The programs below have been reviewed and approved by the GSCSW CE Committee. They meet the social work continuing education requirements – see Rules 135.9 of the Georgia Composite Board.
If you have any questions about any of the presentations please contact the person listed with the workshop, as they are not GSCSW events. GSCSW won’t be able to answer any questions about any of these presentations. Thank you.
On-going and on-demand:
2026 – Bi-Weekly on Fridays
RO-DBT Consult Group / 1 Core Hour per month – 24 total
Presenter: Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200
Location: Synchronous
Cost: 67.00 per session
Registration: https://deepenwellness.com/for-therapists/
RO DBT is a therapy for people who suffer from disorders of over- control. Over-control leads to perfectionism, anorexia, treatment resistant depression, treatment resistant anxiety, and many other struggles. Over-control is seen to create profound social loneliness and not feeling part of a tribe. RO DBT emphasizes radical openness and self enquiry through 32 skills in order to help people understand the roots of over-control while working through a program to increase flexibility, increase vulnerability, and feel more connected to others. RO DBT helps clients create a “life worth sharing” by breaking through defenses that keep people disconnected and often misunderstood.
Through this consult group, clinicians will learn RO DBT skills and underpinnings and skills to be able to teach clients in the RO DBT skills. RO is taught in group and
reinforced through individual RO DBT therapy, so the consult group will teach and support clinicians in the acquisition of the RO skills.
2026 – Monthly – Friday
DBT Consult group for Therapist / 1 Core Hour per month – 12 total
Presenter: Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200
Location: Synchronous
Cost: 67.00 per session
Registration: https://www.wholeheartpsychotherapy.net/services-for-therapists/
This group will teach clinicians the entire DBT skills training protocol in an experiential format. In the group, clinicians can apply the skills to increase self-care and decrease compassion fatigue. Learning the DBT skills can help clinicians to improve their coping skills necessary for managing difficult cases, and help them in setting vital boundaries necessary for protecting their energy while working with high acuity clients. The group will also teach the precise communication skills to help set boundaries with clients, and create more clarity in practice with complex clients. Through the group, clinicians will also be shown how to teach the DBT skills to their clients, so they can take them into their practice to help their clients cope and thrive.
2026 – Monthly – Friday
Eating Disorder Consultation Group for Therapists / 1 Core Hour per month – 12 total
Presenter: Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200
Location: Synchronous
Cost: 67.00 per session
Registration: https://www.wholeheartpsychotherapy.net/services-for-therapists/
This group provides education and training in the specialty of Eating disorder treatment from a CEDS-S therapist. Group time will include assessment of eating disorders, treatment planning and intervention, case consultation, ethical considerations and clinician support opportunities. Clinicians review case conceptualization and practice development relevant topics monthly.
Beginning March 14, 2025
Vision Boards in Counseling: A Path to Empowerment & Clarity / 1 Core Hour
Presenter: Dr. Witni Jackson, LCSW, MAC
Location: Asynchronous
Cost: $20.00
Registration: KunaConsultingLLC.com
Imagery techniques have proven effective in addressing a range of challenges, including depression, anxiety and obesity. One such technique, the vision board, has been widely utilized in personal goal setting for years. Vision boards provide a visual representation of an individual’s goals, offering a constant reminder of their aspiration, which can be instrumental in maintaining focus and motivation.
This training will explore the integration of vision boards with Solution Focused Brief Therapy and goal setting theory. Participants will learn how to use vision boards as a therapeutic tool to empower clients, enabling them to clarify their goals, visualize their desired outcomes, and stay focused on achieving them. By combining the strengths of Solution Focused Brief Therapy with the power of imagery, clinicians can guide clients in creating the life they envision and facilitate their journey toward positive change.
Beginning March 14, 2025
Cultural Humility for Helping Professionals: Addressing the Goldilocks Syndrome / 1 Core Hour
Presenter: Dr. Witni Jackson, LCSW, MAC
Location: Asynchronous
Cost: $20.00
Registration: www.kunaConsultingLLC.com
This continuing education course introduces clinicians to the principles of cultural humility, using the “Goldilocks Syndrome” as a framework to explore the challenges of achieving balance in culturally responsive practice. The course critically examines the impact of colonialism on the helping professions, emphasizing the importance of decentralizing the colonizer’s perspective and promoting client-centered care. Participants will learn practical strategies for self-reflection, bias recognition, and collaborative learning to ensure ethical and culturally humble practice. Through case studies and self-assessment, this training prepares clinicians to navigate cultural complexities with sensitivity, humility and respect.
Beginning April 19, 2025
Cartomancy in Therapeutic Practice: Integrating Symbolism and Reflection / 1.0 Core Hour
Presenter: Dr. Witni Jackson, LCSW, MAC
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $20.00
Registration: www.KunaConsultingLLC.com
Exploring Cartomancy in Therapeutic Practice is a unique training designed for mental health professionals interested in integrating cartomancy – reading playing cards, tarot, and Lenormand – into therapeutic settings. This program explores the symbolic and psychological aspects of card reading, ethical considerations, and practical applications for enhancing self-reflection, client insight and narrative therapy techniques. Participants will engage in interactive exercises and case studies to develop a deeper understanding of how cartomancy can be a valuable tool for personal growth and client engagement in a therapeutic context.
