Cascadia Training for Professional Development

SPECIAL SALE! Becoming a Neurodivergent-Affirming Clinician: Understanding ADHD and Autism through a Strengths-Based, Neurodivergent-Affirming Lens
2026-05-20 10:00 - 2026-06-24 13:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $100 Off!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity,
and Cultural Competence CEs!
Becoming a Neurodivergent-Affirming Clinician: Understanding ADHD and Autism through a Strengths-Based, Neurodivergent-Affirming Lens
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC
When: This course will be held for six consecutive Wednesdays: May 20th through June 24th, 2026, from 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, June 17th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern

Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the event.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 18 CEs (12 CEs can be used for Cultural Competence or Health Equity CEs, and 6 can be used for Law & Ethics CEs) | $599.00 *** (see below for payment options) Now Only $499.00!
As technology advances and mental health education becomes increasingly available, the population has become more self-aware. The world is changing quickly, and with it, more and more people are realizing that their brains work differently from others’. Due to the influence of social media and the shift to focusing on lived experience as a legitimate means of diagnosis, we are seeing a sudden increase in clients who identify as Autistic and/or an ADHDer. We find that clients are speaking up and finding validation for what they have always known: their brains operate differently from those of their peers, colleagues, friends, and families. As a result, we are seeing a sudden increase in the young adult and middle-aged population who identify as being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical world.
This workshop series is designed to help clinicians build greater awareness and familiarity with ADHD and Autistic experiences. Participants will come away from this course with a deeper understanding of ADHD and Autism from the Neurodiversity-Affirming Paradigm that focuses on strengths and differences, not diagnoses, disorders, and deficits.
Especially following the COVID pandemic and its sometimes long-term impact on the brain and the immune system’s inflammatory processes, many clients report having different and often challenging sensory processing experiences. We are seeing more adults presenting in our offices with reports that they now have issues not only with taste and smell but with a range of visual, hearing, tactile, balance, and internal bodily sensations they never have before experienced, as well as difficulties with attention and memory. This begs the question: have these brain differences always been there but now have been sensitized or magnified by exposure to COVID and months-long isolation?
Many adults are now recognizing they are not alone and are demanding they not be dismissed or invalidated any longer, often having experienced the continued frustration of providers questioning their own lived experiences and, as a result, having been either undiagnosed or underdiagnosed due to outdated and debunked diagnostic criteria still used by mainstream psychiatrists and physicians. These individuals are finding validation for what they have suspected all along: their brains work differently from those of their peers, families, and friends.
With new research available and an increasingly empowered clientele, we see more than ever the need to remain current in our understanding of–and support for–those who have brain differences. Committed to blending cutting-edge scientific evidence with the lived experiences of our clients, Cascadia Training is delighted to offer a new workshop series designed to help clinicians build greater awareness and familiarity with ADHD and Autistic experiences.
Upon completion of this series, participants will have a deeper understanding of ADHD and Autism from the Neurodiversity Affirming Paradigm that focuses on strengths and differences, not disorders, diagnoses, and deficits!
Woven throughout the series are the law and ethics of working with neurodivergent clients, including the danger of misdiagnoses, and the harm of using biased, outdated, debunked diagnostic criteria leading to the under-diagnosis of ADHD and Autism spectrum experiences. In addition, participants will learn about and identify pathologizing, stigmatizing, and harmful treatment protocols and clinical interventions still utilized by providers in educational, physical, and mental health professions.
This series uses a system developed explicitly by B Lourenco, an expert on ADHD and Autism. The course focuses to a large degree on the internal, lived experience of neurodiversity. Each of the six weekly sessions will include a didactic portion, an experiential section, and direct case consultation time. All modules will include lecture, video, and experiential segments.
Certificate Program Weekly Modules:
Week One: Sensory Systems – Getting in touch with the sensory system is the most critical step in supporting neurodivergent clients. Sensory information can regulate emotional and physical experiences. In addition, we will focus on using sensory profiles, menus, and diets to support day-to-day quality of life.
Week Two: Communication and Relationships – Understanding how those with Autism and ADHD communicate creates room for therapeutic connection. With this understanding, we will dive into tools for managing meltdowns and shutdowns in an affirming way.
Week Three: Attending and Executive Function – This module will explain why those with Autism and ADHD face challenges attending to their environment by addressing social expectations on perceptions of “functioning.” You will also learn how to use the client’s natural rhythms to support positive functionality.
Week Four: Social Systems and Disability – Understanding how society directly impacts the lives of people with disabilities. We will focus on how clinicians can incorporate advocacy into their practice and tools to unlearn neurotypical values by connecting clients to personal values.
Week Five: Differentials and Comorbidities – This module will teach participants how to rule out or “dial in” on other mental health concerns or diagnoses. We will present comorbidities that exist with your neurodivergent clients and how to effectively support them in a non-stigmatizing way. The role of trauma and grief in the lived experience of clients who identify as neurodivergent will be discussed, as well as the impact of these events on the developing brain. We will process how to best support the grief and disenfranchised losses felt by our autistic and ADHD clients and their families.
Week Six: The Use of Joy As a Tool Against Oppression. Creating celebrations of being neurodivergent and finding joy in everyday life as we partner with our neurodivergent clients. The Neurodivergent-affirming certificate program series will conclude with various celebrations we can share with our clients and the shift to viewing “joy itself as a tool against oppression.” As clinicians, it is important for us to first comprehend–and then share– the ways that society benefits from neurodiversity in general and ADHD and Autism, in particular. We will conclude by learning ways to help our clients celebrate their neurodiversity and see themselves through an affirming, strengths-based lens.
Other topics that will be covered in this practice- and life-altering certificate program series include, but are not limited to:

Alexithymia and Dysthymia
ARFID
Misophonia
Gender and sexuality in the ADHD and Autistic communities
The role of menstruation on ADHD and Autistic brains
Interdependence vs codependence and/or independence
Myths and stigmas about neurodivergent people
Experiences of abuse in neurodivergent people
Pervasive Desire for Autonomy (PDA)

***Payment Options:
Cascadia Training values quality continuing education that is accessible, inclusive, and barrier-free for all. We never want the cost of our workshops to be a barrier to attending, particularly our multi-session workshops.
We offer several options to make our workshops cost-inclusive: payment plans, limited full- and partial-scholarship opportunities, student discounts, early professional, military/veteran, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and more discounts. Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org for more information.
For payment plans, you can select paying 50% today and 50% due on June 30, 2026.
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💲SPECIAL SALE!💲Ethical Assessment in Early Childhood Mental Health and Development
2026-06-18 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $50 Off!
Law & Ethics CEs!
Ethical Assessment in Early Childhood Mental Health and Development
Presented by: Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP
When: Thursday, June 18th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credits: 6 Law and Ethics CEs | $190.00 NOW ONLY $140.00!
This clinical workshop teaches assessment skills, tools, and diagnostics to providers engaging with young children. What does depression look like in an infant? Can you attribute a developmental delay to the environment? How is recognizing an attachment pattern valuable to an overall assessment? When is it a typical developmental stage and when is it pathology? We’ll discuss these topics and more – as well as diagnostic and standardized tools to help in our work. We will particularly focus on at-risk populations and the impacts of abuse, neglect, and transgenerational issues. Teaching modalities will include a mix of clinical discussion, lecture, videos, case examples, and group exercises.
In response to new legislation in Washington state, HB 1325, this class will equip clinicians to utilize the DC:0-5 for diagnosing children and address the new requirement that “Requires clinicians to use the developmentally appropriate standard of practice for diagnosing children 0-5, the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5), rather than the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.” ** (effective as of 7/25/21)
Objectives:

Explore components of an ethical assessment process for young children in therapy (supported by WA HB 1325 requiring the Health Care Authority to provide reimbursement for up to five sessions of mental health intake and assessment of children from birth through age 5 in home and community settings).
Discuss developmental domains and understand the interplay between early childhood mental health and overall development.
Consider risk factors (including substance exposure) and examine traumatic impacts on early brain development.
Review attachment and other developmental tasks in the first five years of life, as well as standardized tools for evaluation.
Utilize the DC:0-5 (the DSM-5 for little kids) as the appropriate, ethical standard of practice and to meet the legal requirement for diagnosing for young children.
Share community resources for concurrent early childhood intervention (focus will be on King County).

** HB 1325: Implementing policies related to children and youth behavioral health | Partners for Our Children
**Washington State Legislature
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Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
2026-06-19 09:00 - 16:30 | ONE-Olympia, 7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, June 19th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live in person at the ONE Center (7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA 98502)
Lodging Information: If you’d like to come the night before or stay over on Friday night after the workshop, you can explore the lodging options provided by the ONE Center here. For questions about lodging, please email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00
This workshop is offered several times throughout 2026. All of the sessions are as follows:

Friday, April 24th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, June 19th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, August 14th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, September 11th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, October 16th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

We’re eager to welcome you to the beautiful ONE Center on the South Salish Sea for a day of simple self-care in nature. 2026 is our sixth year providing this monthly workshop to colleagues from WA, OR, MT, and beyond. During this nature-based workshop, you have full permission to slow down, rest, and tend to your own health and well-being WHILE earning ethics credits.
All codes of ethics have been revised to include the ethical imperative to practice self-care. These ethical guidelines give us permission to do just that through professional development. We’ll review ethical codes and explore research findings indicating how and why the therapist’s psychological health and well-being directly relate to treatment outcomes for clients. Indeed, how we show up matters. Therefore, finding ways to practice caring for oneself is not only a personal responsibility and a gift to oneself, but also an ethical obligation.
This is a unique retreat-style, experiential workshop with invitations to practice simple self-care inspired by Japan’s shinrin-yoku. Brenda is a mindfulness-based therapist, a certified Eco Therapist, and a certified Forest Therapy Guide. She’s been teaching clients and colleagues how to lean into mindfulness in nature for health and well-being since founding The ONE Center in 2020.
With Brenda’s guidance, we’ll walk short distances through the forest and by the sea, sit spotting along the way while learning simple, evidence-based self-care practices to use anytime, anyplace. Colleagues have come multiple times, sharing they feel increasingly grounded and connected to their body, mind, and soul as the day unfolds. This deep learning is inspiring and supports ethical work by encouraging the continued use of simple self-care practices at home and at work. When our nervous system is settled, we are emotionally regulated and can help our clients feel more embodied, at ease, and connected to others, too.
Without ongoing self-care, providing mental health care can deplete and exhaust us, leading to burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary vicarious trauma. Added stress from the global polycrisis (social, political, racial, financial, environmental, etc.) can result in feeling overwhelmed, isolated, and hopeless. And yet, we must show up to provide care for so many who are suffering. If this resonates with you, know that you are not alone. Each summer, we find solace in a community of colleagues, in nature, bearing witness and tending to the pain for healing. This is the mindful way. We hope you come to ONE, a sanctuary created specifically for those of us providing care to others, for a gentle landing and a warm welcome. We got your back… we’re here for you.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
In this workshop, you will

