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Dr. Anne Redelfs is our guide as we study ways in which unexpressed, authentic emotions and thoughts lodge in our bodies and, over time, express themselves indirectly through injury and illness. Join us as we discover new concepts and theory around the metaphoric language of the psychological body which speaks through the physical body—an invaluable skill for working with clients! Participants will gain insight into physical symptoms and how they may reveal not only deeper psychological issues but also interventions to correct them. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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CE You! welcomes back therapist, author and lecturer Rev. Dr. Karen Herrick as we study the spiritual side of Jungian psychology. Participants will be able to better comprehend differences between Freudian Psychology and Jungian Analytical Psychology, the relevance of Jungian Analytical approaches in understanding the life problems social workers address, Jung’s views on religion and the spiritual experience. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


greenidge wisdom

Join Dr. Michell A. Greenidge as we explore the features and corresponding behaviors associated with Implicit Bias. In this eye-opening discussion, participants will identify the social and systemic ramifications of Implicit Bias, study the historical and biological context and origin of biases and their impact on daily personal and professional interactions, as well as gain tools to help bring implicit biases into conscious awareness. *This class can also be used for credits towards fulfilling the NEW Implicit Bias requirement for Michigan and Maryland licensees. This Live Webinar will include a pre and post test for Michigan Licensees to meet Michigan Implicit Bias Training Guidelines. This webinar can also be used for credits towards fulfilling the DC “Key Public Health Priorities” training criteria for DC licensees. This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits.*


alexis new wisdom

Alexis Cate, LCSW, CCTP, CASAC brings attendees helpful perspectives and insights surrounding incidence of adolescent substance use and related co-morbidity, the impact of adolescent substance use on clinical care, especially when addressing ambivalence, as well as treatment considerations and interventions including Motivational Interviewing, DBT, CBT, and family therapy. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


Explore authenticity with performer, author, and clinical social worker, Mark O’Connell! Discuss ethical scenarios in clinical practice with individuals and families, including questions around self disclosure, confidentiality in the therapeutic triad, as well as countertransference. Participants will study, from an ethical perspective, the vital practice of authenticity and the range of authentic versions of self for provider and client in session. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits – Ethics.*


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Join Theresa Flores, MA for a powerful story of survival and vital discussion of Human Trafficking. Participants will gain important and often surprising insights surrounding how to recognize a victim of human trafficking, the mental and physical implications of trafficking on victims, and therapeutic recommendations for working with survivors around trauma and health. Understanding the effects of trafficking and healing for long term recovery will also be discussed. *This class can be used for credits towards fulfilling the NEW Washington DC criteria for topics identified as “Key Public Health Priorities”. This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Feeling sentimental? Join Simple Spaces founder, and Certified Professional Organizer Katie Tracy as we discuss some of the emotions behind many common ways contemporary American families are impacted by clutter. Participants will gain insight surrounding emotional attachment to “stuff”, decision making processes, as well as strategies for addressing the different and varied manifestations of emotional attachment that make “letting go” so difficult. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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We invite you to enjoy an evening discovering the evidence-based therapeutic value of music with Shoshana Averbach, LMSW, MA, MT-BC, LCAT, CCM, CDP, CECP! Through theory and demonstration, Shoshana is our guide as we conceptualize music’s effect on emotions and mood, examine the strong associative properties of music and its impact on experiences and recollections, as well as consider the contribution of music as a means of expression, and its application therapeutically for clients facing emotional, mental and physical challenges. Prepare to take your music appreciation to a whole new level! *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Join Dr. Tim Victorella as we review the foundational principles of trauma-informed care (TIC) and how these principles can impact daily clinical practice by informing a practitioner’s ethical imperative to avoid client re-traumatization. Ethical considerations will be reviewed to examine the interplay of policy and systemic issues which may lead to conflict when seeking to implement measures designed to cultivate a TIC environment. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits – Ethics.*


Explore the nuances of resilience with Deborah Levinson, LCSW! Participants will gain further insights around this vital trait, and ways to help develop and nurture it in working with clients. We’ll address the research on concrete skills often exhibited by resilient people, study the “Four Rs” associated with resilience, as well as examine some sociological variables such as age and gender identity. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


