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

Once monthly on Fridays in 2024
Eating Disorder Consult Group / 1 Core hour each session
Presenter: Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $67.00
Registration: https://www.wholeheartpsychotherapy.net/ceus
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.

Weekly on Mondays or Bi- Weekly on Fridays
RO DBT Consult Group / 1 Core hour each session
Presenter: Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $67.00
Registration: https://www.wholeheartpsychotherapy.net/ceus
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.

Once monthly on Fridays in 2024
DBT Consult Group / 1 Core hour each session
Presenter: Tara Arnold, PhD, LCSW, CEDS-S, RYT-200
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $67.00
Registration: https://www.wholeheartpsychotherapy.net/ceus
Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT Consultation Group is for clinicians wanting to learn to apply DBT in their practice. The group will provide education and training in the practice of DBT. We will assess clients according to the stages of DBT model, create a treatment plan and diary card, find missing dialectics, and look for ethical considerations in treatment. The team learns through case review, looking for additional DBT skill application opportunities as well as alternative stylistic DBT strategies to apply. As a group, we stay abreast of new DBT strategies and help provide skill suggestions and support to other clinicians.

APRIL 2024

April 25-27, 2024
Brainspotting Phase Two Training / 21 Core Hours
Presenters: Cynthia Schwartzberg, LCSW and Christine Ranck, Ph.D., LCSW
Location: Online and The Link Counseling Center 348 Mount Vernon Hwy NE, Atlanta
Cost: $845.00
Registration: https://www.cynthasis.com/event/brainspotting-phase-two-april-25-27/
This 3-day Brainspotting Phase Two training is an Intermediate course and will begin with an extensive overview of how to do Brainspotting effectively online in this traumatic time of Covid-19. We will discuss your own Limbic Countertransference during this pandemic and how you can best serve your activated clients. We will review in detail how to do all of the Phase One techniques remotely including: Outside and Inside Window, Gazespotting, and Body Resource Brainspotting.

Trainees will be introduced to five additional Phase Two techniques that are very important and effective for resourcing your clients deeply. This includes One-Eye Brainspotting, Z-Axis-3 Dimensional Brainspotting using close and far, this includes Convergence Therapy which expands the Z-Axis to activate the vagus nerve through the ocular cardiac reflex. This prevents panic attacks and is very effective in reducing activation. In this era of such existential trauma, we will be presenting two advanced Outside Window techniques including “Rolling Brainspotting” with slow eye tracking stopping briefly on each Brainspot. Advanced techniques will also include combined Inside-Outside Brainspotting where both reflexive responses and the client’s sense of highest activation are used together to find Brainspots.

Day 3 will be devoted to the second level of the Advanced Resource Model. This will entail combining the resource aspects of One-Eye and Z-Axis Brainspotting. This addresses working with clients with Very Complex PTSD and those outside of the Brainspotting Window of Tolerance.

Techniques taught with PowerPoint lecture, discussion with Q & A, demonstrations and practicums will be done online. Course Content is at Intermediate Level.

April 25-27, 2024
Alter Dementia Summit 2024 / 10.75 Core Hours
Presenters: Various
Location: Decatur, GA
Cost: $275.00
Registration: https://www.sagenavigator.org/events
SageNavigator and the Alter Dementia Program are featuring the inaugural Alter Dementia Summit in metro Atlanta, Georgia, on April 25-27, 2024. With the support of other committed supporters, we will make history by expanding resources and research into the black faith community and the caregivers they serve by addressing dementia with their congregations. The Alter Dementia Summit: “Role of the Black Church,• Is a platform that empowers people with knowledge and resources to take action related to living fully beyond the diagnosis of dementia in communities of faith. The Alter Dementia Summit aims to equip faith communities with practical tools and resources needed to support their members living with dementia and their caregivers

April 26, 2024
Working with Parents of Anxious Kids: How to Effectively Break the Anxiety Pattern / 3 Core Hours
Presenter: Marti Munford, LPC
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $87 before Friday, April 12th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/parents-anxious-kids
Does including parents in treatment make you shudder? Working with parents is an imperative part of working with children, but many clinicians struggle with the best ways to incorporate them for optimal therapeutic outcomes. With anxiety disorders, successful outcomes often hinge on changing larger familial patterns. Still, many barriers and misconceptions lead to low parent involvement in anxiety treatment plans.

In this workshop, we will discuss the current research on parental involvement in the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and how to identify and overcome barriers. We will discuss evidence-based treatments for anxious children that utilize parents as the mechanism for change while also learning how to assess parental accommodations and outline family patterns that may be sustaining symptoms.

