Katherine White – RMFT RCC
Family of Origin insights:
A Resource for Clinicians and Clients
This comprehensive and interactive workshop is specifically tailored for counsellors who wish to explore how growing up within their family of origin affects their interpersonal functioning and clinical practice.
Family of Origin insights: A Resource for Clinicians and Clients
About the Session
Each individual is shaped by the unique dynamics of their family context, with diverse experiences that influence both personal development and professional identity as a clinician. This comprehensive and interactive workshop is specifically tailored for counsellors who wish to explore how growing up within their family of origin affects their interpersonal functioning and clinical practice. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how to examine the impact of family-of-origin relationships and experiences, not only on their own therapeutic work but also on the dynamics with clients in the clinical setting. The session will provide practical tools to enhance self-awareness as a therapist and refine clinical practice. This workshop offers invaluable insights and is essential for those seeking to integrate this perspective into their work.
What you will learn:
Methods of assessment
For assessing individual functioning within the family context, applicable to both the clinician and the client.
Strategies
For conducting these assessments efficiently, as well as in a more in-depth and comprehensive manner.
Examples and how to apply techniques
Engage in case studies and experiential exercises that promote skill development and deepen understanding through small group discussions.
Key patterns that influence all relationships
And how recognizing these patterns can help a clinician bring unconscious, automatic behaviors into awareness.
Reflection and self-awareness
Reflect on your own relationship with your family of origin and how this will foster self-awareness and strengthen your therapeutic work.
Session Format:
Interactive with collaborative discussions, hands-on activities, case study analysis.
A short video:
About Katherine White
Katherine has been working with individuals, couples, children, and families for over 20 years, across three countries. She received her training in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) from Arizona State University and holds a current license in Arizona as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Throughout her career, she has trained in numerous therapeutic models.
Her early work supporting children, adolescents, and their parents began in schools in Arizona. She later served as both a Marriage and Family Therapist and clinical manager at non-profit agencies. For two years, she worked in Sydney, Australia, as a clinician in a Family Relationship Counselling Program. In 2011, she moved to Vancouver and began her therapy practice in Canada.
In addition to her private practice, she is the Executive Director and a faculty member at Living Systems Counselling, a non-profit organization in the Lower Mainland specializing in Bowen Family Systems Theory.