Clinical Book & Film Group : West with Giraffes
Fri, Nov 06
|Zoom
Exploring Trauma, Resilience, and the Power of Connection
Time & Location
Nov 06, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Zoom
About the event
Join MHAI for our next Clinical Book Group featuring West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge, a moving historical novel exploring trauma, survival, resilience, and the transformative power of human and animal connections.
Inspired by true events, the novel follows a young man's extraordinary journey across Depression-era America as he struggles with profound loss, traumatic experiences, and an uncertain future.
Facilitators: Joanne Kestnbaum, LCSW, and Wendy Guyer, LCSW
Continuing Education: 2 CE credits available for Illinois-licensed social workers, psychologists, and professional counselors. Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will identify psychological and relational factors that allow people to navigate real-life traumatic situations and thrive, focusing on how therapists can use the therapeutic relationship to enhance survival skills in times of great stress and uncertainty.
2. Participants will identify strategies to assess and motivate clients to learn new strategies to develop insight into how previous ways of coping with stress start to feel ineffective and learn new strategies…
Tickets
CE Participant
Illinois-licensed Social Workers, Counselors and Psychologists are eligible for CEs for this program.
$25.00
+$0.63 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00