Uprooted
Working with Refugees and other Involuntarily Dislocated people
NOW CLOSED
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Friday 28 January 2022
A live webinar with Professor Renos K. Papadopoulos
CE Credits: 3 hours
- Includes a recording of the event with access for a year (14 days post the event)
- Bookings close at 4:00am EST Tuesday 25 January
Drawing upon years of experience in the consulting room, humanitarian field work, international projects and academic research, Renos Papadopoulos will present refreshing perspectives in relation to work with those who have faced severe adversity due to various forms of involuntary dislocation.
READ MORE...These include not only refugees but also those who have been marginalised in society as well as those who experience more relational and internal forms of loss of home.
This therapeutic work he proposes, demands a new and radical approach with in-depth examination of epistemological traps that commonly skew conceptualisations of this type of work. The concept of trauma has been beneficial in throwing light on the suffering of many people. However, it has also contributed to the unprecedented proliferation of theories, methods, and techniques, leaving the practitioner uneasy as to where to turn for solid answers.
This workshop will revisit the basics of working with those who have been involuntarily dislocated by offering a sound and innovative epistemological framework. Renos will address how to support the processing of overwhelming experiences without pathologizing or minimising the negative consequences. The emphasis in this particular work is how to ‘be therapeutic’ as opposed to offering a traditional therapeutic approach. Renos’ work focuses on the integration of experience and moving towards adversity-activated development.
FULL PROGRAMME
09:00 EST
Introductions
09:05
The Need for Sound Epistemological Foundations
How do our presuppositions lead to the conceptualisations that inform our therapeutic work? How much are we aware of these, and how can we increase that awareness? In this session, participants will learn about the ‘epistemological cycle’ and how to develop appropriate ‘epistemological agility’ to improve therapeutic effectiveness. This involves stepping outside of the usual frame that defines therapy and exploring how one can be therapeutic without following traditional psychotherapy techniques.
09:45
Q&A
10:00
Break
10:15
Processing Experiences of Severe Forms of Adversity
Here we will examine the implications of being confronted by realities that are overwhelming, and the constitutive elements of experience when we are exposed to severe forms of adversity. What are the typical reactions that they evoke in us, and what are the effects of such reactions? How are our abilities to process appropriately affected when exposed to overwhelming experiences? In this session, participants will learn how to address the perplexing complexities of overwhelming phenomena, how to discern the importance of the dimension of time, and how to use it therapeutically.
11:00
Q&A
11:15
Break
11:30
The ‘Adversity Grid’
Over the years, Renos has developed the ‘Adversity Grid’, a framework that conceptualises the wide range of adversity responses, which has been used widely in many forms of therapeutic work, such as rapid assessments in humanitarian crises, in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as in other contexts. In this session, using all the learning above, participants will gain practical knowledge about the nature and benefits of this framework, enabling them to discern the complexity of effects that the adversity has on their clients, and by communicating this to their beneficiaries in a therapeutic way, via the ‘Synergic Therapeutic Complexity’ approach which Renos has developed.
12:15
Discussion
13:00
End
FEES (USD)
Bookings close at 4:00am EST Tuesday 25 January
Live Webinar $70 (Member $35):
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Includes a recording of the event
CE
This event is accredited by:
- NBCC
Certificates of attendance for 3 hours will be provided.
To receive the full CE credits, you are required to attend 100% of the live event. No partial credit will be given.
This event is NOT accredited by the following organisations:
- ASWB
- NBCC
- NYSED (Psychology)
- NYSED (Psychoanalysis)
- NYSED (Social Workers)
Please note, that this event is not being recorded and no CE test post event will be available and so you will need to attend all of the live event to receive the CE certificate.
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VENUE
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SCHEDULE
Friday
09:00 EST Introductions
09:05 The Need for Sound Epistemological Foundations
09:45 Q&A
10:00 Break
10:15 Processing Experiences of Severe Forms of Adversity
11:00 Q&A
11:15 Break
11:30 The ‘Adversity Grid’
12:15 Discussion
13:00 End
CONTENT LEVEL
- Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Discover new ways to process overwhelming experiences, without pathologizing or minimising the negative consequences.
- Review perspectives in relation to work with those who have faced severe adversity due to various forms of involuntary dislocation.
- Critique entrenched views (epistemological traps) of the refugee experience with implications for therapeutic support.
- Demonstrate applications of the ‘Adversity Grid’ framework.
TARGET
AUDIENCE
- Psychologists
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychotherapists
- Addiction Professionals
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Psychiatrists
- Other related mental health professions.
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