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Working with Self-Harming Teens: A Family-Centered Approach with Laura Rushing, LCSW
12:00 PMTuesday, September 16 2025
11:00 AMTuesday, September 16 2025
10:00 AMTuesday, September 16 2025
9:00 AMTuesday, September 16 2025
8:00 AMTuesday, September 16 2025
6:00 AM
Laura Rushing is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in private practice. She has a passion for working with tweens, teens, and women as they work towards healing and finding their worth. She specializes in working with trauma, grief, and self-esteem. Prior to private practice, she worked as a school social worker at both elementary and middle schools. She loves incorporating sand-tray and creative therapies into sessions as much possible. Before social work, she taught first grade in Bryan, Texas. She is a proud mother of two preschoolers and two puppies.
This presentation will enhance your professional skills in working with teens who self-harm, and teach you strategies to communicate with and connect with their parents/caregivers to provide supportive avenues for treatment.
This course is eligible for 1 continuing education credit.
This course is suitable for MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Introductory
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM -Introduction/Overview
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Overview of types of self-harm and explanation of why it can occur
9:20 AM - 9:50 AM Interventions to support caregivers and teens
9:50 AM - 10:55 AM Conclusion
10:55 AM - 10:00 AM Question/Answer
At the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to:
- Describe 3 effective interventions to use when working with teens who self-harm.