Continuing Education
CE Schedule
August
Webinar: TBRI- Connecting
Friday, August 2, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Amber Jewell LMSW
This webinar explores the powerful bond between children and caregivers, focusing on secure attachment. You'll learn how to recognize the hallmarks of a secure attachment, discover practical strategies to strengthen connections with children, and gain valuable insights into how your own upbringing can influence your interactions with them.
Webinar: TBRI- Correcting
Friday, August 9, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Amber Jewell LMSW
This webinar dives into the art of parenting – finding the sweet spot between providing structure and nurturing your child. It will equip you with the knowledge of TBRI's IDEAL response framework and different response levels. You'll learn how to effectively de-escalate situations after challenging behavior, leaving you feeling more confident in navigating these moments with your child.
Webinar: ACING Ethics
Friday, August 9, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Ethics Credits
$70
Speaker: Amber Jewell LMSW
This webinar delves into the world of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the tools used to assess them. You'll gain a foundational understanding of ACEs, explore the purpose and uses of ACE assessments, and critically examine the ethical considerations surrounding their implementation.
Webinar: TBRI-Empowering
Friday, August 16, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Amber Jewell LMSW
This webinar promises to be a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand the hidden world behind a child's behavior. It will bridge the gap between theory and practical application of techniques from the Trauma-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) approach.
Webinar: Disenfranchised Loss: When society says you are not allowed to grieve
Friday, August 16, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Susan Miller LCSW-S
The subject of disenfranchised grief has been in the news more lately in light of our current pandemic. However, what situations may cause this response in people is not new. It is a topic grief therapists have been researching for years. It can be grief related to either a death or a life loss. This webinar addresses the causes, the reactions, and the therapies that can help.
Webinar: Personality Disorders: What am I supposed to do now?
Friday, August 23, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Emilie Smith LPC
Personality Disorders have long been an enigma for therapists. What do you do? How do you identify them with any clarity? Is there any treatment for clients living with them? This training will give an overview of current thought on Personality Disorders and their diagnosis. It will look at diagnosis based upon the DSM 5, and will review current research on viable treatments currently available. Time will be spent on looking at Borderline Personality Disorder, what is known about its origins, impairments, biology, and treatment, and how to remove the stigma associated with the diagnosis.
Webinar: Little Grievers: Interventions and assessments for bereaved children
Friday, August 23, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Kaylin Parsons LMSW, MT-BC
Participants will be engaged in a presentation over the developmental stages of grief and loss throughout the child and adolescent span while learning about the severity of different losses and the impacts. Participants will be invited to explore different interventions to be utilized with grieving youth.
September
Webinar: Suicide Loss: The Impact on Survivors
Friday, September 6, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Joanna Majka, LPC, Grief Counselor
All losses are difficult, but a death by suicide stands alone, and can be especially traumatic. People coping with this loss often need more support than others, but may get less. Therefore, survivors of suicide loss may turn to professional support. This workshop will prepare you to confidently work with this type of loss.
Webinar: From Taylor Swift to Beethoven: How to Utilize Music in Your Practice
Friday, September 6, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Kaylin Parsons, LMSW U/S, MT-BC
Whether you are listening to the radio or sitting at a restaurant, music is all around us. This training is focused on using the power of music to assist our clients and identify ways we can utilize music in practice.
Webinar: Exploring Love Languages
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
11:00 - 12:30 CST
1.5 CE Credits
$30
Speaker: Amber Jewell
This session explores the 5 Love Languages, a framework for understanding how people give and receive love. You'll learn to identify your own love language (words of affirmation, quality time, physical touch, acts of service, receiving gifts) and discover ways to show love in the languages that resonate most with others. .
Webinar: Getting Started with Polyvagal Theory
Friday, September 13, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Emilie Smith, LPC, Grief Counselor
Join us for an insightful webinar on the Polyvagal Theory and its practical applications for managing stress and trauma. In this session, you will learn about the three stages of the Parasympathetic Nervous System's response to danger, the importance of the Vagal Brake, and why stimulating the Vagal nerve is crucial for well-being. Discover the connection between the nervous system and trauma, and practice five essential skills to balance your nervous system effectively. Additionally, we'll guide you in developing a personalized profile map to enhance your self-regulation strategies. Empower yourself with these tools to foster resilience and emotional health. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding and improve your stress management skills!
