This is a 2 hour On Demand Webinar. Access information, resources and CEU information will be available shortly after registration and registrants will be given unlimited access to the recording for a full year.
This webinar was broadcasted live on October 22, 2022 as part of the Collective Trauma Conference
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Have you ever asked yourself, “What is the difference between westernized counselling supports and Indigenous (First Nations/Metis/Inuit—also known as FNMI) healing supports? And what proof is there that FNMI healing approaches represent evidence-based treatment?
Join Shelley Spear Chief for this 2-hour workshop to gain awareness on some of the many issues that have been transmitted from one FNMI generation to the next due to historical trauma.
Shelley will discuss a well-known model of needs that was practiced amongst various First Nation peoples. Participants will gain greater awareness of some of the challenges Indigenous individuals experience when working with counsellors/support people who are not familiar with the trauma story of colonization. Participants will also learn how to create more authentic relationships with their Indigenous clients.
Participants will gain —
- greater awareness of some of the challenges Indigenous individuals experience when working with counsellors/support people who are not familiar with the trauma story of colonization
- learn how to create more authentic relationships with their Indigenous clients.
Shelley Pompana Spear Chief, MCSW, RSW, is a Registered Clinical Social Worker specializing in complex, complicated trauma and member of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation.
Shelley is a Leading First Nation Presenter on issues of historical trauma and intergenerational trauma and its effects on individuals, families, and overall familial systems within a community. She utilizes her own learned experiences and cultural ways of understanding in her work with First Nation clients who have experiences of past or present trauma.
For the past 30 years, Shelley has counselled First Nation individuals with numerous emotional challenges. And for the past 20 years, she has worked on and with the Kainai Nation, supporting children, youth, and their families.
Shelley worked as a Clinical Lead for First Nations with the Livingstone School Division, advocating support for all First Nation and Metis youth attending the school system. She has been affiliated faculty for the University of Calgary and Red Crow College, teaching and infusing an Indigenous framework into university transfer courses. Prior to this, Shelley worked with women experiencing domestic violence, homelessness, and familial violence.
In Shelley’s clinical practice, she uses EMDR and Somatic approaches, as well as traditional psychotherapy, art therapy, mindfulness, and hypnotherapy within the cultural understanding of the client. She has a strong passion to support individuals in crisis—most recently, supporting First Responders with the use of EMDR. Shelley also has a keen interest in studying and working with dissociative issues in supporting the traumatic history of the First Nation Peoples. She has sat on numerous committees and Boards as a First Nation representative, including the ACSW Clinical Committee and the Alberta Clinical Hypnosis Society.
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This training offers 2 hours of direct contact (not counting breaks or lunch). It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice.
For Live Broadcast Attendees
Webinar attendance by participants is automatically tracked, documented and archived for future reference. Upon confirming you have attended 100% of the webinar and upon completion of a course evaluation, you will be issued a certificate of participation (see below).
For Attendees of On Demand/Recorded Version
If you cannot verify 100% attendance of the Live Broadcast or if you are watching the On Demand/recorded version of this webinar, you will need to complete a Post-Webinar Quiz with a pass of at least 80% in order to verify your attendance.
For Canadian and International participants
Upon fulfillment of the above requirements, Canadian and international participants will be issued a Certificate of Participation which features:
- Name of Participant
- Title of Training
- Name of Presenter plus their credentials
- Number of hours of training
- Date of training
- Confirmation that you have passed a quiz with at least 80% grade to verify your attendance
Please check carefully with your regulating body/organization that this certificate is sufficient proof for you to claim CEUs.
For general information about Continuing Education for Canadians and International participants, please click here.
This training is aimed at all mental health professionals, including:
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
- Psychiatric Social Workers
- Pastoral Counsellors
- Psychotherapists
- Psychiatrists
- Physicians
- Nurse Practitioners
- Occupational Therapists
- Counsellors
- Graduate Students in Accredited Programs in the Above Fields
- case managers
- licensed professional counsellors
- all other professionals who would like to develop, update or expand their skills and knowledge in mental health practices
This course is an intermediate-advanced level.
| 2 Hour Webinar Rate | CAD $99 |
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