Working with Individuals and Families Through a Structural Lens
Trainer
Tara Byers, MS, LPC, ACS (Read Bio)
Description
This course is designed to introduce mental health service providers to an alternative way of viewing problem behaviors/mental health symptoms in children and adults (special focus on parenting and marital/couple interactions). The training centers on learning core concepts of Structural Family Therapy (SFT) and utilizing those concepts to redefine an individual client's "symptoms” such that their context is taken into account. The goal of this training is to expand how mental health professionals conceptualize both problems and potential solutions. Video examples will be used to support assessment from a structural/systemic lens and to apply SFT interventions to foster movement within a family system, in order to create long-lasting change.
Credits Available
5.50 APA CE Credits For Psychologists, Social Workers or Professional Counselors
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Cancellations: PCS reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any seminar at any time (in which case you will have the option to receive a full refund or attend on the rescheduled date).
Refunds: Participants may cancel their registration(s) at any time prior to the seminar date. A 10% cancellation fee will be deducted from the original registration fee, and the remainder will be refunded. No refund will be provided if the cancellation occurs within two weeks of the seminar date.
- PCS is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PCS maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- People who attend PCS trainings and seminars in their entirety may receive CE credits for psychologists/LPC/ LSW/LCSW/ LMFT or general training credits, including CAC/DDAP. For other licenses, please consult with your respective licensing board.
- Following each seminar, participants who have attended the seminar in its entirety will receive a PCS Training Feedback form via email.
- After receipt of the completed form, PCS will issue a certificate via email indicating the CE credits that have been obtained.
Tara Byers has filled multiple roles in Pennsylvania's family-based mental health services over the past 14 years. She obtained her family-based training and certification as a mental health professional through the Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center, as well as her certification as a family-based clinical supervisor through the Center for Family Based Training. Tara earned a master's degree in mental health counseling from Shippensburg University and is currently a doctoral student in counselor education and supervision. She is a nationally certified counselor and a licensed professional counselor.
Tara presently works at Pennsylvania Counseling Services as a clinical director of children's services, where she supervises all family-based clinical supervisors and provides clinical supervision for all mobile therapists. Tara is certified in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, the clinical model used in mobile therapy services at PCS.