When Client and Provider Values Collide

Klasey Consulting has partnered with Lincoln Families to bring "Emotional Regulation Skills and Mindfulness Skills for System-Involved Youth" to Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras providers. Given the diversity of social service providers and system-involved youth, it’s important for providers to recognize their values and beliefs so they don’t impose them onto youth and families. It can be stressful when someone engages in behaviors you don’t believe in. This training will provide social service workers with guidance for how to navigate situations in which the actions of youth go against their values and belief systems.

The learning objectives include the ability to:

• Participants will be able to identify one values conflict that has arisen when working with system-involved youth
• Participants will be able to identify at least one strategy to manage values conflict
• Participants will be able to describe value bracketing

Please note that in order to register for these free trainings you must be staff, caregiver or volunteer working directly with foster, adoptive or probation involved children, youth and their families in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras only. Participants outside of these areas aren't eligible.

This training will be facilitated by Dr. Acosta of Klasey Consulting. To learn more about Klasey Consulting, visit www.klaseyconsulting.com. Follow us on Instagram @klaseyconsulting to stay informed about upcoming trainings and learn about resources.

Nancy Acosta is a bilingual therapist who has 7 years of experience working with trauma at a sexual assault center. She has provided services to children and adults in various settings including outpatient community mental health centers, college counseling centers, crisis centers, and in an integrated behavioral health setting. She has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy as well as Cognitive Processing Therapy. She has experience providing training and supervision to doctoral level graduate students in trauma related topics including crisis intervention, vicarious trauma, and grounding techniques. In addition to developing a training manual for a student training program at a rape and crisis center, she also has experience supervising practicum students and providing support to staff and advocates. Nancy has experience working as a behavioral health consultant with multidisciplinary staff to improve recognition, treatment and management of behavioral problems and conditions.