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SUMMARY:Spirit and Psyche: Integrating Spirituality in Mental Health Counseling
DESCRIPTION:Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!\nSpirit and Psyche: Integrating Spirituality in Mental Health Counseling\nPresented by: Dreya Blume\, LCSW\nWhen: Friday\, October 2nd\, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time\nWhere: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.\nContinuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 6 CEs – Meets Criteria for 2 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $190.00\nContinuing Education Workshop Description:\nIn recent years\, mental health professionals have recognized the importance of addressing clients’ religious and spiritual beliefs as integral components of mental health care. This continuing education workshop is designed to equip clinicians with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively integrate religion and spirituality into their therapeutic practice. \nIn this workshop\, we will explore the vital role that spirituality and religion can play in clinical work\, in that it can offer clients a deeper sense of meaning\, purpose\, and connection. We will examine the theoretical frameworks and evidence-based practices that support the integration of spirituality and religion in therapy. \nYou will learn how spiritual beliefs influence clients’ worldviews\, coping mechanisms\, and emotional well-being. You will also become familiar with techniques for assessing clients’ spiritual and religious beliefs\, learning how to incorporate these elements into the therapeutic process. The training will also cover how to create a safe and inclusive environment for discussing spiritual and religious issues. \nWe will also explore the ethical guidelines and cultural competencies necessary for integrating spirituality and religion into counseling. As clinicians\, the goal is to recognize the importance of respecting clients’ beliefs and knowing how to maintain professional boundaries. \nThis training will introduce a wide range of practical therapeutic approaches and interventions that draw upon spiritual and religious resources\, such as mindfulness\, meditation\, prayer\, and ritual. You will learn how to adapt these techniques to suit individual client needs and preferences. \nBy the end of this workshop\, you will have a comprehensive understanding of how to incorporate spirituality and religion into your counseling practice\, which will deepen your ability to support clients on their journey of healing and well-being. My goal is for you to leave with the confidence to engage in meaningful conversations about spirituality and religion with clients\, something that can only enrich the therapeutic experience of both client and clinician. \nThis will be an experiential workshop\, with journaling and small group discussion. Please be sure to have a notebook on hand. \nContinuing Education Workshop Objectives:\n\nIdentify the differences between spirituality and religion\nDefine the role and importance of spirituality in mental health\nIdentify the various ways in which a clinician can assess in their intake paperwork for the religious/spiritual background and current relationship to religion/spirituality that a client may have\nGain competency in introducing religious and spiritually based themes to clients\nIdentify the connections between a client’s religious/spiritual perspective\, their worldview\, and their mental health\nDiscuss the influence of a client’s religious/spiritual beliefs on the counseling process\nUnderstand how to employ a client’s religious/spiritual belief system during the collaboration of a treatment plan\nAssist clients in accessing religious and spiritual resources\n\nREGISTER HERE\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://cascadia-training.com/course/spirit-and-psyche-integrating-spirituality-in-mental-health-counseling-october-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cultural Competence,Health Equity
ORGANIZER;CN="Dreya Blume%2C LCSW (she/her)":MAILTO:dreyablume@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:🆕 BRAND-NEW! Tarot and the Erotic 🆕
DESCRIPTION:Brand-New!\nMeets Law & Ethics\, Health Equity\, or Cultural Competence Continuing Education Requirements!\nTarot and the Erotic\nPresented by Rebecca Bloom\, LMHC (she/her)\nWhen: Friday\, October 9th\, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time\nWhere: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.\nContinuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 6 CEs (meets criteria for 2 Law & Ethics and 2 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs) | Cost: $199.00\nContinuing Education Workshop Description:\nLove and relationships are among the most common topics clients bring to therapy. Tarot offers a creative\, accessible framework for exploring intimacy\, self-awareness\, desire\, and relationship patterns while helping clients reconnect with their intuition and inner wisdom. \nThis continuing education workshop introduces clinicians to the ethical use of Tarot as a therapeutic tool. Participants will learn how Tarot can support clients in exploring emotions\, boundaries\, self-worth\, and relational dynamics\, particularly when discussing vulnerability\, sexuality\, shame\, or uncertainty feels difficult. \nThrough guided meditations\, experiential exercises\, and discussion\, participants will examine how Tarot imagery and symbolism can facilitate deeper emotional insight and self-reflection. Attendees will also create their own Tarot cards as metaphors for understanding intimacy\, identity\, and relationships\, while exploring the erotic and relational themes embedded within traditional Tarot archetypes. \nThe workshop will explore Tarot’s connection to Jungian archetypes\, its history\, from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck to contemporary variations\, and its application as a tool to help clients externalize and work through complex emotional experiences. Participants will leave with practical strategies for incorporating Tarot into clinical work to support self-exploration\, healing\, and empowered decision-making. \nContinuing Education Workshop Objectives:\n\nDescribe how symbolic and archetypal imagery can be used to explore sexuality and intimacy.