Workshops

Metropolitan Counseling Services offers periodic workshops to benefit mental health practitioners in the Atlanta area. Workshop topics are varied and presented by staff and supporters of MCS. Here are some examples of past workshop topics:

Personality Disorder Diagnosis & Treatment: Empirically-Informed Clinical Practice

Jared Defife, Ph.D.

Facing the Many Headed Dragon Together – Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples and Complex Trauma

Sue Johnson, EdD

Breaking Through Toxic Relationship Patterns: The Art, Heart and Science of Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy

Michael Barnett, LPC

Evolutionary Ethics: Chimps, Change, and Choices

Steve Harris, LCSW; Jennifer Frank Smith, MA, LPC; and Kathy Steele, MN, CS

From MindFlight to MindSight: Overcoming the Phobia of Inner Experience

Kathy Steele, MN, CS

The Unseen Relational Skill of Mentalizing: Practical Interventions for Therapists

Kathy Steele, MN, CS

Legal and Ethical Issues in Treating Difficult Clients

Howard A. Gold, JD, MSW and Kathy Steele, MN, CS

Structural Dissociation and Treating the Spectrum of Traumatic Dissociation

Onno van der Hart, PhD and Kathy Steele, MN, CS

Sexual Addiction, Workaholism, and the Recovery of Intimacy

Steve Harris, LCSW

Ethics, Boundaries, and Somatic Interventions in the Treatment of Chronically Traumatized Individuals

Pat Ogden, PhD and Kathy Steele, MN, CS

Special Issues in Dealing with Traumatized Individuals

Kathy Steele, MN, CS

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Professional Training

MCS can provide in-service training for mental health clinicians at their place of work or offer more extensive training at meetings of professional societies and associations.

Workshop Comments

I have seen Kathy [Steele] many times over the years; no matter how often I go, it never fails that I get something new and incredibly useful and valuable – I will continue to come to her presentations! She’s incredible – thank you!