Foundational Training: Building Skills for Working with Connection Clients - February 20, 2025 |
Training: “Foundational Training: Building Skills for Working with Connection Clients"
Please join us for the upcoming Intercultural Counseling Connection clinical training workshop
“Foundational Training: Building Skills for Working with Connection Clients”
This workshop will be presented in person at 4500 Frankford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21206, and as a live conference via Zoom on
Friday, February 20 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided for in person attendees.
CEUs for this training are cosponsored by Inspirit Counseling Services.
Workshop Description: In this training we will cover best practices for the treatment of severely traumatized clients, with a focus on torture survivors and forced migrants. We will explore the intersections of personal background and trauma in this population, with a focus on understanding the ways in which clients’ cultural contexts affect their experiences and therapeutic needs. Technical aspects of the asylum process in the United States and the ways in which it affects clinical processes will be covered. In addition, we will present practical tools for working cross-linguistically and cross-culturally with clients for positive outcomes. Vicarious trauma and warning signs will be covered, as well as coping tools for therapist self-care.
Presenter Bios:
Andrea Rackowski specializes in supporting the mental health of forced migrants through her position as the Clinical Director for the Intercultural Counseling Connection, where she has volunteered and worked for the past 10 years. She has a background in linguistics and has extensive experience in multilingual therapy and in working with interpreters in clinical contexts. Andrea also co-facilitates several therapy groups through the ICC, including a Common Threads group that uses textile art to support trauma processing.
Caitlin Tromiczak is a licensed clinical social worker who has worked with immigrant communities and the professionals who serve them for over 20 years. She has served in many roles including as therapist, clinical supervisor, program manager, and professional development content creator and facilitator. With a humanistic approach to healing and serving, Caitlin strives to create and provide culturally attuned and effective services and systems. She currently provides clinical supervision for nonprofits and private therapy practices serving vulnerable and underserved communities, including forced migrants, as well as Program Director and Clinical Supervisor at the Intercultural Counseling Connection in Baltimore.
5.5 contact hours/Category A education units will be available for eligible clinicians. It also fulfills 3 hours of anti-oppressive social work practice to meet the requirement for the state of Maryland by covering cultural humility and social justice content.
Please note that therapists currently active within the Connection’s pro bono provider network and Inspirit colleagues will have free, priority registration.
A registration fee of $100.00 will apply to all other participants. You can pay this fee here. The deadline for registration is Friday, February 13th!
PLEASE REGISTER BELOW.
Confirmation emails will follow. Clinicians who are not affiliated with the Connection's provider network will receive a preliminary notification, with confirmation pending payment of the registration fee.
Thank you.