April 26, 2024
Neuroscience of Sandtray / 3 Core hours
Presenters: Kim Feeney, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $120.00
Registration: https://cultivatedmh.com/services/ola/services/neuroscience-of-sandtray

Discuss knowledge of the basics of brain structure, especially in how this relates to sandtray therapy
Identify the tenant of interpersonal neurobiology in a sandtray therapy setting
Explain how different ages work in the sand and play from a brain science perspective
Recite the effects of trauma on the brain and how this affects sandtray therapy
Apply 2 new techniques to help explain the brain structure and to show how it works in the play and sandtray setting.

April 26, 2024
Marginalization and the Stages of Group Development: What Difference Does It Make? / 6 Core Hours
Presenters: Deborah Sharp, LCSW-S, CGP, AGPA-F
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”)
Cost: See registration
Registration: https://www.atlantagroups.org/events-1/marginalization-and-the-stages-of-group-development-what-difference-does-it-make
The Stages of Group Development have important implications for the experience of members and also the role of the group leader. This workshop will look at several models of group
development and explore the ways that marginalization can impact group member’s behavior and participation within those models. Leaders can be at risk of pathologizing normal responses to cultural and historic marginalization. Description of leader’s role at various stages is offered and discussion of impact of leader’s identity on group dynamics. This workshop is for therapists of all licensures and graduate students in therapeutic disciplines that either are running groups or would like to learn more about running groups. All experience levels welcome.

April 27, 2024
Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Basic Principles, Skills, and Treatment Planning / 5 Core hours
Presenters: Clerissa Cooper, LPC, SEP, CPCS
Location: Decatur, GA
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/837500886697?aff=oddtdtcreator
Objective 1. Identify the 5 modes of comprehensive DBT and their functions
Objective 2. Understand the dialectical philosophy of DBT
Objective 3. Learn how to implement foundational skills of the four BT skills module
Objective 4. Describe the goals of the DBT skills modules (i.e., mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance).
Objective 5. Learn how to implement foundational skills of the four DBT skills modules (i.e., mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance).

April 27, 2024
Macon Trends in Transplant Conference / 4.5 Core Hours
Presenters: Various Presenters
Location: Macon, GA
Cost: $15.00
Registration: https://support.gatransplant.org/event/macon-tnt-2024/e572411
Georgia Transplant Foundation is proud to present the Atlanta Trends iN Transplant Conference on line and in person. It is a day for transplant patients to network with
others while learning about health updates and wellness tools from leading transplant physicians and professionals. The Atlanta TNT Conference is free for dialysis patients, pre/post-transplant patients and one guest, and includes lunch and free parking

MAY 2024

May 3, 2024
Common Therapist Mistakes and The Ethics of Owning Them / 5 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Linda Buchanan, Ph.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $120 before Friday, April 19th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $135 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/ethics-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.

May 3, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

May 6, 2024
Understanding Levels of Care and the Ethical Implications of Treatment / 5 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Gaan Akers, LPC, NCC and Amy René, LCSW
Location: Atlanta, GA
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://LevelsofCareandEthicsCE.eventbrite.com
As clinicians, it is important to recognize when is a client’s clinical presentation or acuity demands more support than what the clinician can offer. While most clinicians are aware of their limitation, many do not know what to do or how to help the client access the most appropriate treatment.
In this workshop, the presenters will review the ACA and NASW codes of ethics, give an overview of the different levels of care from standard outpatient to acute hospitalization and discuss the ethical implication of helping clients access and receive the appropriate levels of care. The presenters will go over the clinical criteria of symptoms for different levels of care, discuss the pros and cons of each level of care- from standard outpatient, in-home treatment options, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential treatment, and other. The process of GA’s involuntary treatment, 1013/2013, and the ethical considerations for hospitalization will also be reviewed. The presenters will also discuss how to ethically terminate the therapeutic relationship and the process of making referrals to other specialists or to higher levels of care.

