Domestic Violence Awareness Course: Illinois CE Requirement

Domestic Violence Awareness
Online Course

Domestic Violence Awareness Online Course: Illinois CE Requirement

$25 / 1 CE Hour – Fulfills IDFPR Requirement for Domestic Violence Awareness

Zen Shiatsu Chicago is an approved CE Sponsor for the following professions:

Massage Therapy
Acupuncture
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Social Work
Nursing
Naprapathy
Estheticians/Cosmetologists

This 1 CE hour course introduces massage therapists, bodyworkers and other health professionals to the realities of domestic violence, offering tools to recognize potential signs, understand its impact on clients, and respond safely and appropriately within professional scope. Build awareness to better support those in need while maintaining ethical standards. Fulfills IDFPR’s requirement for a 1 CE hour course in domestic violence awareness.

Course Content:

Recognize signs of domestic violence
Understand the impact of domestic violence on clients
Identify strategies for safe and appropriate response
Review various levels of response within ethical and scope of practice guidelines

Dana Christy (they/them), Certified Shiatsu Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, and therapeutic yoga practitioner, is the founder and head practitioner at WellSpring Healing Arts, a multidisciplinary wellness practice founded in 2017. Dana studied bodywork and East Asian Medicine at Zen Shiatsu Chicago and earned yoga teaching certifications for children and adults with Global Family Yoga and Yogaview. Dana specializes in working with trauma, autoimmune conditions, chronic illness, and the LGBTQIAP+ community.

Dana is a member of The Breathe Network, which connects survivors of sexual violence with trauma-informed, sliding scale practitioners in their area. Dana began studying embodied trauma-informed healing in 2010, and has pursued multiple courses of study centered around trauma awareness and trauma healing, including The Breathe Network’s trainings in Trauma-Informed Care and Trauma-Informed Yoga. Dana has extensive experience working with survivors of all ages, abilities, and identities, supporting them as they metabolize the vast range of physical, psychological, and energetic reverberations that trauma leaves in the body.

Dana identifies as a survivor of sexual violence, as well as a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and embraces these identities as spaces where they can connect more authentically with their clients. Dana is committed to furthering equity, accessibility and inclusion in the healing arts world, and aims to hold space for all beings on their healing journey, offering every person the support they need to achieve and maintain a state of whole-self wellness.