This course will help you build on, or recreate, your therapy practice with an approach to therapy that has been called “groundbreaking,” “transformative,” “innovative,” and “pioneering with great integrative reach!”

At the heart of Self-Meaning Based Therapy (SMB-T) is the uncovering and discovery of our Self-Meaning, which lies within the core of our unconscious. One’s self-meaning is developed in relationship with early primary caregivers and remains outside of our conscious awareness where it powerfully and pervasively influences our relationship with ourselves as well as our interpersonal relationships. Because our self-meaning is unconscious, it is inaccessible through, and unamendable to, regular talk-therapy approaches. 
 
Being trained in SMB-T will teach you how to help your patients discover their unconsciously held self-meaning, enabling them to embark on an emancipatory project toward a newly realized psychological freedom and reconnection with their inherent creativity and natural design. Rather than simply teaching patients how to manage the unconscious negative effects of their self-meaning, SMB-T enables therapists to help patients permanently dismantle it, enabling them to experience their True Self.  
 
SBM-T’s approach is an integrated model, grounded in psychoanalytic, humanistic, and internal family systems theory, and, it incorporates the effectiveness of bilateral stimulation.

We are excited to invite you to spend two full days with us in our virtual online training on Self-Meaning Based Therapy (SMB-T). Training dates are as follows:

• Saturday, May 18, 2024 from 8 AM—5 PM PT
• Sunday, May 19, 2024 from 8 AM—5 PM PT

During the two-day training, participants will:

• Discover their own core Self-Meaning (SM), how it developed, and learn about its impactful influence in their lives;
• Learn how to work with the SM and related components in therapy with patients;
• Learn how to use SMB-T to heal attachment injuries and trauma; and
• Learn how to integrate SMB-T with other therapeutic frames and models.

Course Title: Self-Meaning Based Therapy (SMB-T) Certification (16 CE)

CE Hours: 16

Target Audience: Psychologists, MFT, Social Workers, Counselors

Course Level: Intermediate

Content created by: Graham Taylor, PsyD and Lawrie Ignacio, PsyD

 

Course Description: Self-Meaning Based Therapy (SMB-T) is an integrated model, grounded in psychoanalytic and humanistic theory. Self-meaning is developed in relationship with early primary caregivers and remains outside of conscious awareness. Because self-meaning is unconscious, it is inaccessible through, and unamendable to, regular talk-therapy approaches. This course will train clinicians to help patients discover their unconsciously held self-meaning, enabling them to embark on an emancipatory project toward a newly realized psychological freedom and reconnection with their inherent creativity and natural design. Rather than simply teaching patients how to manage the unconscious negative effects of their self-meaning, SMB-T enables therapists to help patients permanently dismantle it, enabling them to experience their True Self.

 

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to…

1. Describe the relationship between psychological meaning-making and the development of one’s Self-Meaning (SM).
2. Discuss the role of early parenting/caregiving in the development of one’s Self-Meaning (SM).
3. Describe the differences between one’s Self-Meaning (SM) and one’s Response of Other Meaning (ROM) and their importance in conducting Self-Meaning Based Therapy (SMB-T).
4. Define the role and function of one’s Compensatory Strategies (COMS) in terms of one’s negative SM.
5. Describe 3 key aspects of SMB-T theory and technique.
6. Describe 2 primary methods by which to uncover one’s negative SM.
7. Explain 2 key differences between one’s primary and secondary levels of consciousness and their respective importance in conducting SMB-T.
8. Describe 3 key differences between SMB-T and other forms of psychotherapy.
9. Describe 3 key ways in which traditional talk therapies are limited in terms of conferring enduring psychotherapeutic change.
10. Demonstrate effective application of SMB-T to work with patients.
11. Identify 3 applications of SMB-T to specific clinical presentations.
12. Describe how SMB-T can be integrated with other approaches to therapy.
13. Describe 2 ways in which bilateral stimulation (BLS) is utilized in SMB-T.
14. Explain 3 key differences between SMB-T and EMDR.
15. Describe how to integrate parts work into SMB-T.

Course Format: Live online, interactive. 

Course Completion Requirements: Attendees must be present for the duration of the training as evidenced by the attendance report generated by Zoom, as well as complete the course evaluation to receive a certificate of credit.

Evaluation: The course evaluation is accessible in your student account. After completing the training, log into your AATBS student account to complete the course evaluation.

How certificate is issued: Upon verification of attendance and completion of course evaluation, each participant will be able to access a personal CE certificate of attendance in their student account.

 

System Requirements:

Internet: broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE)

Speakers and microphone: built-in, USB plug-in, or wireless Bluetooth Zoom-Supported Browsers

· Windows: Internet Explorer 11+, Edge 12+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+

· macOS: Safari 7+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+

· Linux: Firefox 27+. Chrome 30+

 

Instructor Bios:

Dr. Lawrie Ignacio has been a licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Honolulu, Hawaii for the past 25 years. In addition to her private practice, Dr. Ignacio has taught Clinical Psychology courses to graduate students at Argosy University, Honolulu Campus and California Institute of Integral Studies in California as an Adjunct Professor.

Dr. Graham Taylor has been a licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Honolulu, Hawaii for the past 28 years. In addition to his private practice, he is the Chief Learning Officer at Triad, the leading provider of education, community, and career resources for behavioral and mental health professionals and organizations. He is also the host of Triad’s weekly podcast, “Behavioral Health Today,” in which he interviews leaders and innovators in their respective mental health fields.

Dr. Ignacio and Dr. Taylor, along with colleagues Jodie Gerson and Ray Folen, envisioned and created the Hawaii Pro Bono COVID 19 Project. This Project led to the newly created Hawaii Pro-Bono Mental Health Center, a virtual, referral-based center designed for Hawaii’s un-and underinsured. Through Ikeikalokahi, their overarching entity, Dr. Ignacio and Dr. Taylor created a co-therapy treatment model called Intensive Psychodynamic Couple Therapy (IPCT) as well as an integrative clinical model called Self-Meaning Based Therapy (SMB-T). Both models inform their professional consultations and trainings, and individual and couple intensive retreats.

 

Approvals:

Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

 

Grievance/Refund Policy/Cancellation Policy:

AATBS is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the major mental health approving boards. AATBS will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants. The monitoring

and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of the Program Director in consultation with the members of the continuing education committee.

Customer satisfaction is important to us. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, please send your complaint or questions in writing to info@aatbs.com. You can view our refund policy here.

For additional information, including our Cancellation Policy, please review our Terms & Conditions.

 

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