May 8, 2024
Psychiatric Advance Directives Improve Care / 2 Core hours
Presenter: Lauren Lang, MS
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $50.00
Registration: https://register2.ece.emory.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=4440039
Learn the ins and outs of the new Georgia psychiatric advance directive law!
Outpatient provider support is the number one determining factor for if an individual gets a psychiatric advance directive (PAD). Students will become acquainted with Georgia laws surrounding psychiatric advance directives as well as their responsibilities for treating a patient with a PAD. This course will cover what a PAD is, when they are useful, why individuals with PADs have improved prognosis, and issues facing PAD advocacy and implementation. By the end of this course, students will be able to complete their own PAD and understand how to employ supported decision making to assist individuals in completing their own.
This course will give an overview of PADs across the nation. However, we will be focusing on Georgia PAD laws

May 10, 2024
Neurodivergent Somatics Part 1: A Model for ND-Affirming Care that Supports Both Clients and the Therapists Who Work with Them / 4 Core Hours
Presenter: Nyck Walsh, LPC
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $109 before Friday, April 26th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $122 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/neurodivergent-somatics-part-1
The field of psychology has historically pathologized Neurodivergent (ND) people and failed to see their innate health and wisdom. Nyck Walsh’s model, Neurodivergent Somatics, provides clinicians with a concrete framework for providing ND-affirming care that is anti-ableist, somatic, collaborative, and trauma-informed. Building upon the foundations from “The Dos and Donts of Counseling with ND Clients,” this 2 Part series will delve into the model’s three tenets: Pleasure/Neutrality, Global Permission, and Client as Self-expert. We will learn how to apply them to both clients and the therapists who work with them. In Part 1, we will explore specific somatic tools and strategies to support nervous system regulation for both clients and therapists. We will explore boundaries as a source of differentiation essential to empowerment, clarity, and unmasking, both for clients and therapists. Through learning and applying these principles to your counseling practice, you will benefit not only your ND clients but all of your clients. Required Prerequisite: see registration form.

May 10, 2024
Let’s Talk: Managing Practices (Burnout & Compassion Fatigue) / 1.5 Core Hours
Presenters: Dr. DeAvila Ford, DBH, LCSW
Location: Live Synchronous Webinar via Zoom
Cost: $20.00
Registration: https://askdeavilasade.com/product/lets-talk-managing-practices/
Managing practices within the field of social work can be very helpful as one navigates through multiple systems and populations. The goal of this session is to aid participants in learning to manage their own mental health while working with vulnerable populations and learning examples of good management practices for their organization.

May 17, 2024
IFS and Polyvagal Theory: Healing Through Compassionate Connection™ / 6 Core hours
Presenters: Alexia Rothman, Ph.D.
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $140 before Friday, May 3 at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/ifs-and-polyvagal
Despite the diversity of content that brings clients to therapy, difficulty regulating their emotional experience is at the heart of their struggles. Clients can feel hijacked by extreme emotional states, uncomfortable in their own skin, or think or behave in ways they wish they wouldn’t. Polyvagal Theory (PVT) helps us understand what is happening on a biological level when our clients are emotionally dysregulated or stuck in adaptive survival states, such as fight, flight, freeze, or numb. Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) offers a compassionate, non-pathologizing approach to healing the wounded, burdened, and traumatized parts of clients’ systems and increasing internal harmony and connection. This workshop explores the integration of IFS therapy and Polyvagal Theory to help clinicians more safely and effectively use the IFS model in treatment.

May 17, 2024
Cluster B Personality Disorders: Myths, Definitions, and Treatment Planning / 1 Core hour
Presenters: Alexandra Pajak, LCSW
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $25.00
Registration: apajak@sandyspringstherapy.com
This workshop examines myths, diagnostic criteria, and treatment planning for Cluster B Personality Disorders.

May 17, 2024
Stand Up. Speak Out. / 5.45 Core hours
Presenters: Cory Jewell Jensen, Adam Dodge and Naeshia McDowell
Location: Savannah, GA
Cost: $45.00
Registration: https://standupspeakoutccac.squarespace.com/register-now
Stand Up. Speak Out. is a one-day, in-person conference presented by Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center in Savannah, GA to educate and raise awareness of childhood abuse and trauma. The day is filled with multiple presentations from various knowledgeable speakers working in the field of child welfare, advocacy, human trafficking, technology and more. The conference is open to all professionals in the field including but not limited to social workers, therapists, law enforcement officers, and various community partners. The goal of the conference is to educate those in the field on the various factors and symptomology of childhood abuse and raise awareness in regard to what individual’s working in the field can do to help combat this growing and ever-evolving epidemic.

