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Pathways To Self Discovery and Healing

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Professional Training

Professional Counseling Training

Certified in Trauma & Dissociation|Certified in EMDR | Certified in Havening 

 Over 40 Years of Experience

Certified in EMDR

Certified in Havening

Over 40 Years of Experience

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NEW 40 hrs. Comprehensive Certification Course on Child & Adolescent Dissociation starts in January 2024!

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3 Days with 3 Experts on Assessment & Treatment of Childhood Dissociation!
March 10-12, 2023

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Invited Presenter on Counseling Topics

Fran S. Waters LMSW DCSW LMFT has conducted both national and international training sessions on a wide variety of counseling topics for the past 20 years. These training sessions are designed to assist those who work with traumatized children and adolescents.
Training sessions

Established Years of Experience

With over 40 years of clinical experience and hundreds of hours of presentations, the training Fran S. Waters LMSW DCSW LMFT offers will take your knowledge base and understanding to a new level.

These trainings can consist of half day to 5 days of training. The programs are designed to meet the needs of the professional’s request.
Professional counseling training

Learning the Internal Mind of Traumatized
Children and How Dissociative Symptoms Present

Not only will you understand how the child becomes fragmented and the internal struggles that exist within the child, but you will also learn how to detect dissociative symptoms in the child for effective intervention. 

You then can begin to learn how to dismantle the walls that have been built up within the child’s mind from aversive events, e.g. sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, painful surgeries, intrusive medical interventions, and catastrophic events. 

You will learn how to help the child to dismantle those internal walls, safely process traumatic events, repair attachment problems with caretakers, peers, and teachers, perform well academically, and go on to lead a healthy, functional life.

You will be taken through the complex process of what the child may be internally experiencing to moving through the healing process of helping the child become a unified self.

To learn more about dissociation, please go to https://www.isst-d.org/. This website also provides FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for parents and teachers.

 Please take the time to contact Fran S. Waters LMSW DCSW LMFT if you have questions or have an interest in learning more about the counseling and training that are available.


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(906) 226-2777

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