Explore experientially a variety of ways to practice simple self-care
Learn about ethical implications for practicing self-care
Understand research correlating clinician health and well-being to treatment outcomes for clients
Assess your current overall health and well-being
Assess your professional quality of life
Identify lifestyle choices that are supportive or undermine health and well-being
Develop a realistic action plan for improved health and well-being

What attendees of this workshop are saying:
“The beautiful time in nature and SLOWING DOWN! Thank you for curating a safe and nourishing environment to just BE.”
“Where to start! I enjoyed the land! The atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. The experiential approach. The connection to ethics. The opportunities to connect with ourselves and peers. The worksheets for reflection and self-assessment. I loved everything!”
“The beautiful and nurturing environment allowed everyone to feel safe and be vulnerable. I admire the bravery and ability of the other attendees to open up and share their experiences, struggles, and challenges. It helps us all feel less alone.”
“This workshop – and the ONE Center – is truly a gift that every mental health professional should give themselves! Hands down, this is the best continuing education workshop I’ve ever attended.”
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💲SPECIAL SALE!💲 Practical Skills Training for Clinicians 🆕
2026-06-25 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $50 Off!
BRAND-NEW!
Meets Requirements for Law & Ethics, Health Equity, and/or Cultural Competence Continuing Education Credits (CEs)
Practical Skills Training for Clinicians
While geared toward clinicians earlier in their career, this continuing education workshop is also appropriate for therapists who want a skills refresher or need reminders of tools they may have forgotten along the way.
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Thursday, June 25th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved CEs): 6 Law & Ethics, Health Equity, and/or Cultural Competence CEs | $199.00 Now only $149.00!
Continuing Education Workshop Description
As a clinical supervisor, B started to notice a pattern with her new supervisees. Many of them had done well in graduate school, but they also felt they lacked practical skills and tools to support their clients in clinical practice. Or they could explain a principle in a clinical way, but didn’t know how to use that information to offer psychoeducation to their clients.
This continuing education workshop is meant to serve as a bridge between higher education “book smarts” and practical clinical application, offering concepts and tools in easy-to-digest, easy-to-apply ways.
While geared toward newer clinicians, this continuing education workshop is also appropriate for therapists who want a skills refresher or need reminders of tools they may have forgotten along the way.
B offers several instruments and concepts based on her clinical expertise, so everyone is bound to leave with new knowledge, practical techniques, and skills!
Some topics covered include: relational skills, attachment, family and social systems, relational dependence, nervous system education, reinforcement, learning and epistemology, transference issues, clinical expertise, and humility.
Continuing Education Workshop Objectives
Attendees will:

Learn simple ways to explain and explore at least two (2) concepts related to attachment theory and/or relationship models
Describe ways that systems impact individuals and vice versa
Describe nervous system responses, including an adapted Polyvagal model
Describe at least two (2) clinical life skills that their clients can benefit from
Define at least two (2) ways to determine their personal clinical expertise and how to use them in sessions with clients
Learn how clinical transference and countertransference can be one of a therapist’s best tools

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Ethics Through a Hollywood Lens
2026-06-26 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics and Professional Roles & Boundaries CEs!
Ethics Through a Hollywood Lens
Presented by: Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP
When: Friday, June 26, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link via email the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 6 CEs – All 6 can be used for Law & Ethics CEs OR 4 Law & Ethics CEs and 2 Professional Roles & Boundaries CEs | Cost: $199.00
If we’re being honest, sometimes it’s hard to feel motivated to take yet another ethics class. But whether we’ve been practicing for years or just starting to integrate the full meaning of our values into the clinical work, it is essential to reconsider how our field’s ethical principles and standards apply to the actual daily practice with clients. This class will explore some of the most common ethical pitfalls ensnaring even the most experienced therapists.
This class is intended to be an entertaining guide to the ethical practice and professional responsibility we strive to attain. From a storytelling perspective, we’ll look at some slippery slopes, regrettable missteps, and colossal blunders. Our focus will primarily be on ethical considerations within the therapeutic relationship – boundary crossings & violations, professional competency & misconduct, and the risks of compassion fatigue.
This full-day class is designed for practicing therapists with clients of all ages. The workshop will be conducted in a Zoom format. Teaching modalities will include clinical discussion, lectures with many case examples, video illustrations, and small group and individual exercises.
Workshop Objectives:

Define professional competence and identify our scope of practice.
Differentiate between boundary crossings and violations.
Identify potential impacts of transference and countertransference on ethical practice.
Utilize Ling & Hauck’s ETHICS model as an option for decision-making.
Explore the ethical risks of compassion fatigue and strategies to mitigate them.
Determine resources and supports for ethical decision-making.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Yoga Nidra for Nervous System Regulation, Self-Awareness, and Emotional Clarity 🆕
2026-06-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs
Yoga Nidra for Nervous System Regulation, Self-Awareness, and Emotional Clarity
This continuing education workshop is accessible to all clinicians, regardless of their yoga experience (or lack thereof). No previous yoga experience, training, or certification required.
Presented by: Kylani St. Clair, LMHC, CCTP, RYT
When: Friday, June 26th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom (you’ll receive the link the week of the workshop)
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs (meets Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence requirements) | Cost: $99.00
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Not all clients can “talk their way” into emotional regulation and awareness—so what do you do when words aren’t enough? When a client feels overwhelmed, scattered, and/or disconnected, often the most effective intervention isn’t more verbal processing—it’s helping the nervous system slow down, settle, reset, and recover. Yoga nidra best serves people who are highly anxious and experience chronic stress.
This engaging and experiential continuing education workshop, developed and presented by Kylani St. Clair, introduces a powerful, accessible clinical tool for nervous system regulation, healing, and self-discovery: yoga nidra!
Yoga nidra is a form of guided deep meditation, practiced lying down or seated, that invites clients into a state of profound relaxation—without requiring movement or prior meditation experience. Often described as a state between wakefulness and sleep, this practice creates space for both deep rest and meaningful insight to emerge simultaneously.
Through her decades of yoga practice as a student and eventually a seasoned yoga teacher, Kylani discovered that several types of yoga – such as yoga nidra – complement her mental health practice and therapeutic techniques in powerful ways. She regularly weaves various forms of ygoa into counseling sessions with clients to support nervous system and emotional regulation, movement medicine, spiritual exploration, and overall mind-body-spirit wellness, thereby drastically improving client outcomes. Now she has developed this workshop to help you do the same!
Rooted in an ancient tradition, this workshop will also acknowledge the cultural origins of yoga nidra and explore ways to integrate the practice into clinical work with cultural humility and respect. Through yoga nidra, clients can gently access physical, emotional, cognitive, and even spiritual awareness, gaining clarity around their present experience, values, needs, and boundaries while the nervous system actively settles and recovers. What often feels out of reach in a fully alert state can become more accessible through guided rest.
Participants in this workshop will not only learn about yoga nidra—they will practice it and experience its powerful effects firsthand! This training includes a guided practice incorporating progressive muscle relaxation, breathwork, imagery, and intention-setting. Emphasis will be placed on the clinician’s role in facilitation, including the intentional use of tone, pacing, and therapeutic presence to support co-regulation, safety, and engagement. Ethical considerations will be integrated throughout, including informed consent, scope of practice, and supporting client autonomy and choice within the practice.
Beyond the experience gained, participants will develop practical, immediately applicable skills for integrating yoga nidra into everyday clinical sessions. This includes learning how to assess when yoga nidra may be appropriate, adapt the practice for different client needs, and facilitate post-practice processing to deepen insight and therapeutic impact.
Participants will also learn how to create their own yoga nidra scripts tailored to their clients’ unique needs, with attention to accessibility, inclusivity, and client-centered care.
By the end of this powerful and practical workshop, clinicians will leave with a deeper understanding of how to use deep rest as a therapeutic intervention—and the confidence to begin using these tools with clients right away.
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
Workshop attendees will:

Learn the principles of yoga nidra and its role in nervous system regulation
Participate first-hand in a yoga nidra practice, relaxing your system during training
Practice guiding clients in yoga nidra with tone, pacing, and more
Develop your own unique scripts for your clients’ needs
Learn to facilitate post-practice processing with clients
Identify the ethics of introducing yoga nidra into the therapeutic session, including the scope of practice, competence with a new technique, ensuring there is informed consent, and understanding possible contraindications to including yoga in therapy sessions.
Consider the cultural and spiritual implications for each client.
Learn how to understand and build in the client’s unique belief systems into the therapeutic session.