Webinar: Anticipatory Grief Across All Ages
Friday, September 13, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Susan Miller, LCSW-S, Grief Counselor
Join us as we explore the unique experience of anticipatory grief. This workshop will allow participants to better understand how such an experience impacts a grieving family. Learn ways to support both children and adult who are facing the impending loss of a loved one.
Webinar: Let's Talk Grief
Friday, September 20, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
This webinar will equip you to understand and support those who are grieving. We'll explore the difference between bereavement and the emotional response of grief, delve into the wide range of emotions that can arise during this process, and learn how to navigate conversations with those in grief, moving beyond unhelpful platitudes and discovering meaningful ways to offer care and support.
Webinar: Resuscitate Me: Self-care and mindfulness
Friday, September 20, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
Feeling drained? "Resuscitate Me: Self-care and Mindfulness" offers a breath of fresh air. This webinar will equip you with mindfulness techniques and self-care strategies to cultivate inner peace and revive your well-being.
Webinar: Children Grieve too
Friday, September 27, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
"Children Grieve Too" tackles the important, yet often overlooked, topic of childhood grief. This webinar explores:
Understanding Childhood Grief: We'll delve into the unique nature of grief as it affects children, exploring how they might experience and express loss differently than adults.
Grief Across Ages: Learn about the various ways children at different developmental stages may react to grief. This will help you understand their behavior and emotions.
Supporting Grieving Children: Discover practical strategies and techniques to effectively meet the needs of grieving children, providing them with the support they need to navigate this challenging time.
Webinar: Ethical Responsibilities to the Client
Friday, September 27, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Ethics Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
This webinar dives into the crucial topic of ethical boundaries in client relationships.
Building Trust Through Boundaries: We'll explore the ethical standards that define appropriate professional boundaries, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for clients.
Navigating Challenges: Learn to identify potential challenges that can arise in maintaining healthy boundaries, such as emotional over-involvement or dual relationships.
Promoting Accountability: Discover practical strategies for holding yourself accountable and maintaining clear boundaries, fostering a strong foundation of trust and ethical practice.
October
Webinar: Suicide Assessment and treatment planning
Friday, October 4, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
This workshop equips you to create comprehensive and culturally sensitive treatment plans in partnership with your clients.
Building the Roadmap: We'll start by reviewing the core purpose of a treatment plan - a collaborative document outlining goals, interventions, and progress measures tailored to your client's needs.
Assessing Risk: You'll delve into the use of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) as a crucial tool for assessing suicide risk and informing treatment strategies.
Empowering Clients: Explore the importance of culturally competent and client-driven treatment plans. You'll learn how to incorporate your client's voice, values, and background to create a plan that feels relevant and empowering.
Webinar: Decolonizing Grief: Indigenous Perspectives on Death, Loss, and Trauma
Friday, October 11, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Madi Day LMSW
There are over 570 unique tribal nations in the US. As practitioners, we must be prepared to interact with diverse populations. This training will offer foundational knowledge to empower your practice with indigenous peoples in the US. Trainees will learn the key issues related to grief with indigenous peoples and the strengths of tribal systems.
Webinar: Perfectionism, Imposter Syndrome, and Burnout: Issues Facing New and Seasoned Clinicians and Strategies to Address Them
Friday, October 11, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Jen Hartman, EdS, LPC
This session aims to describe perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and burnout and how these constructs overlap and vary; identify how these issues impact clinician wellness and clients; learn and practice mindfulness, sensory awareness, gratitude, and expressive arts activities; and make a plan to practice self-care and integrate wellness into organizational culture. Opportunities to collect data and use assessments will also be discussed.
Webinar: Growing up and Aging
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
11:00 - 12:30 CST
1.5 CE Credits
$30
Speaker: Amber Jewell
This webinar tackles the fascinating journey of child development! You'll gain insights into the physical, emotional, and intellectual stages children go through. Additionally, the session will equip you with valuable knowledge:
Developmental Milestones: Explore the different stages of growth, from physical coordination to emotional regulation and cognitive leaps.
