Bridging the Gap XIII - Registration

Bridging the Gap XIII – Vicarious Trauma “Is compassion fatigue the cost of caring?”

Keynote Speaker:

Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, MSW

For two decades, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, MSW, has been working with trauma survivors. With her theory of trauma stewardship she combines the age-old wisdom of traditions with the most cutting-edge contemporary research, directly or indirectly, to reinvent how we approach caring for others and ourselves. Laura continues her work with trauma stewardship, collaborating with others to develop sustainable work practices and maintaining a private counseling practice for individuals. She is also the founder and director of a Spanish-language school enrichment program that offers an environmental and social-justice

Breakout Sessions:

“Is it Your Baggage or Mine? Recognizing Transference and Counter-Transference in Trauma Work”

Presented by:

Liliane Drago, Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC,

Director, Outreach Training Institute

Liliane Drago is Director of the Outreach Training Institute, the largest CASAC training program in New York State.  Prior to assuming this position, she was the National Training Director at Phoenix House Foundation, where she was responsible for training and staff development, and the adoption of evidence-based practices into treatment programs.  She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and an approved trainer in Seeking Safety Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.   Previously, she directed the Riverside Center at Phoenix House, a treatment program for employed adults with substance use disorders and their families, and was the Director of Ambulatory Programs, where she provided oversight of adolescent outpatient services.

“Alternative Healing-Supporting the Sacred Self with Your Medicine Animal”

Presented by:

Ms. Alice Agostini, RN Past life Regression therapist, Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master and Shamanic Practitioner

Profession: Psychotherapist, Healer, Public Speaker

Ms. Agostini is the founder and President of the Triskele Wellness Center. She worked as a Critical Care Nurse for 17 years. With a desire to increase her skill in emotional healing, she received a BA degree in Psychology and her Masters in Social Welfare from the University of Stony Brook. She has been a Certified Hypnotherapist since 1990 and specializes in Past Life Regression Therapy. For five years, she was the Director of Counseling and Education at Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. At the Center, her counseling focuses on domestic violence, sexual trauma, PTSD, phobias, anxiety, depression, relationship counseling and bereavement. She believes in following a spiritual path of self-discovery, compassionate communication and unconditional self love as a healing process for her clients. Alternative Healing – Supporting the Sacred Self with your Medicine Animal uses journeying as a therapeutic process of self-discovery and healing. Whether you are on a healing path or facing challenges and or changes, your power animal can guide and help you gain the insights to master the transformational nature of your life. Knowing your power animal will deepen your awareness and well being on both a physical and spiritual level. You will never feel alone, again. Journeying, the basis of shamanism, provides nurturance, validation, and emotional release. This healing can also occur with psychology but the process can be typically long, and arduous. The Shamanic Journey is a way of finding answers, information, healing, wisdom and knowledge as well as guidance or help with one’s personal life. During the Journey you meet with spirits who may be regarded as ancestors, elders, gods, goddesses, deceased shamans, spirit guides, power animals and angels. These beings are seen as beings with great wisdom, power and the ones who are willing to help with guiding the living

“Physiology of Vicarious Trauma: The Mind Body Connections”

Presented by:

Beth Moran, ARNP

Owner, sole proprietor of Integrated Wellness in Easthampton, NY

She is a graduate of the International School of Homeopathy and Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing. Her presentation will explore psychoneuroimmunology and how the brain stores amygdala as well as healing and treatment alternatives.

“There’s an App For That Mobile Wellness”

Presented by:

Bonnie Owens, LCSW

Ms. Owens has been in the mental health and addictions field for over 25 years. She has a psychotherapy private practice in Freeport, NY and Shinnecock Hills, NY.   As a degreed recreation therapist, Bonnie brings her unique blend of the mind-body connection to her treatment modalities. Her specialties are the psychobiology of trauma, PTSD, mood disorders and EMDR.  Immediately following the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01 she worked as a consultant for the FDNY CSU, during which time she partnered with peer counselors to educate members on acute and post traumatic stress and provide firehouse outreach.  Ms. Owens also provided critical debriefing sessions to NYPD members through POPPA (Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance). She continues to see rescue and recovery workers, law enforcement personnel, and active and returning military personnel and their families, as well as to the general public modalities. 

Ms. Owens is the developer and creator of  “KAYAKTHERAPY”™ a specialized Brain Body Psychotherapy Technique based on the neuroscience of exercise, the bilateral stimulation of the brain from left to right, inherent in the paddling movement, with complete sensory immersion, all working simultaneously,  creating the optimal platform for learning, clarity, creativity, and reprocessing.  "KAYAKTHERAPY TM" is a powerful and accelerated trauma recovery technique.