May 17, 2024 and July 26, 2023
RO-DBT Overview – Using RO DBT to Heal Over Control / 5 Core Hours
Presenters: Dr. Tara Arnold
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $120.00
Registration:https://www.wholeheartpsychotherapy.net
Over-control is often one of the hardest dynamics to treat in mental health recovery. The rigidity, perfectionism, or extreme anxiety that plague our clients can block important aspects of their deepest work. In the messy world of intimacy and relationships, clients must learn to be flexible and tolerate the feeling of vulnerability in order to create ‘a life worth sharing’. To this end, we will explore RO-DBT, and the skills and methods used in the treatment to help decrease the burden of control that is preventing them from making the progress in life that they seek. RO DBT helps to illuminate the suffering and loneliness experienced by so many of our clients despite them working so hard in life.

In the pandemic, many people were left at home isolated, stressed and afraid. By virtue of this unfortunate circumstance, people turned to food, alcohol, avoidance, over-control, for soothing, comfort, connection, attachment, and nurturance making them feel even further away from their most intimate personal connections. Helping people feel reconnected to their tribes is a huge tenet of RO-DBT that we as clinicians can be empowered to utilize to help heal the emotional loneliness so many people face. RO DBT helps clients decrease the over-controlled behaviors that keep them isolated. RO DBT also helps decrease self-judgment, judgement of others, perfectionism, depression, anxiety, obsessions, and rigidity all found in the hardest to treat aspects of our clients.

May 18, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

May 31, 2024
Self-Harm: Insights and Interventions / 4 Core Hours
Presenters: Ashlenn Von Wiegand, Ph.D. and Hamilton Von Wiegand, LPC
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $109 before Friday, May 17th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $122 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/self-harm-insights-interventions
Let’s face it: self-harm can be one of the most difficult behaviors a therapist encounters in their work with clients. Is it a potential suicide attempt? Could it get worse and be accidentally lethal? Is it attention-seeking behavior? Is it Harm OCD? The lines are frequently unclear, and none of us want to miss signs of its seriousness or inadvertently reinforce problem behaviors.

With a focus on practical strategies, we’ll provide you with tools and resources to refine your skills to effectively support individuals across all age groups who self-harm. Whether you’ve previously worked with clients who self-harm or want to enhance your understanding of this critical issue, this workshop is an invaluable opportunity to refine your skills.

JUNE 2024

June 6-8, 2024
Brainspotting: Phase One Training / 21 Core Hours
Presenter: Jana Glass, LPC, MAC, PMH-C, BC-TMH
Location: Smyrna, GA
Cost: $595 for GACA Members, $695 for Non-Members
Registration: https://gacaorg.regfox.com/brainspotting
Who should take this training: Addiction Counselors, Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Healing and Birth Professionals, Students and Clinical Interns
Brainspotting is a brain-based therapy based on the hypothesis that specific eye positions designated as “brainspots” activate and access specific areas of the midbrain that allow for the reprocessing and releasing of core neurophysiological reactions to trauma-related and other psychological experiences.

In addition, brainspotting is built on a model that emphasizes therapist-client presence and attunement in the healing process. As an open and integrative model, brainspotting is adaptable to many different areas of specialization and can be integrated with other treatment models.

June 7, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

June 7, 2024
The Power of Improv, Play, and Performance: Creative Therapies for Anxiety / 4 Core Hours
Presenter: Murray Dabby, LCSW
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $109 before Friday, May 24th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $122
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/play-improv-performance
Play and Improv is increasingly taking the front stage as a therapeutic intervention. Utilizing these approaches to help with anxiety has been shown to be extremely effective. Among some of the new discoveries is that the power of improv, play, and performance has had positive effects on our nervous system and social relationships. For social anxiety, it has proved to be a fun and engaging means of exposure therapy, improv and performance approaches have helped with adolescent anxiety and social fears, autism treatment, depression, alienation and loneliness, perfectionism, and some forms of OCD, couples connectivity, and group and community development.

This workshop will present some of the history and research on performance and improv approaches, the impact on therapeutics, and a view of many types of programs that have had an impact. Participants will also have an opportunity to participate in and observe exercises that highlight the use of improv and play. We will also take you inside “Curtain Up Anxiety Down,” an Atlanta-based improv and group program. Based on his new book, the presenter will also share its relevance to group, couples, and Individual therapy approaches.

June 9-11, 2024
Brainspotting Phase Two Training / 21 Core Hours
Presenters: Cynthia Schwartzberg, LCSW and Christine Ranck, Ph.D., LCSW
Location: Online and The Link Counseling Center 348 Mount Vernon Hwy NE, Atlanta
Cost: $845.00
Registration: https://www.cynthasis.com
This 3-day Brainspotting Phase Two training is an Intermediate course and will begin with an extensive overview of how to do Brainspotting effectively online in this traumatic time of Covid-19. We will discuss your own Limbic Countertransference during this pandemic and how you can best serve your activated clients. We will review in detail how to do all of the Phase One techniques remotely including: Outside and Inside Window, Gazespotting, and Body Resource Brainspotting.

