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Monday, June 22, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (3 hours; 3 CEUs - Anti-Discrimination)
Workshop A: Complex Grief and Loss in LGBTQIA+ Communities
Instructors: Jen Brown, MSW, LICSW; Sarah Eley, MSW, LICSW

When learning about grief and loss in clinical programs, general aging, death, and relationships ending (divorce, breakups, etc.) are the focus. For 2SLGBTQIA+ people, grief can take on additional significance. This may include: changes in sense of belonging to community, family, role(s), perceived identities, and for some, a change in relationship to privilege or marginalization, loss of home and place. Common experiences of grief may be complicated for 2SLGBTQIA+ people due to barriers to accessing affirming spaces to mourn and grieve; concerns of rejection; loss of status and identity for older LGBTQIA+ adults who lose a partner; and more. This workshop aims to provide context for how grief impacts 2SLGBTQIA+ people, often under- or unacknowledged in traditional discussions about grief and bereavement.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify three ways that grief/loss uniquely impacts LGBTQIA+ adults.
2. Participants will be able to use two different approaches to help clients identify and label what they are experiencing as grief responses.
3. Participants will be able to explain the relationship between layers of oppression, marginalization, and grief using a trauma-informed lens.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (3 hours; 3 CEUs - Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism)
Workshop B: Being In-Between: the Unseen Immigrant Experience
Instructor: Jason Ri, MA, LMHC

Working with people from immigrant backgrounds reveals a layer of nuance to the practice of clinical mental health (and other helping professions) that deserves special attention and training. This workshop aims to assist all clinicians and helping professionals in furthering their understanding and being able to effectively work with those from immigrant backgrounds, particularly those who are adult children of recent immigrants. This workshop will consist of a lecture using accessible concepts from existential philosophy and psychology, and experientially facilitated discussions. The workshop will include small- and large-group discussions based on course-relevant prompts and brief exercises.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be exposed to existential philosophy to help them understand the immigrant experience in a perhaps novel way.
2. Participants will consider how the clinician/helping professional is positioned vis-脿-vis their relative privilege and/or lack thereof with their client or with people they wish to work with.
3. Participants will consider how clinical treatment from this philosophical and diversity-related perspective can proceed effectively, given the concepts and experiences from this workshop.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (2 hours; 2 CEUs - Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism)
Workshop C: Social Work, Sports, and Society
Instructor: Qur-an Webb, LMSW

This workshop explores the dynamic intersection of social work, sports, and societal issues, focusing on how athletics can serve as a platform for addressing social challenges. Participants will examine the mental health needs of athletes, the impact of race and gender in sports, and the crucial role of social work in supporting athletes, coaches, and officials. Topics include mental health awareness, resilience-building, and relationships within athletics.

The workshop will also consider race while preparing participants to foster positive societal change through the lens of sports and social work. Additionally, the session will include an interactive activity designed to engage participants in applying key concepts and fostering meaningful discussion.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will explore the role of social work in athletics and the fundamentals of mental health in sports.
2. Participants will discuss the importance of fostering healthy relationships amongst the spectators, athletes鈥� coaches, and officials.
3. Participants will develop strategies for managing goals, their impact on motivation, maintaining focus, and achieving long-term success.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (3 hours; 3 CEUs - Anti-Discrimination)
Workshop D: Clinical Care for Trans Identity Development
Instructor: Luke 鈥淭t鈥� King, LICSW

This workshop will explore the six stages of Gender Identity Development in transgender adults, including stages ranging from self-awareness to medical and social transition, from safety concerns to systems navigation. Through the use of small and large group case studies, participants will explore specific clinical and socio-cultural concerns across developmental stages, including biopsychosocial, existential, and diagnostic considerations from an anti-oppressive, gender affirming lens. Participants will leave ready to assess clients for their current stage of identity development, will understand the clinical and socio-cultural considerations at every stage, and will practice interventions from somatic, dialectical-behavioral, and relational theories at every stage.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will identify the stages of transgender identity development and the specific tasks of these stages.
2. Participants will be able to identify at least one support need at each stage of transgender identity development.
3. Participants will be able to identify at least one clinical intervention at each stage of transgender identity development.

