Intergenerational Trauma: The Burdens and the Gifts 
Presented by Anita Mandley, MS, LCPC

*Up to 5 CE credits will be issued to those attending this virtual opportunity.
Details: June 12 (9:00am - 2:30pm, including a 30-minute lunch break)

Description: Your client has a lot of symptoms of traumatic stress, and no history of trauma.  Are the memories repressed? You’ve tried the evidence-based protocols for treating trauma and building resiliency, without clear cut or lasting change in the symptoms.  Are they resistant or manipulative? Could your client instead be carrying the embodied impacts of intergenerational trauma? Perhaps what’s needed is more than meeting benchmarks of cognition and behavior. Could we need a new paradigm for healing?  Could we need a process more grounded in the restoration of wholeness, and harmony with nature?  This workshop is an opportunity to experience a healing model that embraces the non-duality of mind and body and recognizes that our ancestral traumas are embodied in our present, and that our present moment flows rather seamlessly into the trajectory of our open future.  If the stream of our life flows from past, present, and future, we can use the present moment to heal the ruptures and pain from the past to change the present, and hence a changed present changes the trajectory of our future.

Learning Objectives: In this workshop, participants will...

• Experience a new decolonized model of healing intergenerational trauma and how to use this process to facilitate healing for your clients
• Learn a process for the repair of the ancient soul wounds of ancestral trauma
• Learn a process that integrates mind, body and essence, expressive arts, imagery, and reflection, that is restorative and healing, builds resiliency and diminishes shame
• Experience the power of recognizing and accepting the gifts of the ancestors in shifting to a sense of self with increased value and power

Presenter Information: Anita Mandley, MS, LCPC is an Integrative Psychotherapist specializing in Complex and Developmental PTSD, Intergenerational and Cultural Trauma, Relational Wounds, Ancestral Wounds, and Interpersonal Violence. She works with clients who struggle with developing internal safety and safety in relationships and in the world. She works with those who have been marginalized and want to restore or acquire their capacity to be empowered, feel safely connected, have a sense of personal value and expand their capacity to heal any grief that burdens them. Anita works primarily with older adolescents and adults as Individuals or couples, as well as in groups. She has developed, along with Francine Kelley LCPC, a decolonized group healing model for Complex and Developmental PTSD. 

A Note on WAFCA Webinars: Webinars are live virtual learning opportunities designed to be accessed by individuals. Group participation is not encouraged; post-webinar group discussions are a recommended alternative.

In order to offer CE credits for these virtual learning opportunities via NBCC, WAFCA verifies attendance using Zoom. Each registrant receives a unique link that confirms their attendance and email address for CE certificates. Link sharing is not permitted, and CE credits are not available for unregistered participants.

About our Offerings: WAFCA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6778. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. WAFCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Visit the WAFCA-CE registration page for more information on fees and policies.