This continuing education workshop is accessible to all clinicians, regardless of their yoga experience (or lack thereof). No previous yoga experience, training, or certification required.
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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Gratitude as a Healing Tool: How to Ethically Incorporate Gratitude Practices into Therapy 🆕
2026-07-08 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics CEs!
Gratitude as a Healing Tool: How to Ethically Incorporate Gratitude Practices into Therapy
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Gratitude is more than a feel-good concept – it can be a powerful therapeutic tool to enhance resilience, well-being, and relational connection. This continuing education workshop helps psychotherapists understand the research and practical applications of gratitude in clinical practice, while maintaining ethical boundaries and cultural sensitivity. Participants will explore how gratitude practices can complement therapy, support client insight, and foster positive emotion without invalidating clients’ struggles or minimizing distress.
Through discussion and experiential exercises, attendees will learn concrete strategies for integrating gratitude into sessions, including journaling, reflective prompts, and strength-focused interventions. Therapists will leave with tools to ethically and effectively help clients cultivate appreciation, meaning, and emotional balance in ways that enhance therapeutic outcomes.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the evidence and theory supporting gratitude practices as a therapeutic tool.
Learn strategies for ethically incorporating gratitude exercises into therapy while respecting clients’ experiences and cultural contexts.
Identify ways to use gratitude to support client resilience, insight, and emotional well-being.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Ethics of Supervision by B Lourenco 🆕
2026-07-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Law & Ethics Continuing Education Credits (CEs)
Ethics of Supervision
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved CEs): 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Continuing Education Workshop Description
The Department of Health outlines the requirements to become an Approved Supervisor in Washington State: at least 2 years of full licensure, a 15-hour continuing education workshop, and 25 hours of “supervision of supervision.”
But what qualities or skills does a good clinical supervisor need to have to best support new therapists? What are the ethical concerns to consider when deciding to offer supervision?
In this continuing education workshop, presenter B Lourenco draws on her experience in clinical supervision and combines it with one of the things she does best: asking hard questions about how we do things in our field. Whether you are just starting out or have been offering supervision for years, this workshop will help you consider key factors when supervising associate therapists.
Continuing Education Workshop Objectives
After attending this continuing education workshop, attendees will be able to:

Describe two ethical issues that supervisees are facing
Define two qualities of an ethical supervisor
Outline personal supervisory values and ethics

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Relationships, Professional Roles, and Boundaries in the Clinical Setting
2026-07-09 09:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
Back by overwhelmingly popular demand!
Meets New Professional Roles & Boundaries CE Requirement!
Relationships, Professional Roles, and Boundaries in the Clinical Setting
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
When: Thursday, July 9th, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, Pacific Time (the third hour will be Q&A and case discussions)
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 CEs – 2 Professional Relationships and Boundaries CEs and 1 Law & Ethics CE | $109.00
Continuing Education Workshop Description:
Boundary violations are among the most common reasons for professional discipline of behavioral health clinicians. Dual relationships—both intentional and unintentional—can take many forms and often pose ethical, clinical, and legal challenges.
In recognition of this significant cause of misconduct, as of October 2025, the Washington Department of Health has implemented a new requirement for two hours of continuing education in “Professional Roles and Boundaries” every two years (the new Washington State continuing education requirements, according to WAC 246-809-630, can be found here).
In this continuing education workshop, we will examine Washington State laws and professional ethical standards regarding personal and dual relationships with clients. Drawing from recent Washington Department of Health disciplinary decisions, participants will engage with real-world case studies that illustrate common risk areas. The workshop will also offer practical strategies for establishing and maintaining appropriate clinical boundaries in everyday practice.
This course is designed to meet the Washington State Department of Health’s continuing education requirement for Professional Roles and Boundaries, per WAC 246-809-630.
The third “bonus” hour will be a question-and-answer session with Eric and will include discussions of complex ethical cases involving professional roles and boundaries.
Continuing Education Workshop Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Implement strategies to maximize clinical effectiveness while minimizing liability risk;
Apply Washington legal guidelines regarding dual relationships;
Apply ethical standards concerning personal relationships with clients;
Identify and describe various types of inconsistent dual relationships;
Recognize risk factors that may contribute to boundary crossings or violations; and
Create and evaluate strategies to maintain appropriate and ethical clinical relationships.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Therapists Who Astrologize: An Introduction to Astrology-Assisted Therapy (AAT) 🆕
2026-07-10 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, and/or Cultural Competence CEs
Therapists Who Astrologize: An Introduction to Astrology-Assisted Therapy (AAT)
Presented by: Jenae D. Thompson, PhD, LCPC
When: Friday, July 10th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom (you’ll receive the link the week of the workshop)
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 6 CEs – counts as 2 Law & Ethics CEs, 2 Health Equity or Cultural Competency CEs, and 2 General CEs | Cost: $199.00
This workshop is also offered on Friday, November 20th. For more information and to register, click here.
This beginner-level continuing education workshop introduces mental health professionals to the foundations of Astrology-Assisted Therapy (AAT), an integrative clinical framework that incorporates astrological symbolism into therapeutic practice with structure, discernment, and ethical clarity.
Designed for therapists with no prior astrology experience, this workshop offers a grounded and clinically responsible introduction to core astrological concepts and their application in psychotherapy.
Participants will learn the foundational components of a natal chart – including planets, signs, houses, and aspects – through a psychological and symbolic lens. Rather than prediction, the focus is on meaning-making, narrative identity, relational patterns, and insight development. Astrology is presented as a structured symbolic language that can support depth-oriented exploration when used collaboratively and with client consent.
Drawing from qualitative research conducted with licensed clinicians who integrate astrology into therapy, this training explores clinical indications, contraindications, informed consent processes, scope of practice, and cultural humility. Participants will examine how astrology can function as a reflective tool that enhances therapeutic alliance, supports client agency, and facilitates nuanced conversations about identity and life transitions.
This workshop emphasizes ethical integration, client autonomy, and practitioner self-awareness. Astrology-Assisted Therapy is presented as a coherent symbolic modality that can be integrated within existing therapeutic orientations to expand conceptualization and deepen relational work.
Workshop Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Identify foundational astrological structures
Conceptualize astrology as a structured symbolic framework
Apply ethical guidelines for integrating astrology into clinical practice
Discern appropriate clinical contexts for AAT use

This continuing education workshop is ideal for clinicians seeking to expand their use of spiritually integrative, culturally responsive, and symbolically informed approaches within professional practice.
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🆕 Brand-New! The Major Arcana and the Hero’s Journey: Discovering Your Story Through Tarot 🆕
2026-07-17 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Meets Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence Continuing Education Requirements!
The Major Arcana and the Hero’s Journey: Discovering Your Story Through Tarot
Presented by Rebecca Bloom, LMHC (she/her)
When: Friday, July 17th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs (meets criteria for 2 Law & Ethics and 2 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs) | Cost: $199.00
Every person is on a journey — one of becoming, healing, and finding meaning. The Major Arcana of the Tarot offers a beautiful reflection of this path. These 22 cards tell the story of the Hero’s Journey: the universal process of growth and transformation that mirrors each of our lives. Jung’s model of the hero’s journey is a path that clients can easily relate to in their own lives. In this workshop, you’ll explore how the Tarot can help clients connect with their path through difficult times.
The Major Arcana begins with The Fool, who takes a leap of faith into the unknown, and ends with The World, symbolizing a completed journey. Between these two cards lies the full range of human experience — discovery, love, loss, challenge, renewal, and awakening. Each card helps clients reflect on how they learn, heal, and grow.
Working with these archetypes can help clients who recognize that the transformation is possible and that setbacks are part of the journey. Perhaps you are navigating a “Tower” moment of upheaval, meeting your “Shadow” in The Devil, or beginning a new chapter as The Fool once more. Through the imagery of the Tarot, you will help clients to see their story not as fragmented or confusing, but as meaningful — a necessary part of an unfolding journey toward wholeness.
During this experiential workshop, you’ll be guided through meditations, creative exercises, and creating Tarot cards.
Tarot, when used in this way, is not about prediction; it’s about reflection. It’s a way of accessing unconscious wisdom — the part of you that already knows what healing and integration look like. Jung described this process as individuation: the journey of becoming your fullest, most authentic self.
Through the language of the Major Arcana, you can learn to trust this inner process, honor the changes you’re experiencing, and view your challenges as meaningful steps along your path. Whether you are seeking clarity, self-compassion, or a deeper sense of purpose, the Tarot offers a gentle, creative way to reconnect with your own story — the myth you are living and the hero you are becoming.
Workshop Objectives:

Recognize how the Hero’s Journey helps clients on their healing journey
Understand the lessons of the major arcana through a therapeutic lens
Gain confidence in using tarot in clinical settings.
Helping clients reconnect with intuition, purpose, and inner guidance
Explore art making for self-care

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Ethics of Self-Disclosure: To Tell or Not To Tell
2026-07-29 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Law & Ethics CEs
Ethics of Self-Disclosure: To Tell or Not To Tell
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Wednesday, July 29th, 2026| 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Workshop Description:
What were you taught about self-disclosure to clients in grad school? Are you wondering whether or not to disclose “something” to your clients? Self-disclosure in therapy is complex and dynamic. During this workshop, we will have our eye on ethics as we explore considerations for clinician self-disclosure to clients. Self-disclosure has several dimensions, including clinical, therapeutic, technical, and, in some cases, legal or regulatory. We will examine the nature of self-disclosure, including potential benefits and risks. Attention will specifically be given to ethical considerations, namely, relevant ethical principles, and a typology of self-disclosure using case vignettes. Finally, key recommendations will be given for clinicians to consider in their course of self-disclosure opportunities. Clinicians will be encouraged to “know thyself” and their ethical responsibilities to best utilize the avenue of appropriate self-disclosure.
Workshop Objectives:

