Unspoken Boundaries: Boundary Sentinel Workshop
With 2.5 Hour Continuing Education Credits
This course is designed for mental health professionals
“Boundary Sentinel” 2.5 Hour Credited Workshop
Boundary Sentinel is the introductory level workshop for learning the basic concepts of Unspoken Boundaries, the daily meditations and first aid tools. This workshop mostly takes place in institutional settings as there is a very low vulnerability requirement. Length of this workshop is 2-2.5 hours.
This workshop has no breaks, all of the time in the workshop is awarded CE Credits.
Merle Yost, CEPA Provider No. 23236, is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor Continuing Education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Merle maintains the responsibility for the program and all its content. CE Credit will be awarded after the completion of the course in exchange for a completed course evaluation form.
This course meets the qualifications for 2.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
No CE’s will be awarded to persons arriving late or leaving early. Partial CE credit will not be awarded.
“A continuing education hour is defined as a 60-minute hour. Continuing education credit shall be awarded only for instructional time . Lunch and other breaks shall not be included in total time awarded for continuing education credit. Courses must be a minimum of one continuing education hour, in one block of time.”
Participants must sign in at the beginning of the meeting, sign out at the end of the meeting and be present throughout the training in order to receive CE Certificates which will be provided at the end of the program.
Accommodations
To request accommodations for special needs, click the button below to message the Program Administrator.
Merle Yost, LMFT is recognized as a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider. Provider No. 23236
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MEET YOUR FACILITATOR:
Merle Yost, MA, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Mr. Yost received his MA degree from John F. Kennedy University in 1991. Mr. Yost is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute of San Francisco in 1991. He is a graduate of the Menla Healing Program: Tibetan Buddhist Psychology and Energy Healing in 2017. Merle was licensed in 1995 as an LMFT. He is also an EMDR Approved Consultant.
Mr. Yost was in private practice for 25 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has done extensive training on Men Sexually Abused as Children, Intimacy, EMDR and other topics. He has been a supervisions and consultant for many years. He is a lifetime member of CAMFT and founder of Gynecomasita.org
Facilitator:
Merle Yost, LMFT
Help Your Clients
Have energy for their own life at the end of the week
Stop people from draining their energy
Set clear boundaries in all parts of their life: family, friends, and relationships
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to identify 2-3 observable cues that a client’s energy and their own energy is dysregulated.
Participants will be able to describe the difference between merging and joining with clients and how merging negatively impacts client and clinician.
Participants will utilize and be able to teach clients 2-3 exercises they can use to manage their energy and maintain boundaries
Workshop Schedule
As this workshop is experiential, these times are estimates.
8:30am - Registration Starts
9:00am - Welcome, Introductions
9:15am - 9:30am - Lecture
Signs of boundary failures
Different kinds of boundaries
How this will benefit your work and clients
9:30am - 9:45am - Dyad Boundary Exercise
9:45pm - 10:00am - Lecture: Illustrations of Boundaries
How they fail
What that looks like
Models
10:00am - 10:05am - Buddhist Concentration Exercise
10:05am - 10:15am - First Aid Boundary Tools
10:15am - 10:25am - Practice with Tools
10:25am - 10:30am - Vulnerability Illustrations
10:30am - 10:40am - Running the Gauntlet Guided Visualization & Discussion
10:40m - 11:00am - Daily Boundary Tools & Discussion
11:00am - 11:15am Repeat Dyad Boundary Exercise
11:15am - 11:30am - Final questions, closure, evaluations
Course Outline
The concepts we cover in this workshop.
Signs of boundary failures
Slide show of boundaries
Explanation of energy boundaries
Ways that boundaries are violated
Exploration of deficits in a person’s boundaries
Buddhist Concentration Exercise
First Aid for Boundaries
Figure 8’s disconnecting and connecting
Moving qi technique
Practice of First Aid Techniques
Types of Vulnerability
Guided Visualization handling being disliked
Mindfulness exercise - Daily practice for boundary hygiene
Repeat first Exercise with new tools.
Closing comments and discussion
“I was privileged to experience Merle’s latest workshop intensive and enjoyed both immediate and profound effects.
Merle has a gift for ‘conscious and emotional intuition’ which allows him to see those things that we refuse to see buried inside of us.
I had been caring an ‘emotional block’ inside my inner child for over 57 years regarding issues around boundaries with women and authority figures in my life. Within two days Merle allowed me to see my challenge and help me learn how to feel the boundaries of this block and learn to not only self-correct myself, but to also learn to stand in my power with confidence by using the word No and No More.
I am already experiencing the effects of reclaiming my space, my power, and defining where I stop and others energetic field begins.
I highly encourage anyone facing emotional, psychological,Spiritual, or karmic blocks to consider a ‘lovingly powerful way out’ through Merle’s workshop intensive.”
“The boundaries workshop was nothing short of transformative for me. The exercises Merle facilitated gave me a very clear experience of what my own energy is and how I experience it in relationship to others. Merle has a particular gift of being highly attuned and perceptive during the exercises, which was so validating and brought a deeper knowledge and trust in myself.
I now have newfound clarity around how I can relate to others in a way where I feel more safe and protected and don’t take on their energy. I also came away from the workshop with a much keener awareness of the sensations and feelings in my body, and a deeper experience of my spirituality. I highly recommend his workshop!”
“I’ve been working on developing boundaries for years, but found what I learned in a day at Merle’s boundaries workshop to be life-changing. I was always feeling beyond my boundaries to try to stay safe. Not only did changing that habit increase my energy and intuition, it also gave me insight into others on a deeper level. Merle is extremely sensitive to every nuance that occurs in his workshop. Even if a participant avoids experiencing an emotion, he’s aware and can help guide them to healing. Beautiful to experience, and beautiful to watch the process unfold in others.”