Life Skills for Young Adults: Discover three crucial skills that can empower any young person for a successful transition into adulthood.
Supporting Traumatized Youth: Learn about resources and tools specifically designed to support children who have experienced trauma or come from foster care.
Webinar: DSM5=TR Updates
Friday, October 18, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
This course equips mental health professionals with the latest knowledge on the DSM-5-TR revisions.
Demystifying the Changes: Gain a solid understanding of the key updates in the DSM-5-TR, including new diagnoses like Prolonged Grief Disorder.
Assessing Prolonged Grief: Learn how to effectively assess and diagnose Prolonged Grief Disorder, ensuring accurate identification and appropriate treatment plans.
Understanding Self-Injury Coding: Develop the skills to determine when to utilize the new coding for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder, leading to more precise diagnoses and interventions.
Webinar: Foundations of Grief
Friday, October 18, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Lucretia Pardiñas, LCSW, FT, Director of Programs
Join us for an enlightening webinar on understanding and navigating the complexities of loss and grief. You will learn to identify different types of loss and grief, as well as various grieving styles. We'll explore and differentiate several models for conceptualizing the grief experience, helping you to apply these frameworks effectively. Gain insights into the predictors and mediators of mourning, and learn a basic, adaptable approach to grief counseling. Additionally, stay informed with the latest DSM updates on the diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder. This webinar is designed to equip you with essential knowledge and skills to support yourself and others through the grieving process. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of grief and enhance your counseling capabilities.
Webinar: Grief over Death from Substance Poisoning: Special Considerations and Updates
Friday, October 25, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Emilie Smith, LPC, Grief Counselor
This training will discuss current thinking on death by substance poisoning, trends in law enforcement associated with the same, changes in language used, and their effects on grief and stigma associated with substance related deaths. Current brain science that looks at changes in free well as a result of addiction related changes in the brain, and how this contributes to the difficulties in recovering from addictions.
This training will review the process of grief, differences that grievers encounter when the death is due to substance poisoning, and ways to help people who are grieving their own addiction or the addiction and loss of another. Additional information will be reviewed about how to work with children who have lost a special person to substance poisoning.
Webinar: Ambiguous Loss: A common but unrecognized human experience
Friday, October 25, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Susan Miller, LCSW-S, Grief Counselor
Ambiguous Loss is all around us. The world we live in has changed after facing a global pandemic, and with it, the way we interact with the world and the way we cope with our emotional lives. In the wake of immense grief and loss, many individuals find themselves grieving not just death losses, but ambiguous losses that are harder to identify and address but have real implications on the grieving process. This webinar will address Ambiguous Loss as seen in the clients we are serving now.
November
Webinar: Treating Trauma in the Presence of Grief
Friday, November 1, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Joanna Majka, LPC, Grief Counselor
Navigating trauma in the midst of grief can be difficult for even the seasoned clinician. This workshop will explore various approaches to trauma treatment and provide strategies and assessments to be used with the griever with co-occurring trauma.
Webinar: Children Grieve too
Friday, November 1, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
"Children Grieve Too" tackles the important, yet often overlooked, topic of childhood grief. This webinar explores:
Understanding Childhood Grief: We'll delve into the unique nature of grief as it affects children, exploring how they might experience and express loss differently than adults.
Grief Across Ages: Learn about the various ways children at different developmental stages may react to grief. This will help you understand their behavior and emotions.
Supporting Grieving Children: Discover practical strategies and techniques to effectively meet the needs of grieving children, providing them with the support they need to navigate this challenging time.
Webinar: DBT Skills for Everyone!
Friday, November 8, 2024
9:00 - 12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Emilie Smith, LPC, Grief Counselor
This training will focus on an overview of DBT and ways it can be used in a general practice setting to help clients with a wide range of emotional difficulties and challenges, including working with depression, anxiety disorders, addictions, Borderline Personality Disorder, relationship challenges, setting boundaries, and reducing the risk of engaging in harmful behaviors, among many others.