Monthly on Saturdays
When Are You Going to Move On? Helping Your Clients Get Past the Five Stages of Grief / 2 Core Hours and 1 Ethics Hour
Presenter: Danielle Edwards, MSW, LCSW, CFCS
Location: Virtual (link provided upon registration)
Cost: $75.00
Registration: https://forms.gle/8L3F5d672PYsy3Q16
Grief and Loss is not a required course in graduate school. This workshop aims to help your client and you, as a clinician, to move past the Five Stages of Grief Model (DABDA) by identifying ethical principles and standards that are relevant to providing ethical grief support; understanding the history, limitations and critiques of DABDA; identifying 4 grief theories/models; identifying types of grief/loss; and identifying four tools that you can immediately implement in your grief work.
On-Demand begining September 30, 2025
Mastering TeleMental Health: An Essential Guide To Compliant Online Practice in Georgia / 6 Core Hours
Presenter: Kejuiana L. Johnson M.A, LPC, CPCS, BC-TMH
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Cost: $98.00
Registration: https://gaitp.talentlms.com/plus/catalog/courses/135
The demand for virtual mental health care continues to grow, and practitioners must be prepared to provide safe, ethical, and effective services online. This six-hour training equips Georgia mental health professionals with the knowledge and skills to confidently deliver telemental health care while staying compliant with state and federal requirements.
JANUARY 2026
January 24, 2026
Facilitating Peace: Teaching Distress Tolerance and Coping Skills / 5.5 Core Hours
Presenters: Andrea Brock, LCSW and Andrea Melia Crawley, LPC
Location: Hampton, GA
Cost: $150- price includes lunch on-site
Registration: https://ccretreats.campbrainregistration.com/ https://standupspeakoutccac.squarespace.com/conferenceinformation
Join us on the beautiful Calvin Center campus in Hampton, GA to build your knowledge and skills around distress tolerance and coping. This 6 hour training will allow you to:
Learn: Take your understanding to the next level by learning the theories and underpinnings of distress tolerance and coping skill use. Overviews of CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR, and Polyvagal Theory will be presented.
Experience: Engage all 5 senses through experiential learning with breathwork, movement, somatic, visualization, and art based skills.
Practice: Develop your skills as a facilitator of distress tolerance and coping skills. Practice teaching in a community of support and receive immediate feedback to improve behavioral activation with clients.
Lunch is included in the cost of the event and is provided on-site to encourage networking and enjoyment of the beautiful natural setting.
Dress in layers and wear supportive walking shoes, as several aspects will take place outdoors for a full immersive experience.
January 29, 2026
Making and Implementing an Effective Exposure Menu/Hierarchy / 1 Core Hour
Presenters: Ashlenn Von Wiegand, Ph.D., LPC, CPCS, CCH, NCC, ACERP, CERP-P and Hamilton Von Wiegand, LPC, CSAT, CMAT, CCH, ACERP, CERP-P
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”)
Cost: $28.99 before Friday, January 16th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $29.99 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/exposure-menu-hierarchy
This dynamic continuing education workshop will equip clinicians with practical, hands-on strategies for developing tailored exposure menus and building graded hierarchies that meet each client’s unique needs. Through live demonstration and guided practice, participants will learn how to develop exposure hierarchies that will be used to target clients’ anxieties and OCD themes. We’ll explore how to effectively target intrusive thoughts, catastrophic “what-if” fears, and hard-to-recreate scenarios, empowering clients to confront their anxieties and build lasting resilience. Whether you’re new to ERP or looking to deepen your clinical toolkit, this workshop will provide actionable methods and resources you can immediately integrate into your practice.
January 29, 2026
From Data to Story: Mastering the Interpretive Summary / 5 Core Hours
Presenter: Jamesia Mathis, LPC, CPCS, CCTP-11
Location: Atlanta, GA
Cost: $150.00
Registration: Call to register – 404-977-5135
This comprehensive 5-hour training is designed to equip behavioral health clinicians, master’s-level therapists, and clinical documentation staff with the knowledge and skills necessary to write meaningful interpretive summaries that synthesize and analyze assessment data to inform treatment planning. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of requirements for interpretive summaries, learn to identify and integrate essential components including central themes, comprehensive histories, mental status evaluations, diagnostic impressions, client perceptions of needs and strengths, stage of change considerations, and prognosis indicators based on their level of training . Through interactive instruction, real-world case study analysis, and hands-on practice exercises, attendees will develop practical skills in transforming raw assessment data into cohesive interpretive summaries that support diagnostic impressions, lead directly to individualized treatment plans, and establish clear discharge planning criteria. By the end of this training , participants will be able to confidently produce professional
documentation that meets accreditation standards, enhances clinical decision-making, and demonstrates the clinical reasoning that connects assessment findings to treatment recommendations and expected outcomes.
January 30, 2026
Essential Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Adults – Focus on Their Life Settings / 3 Core Hours
Presenters: Ren Massey, Ph.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $87 before Friday, January 16th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/transgender-gender-diverse-adults-life-settings
This workshop extends the content from Part 1 and expands to work with TGD adults’ families of origin and choice, partners, and dating. Supporting TGDQ adults in work and academic environments will also be discussed. Attendees will learn some of the latest research and approaches for working with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults in their daily life settings and relationships. Additionally, Dr. Massey will cover chapters from the latest version of the Standards of Care Version 8 (SOC 8) of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Dr. Massey integrates the chapters in clinical information with case discussions throughout this program.
The WPATH SOC 8 are the guidelines used by most healthcare professionals, insurance companies, and courts in matters related to providing care for TGD people. As such, clinicians working with TGD adults need to be familiar with the WPATH SOC 8. This program addresses the other half of the SOC 8 chapters for adult care that were not included in Dr. Massey’s other program on the SOC 8 guidelines, and focuses on the TGD individual. Attendees are encouraged to interact by participating in cases discussed throughout the program as well as asking questions.