Techniques taught with PowerPoint lecture, discussion with Q & A, demonstrations and practicums will be done online. Course Content is at Intermediate Level.

June 14, 2024
Handling Complex Cases in Healthcare / 1.5 Core Hours
Presenters: Moniek Garside, LCSW, MBA and Marcia Collins, MSW
Location: Virtual
Cost: $25.00
Registration: https://www.fitlifewellnessllc.com/workshops-and-ceus
The purspose of this workshop is for participants to take a deep dive intocomplex cases, ethical issues, that arise, and identify creative ways to approach them within various healthcare settings.
Identify what a complex case is and what makes a case complex.
How to identify resources, within and outside of your organization to work through barriers within a complex case.
Discuss what ethical issues arise when handling a complex case.
Identify signs when it’s time to step away from a complex case and/or hand it off.

June 14 2024
Neurodivergent Somatics Part 2: A Model for ND-Affirming Care that Supports Both Clients and the Therapists Who Work with Them / 4 Core Hours
Presenter: Nyck Walsh, LPC
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $109 before Friday, May 31st at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $122 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/neurodivergent-somatics-part-2
The field of psychology has historically pathologized Neurodivergent (ND) people and failed to see their innate health and wisdom. Nyck Walsh’s model, Neurodivergent Somatics, provides clinicians with a concrete framework for providing ND-affirming care that is anti-ableist, somatic, collaborative, and trauma-informed. In Part 2 of this training, we will continue to deepen our knowledge and skills in applying Nyck Walsh’s 3-part ND Somatics model. Having covered Pleasure/Neutrality and began Client as Self-Expert in Part 1, we will continue our exploration of Client as Self-Expert and cover Global Permission. In our study of each of these tenets, we will learn how to apply them to both clients and the therapists who work with them. We will examine how ableism/internalized ableism lives within us and inadvertently creates rules that dictate what we believe makes a “good” therapist and client. We will wander through the forest of accommodations and executive function support that clients and therapists need to exist in this world and be well. Through learning and applying these principles to your counseling practice, you will benefit not only your ND clients but all of your clients.
Required Prerequisite: see registration form.

June 14, 2024
Understanding Levels of Care and the Ethical Implications of Treatment / 5 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Gaan Akers, LPC, NCC and Amy René, LCSW
Location: Live Synchronous Webinar via Zoom
Cost: $100.00
Registration: https://LevelsofCareandEthicsWebinar.eventbrite.com
As clinicians, it is important to recognize when is a client’s clinical presentation or acuity demands more support than what the clinician can offer. While most clinicians are aware of their limitation, many do not know what to do or how to help the client access the most appropriate treatment.
In this workshop, the presenters will review the ACA and NASW codes of ethics, give an overview of the different levels of care from standard outpatient to acute hospitalization and discuss the ethical implication of helping clients access and receive the appropriate levels of care. The presenters will go over the clinical criteria of symptoms for different levels of care, discuss the pros and cons of each level of care- from standard outpatient, in-home treatment options, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential treatment, and other. The process of GA’s involuntary treatment, 1013/2013, and the ethical considerations for hospitalization will also be reviewed. The presenters will also discuss how to ethically terminate the therapeutic relationship and the process of making referrals to other specialists or to higher levels of care.

June 21, 2024
The Practice of Telehealth and Ethics: Legal Ramifications / 5 Core and 1 Ethic Hour
Presenter: Dr. Lucy R. Cannon, LCSW, LICSW, CAADDC, MATS
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $90
Registration: www.lejbhs.com
“Telehealth is a mode of service delivery that has been used in clinical settings for over 60 years and empirically studied for just over 20 years. Telehealth is not an
intervention itself, but rather a mode of delivering services.” (Bashshur, Shannon, Bashshur, & Yellowlees,2016). “Implementation and use of telehealth as a mode of
service delivery has been increasing in recent years. “Between 2016 and 2019, the use of telehealth doubled from 14 to 28 percent. This trend continued between 2019 and
2020, due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth visits for mental health increased by 556 percent between March 11 and April 22, 2020.” (Fernbach &
Papapetros, 2022). In January 2021, 41 percent of U.S. adults reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorders—a 30 percent increase from pre-pandemic levels. Given the long history of a shortage of mental health therapists, psychiatrists, and nurses in the healthcare field, there continues to be a problem with getting quick access to telehealth and face to face treatment. “It is our shared responsibility to ensure equal access to quality telehealth care for everyone. We can do that through improvements to telehealth workflow, staff training, and community resources.” (https://telehealth.hhs.gov/providers/health-equity-in-telehealth)

