IN-DEPTH RECORDED WEBINARS
Serving LGBTQ People: The Basics
Presented by Jess Homan, LISW-S
6 CEs- Meets ethics requirements
This training targets clinicians who would like to have a better understanding of the LGBTQ community by learning about language and concepts, assessment skills, and medical and mental health issues specific to the LGBTQ community. This training also aims to take a deeper look at how age, culture, race, and intersectionality impact the LGBTQ population, specifically regarding trauma and suicide.
Gender Interrupted: An Expansive Look into the Transgender Community
Presented by Jess Homan, LISW-S
6 CEs- Meets ethics requirements
This training explores the complexities of transgender identities, including the ways in which people transition, impacts on interpersonal relationships, coming out, and specific tools to utilize while providing therapy to this population. At the end of this training, participants can expect to gain a deeper understanding of transgender identities and the transition process, to be able to name specific prosthetic items that may be used in affirming gender identity, to gain knowledge regarding specific tools used while providing therapy for the gender expansive community, and to be able to name specific barriers transgender people face on an institutional level.
Sexual Orientation 201: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Beyond
Presented by Jess Homan, LISW-S
6 CEs- Meets ethics requirements
This training aims to improve the understanding of sexual orientation, specifically regarding application of this knowledge in a clinical setting. We will explore historical context and ways in which this has impacted mental health treatment for LGB+ identities. Specifically, how these identities relate to cultural bias and understanding of how minority stress and intersectionality impacts mental health and treatment. This is a 201 level class for helping professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge beyond introductory concepts.
All Bodies Are Good Bodies: Addressing Fatphobia in the LGBTQ+ Community
Presented By Luca Mendlein, LISW
2 CEs- Meets ethics requirements
This webinar will provide information about the effects of fatphobia and diet culture on members of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically exploring connections between fatphobia, dysphoria, and eating disorders. The webinar will offer mental health clinicians methods of examining internalized fatphobia and addressing these issues with clients, with a focus on making the therapeutic environment safer and more accessible for fat clients.
Expressive Arts with Fandom Characters
Presented by Alexis Rae Burrow, LPCC-S
3 CEs
We will establish a list with descriptions of how fandom characters can represent our personalities, traumas, choices, relationships, and/or inner dialogues. Participants will leave the session with a creative representation of their own internal struggles, inspiration to utilize new coping skills, as well as the ability to use fictional characters as a therapeutic intervention. We will be specific exploring how this intervention could be used alongside Internal Family Systems.
Poly 101: An Introduction to Consensual Non-Monogamy
Presented by Kira Hayes, MFT
3 CEs- Meets Ethics Requirements
This training will introduce mental health professionals to the basic types and structures of Consensual Non-Monogamous (CNM) relationships and increase awareness of common vocabulary use, individual and relational challenges, and minority stressors. Other various clinical issues related to CNM, such as creating relationship agreements, navigating conflict, ways to develop and maintain healthy ethical relationships, and more will be outlined. As a 101 level training, this is by no means all inclusive, and is designed as an introduction to this topic to assist clinicians in identifying areas where they may need further training to provide a knowledgeable and affirming space for CNM clients.
Psychopharmacology: Treating Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Presented by Dr. Katharine Frissora, DNP, PMHNP-BC
2 CEs
This webinar will provide an overview of the etiology and treatment of the depressive and anxiety disorders and describe the psychopharmacology and pharmacokinetics of medications. The clinical relevance of pharmacotherapy for anxiety and depressive disorders will be discussed in addition to other non-pharmacological treatments and emerging therapies.
Clinical Work with Kinky Clients
Presented by Meg Jeske, LPC and Heather Sexton, LPC
2 CEs- Meets Ethics Requirements
Through this webinar, participants will learn about how to effectively work with clients who engage in BDSM or kink. Participants will discover ways to expand the exploration clients are already doing around power exchange, sexuality, and communication in their kinky lives in their therapy work. Attendees will also gain basic familiarity with BDSM and kink in order to meet clients where they’re at.
