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The Absence of Presence and the Presence of Absence

Psychotherapy with Relational Trauma Survivors of What Never Happened that Should Have 

Six-Week Webinar Series with Dr. Ken Benau

$295 | 5 CEs Available

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Upcoming Livestream

 Thoughts on Absence

Lars Vala & Ken Benau, PhD

Friday, May 2nd at 12:00pm ET

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Live discussion with Ken Benau on his upcoming webinar series.

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The Lasting Impact of Absence

May 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th & June 6th & 13th
12pm -1 pm ET (view in your time zone)

Join Dr. Ken Benau for an in-depth exploration into the lasting effects of caregiver “absence” on the developing child, and later as adults in psychotherapy. Others have remarked that “neglect is often neglected” in developmental research. The same can be said of psychotherapy with survivors of early relational trauma and attachment wounding. This course will highlight some of the subtler, chronic consequences of what never happened that should have, including the need to be seen, felt, known, and even celebrated for who we are.

Why This Course?

Understand the Research: Take a deep dive into the developmental research on early relational absence and explore some clinical applications of that research

Explore Cases In-Depth: Review five clinical case presentations, describing how Dr. Benau identified and worked therapeutically with the chronic effects of absence

Improve Clinical Work: Learn to identify how early developmental absence makes its presence known in adult psychotherapy, and consider different ways of working effectively with these phenomena

The Absence of Presence

Six-Week Webinar Series

Dr. Ken Benau offers an in-depth exploration into caregiver absence, exploring its impacts on child development and, later, in adulthood. Participants will gain tools to work more effectively with adults in psychotherapy who have experienced developmental absence.

$295 | 5 CEs Available
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Questions? Let us know!

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Participants Who Complete This Course Can Earn 5 Continuing Education (CE) Credit Hours Upon Completion

Describe the relationship between developmental absence and chronic shame.

Discuss the role of shock in developmental absence and the potential for Deep Brain Reorienting for processing that shock.

Identify ways that early developmental absence makes its presence known in adult psychotherapy.

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Dr. Ken Benau

Ken Benau, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist. For over 30 years, Dr. Benau worked with children and adults with various learning and developmental differences, in inpatient, outpatient, and school settings. He also taught and supervised graduate students studying clinical psychology in school-based clinical consultation, psychotherapy, and psychological testing.
 
Dr. Benau currently enjoys working psychotherapeutically with adults living with various learning and developmental differences, including LD, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at his private practice in the San Francisco Bay area. His special interest and expertise is in shame and pride-informed psychotherapy with survivors of relational trauma. Working from an integrative perspective, he incorporates psychodynamic, experiential, and somatic approaches, amongst others. He has explored this theme in professional conferences, webinars, podcasts, and in several peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Benau’s well-received book, Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma: Concepts and Psychotherapy (Routledge), was published in March, 2022.
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