June 21, 2024
Crossing Borders & Creating Connection in Telemental Health: Ethical, Legal, & Clinical / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Becky Beaton-York, Ph.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $87 before Friday, June 7th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/telemental-health-crossing-borders-creating-connection
In this unique telemental health workshop, we delve into the intricacies of modern clinical practices, focusing on clinical excellence and the legalities of practicing across state lines as well as internationally. We’ll discuss enhancing rapport-building and deepening connections by applying Polyvagal principles and Somatic experiences. Participants will have the opportunity to experience the effectiveness of these interventions tailored to telemental health settings.

On the legal side, we’ll provide the latest updates on inter-state practice, including detailed guidance on navigating state laws, spotlighting developments in PSYPACT, the Counseling Compact, the Social Worker’s Compact, and the current status of Marriage and Family Therapists. The workshop will also introduce new essential items to include in your Informed Consent documents, ensuring compliance with state laws and transparent disclosure regarding the use of artificial intelligence in clinical settings, if applicable. Furthermore, we’ll identify valuable resources for practitioners considering international practice, broadening mental health professionals’ horizons globally. Lastly, our review will cover a brief overview of HIPAA-compatible platforms, encompassing video-conferencing, texting, emailing, and cloud storage solutions, to maintain confidentiality and security in digital communications and record-keeping.

This workshop promises to equip mental health professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the evolving landscape of digital health practices, also known as Telemental Health.

June 21, 2024
Artificial Intelligence in Telemental Health: Ethical & Legal Considerations / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Becky Beaton-York, Ph.D.
Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
Cost: $87 before Friday, June 7th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $97 after
Registration: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/artificial-intelligence-telemental-health
Did you know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now considered part of Telemental Health? As AI becomes an integral part of therapeutic practices, it’s crucial to understand its role and implications within the digital therapeutic space. We begin by describing how this modern tool is reshaping therapy delivery. Our discussion extends to the ethical considerations surrounding AI integration, critically examining how its use can have both positive and negative impacts on clients and therapists. We aim to navigate these complexities thoughtfully, ensuring that practitioners can leverage AI’s benefits while mitigating potential drawbacks.

Participants will also gain hands-on experience in utilizing AI to craft treatment plans, diagnoses, and progress notes. We’ll demonstrate methods to harness AI’s capabilities in a way that upholds confidentiality and the standard of care, ensuring that these digital advancements serve to enhance, rather than compromise, therapeutic integrity.

Furthermore, the workshop will delve into the use of AI for generating website and blog content. Participants will learn strategies to produce informative and beneficial content for the public, all while carefully managing the risks of misinformation and biases inherent in AI-generated materials.

We’ll also discuss the importance of transparency with clients regarding the use of AI in therapy, ensuring they are fully informed about how their care is supported by these technologies in your Informed Consent to Treatment.

This workshop is designed for mental health professionals keen on navigating the digital evolution of therapy with ethical consideration, practical skill, and an informed perspective on AI’s role in enhancing therapeutic outcomes.

June 21, 2024
Introduction to Sandtray / 6 Core Hours
Presenters: Jacquelin Wilson, LPC
Location: Macon, GA
Cost: $225.00
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-sandtray-tickets-880956744337
Sandtray play therapy is an expressive and creative method clinicians may use to deepen the therapeutic experience for their clients. In this workshop, you will learn the therapeutic value of sandtray play therapy especially in regards to how
trauma affects the brain, select materials for use, and how to
apply beginning skills in therapy with children and adults.

June 29, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

JULY 2024

July 12, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

July 17, 2024
Psychiatric Advance Directives Improve Care / 2 Core hours
Presenter: Lauren Lang, MS
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $50.00
Registration: https://register2.ece.emory.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=4440039
Learn the ins and outs of the new Georgia psychiatric advance directive law!
Outpatient provider support is the number one determining factor for if an individual gets a psychiatric advance directive (PAD). Students will become acquainted with Georgia laws surrounding psychiatric advance directives as well as their responsibilities for treating a patient with a PAD. This course will cover what a PAD is, when they are useful, why individuals with PADs have improved prognosis, and issues facing PAD advocacy and implementation. By the end of this course, students will be able to complete their own PAD and understand how to employ supported decision making to assist individuals in completing their own.
This course will give an overview of PADs across the nation. However, we will be focusing on Georgia PAD laws

