Events

Authentic Presence: Becoming a True Other for Our LGBTQ+ Clients

Friday, September 27th, 2024

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

This will be a synchronous virtual training and a link will be sent prior to the event

In this session, participants will be introduced to the Triangle of Social Experience, from Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), to explore how our clients’ internal working models (IWMs) are founded in attachment and social power dynamics. We’ll explore the concrete ways that our authentic presence and professional self-disclosure can help restructure these IWMs and facilitate healing. Leveraging the therapist’s authentic presence is especially effective to undo the pathogenic aloneness experienced by our LGBTQ+ clients living under societal oppression. AEDP is an evidence-supported model created by Diana Fosha which integrates body-focused approaches, cognitive and mindfulness-based techniques, and the relational transformation of experiential models. The Triangle of Social Experience is a new model within AEDP, created by Ben Medley, that maps: internal experiences of emotion, anxiety, and defenses; interpersonal/relational experiences of approval or inhibition; and social experiences of power dynamics and oppression.

 This presentation will include session video and experiential exercises to support participants in exploring effective intervention strategies. 

Learning objectives:

1. Demonstrate familiarity with the Triangle of Social Experience and how it can be implemented for case conceptualization with LGBTQ+ clients

2. Define authentic presence and therapeutically-relevant self-disclosure

3. Recognize specific interventions to use based on a client’s placement on the Triangle of Social Experience to help undo the aloneness of societal oppression.

Cost

$50 for licenses professionals

$25 for clinical trainees/new professionals

$5 for those experiencing financial hardship (no means testing to verify this)

Leora (Lior) Effinger-Weintraub, LICSW (they/them), is a Level 2 trained AEDP Therapist practicing with queer and trans clients in the Twin Cities area, specializing in complex trauma and dissociation from an attachment lens. To learn more about Lior, go to www.socialworkingqueer.com.

This training has been approved by the following Minnesota Licensing Boards for 3.0 culture responsiveness continuing education credits: Board of Psychology, Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy, and Board of Social Work.