Live Webinar: Belonging in the N'Between - Working with Clients Living at the Margins
Event Details
Live Webinar: Belonging in the N'Between - Working with Clients Living at the Margins
Thursday December 5th, 2024 from 2:00 PM to 5:15 PM
3 Ethics/Strength-Based CEs
(3 Hours of NBCC Continuing Education Credit)
What happens when a client feels like they are TOO much or NEVER enough?
This creates a deep internal conflict. This is the common day to day life of an n'betweener. An n'betweener is someone who is living at the intersection of multiple identities, navigating conflicting social identities, struggle with belonging and long to be fully seen and understood in their complexity.
In this workshop you'll be introduced to the term "n'betweener", gain awareness and understanding n'betweener traits and their mental health experiences. You'll also be equipped with tools and skills needed to serve and empower diverse n'betweener populations effectively.
Objectives include:
1. Understand the n'betweener population (traits and experiences)
2. Learn the 3 n'betweener characters traits and their unique mental health experiences
3. Gain a basic understanding of the Right Use of Power (Barstow), and how to utilize our "Personal Power" as a clinical tool
4. Gain tools and skills on how to empower n'betweeners from chronic shame, how to utilize "the Cycle of Worthiness" to empower clients.
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This course meets criteria for 3 hours of ethics continuing education by the Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health for Oklahoma LPC and LMFT license holders, by the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers (provider #20240088) for Oklahoma LCSW license holders, by the Oklahoma Board of Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselors (certificate #20250018) for LADC and CADC license holders, and for Oklahoma case managers (3 hours ethics/strength-based CEs).
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What is the NBCC?
What is the difference between CEs and CEUs?
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Our CE courses are open to all mental health professionals, but Members of the Oklahoma Counseling Institute™ receive a discount off all in-person workshops, live webinars, and on-demand courses. Join today!
No Prerequisites Required for This Course.
If there are any questions or concerns about your experience with the Oklahoma Counseling Institute or any of its trainings, please contact the Oklahoma Counseling Institute by phone at (405)-440-3034, by email at hello@edmondcounseling.com, by mail at 1320 East 9th Street, Suite 6, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034, United States, or by visiting our website at www.counselinginstitute.org. OCI staff carefully considers any feedback or complaints and typically responds within one business day.
Nora Alwah, LPC
Nora is a TEDx speaker, somatic psychotherapist, recognized mental health advocate, acclaimed educator with over 15 years of experience, and soon-to-be author. She empowers individuals living with marginalized, conflicting intersectional identities. She call them n’betweeners ®, a term she coined to describe those who navigate complexity, struggle with belonging, and live at the intersection of multiple social identities. Whether we're mixed-race, BIPOC, queer, immigrants, multicultural, multi/bilingual, trans or gender-nonconforming and infinite other intersectional identities. n’betweeners often feel alone and misunderstood in their experience. Nora is dedicated to creates spaces and community for n'betweeners to feel seen, understood and belong.
Nora is a cis, queer, multiracial woman of color from Denmark and Comoros. She is on a mission to create an n'betweener movement to support them transforming the pain from oppression into possibility and guiding people to believe in themselves and discover their most powerful self.
For more information, visit her website www.nbetweener.com or follow her on Instagram @noraalwah.