To maximize the benefit of this program, one of the following bundles is strongly recommended:
Taking this course and Competent Care for Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Adult Clients (6 hours)
Taking this course and Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender & Gender Diverse Adults – Focus on the Individual (3 hours)
Taking this course and Competent Care for Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Adult Clients (6 hours; Note: this 6-hour program includes Dr. Massey’s 1-hour Overview of Hormonal and Surgical Interventions for TGD Adult Clients) AND Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender & Gender Diverse Adults – Focus on the Individual (3 hours)
Taking this course and Guidelines & Updates for Work with Transgender & Gender Diverse Adults – Focus on the Individual (3 hours) AND Overview of Hormonal & Surgical Interventions for TGD Adult Clients (1 hour)
FEBRUARY 2026
February 4, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
February 5, 2026
Resilient Cobb Summit: Together We Heal: Growing A Resilient Community / 3 Core Hours
Presenter: Various Presenters
Location: Kennesaw, GA
Cost: $Free
Registration: https://www.cobbcollaborative.org/events/month/2026-02
Join us for the Resilient Cobb Summit, a day dedicated to exploring the profound impact of community connection on individual and collective healing and resilience. This year’s summit will equip community leaders, service providers, and engaged participants with the actionable knowledge, robust strategies, and professional networks needed to foster greater well-being in the communities you serve.
What You Will Gain:
- Expanded Toolkit: Walk away with an expanded toolkit of evidence based strategies derived from our expert-led workshops and panel discussions, empowering you to effectively foster individual and community resilience in your professional role.
- Strengthened Networks: Forge new and meaningful connections across different sectors, establishing a foundation for future inter-agency collaboration and resource-sharing crucial for long-term community
strength.
Strengths-Based Practice: Cultivate a deeper commitment to centering lived experience and community strengths in your work. Learn to recognize these protective factors as the vital “soil” needed to cultivate lasting healing and wellbeing in Cobb County and beyond.
February 5, 2026
The ADHD Brain in Women: A Regulation & Sensory Processing Framework / 1 Core Hour
Presenters: Ellen Baker, LPC and Kristen Santos, OTR/L
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $28.99 before Friday, January 23rd at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $29.99 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/adhd-brain-in-women
Women with ADHD often navigate complex, masked, and misunderstood patterns that traditional attention-focused frameworks do not fully capture. This one-hour interdisciplinary training introduces mental health clinicians and occupational therapy practitioners to a regulation-based, sensory-informed approach to ADHD in women.
Grounded in neuroscience, sensory processing theory, and neuroaffirming practice, this session examines how sensory modulation, emotional regulation, inattentive features, masking behaviors, hormonal fluctuations, and interest-driven motivation shape daily functioning and participation. Clinicians will gain practical strategies using the NICUP (Novelty, Interest, Challenge, Urgency, Passion) framework to support engagement, reduce overwhelm, and design interventions aligned with clients’ natural brain patterns.
February 5, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
February 6, 2026
The Way of Wisdom: Integrating Interpersonal Neurobiology and Spiritual Practices in Healing / 6 Core Hours
Presenter: Curt Thompson, MD
Location: The Wink Wynne Lodge at Eagle Ranch, 5500 Union Church Road, Flowery Branch, GA
Cost: $135 registration fee+ $10.90 Eventbrite processing fee
Registration: https://www.eagleranch.org/events/the-way-of-wisdom-flourishing-in-a-troubled-world-6-hr-ce-workshop
It is no secret that in the West, rates of mental health complaints have geometrically increased in the last ten years. Clinicians can often feel overwhelmed with the volume of work before them and the urgency with which patients need to be met. It is to this need of clinician and patient alike that the field of interpersonal neurobiology, understood in the context of anthropology, speaks with compassion and efficacy as we seek to be those who offer hope and healing to those who come through our doors. This workshop will explore the significance of anthropology and the fundamental elements of interpersonal neurobiology as they intersect with spiritual practices that will enhance the attendees’ capacity to provide care for their patients.
February 10, 2026
Engaging Reluctant Individuals and Families in the Conversation: Strategies for Approaching Difficult Conversations about Memory Health / 1 Core Hour
Presenter: Stefka M. Lyron, MSN, AGPCNP-BC
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: Free
Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6kt-wJrtQJaHrZjsMVpc9Q?_x_zm_rtaid=bGbsDY9OTGWujayQ449I3A.1766063521008.06f472b1158e2ab82cf480bc2c1fa094&_x_zm_rhtaid=953#/registration
Join us to learn about how to navigate difficult conversations with caregivers and people living with dementia. Stefka Lyron, MSN, AGPCNP-BC will present on understanding why individuals may be reluctant to engage in conversations about memory health, offer strategies for effective communication around difficult topics, and explore resources available to promote meaningful, supportive conversations with this population. This presentation is approved for 1 CORE hour of continuing education for Georgia Licensed Professional Counselors and Georgia Licensed Clinical Social Workers. It is free to attend, but registration is required!
February 11, 2026
Ethical Considerations with Sexually Marginalized Clients / 3 Ethics Hours
Presenter: Rachel Anne Kieran, Psy.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $87 before Friday, January 30th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/sexually-marginalized-clients-ethics
Consensual non-monogamy and consensual power exchange in relationships, as well as a broad diversity in sexual desire and behaviors are more common than most clinicians understand, and a multitude of misunderstandings and pathologizing assumptions continue to exist in this area of human life. This is in spite of revisions to the DSM-5 that significantly depathologized consensual power exchange; specific calls for psychologists to address this stigma in APA-issued Guidelines, and research suggesting that consensually non-monogamous relationship are on the rise and associated with positive psychological outcomes. Despite this, therapist behavior continues to negatively impact clients and endanger our aspirational goals of nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice and respect.