July 20, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

AUGUST 2024

August 9, 2024
Barbie, Patriarchy, and Liberation: Unpacking Cultural Messaging / 3 Core Hours
Presenters: Meghan Klein Toups, PhD, LPC and Amy Howard, MS, LMFT
Location: Marietta, GA
Cost: $100.00
Registration: www.meghantoups.com
Movies and media in general are important agents of socialization and reflect social, political and cultural values of a particular time period. “Barbie” earned more than $1.38 billion worldwide to become the highest-grossing film ever from a female filmmaker at the domestic box office; and is the largest worldwide film release of 2023. Given its incredible success and its obvious exploration of gender dynamics and patriarchy, it seems pertinent for clinicians to explore the psychological underpinnings of the film, uncover how the themes about gender, power and systemic injustice relate to personal identity, as well as considering its relevance for psychotherapeutic work. In this workshop, we will explore particular moments in the film that highlight social and gendered issues in order to gain an understanding of the ways in which we can have these culturally informed discussions to help empower and liberate clients from oppressive systemic pressures and inequities.

August 9, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

August 23, 2024 21, 2024
Slippery Ethical Dilemmas that Can Place you at Risk / 5 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Jeffery Lawrence, LCSW
Location: Macon, GA
Cost: $275 (in-person); $175 (online)
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/883332971697?aff=oddtdtcreator

SEPTEMBER 2024

September 13, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

September 18, 2024
Psychiatric Advance Directives Improve Care / 2 Core hours
Presenter: Lauren Lang, MS
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $50.00
Registration: https://register2.ece.emory.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=4440039
Learn the ins and outs of the new Georgia psychiatric advance directive law!
Outpatient provider support is the number one determining factor for if an individual gets a psychiatric advance directive (PAD). Students will become acquainted with Georgia laws surrounding psychiatric advance directives as well as their responsibilities for treating a patient with a PAD. This course will cover what a PAD is, when they are useful, why individuals with PADs have improved prognosis, and issues facing PAD advocacy and implementation. By the end of this course, students will be able to complete their own PAD and understand how to employ supported decision making to assist individuals in completing their own.
This course will give an overview of PADs across the nation. However, we will be focusing on Georgia PAD laws

September 20-26, 2024
Getting The Love You Want Streamlined Essentials Couples Workshop / 10 Core hours
Presenters: Jesica Eames, LCSW, JD., Dr. Wendy Palmer Patterson, PhD, LCSW, LMFT, and Robert W. Patterson, LPC, LMFT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $495.00
Registration: https://www.imagogeorgia.com/workshops
Remember the feelings of anticipation and excitement? For many of us, falling in love and devoting our time, money, and energy to capture the heart of our beloved was a very special time. You may have felt alive, whole, and connected to the world and the people in it. Then, before long, that blissful feeling disappeared. Relationships begin to take a backseat to life’s other demands.
Connection, generosity, and compassion are often replaced with feelings of disillusionment, anger, or betrayal. The Getting the Love You Want couples workshop is a weekend intensive based on the New York Times bestseller by Drs. Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt. This workshop applies the concepts of this breakthrough book and Imago
Relationship Therapy to teach proven tools to manage conflict in relationship while increasing connection.
In addition to deepening your understanding of yourself and your partner, you will learn:

Skills to improve understanding and communication with your partner
How the unconscious forces that attract you to your partner are also the source of conflict
New tools to renew the passion and pleasure in your relationship
To use your relationship as a safe space for emotional and spiritual growth
Methods for increasing compassion
This workshop is a prerequisite for the Imago Clinical Training for Therapists.

September 28, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

OCTOBER 2024

October 4, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

October 19, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

NOVEMBER 2024

November 1, 2024
Barbie, Patriarchy, and Liberation: Unpacking Cultural Messaging / 3 Core Hours
Presenters: Meghan Klein Toups, PhD, LPC and Amy Howard, MS, LMFT
Location: Marietta, GA
Cost: $100.00
Registration: www.meghantoups.com
Movies and media in general are important agents of socialization and reflect social, political and cultural values of a particular time period. “Barbie” earned more than $1.38 billion worldwide to become the highest-grossing film ever from a female filmmaker at the domestic box office; and is the largest worldwide film release of 2023. Given its incredible success and its obvious exploration of gender dynamics and patriarchy, it seems pertinent for clinicians to explore the psychological underpinnings of the film, uncover how the themes about gender, power and systemic injustice relate to personal identity, as well as considering its relevance for psychotherapeutic work. In this workshop, we will explore particular moments in the film that highlight social and gendered issues in order to gain an understanding of the ways in which we can have these culturally informed discussions to help empower and liberate clients from oppressive systemic pressures and inequities.

