course »Awareness of Our Own Reactions and Countertransference When Working with Youth and their Families

Date: 5/14/2019, 10:00 am—4:30 pm
County: Alameda County
CEUs: 5
Location: Oakland
Sponsor: Fred Finch Youth & Family Services
Phone: 510-482-2244
Examine the reasons why you chose to work in this field. They can be a “double-edged sword”— by being both the very things that make you excellent at your work and that can cause burn-out. Explore how our own “stuff” impacts our work with youth and their families and, if you are a supervisor, how to support those you supervise with all of this. Discuss self-disclosure with clients, explore ourselves and counter-transference, identify how we know when we are over-involved with our clients, and review ways to address this.