SPEAKING EVENTS

Scroll down for upcoming events, workshops, CEUs, and trainings that Robyn is featured.

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Learn more about the widely growing treatment modality, Internal Family Systems & learn the goals of IFS, a foundation of IFS parts & the 6 F’s & how to recognize parts with your clients. You also will learn key neurobiological, anatomical, & chemical factors of trauma that show up in part presentations.

You will go deeper into understanding common parts that show up for clients with trauma & you’ll gain an understanding of IFS healing steps & additional strategies for working with clients in traumatic healing. You will also be provided with additional resources for further training or education.

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Oct
10

Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Why Veterans and First Responders Drop Out of Care with Otherwise-Skilled Providers CEU Event

Many mental health providers are deeply motivated to work with veterans and first responders – and with good reason. It is truly wonderful to work with those who protect and defend others. These individuals are often service oriented and altruistic by nature. In addition, they possess extraordinary resilience, a strong sense of duty, and a deep desire to be better everyday for the people who count on them. Working with this population can be meaningful and incredibly rewarding.

Presenters Doc Springer and Robyn Sonnier continually heard from their clients that they have dropped out of care with other providers because of how they experienced treatment with other licensed providers. As they listened closely to their stories, it became clear that there is a hidden cultural - and trust deficit - between veterans and first responders and well-intentioned, otherwise-skilled providers who likely get great outcomes with other clients. Veterans and first responders frequently report feeling misunderstood, judged, or emotionally unsafe in sessions. These deficits are not always about clinical expertise but rather context, communication, and culture.

This FREE training will begin to pull back the veil on this often hidden barrier to care. Participants will learn what veterans and first responders wish their past therapists had known, the unspoken codes and cultural norms that can make or break trust, common missteps that lead to dropout, and how to adapt their approach to create psychological safety and cultural alignment.

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Jul
12

Bless the Badge - Tactical Relationship Training™: Law Enforcement Conference

Robyn is a featured guest speaker for the Bless the Badge Tactical Relationship Training™: Law Enforcement Conference presenting on Trauma in the First Responder Population and serving on the afternoon panel. This event is FREE for law enforcement, LEO spouses, clinicians, and supporters to attend.

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Apr
11

Ethical Considerations When Working with Trauma

Robyn will present a 1.5 ethics CEU on ethical considerations when working with trauma. This program will include ethical guidelines for treating trauma survivors including informed consent, risk management and establishing and maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance. It will reference the ACA Code of Ethics and the NASW Code of Ethics to help provide understanding of its applicability to working with trauma and review ethical decision-making models to inform care.

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Feb
22

An Introduction to IFS & Other Strategies for Treating Trauma

This presentation will provide attendees with an introduction to the widely growing treatment modality, Internal Family Systems. Participants will learn the goals of IFS, a foundation of IFS parts and the 6 F’s and how to recognize parts with your clients, as well as key neurobiological, anatomical, and chemical factors of trauma that show up in part presentations. Participants will go deeper into understanding common parts that show up for clients with trauma and will gain an understanding of IFS healing steps and additional strategies for working with clients in traumatic healing. Participants will get an opportunity to observe a demonstration of the IFS techniques discussed and will be provided with additional resources for further training or education.

Approved by NASW-LA for 3.0 hours of Clinical & by LCA for 3.0 hours of Diagnosis!

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Jan
31

Becoming a Battle Buddy: Providing Culturally Competent Care for Military Populations

A 3.0 hour ethics & diagnosis CEU s presented by Robyn Sonnier, LPC-S, NCC, CCTP-II, CMCC, CFRC & Dr. Jodi Manton, LPC-S, NCC. Approved by LCA & NASW-LA for 1.5 of Ethics & 1.5 Diagnosis. 25% of proceeds will benefit The Overwatch Collective, a non-profit that helps provide funding for therapy for the veteran & first responder community.

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Apr
13

An Introduction to IFS & Other Strategies for Treating Trauma

Many clinicians are presented with a client suffering from a traumatic experience that is often unresolved. Although it may not be the primary goal of the client in treatment, it often is the main symptom being presented. This session will review the clinical criteria for the various trauma and stressor-related disorders. It will review barriers often faced with effective and appropriate treatment of trauma as well as interventions to these barriers. The session will overview various treatment interventions, including an introduction to Internal Family Systems, that can be utilized in the counseling experience. It will provide an overview of the biopsychosocial effects of trauma. The goal of this session is to create awareness and interventions for the treatment of clients suffering from symptoms related to traumatic experiences.

REGISTER HERE for a 3.0 hour online Diagnosis CEU!

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Jun
9

Ethical Considerations When Working with Trauma

Robyn will present a 1.5 ethics CEU on ethical considerations when working with trauma sponsored by River Oaks Hospital. This program will include ethical guidelines for treating trauma survivors including informed consent, risk management and establishing and maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance. It will reference the ACA Code of Ethics and the NASW Code of Ethics to help provide understanding of its applicability to working with trauma and review ethical decision-making models to inform care. Register Here!

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