
The Parent Role in Trauma Therapy: Enhancing Healing Through Attuned Caregiving
Clinical Hours: 1.5
General/Foster Parent Admission: $0
CE Cost: $15
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Description
The effectiveness of trauma therapy for children and youth is significantly enhanced by the active participation of a parent, caregiver, or primary attachment figure. Learn why caregivers play a critical part in therapy and how to create a supportive environment for your child's healing process. This workshop will cover how to set the relational foundation for success, create rituals and routines to increase regulation pre/post session, know when you need to do your own work, participate effectively in sessions, and strategies for supporting the whole family.
Speaker & Bio

Meagan VanDiermen
Meagan VanDiermen, MA, RCC, is the clinical director of A Child's Song Support Services, where she supervises a team of clinical counsellors in providing trauma therapy to children and families who have been joined together through adoption, foster care. and other forms of permanency. Meagan holds a master’s degree in counselling psychology and has specific training in Observed Experiential Integration (OEI) and Lifespan Integration (LI), two dynamic body-based trauma interventions that are effective in working with people of all ages to provide deep healing. Meagan’s over sixteen years of experience in providing trauma therapy has led to expertise in treating preverbal trauma while simultaneously enhancing the therapeutic nature of the parent-child relationship. Meagan is passionate about providing consultation and education on trauma-informed care to social workers, educators and caregivers.
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