Journaling is an active form of meditation. It can serve as a powerful release valve for internalized pressure and everyday stress. Delve into the transformative journey of the journal with Jennifer Convissor, LCSW. Participants will enjoy an overview of four specific types of journaling techniques and their corresponding therapeutic properties, helping clients to become more joyful and connected to themselves and others. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Chaya Greenspan MS, OTR/L brings participants a new perspective on the profound impact of our senses. This interactive webinar will discuss sensory integration & interoception in relation to coping skills, body based strategies for shifting the body-brain state, as well as theory surrounding the sensation shifting pendulum. Chaya has taught numerous courses on self-regulation, using physical, cognitive, and social tools, and helps families and schools set up sensory supportive environments. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits.*


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Alexis Cate, LCSW, CCTP, CASAC brings us a closer look into motivational interviewing. Participants will explore the definition and variations of motivational interviewing to better understand what it is, and what it is not; examine the impact of ambivalence on clinical care, as well as ways to implement interventions and strategies, putting them into practice for effective client treatment. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Child and adolescent therapist Sarah Gugluizza, LCSW, brings perspectives and a deeper understanding of the grieving process and its manifestations in the early stages of life. Participants will examine methods in identifying grief/bereavement, varied characteristics and behaviors, grief responses as experienced through different developmental ages and stages, as well as addressing grief within in a larger family context. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits.*


Join CE You moderator, therapist, and founder of “Therapy Connection”, Andrea Brognano, LMHC as we explore the ethics of professional boundaries. Participants will examine practitioners’ ethical obligation to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and why these boundaries are important, defining and recognizing the potential dangers of dual relationships, as well as identifying circumstances that could impair objectivity and professional judgment. This webinar can also be used for fulfilling the New York State “Professional Boundaries” continuing education requirement for Social Workers. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits – Ethics.*


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Your work with your individual or couple client(s) and their family members (even if their family is not in the room) is indeed its own “system”. Lisa DeLuca, LCSW-R will help us understand linear vs. systems thinking. You will learn to apply Family Systems to structure session work, to prevent common ethical hazards like triangulation and alliances that only serve to disempower clients and derail the work. Understand how to de-triangulate, and teach your client to do the same. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits – Ethics.*


Join Jacqueline Garrick, LCSW-C, for a meaningful conversation about how practitioners can better understand and serve the veteran population. Participants will gain deeper insight around military culture and other exposures that may result from deployment, combat or personal trauma, the psychological impact of having served in war zones, cultural and mental health-based risk factors associated with military service, as well as tools to build resiliency for veterans and families facing these unique challenges. *This class can be used for credits towards fulfilling the Veteran health training requirement for Connecticut and West Virginia licensees. This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits*


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Dr. Monique Swift, PsyD, LMHC, LPC provides therapists and practitioners with insights in working with black clients. This course will contrast Eurocentric and African-centered worldviews, create a framework for conceptualizing illness and healing from an African-centered perspective, and identify various theoretical approaches for working with Black clients. Dr. Swift will also discuss structural underpinnings of anti-black racism, as well as the levels of impact of racial oppression. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits.*


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Explore the unique and fascinating elements of character with Anne Redelfs, M.D.! Participants will gain new insight surrounding often overlooked sources of deep-seated trauma that explain common dysfunctional character traits as well as extremes of asocial and antisocial behavior. We’ll examine the extensive consequences of unresolved childhood trauma and how these can be remedied through relating to this “inner rebel” and uncovering its “cause”. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


Join Chana Etengoff, PhD as we navigate the complexities of work with adolescent clients. Participants will discuss the clinical and ethical considerations of promoting client self determination and building therapeutic alliance when differing systemic and sociological agendas may present themselves. We’ll critically evaluate the challenges of confidentiality while balancing the legal requirements in working with minors, study the developmental impact of intersectional factors and structural inequities for adolescents in historically under-resourced groups, and explore the ethical standards and competence required in working with adolescents. This course may be taken alone, or participants may elect to take an additional 1 hour course which follows immediately, offering a special focus on corresponding clinical modalities. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 4 CE Credits – Ethics.*


