VIRTUAL-Thursday, May 7, 2026, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM-The Art of Attunement in the Therapeutic Relationship with Jenise Katalina, LICSW

VIRTUAL-Thursday, May 7, 2026-9:00am-12:00pm-$119 including CEUs

The Art of Attunement in the Therapeutic Relationship

Jenise Katalina, LICSW

This 3-hour training is designed for mental health providers aiming to enhance attunement in the clinical relationship. Attunement—the therapist's ability to be fully present and responsive to a client's emotional state and needs—is fundamental in fostering a therapeutic environment that promotes self-awareness and growth. 

Training Highlights:

● Foundations of Attunement: Explore the core principles of attunement and its pivotal role in effective clinical work.

● Attunement and Self-Reflection: Understand how attuned interactions enhance clients' capacity for self-reflection and emotional regulation.

● Repairing Misattunements: Develop strategies to identify and address misattunements, strengthening the therapeutic alliance.

● Active Listening and Presence: Refine skills in active listening and cultivating a therapeutic presence that resonates with clients' experiences.

● Nonverbal Synchrony: Learn about the significance of nonverbal cues and movement-based attunement in building rapport and trust. 

Following this training the participants will understand:

1. Define attunement and articulate its importance in the therapeutic process. 
2. Recognize indicators of attunement and misattunement in clinical interactions. 
3. Implement techniques to enhance relational attunement and responsiveness. 
4. Utilize attunement practices to support and expand clients' reflective capacities. 

Your Trainer:

Jenise Katalina is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Massachusetts who serves as the Vice President of the Board of Directors and Executive Leader for the Women of Color Health Equity Collective, a movement building nonprofit organization based out of Western Mass that is focused on building community capacity to support women and girls of color in achieving their optimal health and well-being. In addition to offering anti-oppressive training and consulting and career coaching to women of color through Rise Leadership and Coaching, Jenise is also the founder of Kindred Healing Counseling Services which is a mental health private practice focused on supporting individuals experiencing intergenerational trauma, racial trauma, and perinatal mood disorders utilizing a liberation approach.

Jenise’s experience includes the role of Healthy Families Resource Specialist at the Children’s Trust, a statewide agency focused on stopping child abuse in Massachusetts, where she provided training and technical assistance to program management across the state with a focus on implementing policies and practice with a racial equity lens. Before joining the Children’s Trust, Jenise served as the Vice President of Family Services at Square One, a community-based non-profit in Springfield, Massachusetts. Within this role, Jenise designed, implemented, and managed multiple home visiting and family support

programs serving multigenerational families. Jenise’s prior experience includes management roles within residential programs for latency-age children and gang aversion programs for teen youth in Springfield.

Jenise received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Westfield State University and her Master of Social Work from Springfield College. She has studied under the founders of the Culturally Humility Framework and has offered technical assistance and training to multiple institutions striving to incorporate a Racial Equity lens into their work and move towards being anti-racist organizations. She serves on multiple interdisciplinary workgroups and initiatives focused on Racial Equity, Health Equity and Maternal Health at the state and community level. She provides clinical reflective supervision, coaching and mentorship to women navigating their careers. Jenise also serves as an adjunct faculty for multiple Master level Social Work programs.