Webinar: Ethics in Grief Counseling
Friday, November 8, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Ethics Credits
$70
Speaker: Susan Miller, LCSW-S, Grief Counselor
When treating the bereaved many ethical questions can arise. This workshop will address a multitude of concerns including assessment and treatment, multicultural considerations, differences between grief and depression, and therapeutic techniques for use with bereaved clients.
Webinar: Brain Fog and Chest Pain: The Neurobiology and Physiology of Grief
Friday, November 15, 2024
9:00 -12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Jen Hartman, EdS, LPC
This session aims to describe grief’s impact on the brain and body; explore the relationship between neuroscience and mindfulness; and practice exercises to support awareness, emotion regulation, and wellness. Additional considerations and contraindications will also be discussed.
Webinar: Let's Talk Grief
Friday, November 15, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
This webinar will equip you to understand and support those who are grieving. We'll explore the difference between bereavement and the emotional response of grief, delve into the wide range of emotions that can arise during this process, and learn how to navigate conversations with those in grief, moving beyond unhelpful platitudes and discovering meaningful ways to offer care and support.
December
Webinar: Suicidality for Aging Population
Friday, December 6, 2024
9:00 -12:00 CST
3 CE Credits
$50
Speaker: Amber Jewell
This webinar focuses on understanding and preventing suicide in older adults. Here's a breakdown of the key areas covered:
Understanding Risk Factors: Explore the common contributing factors that can lead to suicidal thoughts and behaviors in older adults. This might include factors like health issues, loss of loved ones, or social isolation.
Intervention Strategies: Learn practical skills and interventions to effectively work with older adults in crisis situations. This could involve communication techniques, de-escalation methods, and safety planning.
Connecting with Resources: Discover valuable resources and tools for assessing suicide risk and providing support to older adults in need. This might include helplines, mental health professionals, or support groups specifically for older adults.
Webinar: Ethical Woes and Dilemmas
Friday, December 6, 2024
1:00 -4:00 CST
3 CE Ethics Credits
$70
Speaker: Phelica Glass, LSCSW, FAAGC, GCCA-C
This workshop equips social workers with the knowledge and skills to navigate ethical dilemmas and ensure best practices.
Ethical Framework: Gain a foundational understanding of the core ethical principles that guide social work practice, as outlined by the BSRB Regulations, NASW guidelines, and relevant federal laws.
Moral Compass: We'll delve into the specific ethical principles that define social work, such as self-determination, client confidentiality, and social justice.
Ethical Responsibilities: Learn about your ethical obligations towards clients and colleagues, fostering a professional and trustworthy environment.
Webinar: Group Counseling Ethics: What you didn't learn in Grad School
Friday, December 13, 2024
9:00 -12:00 CST
3 CE Ethics Credits
$70
Speaker: Emilie Smith, LPC, Grief Counselor
Join us for an informative webinar on ethics in group practice. We'll define "Ethics" and explore the differences in ethical expectations among Support, Psychoeducational, and Therapy Groups. Learn about the crucial role of supervision and consultation, the reasons for screening clients, and five key aspects of informed consent. Understand confidentiality in groups and its limitations, and discover when ethical violations can become legal issues. Finally, identify the four most common areas for ethical violations in groups. Enhance your ethical knowledge and skills in this essential webinar.
Webinar: To self-disclose or not to self-disclose? Ethics and self-disclosure in clinical practice
Friday, December 13, 2024
1:00 -4:00 CST
3 CE Ethics Credits
$70
Speaker: Susan Miller, LCSW-S, Grief Counselor
“To self-disclose or not to self-disclose?" Is a question that requires more than a simple yes or no answer. Most clinicians were taught not to self-disclose and that self-disclosure has dangerous ethical consequences. When clinicians self-disclose they often have a nagging feeling they shouldn't have. Few clinicians have had the opportunity to intentionally consider: Can self disclosure be ethical? Can self-disclosure be therapeutic? If so, who, what, where, and when would a clinician self-disclose? A review of the research and exploration of resources for intentional consideration of self-disclosure will enable participants to develop confidence in their discernment and understanding of self-disclosure in clinical practice.