Embrace and Educate: Helping Clients and Gender-Queer Family Members Build Connections With Acceptance and Care, Monday, 12-20-21 (Live Webinar)

Suzanne M Dunn, MSW, LICSW, CST shares with practitioners her vast personal and professional experience working with families of transgender, gender-queer, and non-conforming youth. Participants will gain insight around management of grieving expectations, important differences between curiosity and intrusivity when supporting families with trans or gender-queer children/family members, as well as useful tools and practices for social workers and mental health professionals who wish to strengthen their knowledge and become positive allies in the community for people who identify within the LGBTQIA+ population. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits – LGBTQ Cultural Competence.*
Don’t Be So Sensitive! The Myths and Realities of Living With High Sensitivity Traits, Wednesday, 2-9-22 (Live Webinar)

Join sensitivity-focused educator and life coach, Karina Antonopoulos, as we review contemporary research and assessment surrounding Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) and the supportive measures and strategies that may aid clients in navigating daily functions with a deeper understanding around the implications of being Highly Sensitive, as well as living with Highly Sensitive loved ones. *This webinar is live, real-time and interactive. Participants will earn 2 CE Credits.*
Beyond Prevention: A Look at Adolescent Substance Use & Mental Health, Wednesday, 2-2-22 (Live Webinar)

Alexis Cate, LCSW, CCTP, CASAC-T 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.*
Why It’s Hard to Let Go: Emotional Attachment to Our “Stuff”, Wednesday, 10-13-21 (Live Webinar)

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.*