Comprehend and describe key aspects of therapeutic self-disclosure, including potential benefits and risks.
Examine and articulate key ethical considerations of self-disclosure, including advantages and disadvantages.
Apply best practices for ethical and therapeutic self-disclosure by considering a variety of clinician and client factors.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! The Ethics of Caring for Both the Body and the Psyche: A Two-Part Workshop 🆕
2026-07-30 10:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics CEs!
The Ethics of Caring for Both the Body and the Psyche: A Two-Part Workshop
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC and Dr. Kristen Allott
When: Thursday, July 30th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs – 3 are Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00
This two-session workshop offers the clinician a new holistic lens for approaching clients whose cognitive, somatic, and physical symptoms can very often be directly linked to dis-harmony between our bodies, the foods we eat, our polyvagal states, and our Internal Family System (IFS) parts.
Many mental health practitioners have been incorrectly told that discussing the physical body and its interactive systems will be viewed as operating “out of our lanes” or areas of competence. Because of this, clinicians may avoid having all-important and life-altering discussions about the connection between our bodies and our psyche—how the foods we eat and our nutritional health impact not only our physical but also our mental health.
To address the reluctance of mental health practitioners to discuss the very real connection between the somatic and the cognitive, the body and the psyche, we have invited Eric Strom to present the first session of this two-session day. Eric Strom’s Law and Ethics training will address the law and ethics around the Scope of Practice as it applies to mental health practitioners.
Kristen Allott will then follow Eric Strom’s three-hour law and ethics training and present her unique, effective approach to explaining why many highly motivated clients still cannot make lasting changes in their dietary habits. Kristen shares how our IFS parts and protectors could be causing the subconscious resistance to dietary changes that could fuel inner harmony. Kristen’s approach to finding inner harmony and health using both IFS parts work and polyvagal states has proven to be highly effective AND entertaining, a truly novel holistic approach to providing therapy. Her afternoon session will be both informative and engaging as she combines her specialties in nutrition and mental health. You will never view dietary habits in quite the same way after hearing Kristen’s techniques for incorporating IFS and polyvagal states in finding and fueling inner harmony and lasting change.
MORNING SESSION (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time): The Law and Ethics of Operating within Our Scope of Practice
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
As behavioral health providers, it is essential that we practice only within the legal scope of our clinical license. At the same time, many clinicians find it difficult to identify clear boundaries around the scope of practice for their licensure. In this three-hour morning session of a two-session workshop, we will focus on demystifying the legal, ethical, and practical boundaries with regard to clinical scope of practice. We will also consider areas in which clinicians are most likely to find themselves needed to extend or adjust those boundaries. This course is intended to meet law and ethics continuing education requirements.
Learning Objectives:
Participants in this workshop will be able to:
1) Identify the legal standards that define the scope of clinical practice;
2) Describe the ethical standards that define clinical competency;
3) Create and evaluate strategies to support client best interest through consultation, termination, referral, and coordination;
4) Apply best practice standards to engaging in advocacy activities for clients.
AFTERNOON SESSION (2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific Time):
Integrating Polyvagal Theory Ladder and Internal Family System with the Physiologic Needs of the Body to Maintain Physical and Mental Health
Presented by: Dr. Kristen Allott
In the last 20 years, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, and somatic practices have offered new insights into mental health that mirror ancient systems, such as Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, in our understanding of what it means to be human.
Dr. Kristen Allott, a naturopathic doctor with a master’s degree in acupuncture, a black belt in Aikido, and a Polyvagal practitioner, will connect how our food choices influence the vagus system and impact our Internal Family System.
In this seminar, we’ll delve into how our food choices profoundly influence both our vagus system and our internal family system. You’ll discover how the body itself can often manifest as an “exiled child,’ how a “rebel” part might seek sugar for protection, and how our “protectors” can wage war over what we “should” or “shouldn’t” eat. You will learn how, by consciously fueling the prefrontal cortex, we can access our compassionate, creative Selves, significantly reduce acute distress, improve sleep quality, and cultivate a much deeper connection to our bodies and ourselves.
This live virtual training equips clinicians with practical tools to manage acute emotional distress by integrating Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and nutrition-based interventions. Participants will learn to identify nervous system states and internal “parts” that arise during emotional reactivity and apply targeted strategies to support regulation.
The course explores how diet, stress, and glucose levels affect emotional stability and introduces rapid-response tools, such as the Protein for All Initiative and Lizard Brain Treats, to help clients shift out of fight, flight, freeze, or collapse. These techniques are especially effective for anxiety, anger, mania, emotional withdrawal, and self-harm ideation. Through case examples, interactive demonstrations, and downloadable resources, attendees will gain actionable methods to enhance therapeutic outcomes. The virtual format enables flexible participation and ongoing access to learning materials.
Learning Objectives:

Learn the Polyvagal Ladder and its relevance to emotional regulation and therapeutic engagement.

Learn to apply IFS principles to identify and work with internal parts activated by physiological dysregulation.

Learn how diet and stress impact glucose levels, and how these fluctuations influence mood and behaviors.

Learn to implement nutrition-based interventions to stabilize the nervous system and reduce emotional reactivity.

Learn to utilize physiology-based calming techniques to support clients in acute reactive states.

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Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
2026-07-31 09:30 - 17:00 | Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, 98155, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
Presented by: Becky Robbins, MA, LMHC, CEAT, CYT, NBT
When: Friday, July 31, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live, In-Person event at Shoreline Center – at 12pm, we will break for an hour lunch, and will then reconvene at Hamlin Park, located at 16006 15th Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, at 1:00 for the remainder of the workshop, which will be outdoors.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs – 2 Law & Ethics CEs| $199.00
All 2026 Sessions of This Workshop:

Friday, March 13th, 2026 MORE INFO & REGISTER >>>

Friday, June 5th, 2026 MORE INFO & REGISTER >>>

Friday, July 31st, 2026 MORE INFO & REGISTER >>>

Friday, October 2nd, 2026 MORE INFO & REGISTER >>>

This Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park workshop allows participants to become familiar with nature-based therapy, specifically, what is involved in a “walk-and-talk” therapy session outdoors in a natural setting. Participants will become aware of the legal and ethical considerations necessary to provide this option for client sessions. Participants will learn the key concepts and significant benefits of providing therapy sessions outdoors, in a natural setting, complemented by using expressive arts modalities. The presenter will also teach how these approaches connect through a polyvagal lens.
Participants will learn what it takes to provide ethical, impactful, confident, and competent therapy for clients in an outdoor natural setting. The presenter will teach participants how to include expressive arts modalities and somatic awareness techniques in nature therapy, as these techniques will be interwoven throughout this daylong experience. Experientials will be facilitated to aid participants in their own embodied experience of a session in nature. Participants will leave this course ethically and legally prepared to facilitate an outdoor, nature-based therapy session, understanding the client appropriateness (what clients are a good fit for this type of therapy), location considerations (parks, trails, beaches, weather conditions, parking, etcetera), and critical skills needed for facilitating a helpful walk-and-talk session outdoors (multidimensional awareness, various approaches to facilitation, and safety considerations). Participants will leave this experiential workshop feeling confident and inspired to offer a more integrated clinical approach than they thought possible!
OBJECTIVES:

Consider legal, ethical, and documentation implications for doing nature-based therapy outdoors.
Identify important considerations for specific populations.
Understand the legal and ethical considerations of practicing nature-based therapy in a walk-and-talk session.
Describe differences among ecotherapy, nature-based, adventure-based, and wilderness therapies.
Identify key concepts of ecotherapy and nature-based therapy
Assess who to work with and when, where to go and why, and what to expect and consider in various regions and environments when using nature-based therapy.
Understand the therapist’s identity in nature-based versus ecotherapy practices.
Introduce common types of nature-based approaches into walk-and-talk therapy sessions.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Counseling on Access to Lethal Means for Suicide 🆕
2026-08-06 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Law & Ethics CEs!
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means for Suicide
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Thursday, August 6th, 2026| 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved CEs): 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Continuing Education Workshop Description:
Reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms and medication, can determine whether a person at risk for suicide lives or dies. This continuing education workshop will explore how to reduce access to the methods people use to kill themselves. Discover who needs lethal means counseling and how to work with people at risk for suicide—and their families—to reduce access.
Learn about what clients and families need to know, and what clinicians can do to increase safety with suicidal clients who have access to lethal means. Participants will also examine common barriers clinicians face when discussing firearms, medications, and other lethal means with clients and families, including fear of damaging rapport, cultural considerations, and uncertainty about legal or ethical responsibilities.
Practical, trauma-informed communication strategies will be reviewed to help therapists engage in collaborative, nonjudgmental conversations that support client autonomy while enhancing safety planning. Case examples and clinical applications will help participants strengthen confidence in identifying appropriate clients for lethal means counseling and integrating these interventions into routine suicide risk assessment and treatment planning.
Continuing Education Workshop Objectives

Explain at least two reasons why reducing access to lethal means can prevent suicide.
Identify clients for whom lethal means counseling is appropriate.
Describe counseling strategies for raising the topic of lethal means and increase confidence and skill in applying these strategies with clients.

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Tarot and Therapy: Intuition and Metaphor
2026-08-07 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics CEs!
Tarot and Therapy: Intuition and Metaphor
Presented by: Rebecca Bloom, ATR-BC, LMHC (she/her)
When: Friday, August 7th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credits: CEs: 6 CEs – 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00, which includes $174.00 tuition plus $25.00 for Ephemera Art Supply Packs Created by Rebecca Bloom Especially for Cascadia Training Registrants. Art supply packs will be mailed to registrants in advance of the workshop.
Why is Tarot so popular right now? Are your clients coming in talking about the card they pulled before the session and you have no idea what that means? Have you used tarot for years for your own well being and would love to use it with mental health clients but not sure how?
Most clients come into therapy saying that they do not have access to their intuition and are not sure how to trust what the right choices are to make in their lives. Using a single card pulled from a tarot deck, and exploring the client’s meaning of the card, clients can begin to feel connected to their own sense of self, clients can find new ways to safely explore difficult experiences and find ways to test out feeling grounded again.
Starting with the Jungian concepts of Archetypes we will look at how the collective sense of self represents over these twelve types of being. Then we will explore the history and uses of tarot. These seventy-eight cards have been used for hundreds of years. Using the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, from 1909, as a starting place we will look at many of the decks available today and why people turn to them every day or when times get difficult.
We will explore intuition and how to trust our own sense of knowing. In this hands-on workshop, you will make five of your own cards. Exploring the major arcana, and the suits of cups, pentacles, swords and wands we will learn the journeys of each of these sets.
Objectives:

Learn archetypes of Jung and Tarot.
Learn why the creative process soothes the body and the mind.
Find materials you will be comfortable using with your clients.
Use art making for your own self-care.