Thursday, June 25, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (3 hours; 3 CEUs)
Workshop E: Ethics in the Changing World of Private Practice
Instructor: Katie Silversmith, MSW, LCSW

Owning a private therapy practice today looks different than it did in decades past. From telehealth, Headway, and AI to a rapidly changing marketing landscape, today鈥檚 social workers face ethical challenges that require more than traditional guidance. Ethics in the Changing World of Private Practice grounds these modern dilemmas in the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics, with a focused review of relevant standards and an engaging look at how to update your policies, refine your practices, and embrace innovation while staying firmly rooted in ethical care.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will gain an understanding of how to navigate the use of emerging technologies in their private practices while adhering to ethical standards within the field of social work.
2. Participants will gain an understanding of key pitfalls they can avoid in their modern-day private practices by adhering to the guidance within the NASW Code of Ethics.
3. Participants will gain an understanding of how to uphold the ethical value of 鈥渃ompetence鈥� in their practices by defining and continually honing a clinical niche.

Thursday, June 25, 2026
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (2 hours; 2 CEUs)
Workshop F: Both/And: DBT Strategies for Cancer
Instructor: Tegan O'Neill, LICSW

A cancer diagnosis often brings profound emotional distress, uncertainty, and complex family dynamics. This workshop introduces a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-informed framework for supporting patients and families across the cancer care continuum, from diagnosis through survivorship or end-of-life care. Participants will explore practical strategies for strengthening emotional regulation, increasing distress tolerance, and fostering effective communication during high-stress medical experiences. Emphasizing the core DBT dialectic of acceptance and change, the course provides clinicians with tools to validate suffering while promoting adaptive coping. Designed for social workers working in healthcare and community settings, this training offers structured, skills-based interventions that can be immediately integrated into oncology, palliative care, and behavioral health practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) principles unique to the emotional and psychosocial challenges of oncology care.
2. Identify specific DBT skills to support patients and families navigating diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life transitions.
3. Engage with dialectical concepts key to a DBT-informed approach and discuss practical applications to work with patients across health care and community settings.

Friday, June 26, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (3 hours; 3 CEUs - Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism)
Workshop G: Misaligned Success 鈥� Identity, Values & Career
Instructor: Rachel Spekman, LICSW, MSW, MBA, MED

Many professionals experience psychological distress not because they are failing, but because their work no longer aligns with who they are becoming. As values shift through burnout, parenthood, leadership changes, or health challenges, staying on autopilot can lead to anxiety, emotional exhaustion, grief, and identity fragmentation.听This workshop听introduces a values- and identity-centered framework that reframes career dissatisfaction as identity tension鈥攏ot just a job problem鈥攅quipping therapists to recognize misalignment clinically and guide clients through psychologically safe career decisions that support integration and sustainable well-being.听

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will conceptualize career dissatisfaction through an identity and mental health lens and distinguish situational burnout from deeper values and identity misalignment.
2. Participants will apply the Refine, Rebuild, and Redesign framework to support regulated, values-centered career exploration.
3. Participants will guide clients in translating identity and values clarity into practical, psychologically sustainable decisions around boundaries, role scope, impact, compensation, and next steps.

Monday, July 13, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (2 hours; 2 CEUs)
Workshop H: Reframing Burnout: A Narrative Approach
Instructor: Aaron Jones, LICSW

This workshop seeks to reduce burnout in participants by reconceptualizing symptoms of burnout through the framework of Narrative Therapy. Starting with an invitation to connect with the story of the 鈥渨hy鈥� behind their work, participants will externalize the problem of burnout to separate it as a force to be opposed rather than a personal failing, deconstruct its roots and effects in their lives, and re-author the story of burnout by challenging faulty beliefs and reimagining new solutions through identifying personal 鈥渦nique outcomes鈥� (moments of resilience). Participants will engage in the workshop by personal reflection along with group discussion to apply the concept to their lives and work.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will externalize the problem of burnout in their lives by using a Narrative Therapy framework.
2. Participants will 鈥渞e-author鈥� unhelpful thoughts and beliefs which might lead to burnout by replacing them with personally significant strengths-based ones promoting resilience.
3. Participants will conceptualize how implementing this framework will help reduce burnout in those they work alongside and serve.

