2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference

March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH

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9/15/2016  |   3:15 PM - 4:45 PM   |  Mindfulness and Meditation Practices for Domestic Violence Therapists   |  Cascade C

Mindfulness and Meditation Practices for Domestic Violence Therapists

Meditation and mindfulness have become increasingly popular within psychotherapy literature and clinical practice. Therapists can find a plethora of books, downloadable files, and applications with guided meditations for personal and professional use. Meditation can promote inner calm and physical relaxation, and assist with reducing anxiety and panic symptoms. Mindfulness can encourage awareness and acceptance of the self and of situations. Many clients find tremendous benefit in learning these techniques as part of their therapeutic experience. Meditation and mindfulness practice with survivors of trauma and domestic violence have the potential to be incredibly powerful as well as inadvertently triggering. This presentation will help participants identify possible triggers for specific clients and client populations, learn how to adapt existing meditation scripts and mindfulness techniques to be more effective and appropriate with this population, and gain some practice and confidence in creating personalized guided meditations for use in practice.

  • Gain an understanding of mindfulness and meditation
  • Learn how mindfulness and meditation can be utilized with clients recovering from the effects of domestic violence
  • Create a personalized meditation script to use with clients at your next session

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Presenters/Authors

Jana Fulmer (), Amethyst Center for Healing, amethyst4healing@gmail.com;
Amethyst Center for Healing is a 501(c)(3), non-profit counseling center in the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City. Founded by Jana C. Fulmer and Martha Burkett-Fallis, Amethyst provides trauma-informed counseling services, domestic violence evaluations and interventions, and counseling services for adults, children, couples, and families. Amethyst provides EMDR therapy, individual, group, and family therapy, often at reduced income-based fees. They work closely with many community partners, can also provide services in American Sign Language, and are LGBTQ affirming. Between them, Martha and Jana share over 15 years experience in working with Domestic Violence and Trauma. Martha has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, providing Domestic Violence treatment, since 2002. Jana worked as a crime scene investigator specializing in domestic violence homicides for many years before returning for additional Masters degrees to become a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. Martha and Jana are involved with, and often provide training for, the Utah Association of Domestic Violence Treatment Providers and the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition. Martha is the UADVT Conference Chair and Jana is on the UDVC Conference Committee. In their practice they create guided meditations, hypnotherapy scripts, and mindfulness exercises that they use and share with clients and colleagues. They love providing presentations and trainings and getting to learn from, and spend time with, community partners and advocates seeking to create safer, more empowered families and communities.


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Martha Fallis (), Amethyst Center for Healing, martha@amethystcenterforhealing.com;
Amethyst Center for Healing is a 501(c)(3), non-profit counseling center in the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City. Founded by Jana C. Fulmer and Martha Burkett-Fallis, Amethyst provides trauma-informed counseling services, domestic violence evaluations and interventions, and counseling services for adults, children, couples, and families. Amethyst provides EMDR therapy, individual, group, and family therapy, often at reduced income-based fees. They work closely with many community partners, can also provide services in American Sign Language, and are LGBTQ affirming. Between them, Martha and Jana share over 15 years experience in working with Domestic Violence and Trauma. Martha has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, providing Domestic Violence treatment, since 2002. Jana worked as a crime scene investigator specializing in domestic violence homicides for many years before returning for additional Masters degrees to become a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. Martha and Jana are involved with, and often provide training for, the Utah Association of Domestic Violence Treatment Providers and the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition. Martha is the UADVT Conference Chair and Jana is on the UDVC Conference Committee. In their practice they create guided meditations, hypnotherapy scripts, and mindfulness exercises that they use and share with clients and colleagues. They love providing presentations and trainings and getting to learn from, and spend time with, community partners and advocates seeking to create safer, more empowered families and communities.


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Nonfinancial -