This stand alone webinar explores therapeutic modalities and is also recommended as a compliment to “The Ethics of Adolescence”. This course focuses on enhancing practitioner skill sets with new and helpful practices in working with the adolescent population. Here, Dr. Chana Ettingoff will help participants consider strength-based action steps in session, identify the benefits of narrative therapy in meaning making, as well as integrate helpful concepts and principles derived from cinema therapy to enhance therapeutic outcomes. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 1 CE Credit.*


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Join Dr. Tim Victorella, DHPE, MSW, QMHP as we take a closer look at crisis. Participants will gain deeper insight surrounding deconstructing the “crisis brain”, effective formulas for de-escalation, helping practitioners approach crisis situations with confidence, and explore the role of nonverbal cues in overcoming crisis events. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


We invite you to join Clem L. Richardson MS, LPC, CSAC, MAC. LPC-IT for an eye-opening session as we explore the important, yet often overlooked mental health implications of historical and generational features in the lives of our clients. Participants will gain enhanced insight around a historical-generational perspective and its contributory factors surrounding drug use and mental health diagnosis. * This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Cultural Competence.*


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Sarah Gugluizza, LCSW, addresses the multidimensional aspects of complicated grief as experienced by children and adolescents. Participants will gain enhanced insight surrounding how complicated grief is defined, ways to better comprehend it with clients, and strategies for addressing the unique needs that emerge with special focus on youth and families. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits.*


greenidge wisdom

Join Dr. Michell A. Greenidge as we explore the features and corresponding behaviors associated with Implicit Bias. In this eye-opening discussion, participants will identify the social and systemic ramifications of Implicit Bias, study the historical and biological context and origin of biases and their impact on daily personal and professional interactions, as well as gain tools to help bring implicit biases into conscious awareness. *This class can also be used for credits towards fulfilling the NEW Implicit Bias requirement for Michigan and Maryland licensees. This Live Webinar will include a pre and post test for Michigan Licensees to meet Michigan Implicit Bias Training Guidelines. This webinar can also be used for credits towards fulfilling the DC “Key Public Health Priorities” training criteria for DC licensees. This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits.*


Shoshana Averbach, LMSW, MA, social worker and music therapist, shares how the world of creative arts offers tools for resilience. Participants will gain insight around the role and importance of creativity in resilience and the healing process, techniques from various creative modalities for healing, and recognizing creative means to nurture client spirit, enhance sense of self, and address the detrimental effects of stress. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Alexis Cate, LCSW, CCTP, CASAC brings attendees helpful perspectives on Suicide risk assessment and intervention techniques. Attendees will gain insight with respect to confronting the uncomfortable aspects of addressing suicide risk when engaged in direct conversation with clients, developing tools to take action and safety planning strategies surrounding client disclosures, and identifying and/or monitoring high risk individuals in the context of emotional symptoms and behavioral presentation. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Join Clinical Social Worker Karen Landmann, LCSW, for a deeper look at what we know about Stockholm Syndrome here and now. Participants will gain enhanced knowledge surrounding the definition and identifying characteristics of Stockholm Syndrome and its underestimated and often overlooked prevalence in relationships as well as social structure. This course will also discuss the role of Post Traumatic Stress in the occurrence of Stockholm Syndrome, and help practitioners navigate its complexities as well as action steps for effective treatment. This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits*


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From a Jungian perspective, as we mature, the child archetype becomes known as the unconscious is probed. In this course, Rev. Karen Herrick, PhD, LCSW, will delve into narcissism and the unaddressed vulnerability behind it. We’ll also discuss how the process of listening to the wounded inner child is necessary to accomplish a level of security and empathy that may temper narcissistic characteristics. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


