Presence Psychotherapy Training: Integrate Spirituality With Trauma Work (28 CE Credits)

Note: Continuing Education Credits available. See below for details.

Presence Psychotherapy is a Comprehensive trauma treatment model that integrates spirituality, internal inquiry, and relational attunement to process the many layers and nuance of trauma. Presence Psychotherapy, published in the APA Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy and the International Journal of Trauma Care, provides a process that helps clients easily open awareness to Four Dimensions of Presence, experience well-being and heal trauma.

Learning Objectives

Discover how the Four Dimensions of Presence can be utilized to:

• Resolve Fight, Flight, Freeze, Submit and Attach utilizing the 4 Dimensions of Presence.
• Heal trauma-induced negative beliefs such as “I’m not enough, I am bad. I’m not loveable. I’m not safe.”
• Help clients experience the essence of who they are As Presence that can be aware of their thoughts, feelings and trauma.
• Utilize Transcendent Presence to process trauma without spiritual bypass.
• Reduce anxiety and depression and increase well-being.

Through a specific Presence Orienting Process in session, clients can easily experience Presence that exists in and around us:

• Compassionate Presence
• Spacious Presence
• Grounded Presence
• Transcendent Presence

This highly supportive, experiential training for mental health professionals is rooted in evidence-based practice and helps clients orient to Four Dimensions of Presence to sense compassion in and around them, experience oneness, and sense the essence of who they are beyond their trauma. Skills in this training are taught first through didactic presentations, followed by live demonstrations. Participants can then practice the skill in small groups with an experienced and supportive trainer. In the small groups each participant will have the opportunity to be a therapist, client and observer. Experiential learning helps participants learn skills to advance their clinical effectiveness.

Presence Psychotherapy was developed by Michelle Lepak, LCSW, trauma expert and long time meditator whose work has been published in multiple academic journals. Michelle is an IFS consultant, an Advanced Somatic Experiencing practitioner, EMDR level 2 trained, Relationally psycho-dynamically trained, and AEDP level 1 trained. Michelle has been teaching Presence Psychotherapy on the East Coast for many years.

Click here to see what previous Presence Psychotherapy participants have to say and to learn more about Presence Psychotherapy.

Continuing Education Credits Details

Social Workers

Presence Psychotherapy Training, Course #5343, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Michelle Lepak, LCSW as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 10/06/2023 – 10/06/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 28 clinical continuing education credits.

These credits are available to practitioners in most Canadian provinces and 47 US states. Click here to view a map of all approved locales.

Marriage and Family Therapists

The Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy provides CE approval for this program as it exceeds criteria for approval.

Testimonial

“Presence Psychotherapy helps people remain regulated while processing strong emotions.  It opens Awareness to frequencies that create safety for resolution of Fight Flight Freeze responses and trauma-induced negative beliefs.  I see enormous potential in working with Presence Frequencies.” – Sharon Freedman, Ph.D. past participant and Developer of Embodiment Psychotherapy

“Michelle is one of those rare practitioner/teachers who possesses an abundance of knowledge combined with the gift of a keen intuitive sense that she integrates organically into being a highly skilled trainer/teacher. She is open, warm, present, caring, and very well organized… She creates a very caring, safe environment within which much joyful learning can take place.” – Bob Evans, Ph.D, Past participant

Daily Schedule

A detailed schedule will be emailed to you about 30 days prior to your program. Click here to view a sample program schedule.