November 1, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

November 6, 2024
Psychiatric Advance Directives Improve Care / 2 Core hours
Presenter: Lauren Lang, MS
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $50.00
Registration: https://register2.ece.emory.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=4440039
Learn the ins and outs of the new Georgia psychiatric advance directive law!
Outpatient provider support is the number one determining factor for if an individual gets a psychiatric advance directive (PAD). Students will become acquainted with Georgia laws surrounding psychiatric advance directives as well as their responsibilities for treating a patient with a PAD. This course will cover what a PAD is, when they are useful, why individuals with PADs have improved prognosis, and issues facing PAD advocacy and implementation. By the end of this course, students will be able to complete their own PAD and understand how to employ supported decision making to assist individuals in completing their own.
This course will give an overview of PADs across the nation. However, we will be focusing on Georgia PAD laws

November 8-10, 2024
Getting The Love You Want Streamlined Essentials Couples Workshop / 10 Core hours
Presenters: Jesica Eames, LCSW, JD., Dr. Wendy Palmer Patterson, PhD, LCSW, LMFT, and Robert W. Patterson, LPC, LMFT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $495.00
Registration: https://www.imagogeorgia.com/workshops
Remember the feelings of anticipation and excitement? For many of us, falling in love and devoting our time, money, and energy to capture the heart of our beloved was a very special time. You may have felt alive, whole, and connected to the world and the people in it. Then, before long, that blissful feeling disappeared. Relationships begin to take a backseat to life’s other demands.
Connection, generosity, and compassion are often replaced with feelings of disillusionment, anger, or betrayal. The Getting the Love You Want couples workshop is a weekend intensive based on the New York Times bestseller by Drs. Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt. This workshop applies the concepts of this breakthrough book and Imago
Relationship Therapy to teach proven tools to manage conflict in relationship while increasing connection.
In addition to deepening your understanding of yourself and your partner, you will learn:

Skills to improve understanding and communication with your partner
How the unconscious forces that attract you to your partner are also the source of conflict
New tools to renew the passion and pleasure in your relationship
To use your relationship as a safe space for emotional and spiritual growth
Methods for increasing compassion
This workshop is a prerequisite for the Imago Clinical Training for Therapists.

November 10-11, 2023
Amazing Grace, Meeting the soul through s\Stories Well-told: the value of resonant Pattern Matching from the Microcosm to the Macrocosm and Back again… / 7 Core Hours
Presenters: Linda Carter, MSN, CS, IAAP is a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Jungian Analyst, psychotherapist
Location: Atlanta, GA
Cost: Lecture $25 for members $35 for Non Members; $15 Students; Workshop: Members $65, Non-Members $75, Students $25
Registration: https://jungatlanta.com
The Arts open opportunities to locate and recognize ourselves, our life circumstances, joys, and suffering. Often, we sense patterns in paintings, music, poetry, literature, film and dance that reflect deep emotional, cognitive and body experiences and a resonant field is co-created, imagination is ignited and awareness of one’s self as belonging to a larger whole emerges. These experiences convey stories from generation to generation providing continuity for individuals and for cultures across time. Living within our fragmented world, companionship can help mediate the deleterious effects of trauma through relationship with the arts, within the natural world and with empathic others by reminding us of our interconnectedness from the macrocosm to the microcosm that can be both visible and invisible. This workshop will center around stories-mythical, clinical and personal that open portals into the depths of soul, not always directly apparent but present, if we are open to seeking and finding them. We will look to Jung’s early methods of both amplification & active imagination, along with contemporary ideas from fields such as neuroscience, infant research and psychoanalysis, to help guide us into the healing possibilities accessible despite personal and collective trauma.

November 16, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout.

DECEMBER 2024

December 6, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout

December 14, 2024
Self-Care for the Clinician: Developing Tools to Combat Multi-Layer Trauma and Burnout / 3 Ethic Hours
Presenters: Edna Abney LMFT, RYT
Location: Synchronous
Cost: $85; Pre-Licensed Clinicians: $55; Students: $35
Registration: www.selfcareincolor.net
This workshop was designed to engage and educate participants around the ethical implications of self-care. We will also engage in experiential self-care activities and develop toolkits to combat clinical burnout

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