Training is the process of enriching one's professional expertise. It is for professionals who already have a knowledge base and want to acquire additional information, skills, and techniques.

Velva and Co-Chairs, ICAA Conference, Berlin, 1990

As a trainer, I still attend other trainings. I believe the need for knowledge, skills, and techniques is an ongoing necessity for all professionals. My training workshops are designed to be enriching, stimulating, and interactive … plus I always learn something myself! Below are topics available for group training. Some are appropriate for individual training. Those that are researched based have a (vlh) after their titles.

Meta-Communication
		Clinical Communication Styles and Meta-communication
		The Clinician as Role Model for Meta-communication
		Meta-communication for Professionals ©
		The Three Minute Window / The Thirty Second Laser ©

Relationships
		Dysfunctional Families and Emotional Abuse (vlh)
		Love Among the Ruins: Emotional Abuse and Intimate Relationships (vlh)

DreamWork
		DreamWork: A Clinician's Model
		How to Help Your Client Understand and Use Dream Symbols
		Subjective Symbol Immersion ©

Substance Abuse
		The Analysis of a Relapse Dream
		The Sobriety Contract
		How to Intervene with a Difficult/Alcoholic Patient in a General Hospital Setting: Cook County Hospital training model (vlh)
		When is Enough, Enough: Working with the Active Alcoholic (vlh)
		Adult Children of Alcoholics: Situations, Attitudes and Character Traits (vlh)
		The Difference Between Non-alcoholic and Alcoholic ACOAs (vlh)
		The Female Alcoholic ACOA (vlh)