Caring for Clients Who Have Had Abortions

Friday, July 21, 2023

8:45am-4:30pm

6 CE Credits (3 Ethics and 3 Implicit Bias)

Cost: $150.00

Presented by Rachel L. Dyer, M.S., Exhale ProVoice Executive Director

Overview

While scientific evidence has long shown that abortions do not cause emotional distress, each person’s community, context, culture, values, beliefs, and unique pregnancy can lend itself to a more distressing abortion experience. Following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision,
nonjudgmental, abortion-positive, after-abortion emotional support is more important now than ever. In this full-day training, gain the knowledge and skills to better support the diverse emotional needs of therapy clients who have had abortions.

Objectives

1. Identify greater understanding of one’s personal beliefs and values related to abortion, and how these
   might impact one’s ability to offer clients’ emotional support.
2. Report increased, evidence-based understanding of the relationship between abortions and emotional
   wellbeing.
3. Demonstrate increased capacity for active listening in the context of abortion.
4. Demonstrate increased capacity to show genuine empathy in response to diverse abortion
   experiences.
5. Demonstrate appropriate use of open- and close-ended questions in the context of abortion.
6. Demonstrate effective reflections of content and affect in the context of abortion.
7. Identify when one needs to refer a client to an additional resource.
8. Report greater confidence in providing post-abortion emotional support.

After registering, you will be emailed a registration confirmation.  An event reminder email will be sent prior to the event with the Zoom link.  The reminder email will be sent to the email address associated with your registration.

This webinar is approved for 6 CE Credits (3 Ethics and 3 Implicit Bias) through the NASW-Michigan CE Collaborative, and counts as towards the live, synchronous requirement.