Spring Connection: Mix, Mingle, & Learn with Surrogate Partner Experts

Join Soleil Psychotherapy, Zeuben Painter-Edington, and Elmo Painter-Edington from 5pm-8pm for a spring mixer & free 1.5-hour CE.
The presentation portion between 6:00pm-7:30pm will include a workshop on Surrogate Partner Therapy. The mixer portion of the event will be before and after the presentation where people connect and socialize. You are welcome to join the event at any time; however, you must be present from 6:00pm-7:30pm to receive CEs.

Date and Time:

Friday, March 7th, 2025: 5:00 PM-8:00 PM

LOCATION:

Ravenswood Loft

4437 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

Workshop Description:

Surrogate Partner Therapy is a relatively unique modality which combines the support and growth of a talk therapist with the experiential component of the surrogate partner for the benefit of the client. Creating a safe space for a client to practice a healthy relationship, boundaries, and increasing their relational and personal capacity, SPT offers an extraordinary and healing method for clients in many stages of life. This course is designed to give an overview of the modality, and speak to what clients would benefit from it, what working within the triadic model looks like, and how to begin working with an SPT practitioner.

Course Objectives:

• Learn about Surrogate Partner Therapy and what it can do for clients

• Understand the "Triadic Model" of work with a surrogate, therapist, and client

• Learn about the possible spectrum of work that SPT encompases

Audience:

• Professional Counselors

• Social Workers

• Marriage and Family Therapists

• Psychologists 

Presenters:

Zeuben Painter-Edington

Zeuben Painter-Edington is a practicing Surrogate Partner and Trained Cuddlist serving the Southeast Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago areas. His focus is on working with those that are starting relationships anew or have been through difficult or painful relationships and are wanting to reconnect with themselves in safety, in their own boundaries, and in being able to grow healthy, meaningful relationships with themselves, and others.

Elmo Painter-Edington

Elmo Painter-Edington is an LPC and SEP that specializes in relationships, relational trauma recovery, grief counseling, and pleasure empowerment. She is uniquely skilled at liberating people from the grip of shame, and compassionately supporting people that may not feel like they fit into a box. She especially loves to work with Artists, Activists, Sex Workers, folks from LGBTQIA+, Gender Non-conforming, Kink/BDSM and Polyamory/Consensual Non-Monogamy communities, and most especially Autistic and ADHD adults.

Continuing Education Hours:

This program is recognized as providing 1.5 CE* Hours for:
• LPC/LCPC (IDFPR license # 197.000360)
• LSW/LCSW (IDFPR license # 159.001584)
• Licensed Psychologist (IDFPR license # 268.000146)

*You must be present from 6:00pm-7:30pm to receive CEs.