This program is designed to examine best practices in working with clients’ diverse sexual lives from an ethical lens and relevant Statutes. The session will examine the role of informed therapeutic consent in discussing relationship consent with clients, the meaning of cultural competence in the areas of sexual and relational diversity, the impact of therapist paperwork on rapport and autonomy, and questions of access and mental healthcare equity for sexually marginalized populations.
February 13, 2026
IFS for OCD: An Integrated Approach to Treatment / 6 Core Hours
Presenter: Melissa Mose, LMFT
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”)
Cost: $140 before Friday, January 30th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/ifs-for-ocd
Did you know that OCD affects 2-3% of the population, yet it often goes unrecognized or undertreated—sometimes for decades? While evidence-based treatments exist, many clients plateau, disengage, or struggle with traditional exposure approaches. What if there were a way to make OCD treatment both more effective and more compassionate?
This comprehensive 6-hour workshop bridges two powerful therapeutic approaches: Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and evidence-based OCD treatment. Whether you’re an IFS practitioner seeking to work more effectively with OCD or an OCD specialist interested in relational, parts-based approaches, this course offers an integrated framework that preserves the efficacy of proven treatments while enhancing client engagement and sustainable recovery.
Participants will gain a thorough understanding of both OCD phenomenology and IFS principles, learning how obsessional managers and compulsive firefighters form unique alliances that distinguish OCD from other conditions. Through detailed case examples and practical demonstrations, you’ll discover how to assess OC subsystems, facilitate Self-led encounters with exiled parts, and help protective parts transform their extreme roles. The three-stage treatment approach presented—grounded in exposure principles yet deeply relational—offers hope for clients who haven’t fully responded to traditional interventions while maintaining the therapeutic mechanisms proven effective for OCD.
February 18-20, 2026
2026 GHPCO Annual Clinical and Leadership Conference: “Honoring our Foundation; Shaping the Future” / 29.5 Core Hours
Presenters: Multiple Presenters
Location: UGA Center for Continuing Education 1197 S Lumpkin Athens, GA
Cost: See registration page
Registration: https://outreachregistration.uga.edu/portal/events/reg/participantTypeSelection.do?method=load&entityId=35976425
This year, we will acknowledge and celebrate the rich legacy of hospice and palliative care in Georgia, which is built on decades of dedication, compassion, and community service.
As we face new challenges and embrace new opportunities, this event invites us to grow with a purpose: to innovate thoughtfully, collaborate boldly, and continue shaping a future where every person receives the exceptional care they deserve. Join your peers as we explore how our shared values guide us forward—stronger, more connected, and more committed than ever.
February 20, 2026
Substance Abuse and Beyond / 6 Core Hours
Presenter: Amy Jones, LPC, CPCS
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Cost: $100.00
Registration: Call to register – 678-513-5712
Participants will be able to identify the history of substance abuse and physiological effects on the brain. They will be introduced to substance use disorder as determined by the DSMV. They will be able to identify classifications of drugs and their effect on the body. Participants will learn the options for prevention as well as appropriate treatment of substance use disorders using ASAM criteria.
February 20, 2026
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Motivational Enhancement (ME) for Health Care Professionals / 3 Core Hours
Presenter: Jennifer Steiner, Ph.D., ABPP
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $87 before Friday, February 6th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/motivational-interviewing-enhancement
This workshop is designed for health care professionals across various disciplines (including but not limited to, physical therapists, occupational therapists, SLPs, and mental health providers who work in medical settings). Healthcare providers commonly experience challenges in helping their patients adhere to treatment recommendations, complete homework, and make behavioral changes in service of their overall health goals; this experience can be extremely frustrating for both the provider and the patient. Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Motivational Enhancement (ME) techniques can be a straightforward approach to building rapport, fostering patient buy-in, increasing motivation, and enhancing patient outcomes with reduced frustration for all parties involved. This workshop will provide the basic foundational tools associated with MI and ME, enabling providers to immediately apply these techniques in their practice.
February 21, 2026
Ethics and Wellness: Navigating Responsibility to Self and Others Through The 7 Pillars of Wellness / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenters: Alisha Brown and Jennifer Edge, LCSW
Location: 2470 Windy Hill Rd Ste 300 Marietta, GA 30067
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://www.edgecare360.com/contact
This continuing education course explores the ethical responsibility mental health professionals have to maintain both personal wellness and professional integrity. Using the framework of the 7 Pillars of Wellness—emotional, physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, and occupational—participants will examine how personal well-being directly influences ethical decision-making, client care, and professional boundaries. The course encourages self-reflection, offers practical strategies for sustaining wellness, and aligns ethical codes with holistic self-care practices to promote longevity in the helping professions.
February 26-27, 2026
Lifespan Integration Level 1 / 13.5 Core Hours
Presenter: Stephanie Davis, LPC, NCC
Location: Atlanta, GA
Cost: $490-$610
Registration: https://www.lifespanintegration.us/product/feb-26-27-level-1-2026-atlanta/
The Level 1 LI training introduces participants to the Lifespan Integration Timeline and to four basic LI protocols:
The LI Baseline protocol,
The LI PTSD protocol,
The LI Relationship protocol, and
A simple trauma clearing protocol called “Timeline from Explicit Memory”
At the Level 1 LI training, participating therapists will learn how to stay attuned to their clients while leading them through repetitions of their Timelines. They will learn to vary the number of cues read and the speed at which they are read depending on the needs of each individual client. Therapists will learn how to introduce specific brief interventions between repetitions of the Timeline in order to move dysregulated clients back toward their WOT’s (windows of tolerance). Therapists will learn how their ability to remain attuned during Timeline repetitions is essential to the clearing and integration of bodily memory of past trauma. They will learn how the therapist’s attunement to the client, combined with repetitions of the LI Timeline, helps to build a more solid self-structure in clients, including in those clients who are fragmented and unstable.
