Presented by Melissa Lenon, LMFT
Includes 1.25 CE credits for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and LCSWs. A recording will be made available to all registrants for 3 months. For those who can't attend live, CE credit is available by watching the recording and passing a test.
Presentation Description
January is unofficially known as ‘Divorce Month’ in the field of divorce. For many, New Year’s resolutions commence a big family change if one parent or another resolves to separate/divorce.
Your couple, individual or child client(s) become a divorcing family - now what??
This 75 minute interactive workshop will help you avoid blurry role lines, prevent burn out from demanding, conflictual divorce individuals and connect you to organisations, trainings and ethical guidelines to keep you and your clients safe.
Participants will explore five key strategies to preserve their therapeutic role while supporting clients through emotionally and legally complex divorces. The workshop places special emphasis on the risks posed by parental conflict, which can challenge a therapist’s neutrality and role clarity.
Attendees will also be connected with relevant organizations, additional training opportunities, and online ethical resources to ensure both client and practitioner safety and role integrity.
Program Goals
This workshop will help you avoid blurry role lines, prevent burn out from demanding, conflictual divorce clients and connect you to organisations, trainings and ethical guidelines to keep you and your clients safe.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Describe 3 mechanisms through which court involved families enter the therapist’s office.
- Name 2 professional divorce roles that can function as an adjunct to the therapist to maintain role integrity.
- Identify 2 online resources to check ethical guidelines when working with a divorcing or divorced individual or family.
About the Presenter
Melissa Lenon is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who offers a unique and positive approach to divorce by offering a path forward through collaboration rather than conflict. Beyond the resentment so often associated with the divorce process, she guides individuals and families towards healing and growth, empowering them to move forward with respect.
A graduate from Santa Clara University’s Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, her expertise lies in supporting separating and divorcing families facing tough situations through divorce coaching, communication enhancement, coparent counselling and parenting plan mediation in her private practice in Santa Clara.
Melissa takes her passion for making divorce better for moms, dads and kids into Collaborative Divorce California leadership roles. Melissa is entering her 4th year leading Divorce With Respect Week, taking the initiative from a state to national to international levels. She is Chair of Public Education and Board member for Collaborative Divorce California and is serving her 3rd year as Vice President of Collaborative Practice Silicon Valley.
Workshop Outline
- Welcome
- Slide show with case studies: before, during and after divorce Divorce resources to avoid burnout and avoid dual roles overview:
- Stay in your therapist lane
- Consider adjunct divorce professionals
- Ethics refresh, then reach out
- Consultation
- Resources
- Questions
- Closing
This is an intermediate level course.
TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs
If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CEUs. This course meets the qualifications for 1.25 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. SCV-CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs (CEPA 052466). SCV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of SCV-CAMFT. SCV-CAMFT can not be held liable for any damages arising from recommendations or advice given by our speakers or any actions or decisions arising out of the content of this presentation. Presentations at SCV-CAMFT events do not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products or services.
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