Greater! Working with Families (Greater than the Sum of Their Parts) | 1 CE Credit

CARE Counseling has partnered with Children's Minnesota to provide a Grand Rounds training on effective ways of working with kids and their family systems. Anna Bohlinger, PhD, LMFT, will provide an overview on how families are so much greater than the sum of their parts. In this presentation, attendees will begin to think about how families are made up of both known and unknown elements and begin to articulate how to help family members speak their known into the clinical room. Specific attention will be paid to working well with adolescents and their families. 

CARE Psychotherapy Training Videos are intended solely for educational purposes for mental health professionals. Viewers are expected to treat confidential material found herein according to professional guidelines. Unauthorized viewing is prohibited. 

Level of programming is intermediate: assumes general familiarity with the topic. 

Learning objectives: 

This Grand Rounds is designed to help participants: 

• Identify common dynamics in family systems with adolescents
•  Apply the iceberg metaphor to family systems
• Use a case study to apply concepts discussed in this training.

The presentation is designated for CARE Counseling mental health professionals (LP, LPC/LPCC, MFT/LMFT, LGSW/LICSW, LADC), pre-licensed mental health practitioners, and students.  

CARE Counseling is approved by the Americal Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CARE maintains responsibility for this program and its content. It is the responsibility of each learner to verify that continuing education earned at CARE or elsewhere meets the requirements for their State and individual license.

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About the Presenter: Anna Bohlinger, PhD LMFT is a seasoned family therapist who has spent the past sixteen years working to improve health and vitality for youth and families impacted by severe and persistent mental illness. She is especially interested in the intergenerational impacts of trauma and how families come together in resilience. In addition to her academic work as a published author in these topics, she has presented locally, domestically, and abroad on family resilience and health. 

 *The speaker has indicated no conflict of interest and there was no commercial support for this training.