In Level 1 LI, therapists will learn the basics of client assessment, and will be able to make LI treatment plans for individual clients based on the client’s goals and the clinician’s assessment. We encourage therapists to follow up with the Level 2 LI training where they will learn several more important LI protocols, and more about treatment planning.
Each LI training involves three practice sessions. To receive credit for the training every participant is required to complete all three practices. During the three supervised Level 1 practicums, participants will practice using and experiencing the Lifespan Integration Baseline protocol. After completing the Level 1 training, therapists will be able to effectively use the four LI protocols taught in Level 1 in their practices with their clients.
February 27, 2026
Healing Trauma and Attachment Wounding with Internal Family Systems (IFS): Empowering Clients to Reclaim Their Wholeness / 6 Core Hours
Presenter: Alexia Rothman, Ph.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $140 before Friday, February 13th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/ifs-healing-trauma-attachment-wounding
Exiles are the parts of our inner world that have endured significant trauma, whether from single, catastrophic events or persistent patterns of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. These young, vulnerable parts often carry heavy burdens of shame, worthlessness, and the painful belief that they are unlovable. Therapists and clients alike can feel hesitant, or even fearful, to approach the deep-seated pain and traumatic memories that exiles hold. Yet, the most profound and transformative healing can often occur through connecting with these parts. In this workshop, we will explore IFS’s compassionate approach to connecting with, witnessing, healing, and unburdening these wounded and traumatized parts, offering clients a pathway to healing that honors the past while paving the way to a brighter future.
February 28, 2026
Mandated Reporting – Recognizing and Reporting Childhood Maltreatment / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenter: Lizbeth Diaz Yabuku, LPC, CPCS
Location: Atlanta, GA
Cost: $195.00
Registration: https://forms.gle/F1yQemGWGmsHSf5t6
Proper training as a mandated reporter is essential to protecting vulnerable individuals and upholding our legal and ethical responsibilities. This training will help to ensure that clinicians not only understand when and how to report but also feel confident in navigating these critical situations, ultimately safeguarding the well-being of those they serve while maintaining professional accountability.
MARCH 2026
March 4, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
March 5, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
March 5, 2026
Crit Happens: Turning Tabletop Chaos into Clinical Growth / 3 Core Hours
Presenters: Dr. Meagan Henry and Dr William Nation
Location: Virtual
Cost: $65 with CEs
Registration: https://www.letstalkaboutitcon.com/store/p/psychedelic-assisted-treatment-83hca
March 6, 2026
Common Therapist Mistakes and The Ethics of Owning Them / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenter: Linda Buchanan, Ph.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $120 before Friday, February 20th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $135 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/ethics-common-therapist-mistakes
An ethics workshop that will make you smile rather than cringe. Do you sometimes give too much advice or give it too early? Do you validate what you don’t know, get into power struggles by taking the healthy voice, or project your values? If you’re like most therapists, you do! All therapists are human and we all make mistakes. This workshop focuses on those mistakes that are very common in the practice of psychotherapy. The word common is used intentionally because we all make them. They are the kind of mistakes that may slow down the therapeutic process but generally won’t halt it or create adverse effects unless they are made too frequently. Talking about these common mistakes enables us to keep them in the forefront of our minds so that we make them less often. Reducing common mistakes enables us to increase compliance with ethical codes regarding the boundaries of competence, maintaining competence, monitoring outcomes and avoiding harm. Finally, recognizing the universality of these mistakes enables us to use humor and even poke fun at ourselves a bit.
March 12, 2026
Beyond “Just Do It”: Evidence-Informed Approaches to Procrastination in Clinical Practice / 3 Core Hours
Presenter: Anne Bartolucci, Ph.D., D.B.S.M.
Location: Virtual
Cost: $87 before Friday, February 27th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/procrastination
How often do your clients delay implementing changes they know would benefit them, including recommendations you’ve carefully tailored for them? And how often do you notice the same pattern in your own work, waiting until external pressure forces action?
Procrastination is one of the most common and frustrating barriers to behavior change, yet it’s often misunderstood and oversimplified as a problem of motivation or time management.
In this three-hour continuing education workshop, psychologist and author Anne Bartolucci, Ph.D., offers a clinically grounded, compassionate framework for understanding procrastination. Participants will learn how to identify different drivers of avoidance and how to select strategies that actually match the underlying cause. Drawing on cognitive-behavioral principles, mindfulness, and values-based approaches, this course equips mental health professionals with practical tools to help clients and themselves move beyond stuck patterns and toward meaningful, sustainable action.
March 13, 2026
Narcissistic Abuse and Relational Trauma Dynamics / 6 Core Hours
Presenter: Pamela Madsen, LPC, ACS, RYT-200
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $140 before Friday, February 27th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/narcissistic-abuse
When is narcissism a personality style, and when does it become a pattern of psychological harm?
Clinicians increasingly encounter clients who describe experiences of “narcissistic abuse.” Yet, many practitioners report uncertainty about how narcissism is defined diagnostically, how it differs from abuse dynamics, and how to assess these presentations ethically and accurately.
