Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S
presented by
SickKids CCMH Learning Institute
Live webinar
January 26, 2023 | 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST The first step in working with hard to engage clients is understanding the reasons underlying what has been called “resistance.” The second step involves engaging clients in the therapeutic process. Best-selling author and one of Canada’s foremost presenters on childhood trauma, Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S will outline the factors that underlie resistance and present tools and techniques to engage children and adolescents in online and in-person therapy. Learning objectives: • Describe the factors underlying therapeutic resistance
• Implement creative interventions to facilitate rapport-building with children
• Implement play-based and expressive arts techniques with clients who are reluctant to verbally articulate their thoughts and feelings Learn more
and save 15% with promo code CAVERSHAM15 About the Facilitator: Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S Liana Lowenstein is a Registered Clinical Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who has been working with children and their families since 1988. She presents training across North America and abroad. She provides clinical supervision to mental health practitioners, runs a play-therapy internship program, and consults to several mental health agencies. She has authored numerous best-selling books including: Paper Dolls and Paper Airplanes: Therapeutic Exercises for Sexually Traumatized Children; Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children; Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce; Creative CBT Interventions for Children with Anxiety; and Cory Helps Kids Cope with Sexual Abuse. She is a winner of the Monica Herbert award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada.
website: https://sickkidscmh.ca/course/i-dont-wanna-talk-about-it-working-with-hard-to-engage-children-and-teens-2/ | 
