with Anastasia Gochnour, LCSW
presented by WTCI, in-person, Saturday, October 14, 2023, 2-4pm ET, in-person (West Village, NYC), 2.0 CEs for qualifying practitioners*
with Anastasia Gochnour, LCSW
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“As much support as necessary and as little as possible” -Laura Perls.
This fundamental principle provides a clear guide for a particular approach to working within a therapeutic frame. The value of supporting our clients to develop their own resources is widely supported and understood. So why then do we sometimes find ourselves wanting to do more and even acting on that urge? Our desire to 'help' our clients can emerge in a variety of ways and in response to our client's times of joy and distress. How do we maintain a steady open internal therapeutic stance of our client's experience of economic and emotional deprivation (racism, abuse, heterosexism, misogyny, and sizeism) without 'doing' anything? How do we internally and externally respond to our client's positive experiences? In both instances, we may notice ourselves extending the boundaries of the therapeutic frame by reducing our fees, stretching our schedules, making suggestions, jumping forward to 'figure things out,' and offering unsolicited referrals.
Appreciating that there is no absolute or ‘right’ approach to what we offer therapeutically, the emphasis of this workshop will center on identifying and examining our motivations behind these gestures through personal reflection exercises, discussion, and case examples.
Upon completion, participants will be able to: - Identify their personal desires and motivations for expanding the therapeutic frame
- Develop tools for addressing personal unmet needs to better tailor clinical interventions.
- Explore the potential impact on the therapeutic alliance through exploratory questions.
Anastasia Gochnour, LCSW has investigated the challenges of boundaries in supportive relationships as a social worker, supervisor & psychotherapist. Prior to her private practice, she worked for over a decade at an innovative harm reduction program serving homeless youth and more recently has been providing staff support to the immigrant rights organization, OLA of Eastern Long Island. Additionally, she provides individual and group supervision to therapists with an emphasis on facilitating the transition from social services to private practice. She is a graduate of WTCI, the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, the Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy program, and the Zen Center for Contemplative Care.
*Qualifying practitioners: WTCI has been recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for NYS licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0102 and creative arts therapists #CAT-0018, by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Workers as an approved provider of continuing education for NYS licensed social workers #SW-0361, and by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0049.
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