Join us for an evening with Nisha Tumber, MSW, as we explore Emotional Intelligence! Enjoy a thought provoking and fascinating conversation with Nisha as participants will define Emotional Intelligence and its unique features in contrast to other forms of intelligence, distinguish how Emotional Intelligence plays a role in life and relationships, managing emotional reactions, as well as ascertain core skills associated with healthy Emotional Intelligence. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


alexis new wisdom

Alexis Cate, LCSW, CCTP, CASAC invites clinicians to get comfortable with vulnerability and discuss it in the therapeutic space, helping to build emotionally resilient clients. Participants will gain insight into the scope of shame and how it impacts their practice, build upon their competence in discussing shame and assessing for resiliency, as well as consider therapeutic interventions to facilitate building emotional resilience with their client population. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Join Sarah Gugluizza, LCSW as we discuss the importance of play, with special consideration to play in the treatment setting. Practitioners will gain insight on how play is the language of children, the different types of play and what purpose each of them serve; why it’s important for therapy, as well as knowing/using direct versus non direct play; specific play therapy interventions and strategies will also be addressed. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


Broaden your crisis response repertoire with Tim Victorella, MSW, QMHP! This three-hour interactive course will offer participants insight and perspectives around the heightened state of crisis as it relates to as well as brain-body connection, verbal vs non-verbal communication, rapport building & motivational interviewing, as well as techniques surrounding trauma informed practices, and additional ways to engage with children and adolescents in crisis situations. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits.*


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Academia meets Spirituality. Rev. Karen Herrick, PhD guides participants through the perspective of Transpersonal Psychology theory, examining the spiritual side of human behavior from dimensions of consciousness to Near Death Experiences as studied by Jung, Maslow and more. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


Join Angela B. Duncan PhD, as we navigate the ethics-based obligation to optimize client care. Participants will define and examine risk factors associated with deficient therapist self awareness of limitations, evaluate potential effects on the therapeutic relationship, discuss ethical standards and practices to heighten awareness of physical or emotional barriers and related decision-making processes, and identify when outside referral may be necessary to ensure fidelity to client interest and promote optimal client outcomes. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


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Can two wrongs ever make a right? Spend an evening with Social Psychologist and Neuroscientist David Chester, PhD as he shares his original research and fascinating insights surrounding the mechanism of Revenge! Participants will enjoy Dr. Chester’s perspectives around identifying the temporary “sweetness” of revenge and the corresponding physiological response. We’ll also study the worsening mid and long term effects on the revenge seeker’s emotional state, as well as evidence and neuroscience -based interventions geared to promote helpful coping strategies and positive outcomes for individuals who feel “wronged”. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Join practicing therapist, Lisa C. DeLuca, LCSW for a closer look at the myths and realities of assertiveness. Participants will examine correlations between assertiveness and client healing, gain deeper comprehension of definitions along with myths and misconceptions concerning assertiveness as well as the Ethical concepts surrounding assertiveness in the therapeutic setting, hindrances to assertiveness, and the impact of transference and countertransference in relation to assertiveness. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits – Ethics*


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Embrace the Adoption Love Story with Megan Montgomery, LMSW; LICSW. Venture beyond biology, as we explore the evolving and fascinating intersection of ethics surrounding social and individual identity as well as policy framework, supporting families as they journey through this meaningful path to parenthood. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


alexis new wisdom

Discover adulthood with Alexis Cate, LCSW, CCTP, CASAC! Participants will gain insights into strategies for building life skills designed to equip clients with the personal and social demands of everyday life, address often unrecognized daily stressors stemming from lack of support or resources, as well as the role of news, violence and social climate affecting client function. Directing clinical interventions back to clients’ most pressing needs, Alexis discusses ways to prepare a young adult population for the complexities of adulthood responsibilities in a post-high school world. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Jacqueline Garrick, LCSW-C, takes participants on a journey surrounding the profound impact, permeating through the Whistleblowing process. Amid the Soul Searching giving way to examining the true cost as well as the deeper rewards of upholding our Ethics, participants will gain heightened comprehension surrounding an overview of laws concerning whistleblowing, the identification of retaliation tactics, and recognizing risk factors related to whistleblowing with respect to the mental health and psychosocial reach of upholding our Ethical values.*This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


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Join Andrea Brognano, LMHC on a journey through addiction and recovery. Attendees will gain enhanced insight surrounding the intersections of Mental Health and Substance Use, effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a treatment modality, and a closer look at the role of clients’ family in the recovery process. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits*


Join practicing counselor and clinical supervisor, Jodi Geis-Crowder, LPC, ACS, for a thought provoking evening of discussion around ethics in mental health-based practice. Participants will study distinct areas of moral and ethical principles surrounding practitioner decision making models, what clinicians need to know to practice ethically in the technology age, and related practice considerations surrounding ethical vs legal obligations. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