Tuesday, July 14, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (3 hours; 3 CEUs - Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism)
Workshop I: Trauma-Informed Practice in an 鈥淎lways-On鈥� World
Instructor: Nedra Cannon, LCSW, ACSW

This workshop explores clinical strategies for regulation, resilience, and recovery in an 鈥渁lways-on鈥� culture using trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and ethically grounded approaches. Participants will examine how chronic digital exposure, systemic stressors, and identity-based oppression affect nervous system regulation, mental health, and help-seeking behaviors across diverse populations. The workshop integrates both clinical and macro perspectives. It highlights how racism, discrimination, and structural inequities shape individual and community well-being. Through case vignettes, experiential exercises, and reflective dialogue, participants will strengthen skills in ethical decision-making, boundary-setting, culturally responsive assessment, and sustainable anti-oppressive practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will analyze how racism, oppression, and systemic inequities contribute to chronic stress, trauma responses, and disparities in mental health outcomes.
2. Participants will examine the impact of discrimination and identity-based marginalization on emotional regulation and access to care.
3. Participants will apply trauma-informed and culturally responsive clinical and macro-level strategies that promote regulation, resilience, and recovery.
4. Participants will integrate ethical decision-making and anti-oppressive principles to support equitable and sustainable mental health practice.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (2 hours; 2 CEUs - Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism)
Workshop J: Mental Health Documentation: Audit Triggers, Clawbacks, and Ethical Issues
Instructor: Beth Rontal, LICSW

While some insurance audits and ethical complaints are random, many are triggered by identifiable patterns in documentation. Brought to life with case examples, registrants will learn the red flags that trigger audits, claw-backs, and ethical issues in mental health documentation, and strategies to avoid them. We will review five types of insurance audits, unintentional documentation mistakes that result in clawbacks, and clarify the line between honest errors and insurance fraud. With the increased need for client confidentiality for marginalized populations, protecting confidentiality while meeting compliance requirements has never been more critical. Private practice therapists, group practice owners, and supervisors will gain valuable insights and concrete examples on how to complete compliant, clinically strong, and ethically sound documentation that protects client confidentiality and your income.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will identify and analyze at least three red flags that could trigger an audit and a clawback.
2. Participants will recognize the line between honest documentation errors and insurance fraud.
3. Participants will identify two common documentation mistakes that breach client confidentiality.

Thursday, July 16, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (3 hours; 3 CEUs)
Workshop K: Early Childhood Traumatic Stress and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Instructor: Elizabeth Guerrant, MA, LMHC

This workshop offers an in-depth introduction to early childhood traumatic stress, emphasizing the distinct ways trauma appears in children under six, who often show behavioral, developmental, and regulatory changes rather than verbalizing distress. Participants will examine how traumatic stress influences early brain development, attachment, and self-regulation, with attention to the critical role of early identification. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) serves as the central theoretical and clinical framework, highlighting its evidence-based focus on strengthening caregiver鈥揷hild relationships and building effective coping skills. Attendees will learn practical, developmentally informed strategies that can be applied directly in clinical settings, including attachment-based caregiver interventions that support regulation and recovery. The workshop integrates foundational theory with applied practice to enhance providers鈥� capacity to foster resilience and healing in young children and their caregivers.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify behavioral or developmental indicators of traumatic stress in children under six, including how early traumatic stress impacts brain development, attachment, and self-regulation.
2. Participants will learn about the core components of Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)鈥檚 theoretical grounding and its effectiveness for treating traumatic stress in young children.
3. Participants will identify strategies that can be used by caregivers to support the reduction in traumatic stress symptoms, and evaluate how attachment and positive attention can be integrated into their clinical practice to support trauma recovery for young children.

Friday, July 17, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (6 hours; 6 CEUs)
Workshop L: Integrating Solution-Focused Therapy Into Clinical Practice, Part 2
Instructor: Susan Lee Tohn, MSW, LICSW

(Part 1 to be offered during the Summer 2026 Advanced Clinical Practice for Adults series of courses)
Pre-requisite: Participants should take Part 1 or have equivalent knowledge before taking this workshop.

Solution-Focused work is ideal for these challenging times as the model meets the client's needs in fewer sessions than traditional models and applies to a culturally diverse clientele. Solution Focused Brief Therapy focuses on "change" not "problems" and applies to both the micro and macro levels of working with individuals, families, groups, and managed behavioral healthcare organizations. Solution Focused Therapy empowers people to create and realize their own solutions, and emphasizes strong rapport and active participation by both client and therapist.

This workshop will build on the Part 1 course that covered theory and an initial solution-focused session, and will provide participants with many hands-on techniques they will be able to incorporate immediately into their work. This Part 2 training will cover later sessions and how to create a unique intervention message that includes the client's homework.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will demonstrate the EARS technique.
2. Participants will explain how to utilize scaling to terminate with clients.
3. Participants will describe the three components of the solution-focused intervention message.
4. Participants will demonstrate asking the progress scale and the next step scale.
5. Participants will explain the three intervention pathways for when clients say nothing is better.
6. Participants will demonstrate creating a progress scale from the exception content.