement the overburdened workforce and provide community members with a voice and offer long-term sustainability. Protocols and case examples of TFT will illustrate the benefits of building positive attachment. Focus, exercises and discussion will be on techniques, skills and sustainability of interventions that provide the process while family and community provide goals and content taking all credit for change.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Learn how connection to family and culture of origin correlate with reduced risk-taking behaviors and relapse of chronic and/or life-threatening illnesses.
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Experience practical methods of mapping, assessment, and intervention; paying attention to health, spirituality, culture and life cycle stage.
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Understand the need to address individual, family and community issues concurrently to design effective intervention to achieve long-term sustainable outcome.
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Target Audience
- Addiction Professional
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Nurse
- Physician
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
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- GXC Events - The Global Exchange Conference