Continuing Education

Welcome to “Creative Approaches to Counseling!” This course is designed to help counselors and therapists become more creative and spontaneous and is based on the philosophy of Abraham Maslow who noted that “the concept of creativeness and the concept of the healthy, actualizing, fully human person seem to be coming closer and closer together and may perhaps turn out to be the same thing.”

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This training will focus on exploring racism and understanding its driving force, whiteness. The trainer will focus on what whiteness is and the history surrounding this concept, but most importantly how it shows up in the therapy room. Clinicians will be asked to explore how racism and whiteness have impacted the field of therapy and the clients who are served.

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This workshop will introduce participants to intersectionality as a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework in understanding how interlocking oppressions at both the individual and systemic level impact the different populations we serve in social work.

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The purpose of the workshop is to provide professionals in the human service field a comprehensive introduction to restorative practice work in youth-serving settings.  The workshop will provide participants a philosophical background of restorative justice and how professionals can implement restorative practices to build community and to strategically respond to conflict.

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This 1.5 hour training is based on the department of health and human services SAFE-T card, used by the STAR clinic and other crisis intervention specialists. 

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This interactive training will explore the reason that self-care is an ethical imperative for helping professionals. Social Workers are at high risk for burn-out and compassion fatigue. Participants will be asked to critically evaluate the NASW Code of Ethics and the standards around ethical responsibilities to the profession and colleagues.

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This training focuses on culturally competent identification of the characteristics of co-occurring disorders (COD), as well we evidence-based models for concurrent and collaborative treatment.  In addition, we will review how COVID-19 has impacted individuals with COD, as well as effective strategies to utilize during this stressful time.

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In order to practice treatment ethically, it is essential to work on empathy and compassion as active skills rather than seeing them as static qualities. Join Cory Coppersmith, LCSW, for this 1.5 hour training on cultivating Empathy and Compassion, which are measurable skills proven to increase prosocial/positive emotions and reduce stress and frustration.

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Using presentations, videos and demonstrations, the trainer will guide participants in learning the important components of the spirit and skills for effective use of MI with people who have substance use disorders.

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CE Hours: 1.5