This six-hour workshop provides a comprehensive, evidence-based foundation for understanding narcissism as a psychological construct and narcissistic abuse as a form of relational trauma. Participants will review the historical development of narcissism, the diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) in the DSM-5-TR, and contemporary shifts toward dimensional and trait-based models of personality pathology. The workshop then examines narcissistic abuse dynamics, family system patterns, trauma bonding, and neurobiological impact, with emphasis on differentiating diagnosis from behavior and avoiding common clinical and ethical pitfalls. This training equips clinicians with the conceptual clarity necessary for accurate assessment, ethical documentation, and trauma-informed treatment planning.
March 18, 2026
Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration Therapy: Professional Best Practices and Ethical Boundaries / 3 Ethics Hours
Presenter: Peter Addy, Ph.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $87 before Friday, March 6th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/psychedelic-harm-reduction
Did you know that over 10,000 clients have accessed legal psilocybin services in Oregon alone, while countless others use psychedelics independently? As psychedelic use becomes increasingly prevalent through state legal programs, municipal decriminalization, and expanding ketamine treatment options, mental health professionals urgently need competency in supporting these clients. However, most receive little to no training in this area. This workshop addresses a critical gap in psychedelic education by focusing on harm reduction and integration support rather than direct psychedelic administration. Many mental health professionals encounter clients who use psychedelics in various contexts—from legal state programs to independent use—but existing training often assumes clinicians will provide direct psychedelic therapy. This course delivers practical frameworks for ethically supporting clients who use psychedelics independently or seek integration support, without crossing into illegal facilitation or exceeding the scope of practice. Participants will learn to navigate the professional spectrum from psychedelic-naive to psychedelic-informed practice, implement evidence-based risk assessment protocols, and apply three empirically supported integration methods. The training emphasizes clear ethical boundaries while providing concrete tools to support client safety and therapeutic outcomes, grounded in harm-reduction principles that respect client autonomy.
March 19, 2026
The Scrupulosity Trap: Treating Moral & Religious Scrupulosity / 1 Core Hour
Presenters: Ashlenn Von Wiegand, Ph.D., LPC, CPCS, CCH, NCC, ACERP, CERP-P and Hamilton Von Wiegand, LPC, CSAT, CMAT, CCH, ACERP, CERP-P
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $28.99 before Friday, March 6th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $29.99 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/scrupulosity-trap
Moral and religious scrupulosity can leave clients trapped in cycles of excessive guilt, fear, and compulsive reassurance-seeking rooted in distorted moral or spiritual beliefs. Clinicians frequently encounter these presentations in subtle forms, where anxiety is masked as hyper-responsibility, perfectionism, or fear of sin and moral failure. Participants will learn to use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) principles to help clients move toward values-based living rather than avoidance of perceived moral error. Participants who attend this workshop will learn about effective activities, exposures, and metaphors to use with clients struggling with this form of OCD to help them thrive within uncertainty.
March 21, 2026
Ethics and Wellness: Navigating Responsibility to Self and Others Through The 7 Pillars of Wellness / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenters: Alisha Brown and Jennifer Edge, LCSW
Location: 2470 Windy Hill Rd Ste 300 Marietta, GA 30067
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://www.edgecare360.com/contact
This continuing education course explores the ethical responsibility mental health professionals have to maintain both personal wellness and professional integrity. Using the framework of the 7 Pillars of Wellness—emotional, physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, and occupational—participants will examine how personal well-being directly influences ethical decision-making, client care, and professional boundaries. The course encourages self-reflection, offers practical strategies for sustaining wellness, and aligns ethical codes with holistic self-care practices to promote longevity in the helping professions.
March 23-24, 2026
The Stories We Tell: Putting Ethics into Practice in Caring for Our Patients, Our Colleagues, Ourselves / 10.75 Ethics Hours
Presenter: Multiple Presenters
Location: Hybrid; online and in-person at Emory Conference Center Hotel: 1615 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Cost: See registration form
Registration: https://hcethics.org/annualconference
Join us for the 31st Annual Healthcare Ethics Consortium (HEC) Conference. This year’s conference will pair Ethics speakers and panels with interactive hands-on skill-building workshops where we will dive deeply into the power of narrative Ethics practices to build trust and empathy, enhance effective patient care, better support vulnerable patients, and mitigate burnout in healthcare professionals.
March 27, 2026
Suicide Prevention in College Mental Health / 2 Core Hours
Presenter: Cameron Hoellrich, LCSW
Location: Virtual/Zoom, 2059 Meadow Lakes Drive, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Cost: $45.00
Registration: https://www.chcounselingsolutions.com/training
This training offers a comprehensive overview of suicide prevention tailored to college mental health contexts. Participants will explore the prevalence of suicidal behavior among U.S. college students, while learning to identify key risk factors and warning signs. The presentation will introduce both evidence-based tools for assessing and treating suicide and newer frameworks, including emerging diagnoses such as Suicide Crisis Syndrome, to enhance clinical understanding of acute suicidal states. Attendees will develop skills to recognize signs of imminent risk, and engage with both micro-level clinical interventions and macro-level prevention strategies relevant to educational institutions. This session is ideal for mental health professionals, educators, and campus leaders committed to enhancing suicide prevention efforts in higher education.
March 27, 2026
Ethical Considerations When Working with Minors: Helping Clinicians Feel Confident and Competent / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenters: Ashley Tolleson, Ph.D. and Terris Hagan, LPC
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $120 before Friday, March 13th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $135 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/ethics-with-minors
Subpoenas? Child protective services? Secret-keeping? HELP!