Join clinical social worker and leading advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, Alexa Donnelly, LCSW, as we define and explore the ethical mandate governing professional practice and promotion of Disability Justice & Culture! Participants will enjoy an overview of the ethical, historical, social and legislative framework surrounding developmental disabilities, the importance of language and promoting person-centered practice with the developmentally disabled population, and identifying ways to address ableism and advance neurodiversity, especially within the context of its importance to ethical standards. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics*


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Join pediatrician Dr. Katherine Teets Grimm, M.D. as we examine the medical, social and behavioral aspects of identifying and reporting child abuse. Participants will gain enhanced insight surrounding behavioral and physical indicators of child abuse as well as processes, procedures and important ethical considerations when reporting child abuse. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


Katie Bingner, MS, LCPC, brings us an ethics-centered and trauma informed approach to managing treatment expectations for clients and practitioners. We’ll discuss the impact of treatment expectations on the therapeutic alliance and clinician effectiveness, as well as corresponding ethical perspectives around managing these expectations and recognizing how they influence clinical outcomes and client-centered practice. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


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Therapy meets technology! Andrea Brognano, LMHC guides participants through the multidimensional aspects of cyberspace as a therapeutic setting. Gain enhanced insight surrounding the origin and background of online therapy and applied technology platforms, contexts and circumstances to be examined in determining appropriateness of online therapy for different client populations, as well as challenges and safeguards for maintaining client privacy and the ethical responsibilities of clinicians providing services online. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


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Study the Ethical imperatives that inform and guide the delicate balance of managerial and clinical obligations within organizational policy and decision making. Nicole DelPrete, LMSW delves into the why and how of working relationships, and the values that create a compassionate culture and supportive climate, promoting an inclusive mission-centered approach. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


alexis new wisdom

Alexis Cate LCSW, CCTP, CASAC, guides participants into the corridor of how trauma memories are processed and the key component the body plays in trauma response. A review of assessment as it relates to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder diagnosis, as well as trauma reactions coexisting with fellow mental health diagnoses will be discussed, as well as insights surrounding the application of trauma informed therapy and related practices. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Join Dr. Tim Victorella, DHPE, MSW, QMHP as we take a closer look at the concept of Biohacking. Participants will gain insight surrounding the definition of biohacking and understanding how this process can make lasting changes to mental wellness, tapping into how the body uses chemicals and systems to promote wellness and joy, as well as exploring simple “biohacks” to apply, which assist clients in maximizing their personal best. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


Rev. Karen E. Herrick, PhD, LCSW, guides a study into alternative modalities addressing the grieving process. Participants will identify persistent grief and complex associated features that may be present after loss of a loved one, learn ways to support clients who may seek new or uncommon interventions for grief with sensitivity in a non-judgmental manner, while remaining true to professional standards of practice, as well as contemplate possible benefits and drawbacks when clients seek unconventional spirituality-based consultation for assistance with grief and mourning. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*


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Alexa Donnelly, LCSW discusses the complexities of leadership. Participants will explore some of the common expectations surrounding leadership, methods and traits associated with positive leadership, and ethics-based tools when confronting difficult conversations and situations with authenticity. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


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Alexa Donnelly, LCSW shares unique insights and perspectives in working with survivors of domestic violence as well the offenders. Participants will review warning signs, learn where to find resources, and examine the ethical considerations and nuances that often surround the complex dynamics where family, social, cultural, and legal systems meet. *This class can be used for credits towards fulfilling the NEW Washington DC criteria for topics identified as “Key Public Health Priorities”. * This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – Ethics.*


Join co-hosts Alexa Donnelly, LCSW and Nicole DelPrete, LMSW, bringing important elements to light for providing effective and supportive supervision for current supervisors and those interested in pursuing supervisory roles. Attendees will gain enhanced insight surrounding components of effective vs ineffective supervision techniques, explore important ways supervisors promote inclusive organizational culture, and discuss strategies for helping organizational staff achieve strong commitment to mission-driven practices * This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 3 CE Credits – Supervision.*