Everybody for Every Body: Trans Justice Oriented Sex Education
Presented by Elijah Johnson, LISW
2 CEs- Meets Ethics Requirements
This webinar will provide guidance on how to support, empower and educate trans/gender expansive/queer people and their loved ones about consensual, safe, trauma-informed sex. It will present specific information surrounding the current state of sex education, barriers and gaps in care/education, and how to offer accurate, age-appropriate information for marginalized gender and sexual communities.
Culturally Sensitive Strategies for Counseling Asian American and Pacific Islander Clients
Presented by Stacey Diane Arañez Litam, PhD., LPCC-S, NCC, CCMHC
2 CEs- Meets Ethics Requirements
This webinar provides a brief historical overview of anti-Asian discrimination to help mental health professionals contextualize how xenophobic rhetoric may contribute to racial trauma and psychological distress. Next, clinical implications for counseling Asian and AAPI clients will be outlined. Finally, attendees will learn culturally relevant, trauma informed strategies for cultivating ethnic identity, enhancing resilience, and promoting psychological wellbeing among Asian and AAPI communities.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of racial discrimination towards Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have substantially increased. Anti-Asian rhetoric touted by political leaders and media outlets that refer to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus” echo historical sentiments of anti-Asian oppression and may contribute to higher rates of mental health distress in Asian and AAPI communities.
Healing 101: Mental Health and the Indigenous Community
Presented by Kurstie Bevelhymer-Rangel, LSW
3 CEs- Meets Ethics Requirements
This webinar will aim to provide education on the history, intersectionality, and best practices of working with Indigenous people, communities, and tribes. The populations covered will extend beyond the federally recognized tribes of what is now known as the United States and will also cover the First Nations of Canada, Inuit, Métis, as well as Indigenous tribes of Mexico. This training will serve as a brief introduction to working with Indigenous communities, confronting the barriers to healthcare, mental healthcare, and provide resources for advocacy on behalf of these communities.
Native/Indigenous people have been colonized since the formation of what is now considered The United States of America. Due to forced cultural assimilation, many Native/Indigenous communities lost their identities and are victims to political, economic, and cultural structures prominent in the US that contribute to a rise in health-related problems, including mental health illnesses. To combat this, it is imperative to address the inequality and discrimination faced by Native/Indigenous people as this has been shown to be more effective than the standardized societal focus and emphasis on medication and traditional western therapy.
ACT 101: An Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Presented by Jacqui Hoke, LPC
3 CEs
Have you ever felt tired as a clinician of battling people's negative thoughts and feelings? Or felt like you're not sure what you're doing is working? This 3 hour intro to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy will give some insight into how this process-based therapy takes a different approach to helping clients by not trying to change them, but rather helping them to get back in touch with their own agency through acceptance, mindfulness and a greater focus on what makes their life meaningful. We'll cover the basics of ACT, including the six core processes and how they move clients from an inflexible orientation to life to a more psychologically flexible one. We'll also get experiential and learn some helpful interventions that can get you started in increasing your and your clients' openness, awareness, and engagement in your lives.
On the Spectrum: Providing Care For Humans With Autism
Presented by Kel Hall, LISW
2 CEs
This presentation will seek to educate professionals working with individuals on the Autism Spectrum. Through listening to concerns and experiences from those living on spectrum, this presentation will dismantle the stereotypes and stigmas that have been placed on this community. This training will aim to educate professionals on ways to create a therapeutic environment that works to uplift individuals with Autism.
Low Libido or Desire Discrepancy
Presented by Alexis Rae Burrow, LPCC-S and Heather Sexton, LPC
2 CEs
Low libido is one of the biggest concerns women bring to health-care providers in and outside of the therapy room. Often, evidence shows, women who struggle with low libido don’t reveal their struggle unless directly asked. The problem is, very few clinicians have any training on how to recognize and especially treat low libido. This training will equip therapists with ways to identify this common sexual concern. You will leave this training being able to assess and intervene with evidence-based interventions for this common sexual issue.
Training coming soon.