Working with children and teens can present unique challenges that require knowledge, sensitivity, and skill. This comprehensive continuing education workshop will offer crucial insights into the ethical, legal, and practical challenges therapists face when working with minors. We will explore a range of topics, including record-keeping, counselor competence, privacy concerns with teens, managing family dynamics in divorce and custody cases, dual relationships, mandated reporting, and navigating cultural or religious values that influence parenting.
Throughout the workshop, we will also address tricky topics with young children, such as answering personal questions, the disclosure of family secrets, inappropriate touching and boundaries, exposure to adult media, and concerning themes in their play or art. With humor and light-hearted fun sprinkled throughout, we will provide therapists with the necessary tools to navigate these complex situations competently and confidently.
March 27, 2026
Embodied Integration: Merging Somatic Awareness & Movement / 6 Core Hours
Presenters: Tzipporah Gerson-Miller LCSW C-IAYT and Elizabeth Ocheltree-Cho LPC
Location: Marietta, GA
Cost: $175 by March 1st. $200 thereafter
Registration: www.wisewomanembodied/classes
This training offers a comprehensive introduction to embodied integration for psychotherapists seeking to deepen their practice with somatic awareness and movement. Participants will explore somatic principles, the nervous system’s role in trauma and regulation, and practical skills for integrating body-based interventions into psychotherapy sessions.
Through a blend of lecture, experiential exercises, and skill-building practices, this workshop empowers therapists to harness the therapeutic potential of embodied awareness for promoting emotional resilience, regulation, and healing.
APRIL 2026
April 15, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
April 16, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
April 18, 2026
Ethics and Wellness: Navigating Responsibility to Self and Others Through The 7 Pillars of Wellness / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenters: Alisha Brown and Jennifer Edge, LCSW
Location: 2470 Windy Hill Rd Ste 300 Marietta, GA 30067
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://www.edgecare360.com/contact
This continuing education course explores the ethical responsibility mental health professionals have to maintain both personal wellness and professional integrity. Using the framework of the 7 Pillars of Wellness—emotional, physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, and occupational—participants will examine how personal well-being directly influences ethical decision-making, client care, and professional boundaries. The course encourages self-reflection, offers practical strategies for sustaining wellness, and aligns ethical codes with holistic self-care practices to promote longevity in the helping professions.
April 25, 2026
Facilitating Peace: Teaching Distress Tolerance and Coping Skills / 5.5 Core Hours
Presenters: Andrea Brock, LCSW and Andrea Melia Crawley, LPC
Location: Hampton, GA
Cost: $150- price includes lunch on-site
Registration: https://ccretreats.campbrainregistration.com/ https://standupspeakoutccac.squarespace.com/conferenceinformation
Join us on the beautiful Calvin Center campus in Hampton, GA to build your knowledge and skills around distress tolerance and coping. This 6 hour training will allow you to:
Learn: Take your understanding to the next level by learning the theories and underpinnings of distress tolerance and coping skill use. Overviews of CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR, and Polyvagal Theory will be presented.
Experience: Engage all 5 senses through experiential learning with breathwork, movement, somatic, visualization, and art based skills.
Practice: Develop your skills as a facilitator of distress tolerance and coping skills. Practice teaching in a community of support and receive immediate feedback to improve behavioral activation with clients.
Lunch is included in the cost of the event and is provided on-site to encourage networking and enjoyment of the beautiful natural setting.
Dress in layers and wear supportive walking shoes, as several aspects will take place outdoors for a full immersive experience.
MAY 2026
May 6, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
May 7, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
May 23, 2026
Ethics and Wellness: Navigating Responsibility to Self and Others Through The 7 Pillars of Wellness / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenters: Alisha Brown and Jennifer Edge, LCSW
Location: 2470 Windy Hill Rd Ste 300 Marietta, GA 30067
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://www.edgecare360.com/contact
This continuing education course explores the ethical responsibility mental health professionals have to maintain both personal wellness and professional integrity. Using the framework of the 7 Pillars of Wellness—emotional, physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, and occupational—participants will examine how personal well-being directly influences ethical decision-making, client care, and professional boundaries. The course encourages self-reflection, offers practical strategies for sustaining wellness, and aligns ethical codes with holistic self-care practices to promote longevity in the helping professions.
JUNE 2026
June 3, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
June 4, 2026
Reaching Teens / 1.5 Core Hours per Session
Presenters: Robyn Smith, MA, BA; and Jenny Paveglio, MSW, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: Free
Registration: https://forms.gle/mM8NZfbPRv7JoACb6
Reaching Teens is a trauma-sensitive model with the core belief that identifying, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths can facilitate positive youth development. The below four sessions/parts are covered during this training. Participants can register for individual sessions or multiple sessions on each date.
Session 1 – Understanding Teenagers & Trauma:
Explore how life experiences shape adolescent brain development, both positively and negatively, and gain insights into their impact on behavior and growth. Discover how youth-serving professionals can leverage this knowledge to build strength-based relationships with teens.
Session 2 – Prepare to Care: Learn how establishing healthy boundaries fosters trust
and connection with youth. This session introduces compassion resilience—what it is, why it matters, and how to cultivate it for long-term professional sustainability. Practitioners will gain valuable self-care strategies and resilience-building techniques to prevent burnout.
Session 3 – Reframing & Radical Calmness:
Discover the power of radical calmness to help teens navigate stressful situations and learn how to support self-regulation through effective co-regulation techniques. This session also introduces the language of resilience to help reframe challenges and empower teenagers.
