This practical 2-hour training by Suzette Bray, LMFT gives clinicians DBT-informed strategies for helping clients navigate periods of acute emotional distress without making the situation worse. Participants will learn concrete distress-tolerance strategies, explore common barriers that interfere with skill use during high-arousal states, and consider how emotional avoidance can maintain distress. The training is designed to give clinicians practical tools that can be integrated into a wide range of therapeutic approaches. 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.

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 3 CE Credits – Ethics.