Free Community Lectures

New Earth Institute Community Lectures

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 Mental health professionals may receive

2 CEs approved by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board (#CCE0111661) and the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP No. 7520) for a $20 fee.

NEI Winter Community Lecture
Embodied Clinical Supervision: A Somatic Integrative Relational Dance
Presented by: Ingrid Lacey, MA, LPC/LPCC, CPCS, BC-DMT, GLCMA
Tuesday, Feb 4th, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MT
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Ingrid Lacey, MA, LPC/LPCC, CPCS, BC-DMT, GLCMA

This lecture will explore the somatic integrative relational dance of supervisory relationships. Applying an embodied approach to supervision facilitates a holistic process where the verbal and non-verbal aspects of insight and understanding are comprehended as an integrated whole. Drawing from Dance Movement Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, and Chi for Two® – The Energetic Dance of Healthy Relationship, attendees will learn body-based strategies to support their supervisees. This somatically informed approach provides multiple pathways to access emergent content during the supervisory session, revealing unconscious biases, and furthering self-reflective practice in therapeutic work.

Ingrid Jennifer Lacey, is a licensed professional counselor, board-certified dance movement therapist, certified movement specialist & educator, certified professional clinical supervisor, and a Chi for Two® Embodiment Coach. She completed her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling from Columbia College Chicago, after teaching dance to marginalized populations and performing professionally in England and the Republic of Ireland. Ingrid maintains a private psychotherapy practice, and specializes in trauma, anxiety and mood disorders with adults. She enjoys integrating elements of expressive arts, Chi for Two, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Celtic spirituality with clients, students and clinical supervisees. Ingrid serves as adjunct faculty for alternate route dance therapy courses in Atlanta and Chicago, and enjoys being a part of the diverse dance community of Atlanta.

NEI Spring Community Lecture
Working with Erotic Feelings in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: A Psychodynamic Framework for Ethical Practice
Presented by: Pat Song, PhD
Tuesday, April 1st, 6:00 – 8:00 PM MT | Online Via Zoom
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Sexual boundary violations by therapists and sitters are a recurring and serious problem in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Psychedelics induce a profoundly vulnerable state in participants. The psychedelic setting can also amplify feelings and experiences of practitioners sitting with these participants; some sitters report surprising, disorienting erotic feelings and energy. At the same time, participants’ erotic feelings contain valuable clinical information about nonsexual needs, feelings, and experiences of the patient. Learning to manage erotic transference and countertransference is thus an essential task for every psychedelic practitioner. This workshop will begin to prepare practitioners for these experiences by providing a psychodynamic understanding of these and other feeling states in order to use this information safely and therapeutically. Dr. Song will present a framework for identifying and working with erotic transference/countertransference as well as other intense feeling states (e.g., love and hate) in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Participants will learn to develop clinical formulations that are developmental, intrapsychic, and relational. Red flag behaviors and attitudes in self and others will be described as well as strategies for reducing risk of committing boundary violations. Case material from ongoing interviews with psychedelic therapists and participants will be presented.

Pat Song, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and an M.Ed. in counseling psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has over 25 years of professional experience in a range of settings including a Harvard cocaine addiction treatment research project and clinical training at a Harvard Medical School public health teaching hospital. Other professional experience has been with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health AIDS Bureau and four college/military school counseling centers. Dr. Song is an active member of the Asian Psychedelic Collective and a graduate of the Center for Psychedelic Therapy and Research certificate training program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and the PRATI and Fluence KAP certificate programs. She has a private psychotherapy practice in Montpelier, Vermont, and conducts workshops on psychedelic assisted therapy around the US.

Upon completion attendees will be able to:

1. Recognize foundational psychodynamic concepts of development and therapy, such as

containment, defenses, projective identification, transference and countertransference, and the therapeutic frame.

2. Describe a variety of ways in which erotic energy can manifest in the context of psychedelic assisted therapy.

3. Describe components of a psychodynamic framework for identifying and working with erotic transference and countertransference.

4. Describe skills for working with erotic transference and countertransference.

5. Describe red flag behaviors and strategies for reducing risk of committing boundary violations in self and colleagues.

NEI Spring Community Lecture
Telling the Tale of Addiction: Achieving Co-regulation Through Ritual Storytelling
Presented by: Richard Pelfrey, MS, LADAC, NCAC, and Jonah Emerson-Bell, MA, LMHC
 Tuesday, April 15th, 6:00 PM, MT | Online Via Zoom
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Since the invention of the spoken word, humans have gathered together to tell stories, share experiences, and create meaning from the signs and symbols in their world. This ancient ritual is a form of co-regulation, as well as a way of understanding one’s individual experience through archetypal forces held within traditional stories and the larger context of community, society, and the world. Myths, fairy tales, and personal narratives can help people navigate times of change and create order out of chaos. This lecture will explore how we as clinicians can reintroduce this practice as a pathway to the co-creation of transformational change within our clients, and illustrate the power of storytelling as a pathway to coherence and meaning making following difficult life events. Examples will be shared to help conceptualize the psychological journey from addiction to recovery and the healing insights encountered along the way. We will discuss how the symbols and themes found in stories can help us as clinicians to honor the internal wisdom of our clients and deepen our compassion for people who are navigating substance use disorders.

