Fine-Tuning Your Process Lens - An offering in our “Process Series”
October 2nd and 3rd, 9am to 4 pm Mountain Time
USD $475 early bird (before July 22, 2026) and $525 regular fee (after July 22, 2026)
Presenter: Craig Penner, LMFT
In-person training in Calgary
When coping is overwhelming, we all develop ways to try to adapt. These often entail disconnections from presence that we are not even aware of. The relief from decreased presence diminishes our ability to effectively engage with ourselves. Therapy can expose these processes, making them workable and expanding clients’ abilities to utilize their own resources.
These 2 days give you a chance to explore some of your most challenging dynamics as a therapist. We will solicit your questions in advance to help shape the agenda. There will be opportunities for you to role-play tough moments with clients, with Craig and group members having a chance to work as therapists to find ways to make them workable.
Topics will include:
Tracking activation and “disconnections” as doorways to process
Identifying clients’ struggles to stay present that expose “non-presenting problems” which impede effective functioning
How a somatic base and process orientation can better position the therapist to help clients notice their own process and make agreements to focus on previously unseen dynamics
What’s helpful for you to notice?
What are you noticing from your clients’ self-reflective processes?
Creating agreements for dual foci of content and process
What’s my job?
Working from your clients’ complaints to workable issues
There is never “nothing happening”
Common “stuck points” that can actually reveal helpful process dynamics
Assessing your clients’ self-reflective style
Tracking activation and resiliency as a guide to good pacing
How struggles can increase in the process of a session, as a consequence of doing good work, and how to use those moments effectively
Signs the therapist may be "poorly positioned"
Bring your hardest questions, and we’ll tease out workable processes
11 CE Credits for many professional licenses