Session 4 – Communicate Using Strength-based Approach:
Develop practical, strength-based communication skills to build resilience and promote independence in teenagers. This session also offers strategies to help support teens as they learn to manage stress effectively and develop coping mechanisms.
June 15, 2026
Suicide Prevention in College Mental Health / 2 Core Hours
Presenter: Cameron Hoellrich, LCSW
Location: Virtual/Zoom, 2059 Meadow Lakes Drive, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Cost: $45.00
Registration: https://www.chcounselingsolutions.com/training
This training offers a comprehensive overview of suicide prevention tailored to college mental health contexts. Participants will explore the prevalence of suicidal behavior among U.S. college students, while learning to identify key risk factors and warning signs. The presentation will introduce both evidence-based tools for assessing and treating suicide and newer frameworks, including emerging diagnoses such as Suicide Crisis Syndrome, to enhance clinical understanding of acute suicidal states. Attendees will develop skills to recognize signs of imminent risk, and engage with both micro-level clinical interventions and macro-level prevention strategies relevant to educational institutions. This session is ideal for mental health professionals, educators, and campus leaders committed to enhancing suicide prevention efforts in higher education.
June 27, 2026
Ethics and Wellness: Navigating Responsibility to Self and Others Through The 7 Pillars of Wellness / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenters: Alisha Brown and Jennifer Edge, LCSW
Location: 2470 Windy Hill Rd Ste 300 Marietta, GA 30067
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://www.edgecare360.com/contact
This continuing education course explores the ethical responsibility mental health professionals have to maintain both personal wellness and professional integrity. Using the framework of the 7 Pillars of Wellness—emotional, physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, and occupational—participants will examine how personal well-being directly influences ethical decision-making, client care, and professional boundaries. The course encourages self-reflection, offers practical strategies for sustaining wellness, and aligns ethical codes with holistic self-care practices to promote longevity in the helping professions.
JULY 2026
July 13, 2026
Mandated Reporting – Recognizing and Reporting Childhood Maltreatment / 5 Ethics Hours
Presenter: Lizbeth Diaz Yabuku, LPC, CPCS
Location: Atlanta, GA
Cost: $195.00
Registration: https://forms.gle/F1yQemGWGmsHSf5t6
Proper training as a mandated reporter is essential to protecting vulnerable individuals and upholding our legal and ethical responsibilities. This training will help to ensure that clinicians not only understand when and how to report but also feel confident in navigating these critical situations, ultimately safeguarding the well-being of those they serve while maintaining professional accountability.
AUGUST 2026
August 17, 2026
Suicide Prevention in College Mental Health / 2 Core Hours
Presenter: Cameron Hoellrich, LCSW
Location: Virtual/Zoom, 2059 Meadow Lakes Drive, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Cost: $45.00
Registration: https://www.chcounselingsolutions.com/training
This training offers a comprehensive overview of suicide prevention tailored to college mental health contexts. Participants will explore the prevalence of suicidal behavior among U.S. college students, while learning to identify key risk factors and warning signs. The presentation will introduce both evidence-based tools for assessing and treating suicide and newer frameworks, including emerging diagnoses such as Suicide Crisis Syndrome, to enhance clinical understanding of acute suicidal states. Attendees will develop skills to recognize signs of imminent risk, and engage with both micro-level clinical interventions and macro-level prevention strategies relevant to educational institutions. This session is ideal for mental health professionals, educators, and campus leaders committed to enhancing suicide prevention efforts in higher education.
August 22, 2026
Facilitating Peace: Teaching Distress Tolerance and Coping Skills / 5.5 Core Hours
Presenters: Andrea Brock, LCSW and Andrea Melia Crawley, LPC
Location: Hampton, GA
Cost: $150- price includes lunch on-site
Registration: https://ccretreats.campbrainregistration.com/ https://standupspeakoutccac.squarespace.com/conferenceinformation
Join us on the beautiful Calvin Center campus in Hampton, GA to build your knowledge and skills around distress tolerance and coping. This 6 hour training will allow you to:
Learn: Take your understanding to the next level by learning the theories and underpinnings of distress tolerance and coping skill use. Overviews of CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR, and Polyvagal Theory will be presented.
Experience: Engage all 5 senses through experiential learning with breathwork, movement, somatic, visualization, and art based skills.
Practice: Develop your skills as a facilitator of distress tolerance and coping skills. Practice teaching in a community of support and receive immediate feedback to improve behavioral activation with clients.
Lunch is included in the cost of the event and is provided on-site to encourage networking and enjoyment of the beautiful natural setting.
Dress in layers and wear supportive walking shoes, as several aspects will take place outdoors for a full immersive experience.
SEPTEMBER 2026
September 25 17, 2026
Suicide Prevention in College Mental Health / 2 Core Hours
Presenter: Cameron Hoellrich, LCSW
Location: Virtual/Zoom, 2059 Meadow Lakes Drive, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Cost: $45.00
Registration: https://www.chcounselingsolutions.com/training
This training offers a comprehensive overview of suicide prevention tailored to college mental health contexts. Participants will explore the prevalence of suicidal behavior among U.S. college students, while learning to identify key risk factors and warning signs. The presentation will introduce both evidence-based tools for assessing and treating suicide and newer frameworks, including emerging diagnoses such as Suicide Crisis Syndrome, to enhance clinical understanding of acute suicidal states. Attendees will develop skills to recognize signs of imminent risk, and engage with both micro-level clinical interventions and macro-level prevention strategies relevant to educational institutions. This session is ideal for mental health professionals, educators, and campus leaders committed to enhancing suicide prevention efforts in higher education.
