Sound healing – like many other up-and-coming alternative health modalities – can be incredibly powerful in bringing deep healing and nervous system harmony to all kinds of people, including those who have experienced trauma.

But what is quite powerful can also harm if practitioners are not attuned to the best practices in trauma-informed care.

This online class, at your choice of March 27 or April 24, is especially designed for practitioners who use sound in some way in their individual and group sessions, such as singing bowls, gongs, sound baths and the like.

It will also greatly benefit other alternative health practitioners such as yoga instructors, massage therapists and body work practitioners, and Reiki and other energy healers, as well as sound healing students, musicians who use their skills for healing, and psychotherapists, coaches, chiropractors, Chinese medicine practitioners and others who integrate sound into their sessions and workshops in some way or consider themselves alternative practitioners.

The emphasis will focus on providing sensitive and proper care to people who seek out your services and avoid further re-traumatization due to misinformation or lack of knowledge. Please note that the class does NOT provide specific treatment instruction regarding your treatment specialty, but rather focuses on becoming trauma informed in multiple settings.

Instructor

Instructor is Karen Carnabucci, MSS, LCSW, TEP, a psychotherapist and educator who has worked with multiple varieties of abuse and trauma in various treatment and healing settings since 1989. She has frequently written about trauma as connected to alcoholic and addicted families, intergenerational trauma and collective trauma. She and is certified in the Therapeutic Spiral Model, a specialized model to treat trauma survivors, and has received additional trauma training.

In this training, you will learn:

• Definitions of trauma and how the nervous system responds to trauma.
• What is trauma-informed care.
• Creating multiple layers of safety with your practice and in your space for the people you work with.
• How to prepare your people for sound and similar sessions.
• How to talk about trauma and work with people who may have trauma histories in ways that do not retraumatize.
• Self-care for the helper.

Questions welcome

There will be ample time to ask questions and to confidentially discuss experiences with people you are working with or have worked with.

The program will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET, and attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for the three-hour program. In addition, continuing education credits will be provided for social workers, licensed counselors, marriage and family therapists and psychologists, as well as Act 48 hours and psychodrama hours.

If you are attending from another time zone, find your correct time here.

Tuition

Tuition for the program is $45 per person if registered by March 16 for the March 27, 2024 class. Tuition for registration after March 20 is $65.

Tuition for the program is $45 per person if registered by April 19 for the April 24, 2024 class. Tuition for registration on April 20 and after is $65.

CE credits and psychodrama hours

The program provides:

• A certificate of attendance.
• Three CE credits for social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors and psychologists, plus psychodrama credits and Act 48 hours for Pennsylvania and social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors in Wisconsin.
• A generous page of online handouts that you may download and keep.

How to register

You may register online here immediately with your credit card.

If you wish to register and pay in another way, please contact Karen for information.

CE credits

Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, Companions In Healing and the Lancaster School of Psychodrama and Experiential Psychotherapies are approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors to offer continuing education for social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors according to Pennsylvania Board Approval #004002.

The Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology has approved continuing education programs with License #PSY000216.

The Wisconsin State Board approves continuing education credits for social workers, MFTs and LPCs Provider #6834-123.

These training hours may be counted towards the Certified Psychodramatist (CP) credential as approved by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.

Training hours may be counted towards certification by the International Society of Experiential Professionals.

Training hours om psychodrama may also be applied toward certification with the North American Drama Therapy Association.

Training hours are approved for Act 48 credits for educators, school counselors and administrators in Pennsylvania.

You may be able to submit your certificate for credits in another helping discipline or in another state. Please contact your respective state board for information.

About Zoom

We are using the online platform Zoom. If you are a new user to Zoom, please download on your computer or tablet here.

• You may also use your smartphone but keep in mind that you may not enjoy the same learning quality due to the small screen on your smartphone.
• If you are a Zoom user, please make sure you download the most recent version of Zoom a day or two before the program.
• Please sign in to Zoom at least five minutes before the start of the class to make sure that your program is working correctly. It is also suggested that you close other windows on your computer or tablet (e-mail, other websites, etc.) for best use of your online connection.
• Please be prepared to use your video camera and give your full attention to this training; this class is an interactive class and community-building activity.

Questions

Contact Karen for questions including information on refunds or complaints.

About Karen

Karen Carnabucci, MSS, LCSW, TEP, is the founder of the Lancaster School of Psychodrama and Experiential Psychotherapies, which offers instruction for mental health professionals, educators and other helping professionals with continuing education and psychodrama credits.

In addition to teaching, she offers clinical supervision and consultation, with particular interest in personal, social and intergenerational trauma; addiction; family relationships; creativity; Tarot; and social change.

She is a licensed clinical social worker, a nationally board-certified trainer, educator and practitioner in psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy, and is certified as a Systemic Constellations facilitator by the Stark Institute, Germany, and The Hellinger Institute of DC, Bethesda, Md.

Karen is the author of Show and Tell Psychodrama: Skills for Therapists, Coaches, Teachers, Leaders and co-author of Integrating Psychodrama and Systemic Constellation Work: New Directions for Action Methods, Mind-Body Therapies and Energy Healing and Healing Eating Disorders with Psychodrama and Other Action Methods: Beyond the Silence and the Fury.

Karen has presented on various clinical topics at local, state and national gatherings and conferences, including the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama and the North American Systemic Constellations.

Learn more Karen and her practice in Lancaster, Pa., at her website; you can subscribe to her e-mail newsletter for professionals here.