COUNSELOR TRAINING SEMINARS

Annette Franks, M.Ed. LPC

Certified Gestalt Psychotherapist

Columbus, Ohio

      Annette Franks is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Gestalt Psychotherapist.  She trains mental health professionals as a Faculty Member at The Gestalt Institute of Central Ohio and The Ohio State University Summer Institute of Addiction Studies.  Annette has been training mental health professionals around the country for many years.  With a Gestalt perspective and an extensive background in Holistic Health Care Modalities and Energy Medicine, she facilitates training seminars designed to help professionals gain a clearer understanding of the therapeutic process and the mind-body-spirit connections.  Annette also has an extensive background in the Field of Addictions.  She is a dynamic facilitator and teacher.  Her presentation teaching style and handout materials are clear and to the point.  As a Motivational and Keynote Speaker, Annette has developed an authentic ability to captivate her audiences and keep their attention.

      Especially in these days of managed health care, we need as many efficient and effective treatment modalities as possible.   Annette’s training seminars are designed to give practitioners a closer look at the therapeutic process. She helps practitioners develop more counseling tools and techniques in assisting clients toward inner personal growth and empowerment.  She tailors her seminars according to the specific needs of the target audiences.   Most seminars are one to two full days in length. The length of time and the seminar training content are designed specifically to fit the needs of your facility and training needs.

      Annette’s seminars are designed to meet the needs of your staff and facility.   With almost 30 years of counseling experience, she works with you to design specific training needs that can enhance practitioner’s therapeutic skills in all types of counseling settings.   Annette uses a combination of teaching methods including lecture, handouts and experiential exercises.  She has developed a vast array of handouts and training materials that practitioners can use again with their own clients.

     These are some of the specific training objectives that can be addressed:

·        Describe laying the groundwork for the therapeutic process in enhancing client self-awareness, self-responsibility, and self-empowerment.

·        Identify client resistance patterns that emerge in the therapeutic process.

·        Examine the mind-body-spirit connections and how our psychological health influences our physical health and well-being.

·        Identify how our belief systems enhance or limit our personal growth and development and describe therapeutic techniques to transform limiting beliefs and build self-esteem.

·        Examine mindfulness exercises and breath-work techniques to increase client self-awareness and enable clients to be more present in the moment and to experience their emotions more fully. 

·        Explore ways to help clients experience their internal emotional process more fully.

·        Describe the power of language and how language can limit or promote the therapeutic process.

·        Examine authentic contact and techniques to help client’s develop a clearer understanding of their own internal processes.

·        Identify therapeutic tools and techniques in assisting clients toward inner personal growth and empowerment.

·        Examine dynamics in working with individuals and couples in the areas of communication, managing conflict and relationship building skills.

·        Explore the psychological dynamics of healthy family systems versus dysfunctional family systems.

·        Explore methods to enhance intuition and work through past, unresolved issues.

·        Identify methods to enhance self-esteem and self-empowerment.

·        Explore self-care and holistic life balance needs.

·        Identify the Addiction Process including the physiology and psychological symptoms of the brain disease of addiction.

·        Examine the Family Dynamics of Addiction and Intervention Strategies.  

·        Describe Addiction Treatment Methods and the Addiction Recovery Process.

Annette works with you to design a training program that best meets your needs.  For more information on Counselor Training Seminars, please contact Annette at her Private Practice Office location in Columbus, Ohio.   The number is (614) 785-1066.