Richard Pelfrey, MS, LADAC, NCAC, has been holding space for the resolution and reintegration of trauma and addictions of all forms for the past 12 years. While becoming licensed as an addictions counselor, Richard heard the call to expand his work with people beyond traditional models and began exploring alternative methods for the resolution of trauma. Richard is trained and certified in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Wim Hoff method, and Brainspotting, meditation leadership and grief counseling, and incorporates all of these modalities as well as a decade of apprenticeship in the Toltec wisdom path and traditional earth-based ceremony in his focused work with individuals and groups for the purpose of healing and finding our highest joy and artistry in life.

Jonah Emerson-Bell, MA, LMHC, is a Tarot Reader, Astrologer, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a background in Hypnosis and Integration Coaching. He holds a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His work uses the archetypal language of symbol to help make the unconscious conscious and incorporates myth, magick, and creativity as ways to support clients in creating meaningful change. Jonah has appeared on various podcasts, taught classes, and given talks on astrology, mythology, and psychology. He produces a weekly Astrology forecast called This Week in Space!!! that can be found on YouTube and Instagram.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Describe how traditional stories contribute to the creation of culture and how acquaintance with stories can deepen understanding of and rapport with clients of different cultures.

2. Apply knowledge of cultural mythos to create universalized ritual in the treatment space.

3. Describe how personal narrative and the proper use of self-disclosure in the therapy space can lead to a coregulated therapeutic alliance.

4. Examine the value of ritual practice in the field of addictions treatment.

Southwestern College & New Earth Institute is approved by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board (#CCE0111661) and the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP No. 7520) as a Continuing Education Provider.  If you are not licensed as a mental health professional in New Mexico, please check with your state’s licensing board to see if they will accept approved CEs from these two accrediting bodies.

PAST COMMUNITY LECTURES

• Ethical Considerations Regarding Psychedelic-assisted Therapy presented by Amy Wong Hope, LCSW
• Ethical Considerations for Counseling Suicidal Children: Screening, Assessment, and Safety Planning Presented by Katie Brammer, PhD, LPCC
• Sustaining Ethical Practice: The Ultimate in Self-Aware Self-Care in the Helping Professions presented by Randy Crutcher, EdD
• Writing with the Client in Mind: Ethics of Clinical Documentation presented by Denise Moore, MA, LPCC, CCTP
• Power and Place: Ethical and Cultural Considerations in Addiction Presented by Aimée Dale-Lucius, MA, LMHC
• Healing With Ecotherapy: Ethical Considerations in Helping Clients Reconnect to the Body and Nature to Resolve Trauma presented by Rochelle Calvert, PhD, CMT, SEP
• Navigating the Realms of Family Violence presented by Andrea Verswijver, M.A., M.S., LPCC
• Revisiting Leadership as an International Student presented by Magdalena Karlick, M.A., LPCC, ATR-BC
• Astrology for Re-dreaming Ourselves: Love Affairs with Intrapsychic Diversity presented by Jason Holley, M.A., LPCC
• The Complexity of Domestic Violence presented by Andrea Verswijver, M.A., M.A., LMHC
• More Than a Cursory Glance: Particularizing Pornography and Finding Meaning presented by Ginna Clark, PsyD., ATR-BC, LPCC
• Serving American Indian Communities presented by Janet L. Smith, M.S., ATR-Ret.
• Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine with Lama Tsultrim Allione
• Wilderness Therapy Panel presented by Dr. Ann Filemyr and Dr. Scott Thomas
• Suicide Awareness and Prevention Presented by Erin Doenwald, LMSW and Susan Hayre, LMHC
• Integrating Brain, Body and Heart Intelligence: The Neurobiological Foundations of Therapeutic Practice presented by Tim Burns, M.A.
• Energy Healing: The Latest Scientific Research and the Role of Water in the Process presented by Melinda Connor, Ph.D.
• A Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy: The Basics of Working with Difficult Couples presented by Lon Rankin, M.A., LPCC
• Authority vs. Power: Creative Leadership from the Inside Out presented by Heather Leigh, M.A., ATR-BC, LCPC
• Objects of Desire and Desiring Subjects: On Sexuality in Psychotherapy presented by Ginna Clark, M.A., ATR-BC, LPCC
• Understanding and Working with Borderline Personality Disorder by Laura Lansrud-Lopez, M.A., ATR-BC, LPAT, LPCC
• Adolescent Substance and Process Abuse by Juan Blea, M.A., LADAC
• Organic Sexuality: From Shame into Mystery by Jason Holley, M.A., LPCC
• Adult ADD/HD: A Problem Unrecognized by Doug Puryear, M.D.
• Dr. Edith Wallace: Her Life, Work and Legacy presented by Karen Stefano, M.A., LPC
• Clinical Intuition, Vito Hemphill, DOC
• The Turning of the Ages: Our Time and Place in Cosmic Cycles of Evolution, Jason Holley, M.A., LPCC
• The Right Time and Place to Heal Trauma, Lee Cartwright, M.A.
• Mindfulness-Based Auricular Acupuncture (MBAA), Dana Moore
• Eyes Made of Soul, Robert Waterman, Ed.D., Lecture and Book Signing
• The “F-Word” Project, Maureen Burdock
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• The Biological Drama of Trauma, Lee Cartwright, M.A.
• Cultivating Bridges: Attunement, Interpersonal Neurobiology & Group Process, Kate Cook, M.A., LPCC, TEP
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• Envisioning a New, Healthy Sexuality, Jason Holley, M.A. and Kate Latimer, M.A.
• Transformation Through the Quantum Field, Robert Waterman, Ed.D.