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Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
2026-08-14 09:00 - 16:30 | ONE-Olympia, 7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, August 14th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live in person at the ONE Center (7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA 98502)
Lodging Information: If you’d like to come the night before or stay over on Friday night after the workshop, you can explore the lodging options provided by the ONE Center here. For questions about lodging, please email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00
This workshop is offered several times throughout 2026. All of the sessions are as follows:

Friday, April 24th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, June 19th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, August 14th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, September 11th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, October 16th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

We’re eager to welcome you to the beautiful ONE Center on the South Salish Sea for a day of simple self-care in nature. 2026 is our sixth year providing this monthly workshop to colleagues from WA, OR, MT, and beyond. During this nature-based workshop, you have full permission to slow down, rest, and tend to your own health and well-being WHILE earning ethics credits.
All codes of ethics have been revised to include the ethical imperative to practice self-care. These ethical guidelines give us permission to do just that through professional development. We’ll review ethical codes and explore research findings indicating how and why the therapist’s psychological health and well-being directly relate to treatment outcomes for clients. Indeed, how we show up matters. Therefore, finding ways to practice caring for oneself is not only a personal responsibility and a gift to oneself, but also an ethical obligation.
This is a unique retreat-style, experiential workshop with invitations to practice simple self-care inspired by Japan’s shinrin-yoku. Brenda is a mindfulness-based therapist, a certified Eco Therapist, and a certified Forest Therapy Guide. She’s been teaching clients and colleagues how to lean into mindfulness in nature for health and well-being since founding The ONE Center in 2020.
With Brenda’s guidance, we’ll walk short distances through the forest and by the sea, sit spotting along the way while learning simple, evidence-based self-care practices to use anytime, anyplace. Colleagues have come multiple times, sharing they feel increasingly grounded and connected to their body, mind, and soul as the day unfolds. This deep learning is inspiring and supports ethical work by encouraging the continued use of simple self-care practices at home and at work. When our nervous system is settled, we are emotionally regulated and can help our clients feel more embodied, at ease, and connected to others, too.
Without ongoing self-care, providing mental health care can deplete and exhaust us, leading to burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary vicarious trauma. Added stress from the global polycrisis (social, political, racial, financial, environmental, etc.) can result in feeling overwhelmed, isolated, and hopeless. And yet, we must show up to provide care for so many who are suffering. If this resonates with you, know that you are not alone. Each summer, we find solace in a community of colleagues, in nature, bearing witness and tending to the pain for healing. This is the mindful way. We hope you come to ONE, a sanctuary created specifically for those of us providing care to others, for a gentle landing and a warm welcome. We got your back… we’re here for you.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
In this workshop, you will

Explore experientially a variety of ways to practice simple self-care
Learn about ethical implications for practicing self-care
Understand research correlating clinician health and well-being to treatment outcomes for clients
Assess your current overall health and well-being
Assess your professional quality of life
Identify lifestyle choices that are supportive or undermine health and well-being
Develop a realistic action plan for improved health and well-being

What attendees of this workshop are saying:
“The beautiful time in nature and SLOWING DOWN! Thank you for curating a safe and nourishing environment to just BE.”
“Where to start! I enjoyed the land! The atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. The experiential approach. The connection to ethics. The opportunities to connect with ourselves and peers. The worksheets for reflection and self-assessment. I loved everything!”
“The beautiful and nurturing environment allowed everyone to feel safe and be vulnerable. I admire the bravery and ability of the other attendees to open up and share their experiences, struggles, and challenges. It helps us all feel less alone.”
“This workshop – and the ONE Center – is truly a gift that every mental health professional should give themselves! Hands down, this is the best continuing education workshop I’ve ever attended.”
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Therapeutic Boundaries: The Ethics of Creating Clarity, Safety, and Trust in Clinical Work
2026-08-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Meets Professional Roles & Boundaries
CE requirements!
Therapeutic Boundaries: The Ethics of Creating Clarity, Safety, and Trust in Clinical Work
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs Meets Criteria for Professional Roles and Boundaries CEs or Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Clear, ethical boundaries are essential for fostering safety, trust, and effective therapeutic relationships. This continuing education workshop introduces psychotherapists to the principles of establishing and maintaining professional boundaries while navigating complex clinical scenarios.
Participants will explore how boundary clarity supports client well-being, enhances trust, and prevents ethical dilemmas, while examining the subtle ways boundaries can be challenged or blurred in practice.
Through case examples, discussion, and reflective exercises, attendees will learn practical strategies for communicating, negotiating, and maintaining boundaries with clients. Therapists will leave with tools to create a safe and ethical therapeutic environment, strengthen professional integrity, and foster collaborative, trust-based client relationships.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the ethical principles and importance of maintaining clear therapeutic boundaries.
Learn strategies for establishing, communicating, and maintaining boundaries in clinical practice.
Identify ways to navigate boundary challenges to ensure safety, trust, and ethical integrity in therapy.

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🆕BRAND-NEW! | Marketing 101 for Therapists: The Road to Your Ideal Private Practice 🆕
2026-08-20 09:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW! – Now 4 CEs
Law & Ethics CEs!
Marketing 101 for Therapists: The Road to Your Ideal Private Practice
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Thursday, August 20th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 4 Law & Ethics CEs | $109.00
In this lively, hands-on workshop, clinicians will learn how to attract ideal clients in ways that feel authentic, ethical, and aligned with their professional values. Forget cookie-cutter marketing advice — this training helps you clarify your niche, communicate your unique therapeutic voice, and create a sustainable marketing strategy that feels genuine, not salesy. Through practical exercises, real-world examples, and reflection on mindset blocks around visibility, participants will leave feeling confident, empowered, and ready to let their practice thrive.
Workshop Objectives:
Participants will learn how to:

Articulate how ethical marketing practices support beneficence by reducing client harm through accurate representation of services, scope of practice, and areas of competence.
Examine the relationship between therapist visibility and justice, including how clear, accessible marketing can reduce barriers to care and improve access for marginalized or underserved communities.
Apply principles of informed consent to pre-treatment communications, including website content, fee disclosures, and service descriptions, in order to promote client autonomy and informed decision-making prior to initial contact.

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Now $100 Off! Becoming a Neurodivergent-Affirming Clinician: Understanding ADHD and Autism through a Strengths-Based, Neurodivergent-Affirming Lens
2026-08-26 10:00 - 2026-09-30 13:15 | Zoom
Now $100 Off!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity,
and Cultural Competence CEs!
Becoming a Neurodivergent-Affirming Clinician: Understanding ADHD and Autism through a Strengths-Based, Neurodivergent-Affirming Lens
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC
When: This course will be held for six consecutive Wednesdays: August 26th through September 30th, 2026, from 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern

Wednesday, August 26th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, September 8th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, September 30th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern

Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the event.
18 CEs (12 CEs can be used for Cultural Competence or Health Equity CEs, and 6 can be used for Law & Ethics CEs) | $499.00 *** (see below for payment options)
As technology progresses and education on mental health becomes increasingly more available, the population has become more self-aware. The world is changing quickly, and with it, more and more people realize that their brain works differently than others. Due to the influence of social media and the shift to focusing on lived experience as a legitimate means of diagnosis, we are seeing a sudden increase in clients that identify as Autistic and/or an ADHDer. We find that clients are speaking up and finding validation of what they have always known: their brains operate differently than the brains of their peers, colleagues, friends, and families. As a result, we are seeing a sudden increase in the young adult and middle-aged population who identify as being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical world.
This workshop series is designed to help clinicians build greater awareness and familiarity with ADHD and Autistic experiences. Participants will come away from this course with a deeper understanding of ADHD and Autism from the Neurodiversity-Affirming Paradigm that focuses on strengths and differences, not diagnoses, disorders, and deficits.
Especially following the Covid pandemic and its sometimes long-term impact on the brain and the immune system’s inflammatory processes, many clients report having different and often challenging sensory processing experiences. We are seeing more adults presenting in our offices with reports that they now have issues not only with taste and smell but with a range of visual, hearing, tactile, balance, and internal bodily sensations they never have before experienced, as well as difficulties with attention and memory. This begs the question: have these brain differences always been there but now have been sensitized or magnified by exposure to Covid and months-long isolation?
Many adults are now recognizing they are not alone and are demanding they not be dismissed or invalidated any longer, often having experienced the continued frustration of providers questioning their own lived experiences and, as a result, having been either undiagnosed or underdiagnosed due to outdated and debunked diagnostic criteria still used by mainstream psychiatrists and physicians. These individuals are finding validation for what they have suspected all along: their brains work differently than those of their peers, families, and friends.
With new research available and an increasingly empowered clientele, we see more than ever the need to remain current in our understanding of–and support for–those who have brain differences. Committed to blending cutting-edge scientific evidence with the lived experiences of our clients, Cascadia Training, is delighted to offer a new workshop series designed to help clinicians build greater awareness and familiarity with ADHD and Autistic experiences.
Upon completion of this series, participants will have a deeper understanding of ADHD and Autism from the Neurodiversity Affirming Paradigm that focuses on strengths and differences, not disorders, diagnoses, and deficits!
Woven throughout the series are the law and ethics of working with neurodivergent clients, including the danger of misdiagnoses, and the harm of using biased, outdated, debunked diagnostic criteria leading to the under-diagnosis of ADHD and Autism spectrum experiences. In addition, participants will learn about and identify pathologizing, stigmatizing, and harmful treatment protocols and clinical interventions still utilized by providers in educational, physical, and mental health professions.
This series uses a system developed explicitly by B Lourenco, an expert on ADHD and Autism. The course focuses to a large degree on the internal, lived experience of neurodiversity. Each of the six weekly sessions will include a didactic portion, an experiential section, and direct case consultation time. All modules will include lecture, video, and experiential segments.
Certificate Program Weekly Modules:
Week One: Sensory Systems – Getting in touch with the sensory system is the most critical step in supporting neurodivergent clients. Sensory information can regulate emotional and physical experiences. In addition, we will focus on using sensory profiles, menus, and diets to support day-to-day quality of life.
Week Two: Communication and Relationships – Understanding how those with Autism and ADHD communicate creates room for therapeutic connection. With this understanding, we will dive into tools for managing meltdowns and shutdowns in an affirming way.
Week Three: Attending and Executive Function – This module will explain why those with Autism and ADHD face challenges attending to their environment by addressing social expectations on perceptions of “functioning.” You will also learn how to use the client’s natural rhythms to support positive functionality.
Week Four: Social Systems and Disability – Understanding how society directly impacts the lives of people with disabilities. We will focus on how clinicians can incorporate advocacy into their practice and tools to unlearn neurotypical values by connecting clients to personal values.
Week Five: Differentials and Comorbidities – This module will teach participants how to rule out or “dial in” on other mental health concerns or diagnoses. We will present comorbidities that exist with your neurodivergent clients and how to effectively support them in a non-stigmatizing way. The role of trauma and grief in the lived experience of clients who identify as neurodivergent will be discussed, as well as the impact of these events on the developing brain. We will process how to best support the grief and disenfranchised losses felt by our autistic and ADHD clients and their families.
Week Six: The Use of Joy As a Tool Against Oppression. Creating celebrations of being neurodivergent and finding joy in everyday life as we partner with our neurodivergent clients. The Neurodivergent-affirming certificate program series will conclude with various celebrations we can share with our clients and the shift to viewing “joy itself as a tool against oppression.” As clinicians, it is important for us to first comprehend–and then share– the ways that society benefits from neurodiversity in general and ADHD and Autism, in particular. We will conclude by learning ways to help our clients celebrate their neurodiversity and see themselves through an affirming, strengths-based lens.
Other topics that will be covered in this practice- and life-altering certificate program series include, but are not limited to:

Alexithymia and Dysthymia
ARFID
Misophonia
Gender and sexuality in the ADHD and Autistic communities
The role of menstruation on ADHD and Autistic brains
Interdependence vs codependence and/or independence
Myths and stigmas about neurodivergent people
Experiences of abuse in neurodivergent people
Pervasive Desire for Autonomy (PDA)

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We offer several options to make our workshops cost-inclusive: payment plans, a limited number of full and partial scholarships, discounts for students, and discounts for early professionals. Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org for more information.
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🆕BRAND-NEW! Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Harm 🆕
2026-08-31 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Law & Ethics CEs
Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Harm
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Monday, August 31st, 2026| 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Workshop Description:
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a common yet maladaptive coping strategy used by some clients. Discover myths and facts about self-injury and explore vulnerabilities that can lead to an increased risk of self-injury. This workshop will define non-suicidal self-injury and dispel common myths about self-injury. The discussion will highlight how to assess self-injury, develop and implement safety plans, and treat non-suicidal self-injury. Attendees will leave this continuing education workshop feeling more confident in assessing and treating self-injury by implementing targeted clinical approaches through case studies.
Workshop Objectives:

Identify risk factors and possible signs of non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in children and adolescents.
Explain the appropriate steps to assess whether an individual is engaging in non-suicidal self-injurious behavior.
Summarize the essential interventions to implement based on the identified risk level.

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Let’s Talk About Sex
2026-09-10 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs
Let’s Talk About Sex
Presented by B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom (you’ll receive the link the week of the workshop)
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competency CEs | Cost: $199.00
Research shows that if sex isn’t brought up in the first three therapy sessions, it is unlikely to ever come up in the therapy space.
A large majority of clinicians don’t know how to talk to their clients about sexuality and, subsequently, aren’t able to help their clients with issues about their sex lives. Many clinicians also believe that conversations about sex are out of their scope of practice, and while this is true in rare cases, it’s usually not true.
Every single person has a relationship with sexuality, whether they are asexual or very sexually experienced. Everyone we work with as therapists has a relationship with their sexuality.
Discussing sexual health is well within our scope as clinicians! It is ethically mandated for clinicians to continue learning and growing so we can offer the best and most tailored support to our clients.
That need has prompted the creation of this workshop, NOT Your Mom’s Sex Ed Class!
Socialization teaches us that everyone is cis-gender, hetero, and monogamous. Everyone is taught that certain sexual behaviors are “normal” and others are “not.” These norms are echoed in the education systems that clinicians are trained in. Because of the shame-filled way our society treats sexuality, most folks have a complicated relationship with it.
We can serve the entire person when we choose to include conversations about sex and sexual health with our clients.
This course will go over the basics of human sexuality and anatomy, including sexual and gender identities, as well as the roles of desire, arousal, and libido. This course will explore types of sexual dysfunction commonly experienced by clients and how to know if a referral is needed. In addition, this course will identify ways that all clinicians can become more informed and sex-positive with everyday clients.
Objectives:

Learn the process of expected sexual development over the lifetime
Identify sex organs and their functions
Review gender and gender identities
Review sexual identities
Differentiate between types of arousal, desire, and variations in libido
Explore concepts about sex/porn addiction vs. out-of-control sexual behaviors
Identify the role of society in determining sexual norms and expectations
Define the impact of expectation of sexual normativity
Explore common non-normative identities and behaviors
Learn common types of sexual dysfunction experienced by everyday clients
Distinguish the role of attachment wounds and trauma on sexual experiences
Identify when a referral to a sex therapy specialist is needed
Understand the basics of sex-positive therapy and how to explore sexual topics with clients
Learn common types of sexual dysfunction experienced by everyday clients
Distinguish the role of attachment wounds and trauma on sexual experiences
Identify when a referral to a sex therapy specialist is needed
Understand the basics of sex-positive therapy and how to explore sexual topics with clients
Discuss ethical best practices around client sexuality and identify possible misdiagnoses due to clinician misinformation
Explore how cultural norms impact sexual attitudes and perpetuate stigmatizing myths
Identify the ethics that mandate we provide culturally sensitive and inclusive clinical practices

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Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
2026-09-11 09:00 - 16:30 | ONE-Olympia, 7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, September 11, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live in person at the ONE Center (7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA 98502)
Lodging Information: If you’d like to come the night before or stay over on Friday night after the workshop, you can explore the lodging options provided by the ONE Center here. For questions about lodging, please email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00
This workshop is offered several times throughout 2026. All of the sessions are as follows:

Friday, April 24th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, June 19th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, August 14th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, September 11th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

Friday, October 16th, 2026 MORE INFO >>>

We’re eager to welcome you to the beautiful ONE Center on the South Salish Sea for a day of simple self-care in nature. 2026 is our sixth year providing this monthly workshop to colleagues from WA, OR, MT, and beyond. During this nature-based workshop, you have full permission to slow down, rest, and tend to your own health and well-being WHILE earning ethics credits.
All codes of ethics have been revised to include the ethical imperative to practice self-care. These ethical guidelines give us permission to do just that through professional development. We’ll review ethical codes and explore research findings indicating how and why the therapist’s psychological health and well-being directly relate to treatment outcomes for clients. Indeed, how we show up matters. Therefore, finding ways to practice caring for oneself is not only a personal responsibility and a gift to oneself, but also an ethical obligation.
This is a unique retreat-style, experiential workshop with invitations to practice simple self-care inspired by Japan’s shinrin-yoku. Brenda is a mindfulness-based therapist, a certified Eco Therapist, and a certified Forest Therapy Guide. She’s been teaching clients and colleagues how to lean into mindfulness in nature for health and well-being since founding The ONE Center in 2020.
With Brenda’s guidance, we’ll walk short distances through the forest and by the sea, sit spotting along the way while learning simple, evidence-based self-care practices to use anytime, anyplace. Colleagues have come multiple times, sharing they feel increasingly grounded and connected to their body, mind, and soul as the day unfolds. This deep learning is inspiring and supports ethical work by encouraging the continued use of simple self-care practices at home and at work. When our nervous system is settled, we are emotionally regulated and can help our clients feel more embodied, at ease, and connected to others, too.
Without ongoing self-care, providing mental health care can deplete and exhaust us, leading to burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary vicarious trauma. Added stress from the global polycrisis (social, political, racial, financial, environmental, etc.) can result in feeling overwhelmed, isolated, and hopeless. And yet, we must show up to provide care for so many who are suffering. If this resonates with you, know that you are not alone. Each summer, we find solace in a community of colleagues, in nature, bearing witness and tending to the pain for healing. This is the mindful way. We hope you come to ONE, a sanctuary created specifically for those of us providing care to others, for a gentle landing and a warm welcome. We got your back… we’re here for you.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
In this workshop, you will

Explore experientially a variety of ways to practice simple self-care
Learn about ethical implications for practicing self-care
Understand research correlating clinician health and well-being to treatment outcomes for clients
Assess your current overall health and well-being
Assess your professional quality of life
Identify lifestyle choices that are supportive or undermine health and well-being
Develop a realistic action plan for improved health and well-being

What attendees of this workshop are saying:
“The beautiful time in nature and SLOWING DOWN! Thank you for curating a safe and nourishing environment to just BE.”
“Where to start! I enjoyed the land! The atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. The experiential approach. The connection to ethics. The opportunities to connect with ourselves and peers. The worksheets for reflection and self-assessment. I loved everything!”
“The beautiful and nurturing environment allowed everyone to feel safe and be vulnerable. I admire the bravery and ability of the other attendees to open up and share their experiences, struggles, and challenges. It helps us all feel less alone.”
“This workshop – and the ONE Center – is truly a gift that every mental health professional should give themselves! Hands down, this is the best continuing education workshop I’ve ever attended.”
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Death Planning and Acceptance: Breaking Down Stigma and Fear with Clients
2026-09-11 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, and Cultural Competence CEs!
Death Planning and Acceptance: Breaking Down Stigma and Fear with Clients
Presented by: Kylani St. Clair, LMHC, CCTP, RYT
When: Friday, September 11, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 6 CEs -2 count as Law & Ethics and 2 count as Health Equity or Cultural Competence | $190.00
Continuing Education Workshop Description:
When a client says “The thought of my family dying keeps me up at night,” or “I’m terrified of death,” a clinician tends to have their own moment of fear or hesitation. Sometimes we don’t know how to respond, what we’re “allowed” to say, what we can offer without activating our own countertransference, or we’re afraid to broach the cultural/religious beliefs. As a society, we used to be more comfortable with death, literally and figuratively. Not long ago, we were planning for the inevitable much earlier in life. We even displayed the deceased in our living rooms for mourners to visit- sometimes for a week or more! The U.S. has especially stigmatized death and it’s palpable in our sessions. That existential dread and anxiety that sometimes leads to panic attacks and depressive episodes often has death at the core.
Further, grief and loss are often compounded when we don’t know what the deceased person wanted, how to pay for after-death services, and contacting the people who need to be informed. For example, do you know if your partner wants to be cremated or buried? Is it important to you to be buried in another state? If so, do you know what the protocols are for being transported across state lines? Do you have enough money to pay for what the service the deceased wanted? If we don’t have these conversations in our personal lives, how can we hold space for them with our clients?
In this continuing education workshop, we will break down some of the barriers to discussing death. We will learn about the process of dying, identify laws and regulations to navigate options, and de-stigmatize death. We’ll navigate the how, what, when, and why of these conversation in session and how to continue the conversations at home. Throughout this process, you will ease your own countertransference about death, making death planning and acceptance with clients more meaningful.
Continuing Education Workshop Objectives:

Reduce existential dread and anxiety regarding death.
Reduce levels of depression seated in despair about death.
Navigate clinical history at a multicultural level, providing both clients and clinicians with options for how to handle their own death, burial, funeral, etc.
Share artifacts and resources for various death professionals.
Apply cultural, religious, and familial traditions.
Identify differences between tradition types. Explore learner’s experiences. Identify any countertransference and how to hold space for it during session. Practice self-disclosure.
Revisit Kubler-Ross’ stages of grief and introduce David Kessler’s Needs of the Dying affirmations.
Discuss pre-grieving, second-grieving, disenfranchised grief, and normalize the process of grief.
Improve client advocacy via communication and understanding rights.
Practice communication around goals, desires, needs for end-of-life care, including, but not limited to, funeral and burial details.
Model the practice self-advocacy via the “Caregiver’s Bill of Rights,” including gaining a thorough understanding of laws and regulations around death and dying.
Navigate grief and loss

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Culturally Competent Work with Queer, Non-Binary, and Trans Clients 🆕
2026-09-14 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs!
Culturally Competent Work with Queer, Non-Binary, and Trans Clients
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, September 14, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs Meets Criteria for Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
This continuing education workshop is designed to deepen your clinical competence, cultural humility, and ethical responsiveness when working with LGBTQIA+ populations. Together, we will explore gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, minority stress, systemic oppression, and intersectionality, while challenging ourselves to examine implicit bias and cisnormative assumptions within clinical practice.
You will gain practical tools for creating affirming therapeutic environments, navigating clinical documentation and assessment in gender-inclusive ways, addressing trauma and resilience within queer and trans communities, and practicing ethically grounded, evidence-informed care that honors client self-determination and lived experience.
Workshop Objectives:

Identify and describe key concepts related to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, minority stress, and intersectionality, and explain their clinical relevance in psychotherapy practice.
Analyze how systemic oppression, cisnormativity, and heteronormativity impact mental health outcomes for queer, non-binary, and trans clients, and apply culturally responsive interventions to mitigate harm.
Demonstrate practical strategies for creating affirming clinical environments, including inclusive language, documentation practices, assessment considerations, and trauma-informed approaches that support client autonomy and resilience.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): Tapping for Clinicians
2026-09-14 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Law & Ethics CEs!
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): Tapping for Clinicians
Presented by: Shelley White, MA, LMHC
When: Monday, September 14th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 Law & Ethics CEs | Cost: $99.00
Emotion Freedom Techniques (EFT) – also known as EFT Tapping –has become a widely accepted, effective, evidence-based strategy to reduce emotional distress and increase physical well-being. Many prominent therapists and psychologists, including trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, use a form of tapping with their clients, and now you can too.
EFT Tapping is a technique based on the same science as acupuncture. Since its inception in the late 1980s, more than 200 research studies supporting its effectiveness have been published. Studies show that Tapping can reduce activity in the amygdala, up-regulate immune genes, down-regulate inflammation genes, increase endorphin release, and decrease cortisol levels in a very short period of time. Tapping has demonstrated its effectiveness in a variety of ways. It has been shown to increase test scores, manage phobias, and reduce pain. Tapping helps with trauma symptoms by safely releasing emotional numbing, calming fears of vulnerability and connection, reducing the need to be perfect, and quieting shame. This workshop provides you with the introductory skills you need to start using basic tapping techniques immediately.
In addition to learning how to help clients with this evidence-based intervention, attendees will also learn how to include Tapping as a technique in their own self-care toolkit. Listening to our clients’ fears, stress, anxiety, and pain can affect our ability to stay calm, centered, and peaceful in our own lives. Our self-care is crucial to our ability to offer quality care to our clients, which is why it is an ethical mandate in the mental health professions. Tapping can help you stay focused and present for your clients and help you to release any intense energy you may be holding after a therapeutic session.
Through observation, lecture, and practice, workshop attendees will learn the history of tapping and understand the psychology and science behind its success. Attendees will learn and practice the basic Tapping protocol, so you will be able to use EFT with your clients—and in your own self-care– immediately. Come earn 3 law & ethics CEs by learning this effective self-regulatory tool—for you AND your clients!
Workshop Objectives:
After attending this workshop, attendees will:

Understand the history and origins of EFT Tapping and know that it works by using the same acupressure points and meridians that are used in acupuncture. Understand EFT/Tapping offers an effective, evidence-based intervention and can easily be introduced into a clinician’s ongoing self-care practice. (NASW, 2021; ACA, 2014; APA, 2019)
Comprehend that self-care adds to their clinical competency and adheres to the ethical mandate to include self-care in their daily lives to avoid impairment in functioning (NASW, 2021; ACA, 2014; APA, 2019).
Learn how to introduce Tapping into the therapeutic setting, communicating with clients about the purpose and use of EFT/Tapping in ways that are both developmentally and culturally appropriate, aligning with the ethical imperative of informed consent. (NASW, 2021, 1.03, 1/05; ACA, 1.03, 2014.)
Understand that EFT Tapping is an evidence-based intervention and be able to discuss positive outcomes from using tapping to increase calm and reduce anxiety, to improve concentration, and decrease high blood pressure. EFT Tapping can be used for both sensory/physical and emotional self-regulation.
Obtain continuing education in EFT/Tapping and gain experience in using EFT/Tapping by practicing in triads and following the various protocols for using EFT/Tapping. (APA, 2019; AMHCA, 2020; ACA, 2014; NASW, 1.03, 2021).
Learn that EFT/Tapping ensures the ethical principles of client autonomy and client self-determination by offering an easy-to-use, effective, ethical, and evidence-based technique clients can learn and use on their own to manage physical and/or emotional symptoms (AAMFT, 1.1.8, 2015; NASW, 1.02, 1.03, 2021; ACA, 2014, 1.; APA, 2019).
Demonstrate their ethical compliance with the ethical and legal standards that mental health practitioners work toward competency when introducing a new treatment or clinical skill. (ACA, 2014; NASW, 2019; AAMFT, 1.1.2, 2015).
Understand how to explain EFT/Tapping in clear and understandable language to their clients, demonstrating their adherence to ethical standards when introducing a new clinical tool or technique. (ACA, 2014, A. 2.d).

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Being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World
2026-09-17 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Cultural Competence, or Health Equity CEs!
Being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Thursday, September 17th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | Cost: $199.00
Have you noticed that more and more of your clients have begun to suspect that they are neurodivergent? During the past year-and-a-half of the Covid pandemic, many folks have had time to reflect and learn about themselves and others. That time of learning and increased self-reflection has led to what seems like an explosion of self-diagnosed Autistic and ADHD clients. It seems hard to believe that there are suddenly so many more people who are identifying as being neurodivergent. You may have asked yourself, “What is going on?”
The difference is the shift to using the ethical approach of “centering lived experience” in identifying neurodiversity. Using this term and approach as applied to neurodiversity, this presenter explains the rise in neurodivergent diagnoses, especially among those who have initially those self-identified. The presenter suggests that we have only recently begun to LISTEN to voices of those have had “lived experiences” after being diagnosed in the current mental health field, including countless reports of feeling increased emotional distress and of experiences of marginalization due to being labeled– and subsequently stigmatized– as neurodivergent.
B Lourenco will provide attendees with a “centering lived experience” model of assessing and supporting clients who suspect that they have been living as a neurodivergent person in a neurotypical world. This presenter will support your learning how to incorporate a “centering lived experience” model in your own mental health practices. With this new paradigm, mental health practitioners and educators can shift their focus away from a deficits-based approach to identifying the strengths and adaptive characteristics of those who are neurodivergent, especially those identified as autistic or ADHD.
This workshop will demonstrate how the current model for identifying neurodivergence—particularly those with Autism and ADHD–is considered both outdated and ableist by experts who choose to use the “centering lived experience” approach to assessing clients. This course will outline the ways that the current model harms neurodivergent people, in addition to offering workshop attendees a more client-empowering, more affirming way to identify and interact with this unique population of people.
Utilizing the Neurodiversity paradigm, you’ll leave this workshop with a much better, more strengths-based understanding of Autism and ADHD, as well as gaining effective tools for interacting with and supporting these clients (of which you have, even if you or the client doesn’t know it yet)!
Objectives:

understand the umbrella of neurodivergence, including innate and acquired neurodivergence
have a clearer understanding of Autism and ADHD—as viewed through an ethical, neurodiversity-affirming lens
identify limits of the medical model of neurodivergence
understand ways in which the current medical model is unethical and harmful to neurodivergent people–by its focus on perceived deficits through a neurotypical lens
apply a strengths and differences approach in identifying autism and ADHD
understand and consider using the “centered life experience” model of identifying and supporting neurodivergent clients and populations
gain new skills to better assist Autistic and ADHD clients
possess a clearer understanding of the ethical need to approach clients with an anti-oppression lens in mental health care agencies and private practices
feel empowered to challenge current systems of harm by supporting clients in their preferred methods of processing sensory input and communicating with others in a neurotypical world

After attending this workshop, attendees will be able to:

Discuss the ethical violations that come from employing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) as an intervention with neurodivergent clients/students.
Become familiar with the metaphor of Applied Behavioral Analysis as being the why the “conversion therapy” of the neurodivergent community and the ethical ramifications of continuing to use it in schools and clinics.
Understand that the practice of ABA is based upon a “foundation of compliance, coercion, and behaviorism.”
Identify that current “evidence-based practices” may not be effective with the neurodivergent client.
Comprehend the ethical mandate under cultural competence standards to respect and validate the culture and norms of the neurodivergent population.
Respect the neurodivergent client as a person worthy of respect and individual civil rights legally protected from discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Understand the ethical mandate to assess clients with a culturally competent assessment tool and grasp the ethical violation of using current inadequate or inappropriate assessment tools with neurodivergent clients.
Discuss the widespread misdiagnoses of neurodivergent clients/patients when practitioners use a neurotypical standard of behaviors and development to diagnose a neurodivergent client.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! The GLP-1 Frontier: Balancing Metabolic Health, Muscle Mass, and Mental Wellness 🆕
2026-09-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs!
The GLP-1 Frontier: Balancing Metabolic Health, Muscle Mass, and Mental Wellness
Presented by: Dr. Kristen Allott
When: Friday, September 18, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs – 2 are Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
Continuing Education Workshop Description:
GLP-1 agonists are transforming the landscape of weight management, but their impact on mental health and addictions and long-term physiological resilience is complex. While these “wonder drugs” offer significant benefits for some, they can be neutral or even detrimental to others. This seminar provides mental health professionals with a deep dive into the clinical literature, contrasting pharmaceutical data with real-world outcome studies.
We will specifically examine the critical role of muscle mass in sustaining both metabolic and mental health, and how to identify when these medications may be supporting or compromising a client’s well-being. Participants will leave with a framework for navigating client conversations, setting realistic expectations, and “tipping the scales” toward safety and efficacy.

Hour 1: The Physiology of Weight Loss: Understanding the intersection of mental health and muscle mass.
Hour 2: Data vs. Reality: Analyzing pharmaceutical research against real-world outcome studies in mental health and addiction.
Hour 3: Clinical Application: Strategies for client goal-setting, expectation management, and monitoring outcomes.

Continuing Education Workshop Objectives:
Attendees of the continuing education workshop will:

Apply ethical standards and include informed consent when introducing holistic concepts and discussing somatic tools with clients.
Provide client care within ethical scope of practice for mental health practitioners.
Maintain awareness of possible implicit bias on the part of the clinician when discussing effectiveness and possible outcomes of GLP-1 medications, especially when prescribed for weight management alone.
Comprehend implicit and explicit biases experienced by clients in larger bodies, both in our society as a whole and our healthcare system in particular.
Understand the psychological and medical reasons for the use of GLP-1 medications for weight management.
Understand the current landscape of GLP-1 medications and mental health and addiction, including company claims and FDA research.
Understand the whole-life strategies (nutrition, movement, self-care) necessary for successful GLP-1 utilization.
Develop skills to support clients in setting realistic, sustainable goals while navigating the use of GLP-1s.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Introduction to Polyvagal Theory: Practical Strategies for Honoring the Body’s Wisdom🆕
2026-09-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics CE!
Introduction to Polyvagal Theory: Practical Strategies for Honoring the Body’s Wisdom
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Thursday, September 24th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs – 1 meets Law & Ethics CE requirements | $90.00
Continuing Education Workshop Description:
Polyvagal Theory provides a framework for understanding how the nervous system influences emotion, behavior, and relational connection.
This continuing education workshop introduces psychotherapists to the core concepts of Polyvagal Theory, including the roles of the ventral vagal, sympathetic, and dorsal vagal states in shaping clients’ experiences of safety, stress, and connection. Participants will explore how nervous system regulation impacts emotional and relational patterns in therapy.
Attendees will learn strategies for noticing physiological cues, supporting regulation, and applying polyvagal-informed interventions in clinical practice. Therapists will leave with tools to help clients attune to their bodies, enhance emotional regulation, and strengthen their capacity for safety, connection, and resilience.
Continuing Education Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the core principles of Polyvagal Theory and how nervous system states influence emotion and behavior.
Learn strategies for recognizing physiological cues and supporting clients’ nervous system regulation in therapy.
Identify ethical ways to integrate polyvagal-informed interventions into clinical practice to enhance safety, connection, and resilience.

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🆕 SOLD OUT! Please register for upcoming sessions | Tarot Certificate Program: The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy 🆕
2026-09-25 09:00 - 2026-09-27 16:30 | Zoom
This certificate program is now sold out.
Please register for an upcoming session in 2027:

3-Day Series: January 22nd – January 24th, 2027: MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE >>>

6-Week Series: March 12th – April 23rd, 2027: MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE >>>

3-Day Series: October 8th, 15th, and 22nd, 2027: MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE >>>

Law & Ethics, Health Equity, Cultural Competence, and Professional Roles & Boundaries CEs!
Tarot Certificate Program: The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Friday, September 25th – Sunday, September 27th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time each of the three days
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 18 CEs, 6 of which are Law and Ethics CEs, 2 of which are Health Equity CEs, 2 of which are Cultural Competence CEs, and 2 of which are Professional Relationships CEs | $529.00 (price includes PDF copies of Dreya’s three-volume book The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy (a $40.00 value)
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All 2026 Sessions Scheduled (so far…more to come!)

SOLD OUT! Friday, January 23rd – Sunday, January 25th, 2026 – 3-Day Series | Live via Zoom: MORE INFO & TO REGISTER>>>
SOLD OUT! Friday, March 6th – Friday, April 17th, 2026 – 6-Week Series | Live via Zoom: MORE INFO & TO REGISTER>>>
Friday, September 25th – Sunday, September 27th, 2026 – 3-Day Series | Live via Zoom: MORE INFO & TO REGISTER>>>

This innovative 18-hour continuing education program invites psychotherapists into a rich and rigorous exploration of tarot as a clinical tool—one that bridges history, psychology, metaphor, and meaning-making. You will discover how tarot card imagery functions as a dynamic visual and symbolic language, uniquely suited to therapeutic conversations. From its historical roots and cultural controversies to its contemporary relevance in the therapy room, this course provides a comprehensive introduction to the clinical applications of tarot.
Tarot is a particularly powerful tool in psychotherapy because it engages both intuition and structured exploration. Its archetypal and narrative richness make tarot an ideal companion for therapists working at the intersection of the unconscious and creative expression. Tarot cards can externalize internal experiences, evoke epiphany, and stimulate insight, allowing clients to access feelings and ideas that may be difficult to articulate in more traditional ways. Whether used for parts work or accessing suppressed emotions, tarot meets clients where they are, supporting both depth and flexibility in the therapeutic process.
In becoming a “tarot-friendly therapist,” you will discover that incorporating tarot into your practice opens up a creative and intuitive space for clients that is rich with possibility. Tarot allows clients to externalize internal experiences, access inner wisdom, and engage in symbolic storytelling that can be both playful and profound. Whether used as a metaphor, visual prompt, or reflective tool, tarot can make therapy feel more accessible, empowering, and emotionally resonant, especially for those who struggle to articulate feelings through words alone. Clients who already have a relationship with tarot (or are simply curious about the cards) will be thrilled to learn that this powerful tool can be integrated into their treatment.
Throughout the course, we will explore the projective potential of tarot through the lenses of Jungian psychology, narrative therapy, psychodrama, and Gestalt practices such as chairwork. We will also examine tarot’s compatibility with modalities such as EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Poetry Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, broadening your understanding of how to integrate tarot into diverse treatment approaches.
With an emphasis on ethical, inclusive practice, you will learn how to introduce tarot imagery to clients in ways that honor spiritual and religious diversity while respecting professional boundaries. The course includes guidance on spiritual competency, clinical documentation, and ethical considerations. This highly experiential training offers ample opportunities to practice, reflect on, and personalize the material. Whether you are an experienced clinician seeking new depth or a newer therapist curious about symbolic tools, this program offers both theoretical grounding and hands-on application: The goal is for you to leave feeling comfortable and confident integrating tarot into your therapy practice. By the end, you will have an expanded toolkit and a new lens through which to view healing, insight, and transformation.
Note: No prior experience with tarot is required.
This course is based on Dreya Blume’s book, The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy (2025) (Amazon link)
Exciting News! The tuition for this 18-hour first-of-its-kind certificate program includes your own PDF copy of Dreya Blume’s three-volume book.
Workshop Objectives

Identify various ways in which visual imagery can be used to address mental health issues
Utilize tarot card imagery for creative expression
Analyze the archetypal uses of tarot card imagery
Apply tarot card imagery to inner critic work
Assess which tarot card activities to use depending on client population and issue
Create therapeutic applications of tarot card imagery
Identify how to use tarot card imagery for intuitive work with the subconscious
Utilize tarot card imagery for emotional externalization purposes
Describe how to use tarot card imagery for facilitating emotional expression
Apply tarot card imagery to narrative therapy techniques
Describe how tarot card imagery relates to dialogue work as found in Gestalt Therapy
Demonstrate how tarot card imagery relates to parts work
Develop tarot activities that can be used in core values generation
Explain how tarot card imagery can be ethically introduced to clients
Prepare tarot-based activities for clients that are ethically grounded
Explain the ethics behind processing tarot-based activities with clients
Demonstrate how to create and maintain healthy boundaries between client and counselor in terms of integrating tarot card imagery into session
Identify ways to ensure well-defined roles in the professional relationship
Demonstrate cultural competence in terms of identifying the cultural background of tarot
Demonstrate cultural competence in terms of exploring and then integrating clients’ personal relationship with tarot into counseling

Workshop Breakdown by Day
Day One

The History of Tarot
The Clinical Benefits of Using Tarot Cards
The “Evidence-Based” Bugaboo
Spiritual/Religious Competency in Therapy
Tarot, Creativity and Therapy
Tarot Is/As Metaphor
Beyond Metaphor: Pataphor
Projective Tools in Psychotherapy
Carl Jung: Therapeutic Tarot’s Forefather
Shadow Work
The Hero’s Journey

Day Two

Tarot And/As Visual Imagery in Art Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Psychodrama
EMDR, Visual Imagery and Metaphoric Cards
Inner Critic Work
Introjections
Parts Work
Chairwork
Solution-Focused Therapy

Day Three

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Poetry Therapy
Asemic Writing for Healing
Introducing Tarot Cards to a Client
Clinical Documentation
Tarot and Professional Ethics
Marketing oneself as a “tarot-friendly therapist”

***Payment Options:
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