\nUnderstand how to ethically introduce Tarot card imagery into the therapeutic session.\nIdentify ethical\, cultural\, and spiritual considerations in using tarot with diverse clients and communities.\nAssess symbolic and clinical uses of imagery in therapy.\nApply at least two creative or metaphor-based interventions that facilitate exploration of sexual identity\, desire\, or intimacy concerns using art-making or tarot imagery.\nDemonstrate self-reflective and relational awareness in integrating creative or intuitive methods into professional work.\nExplore art-making as a creative\, effective means of self-care.\n\nREGISTER HERE\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://cascadia-training.com/course/tarot-erotic-october-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cultural Competence,Ethics,Health Equity
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Bloom%2C LMHC (she/her)":MAILTO:rebecca.bloom.seattle@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101
DESCRIPTION:Law & Ethics\, Health Equity\, or Cultural Competence CEs!\nKinky Sex Ed and Poly 101: A One-Day\, Two-Session Workshop\nPresented by: B Lourenco\, MA\, LMHC (she/her)\nWhen: Friday\, October 16th\, 2026| 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Pacific Time\nWhere: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.\nContinuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics\, Health Equity\, or Cultural Competence CEs | Cost: $199.00 \nMorning Session: Kinky Sex Ed for Clinicians (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, Pacific) \nIn graduate school\, many programs offered a very limited education on human sexual development. The topics covered were largely typical\, normative experiences. This type of education leaves out so many other ways of being and leaves large gaps in our education about alternative ways of engaging with sex and relationships.  Both sessions of this one-day workshop–Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101–are intended to help fill the gaps in clinical education and understanding. The goal is that the clinicians who attend will be more fully informed\, more inclusive in their approach\, and better able to support clients with “non-normative” sexual identities and experiences.  Kink refers to any sexual interest or behavior that is outside what is considered normative. Research indicates that many people have explored kinks at some point in their lives\, with many people having a kink as a core component of their sexual experiences. This course will identify common kink terms\, concepts\, and identities so that the clinicians who attend can better support kinky-identified clients. \nObjectives:\n\nLearn how kink is defined and connected to social constructs of normativity\nHave a basic understanding of common kink identities\nLearn basic kink terms and cultural norms\nKnow the differences between and among kinks\, fetishes\, and BDSM\nExplore how kinks develop and change over time and sexual development\nDefine healthy and ethical kink\nIdentify ethical concerns in kink culture\n\nAfternoon Session: Poly 101 for Clinicians (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM)\nIn graduate school\, many programs offered a very limited education on human sexual development\, and the topics covered were largely typical\, normative experiences. This type of education leaves out so many other ways of being and leaves large gaps in our education about alternative ways of engaging with sex and relationships. Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101 are both intended to help fill the gaps in clinical education and understanding so that clinicians can be more informed and able to support clients with “non-normative” sexual identities and experiences. The socialization that prioritizes monogamy starts very early in Western culture\, with messages about faithfulness\, loyalty\, jealousy\, and love all being inexplicably intertwined. The reality is that–for many people–monogamy simply doesn’t work well for them. This course will explore key terms and concepts of Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM) and how to offer support to our clients in the clinical setting. \nObjectives: \n\nLearn monogamous and non-monogamous relationship types\nExplore basic terms and concepts of ethical non-monogamy (ENM)\nIdentify the role of monogamy culture on all relationship types\nDefine the differences between envy\, jealousy\, and trauma responses when navigating ENM\nUnderstand common ethical concerns in ENM\nIdentify the benefits associated with non-monogamous relationship dynamics\n\nREGISTER HERE\n  \n 
URL:https://cascadia-training.com/course/kinky-sex-ed-and-poly-101-october-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cultural Competence,Ethics,Health Equity,Neurodiversity
ORGANIZER;CN="B Lourenco%2C MA%2C LMHC (she/her)":MAILTO:blourencotherapy@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Self-Care Practices for Neurodivergent Clients 🆕
DESCRIPTION:Brand-New!\nHealth Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!\nLunch & Learn: Self-Care Practices for Neurodivergent Clients\nPresented by: Dreya Blume\, LCSW\nWhen: Monday\, October 19th\, 2026 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time\nWhere: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.\nContinuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 1.5 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs  | $25.00\nContinuing Education Workshop Description:\nNeurodivergent clients often experience unique stressors\, sensory sensitivities\, and societal pressures that can make standard self-care recommendations less effective or even overwhelming. \nThis brief but information-packed continuing education workshop introduces psychotherapists to tailored approaches for supporting self-care in neurodivergent populations. Participants will explore strategies for co-creating self-care plans that honor clients’ needs\, preferences\, and neurodiverse experiences\, while promoting well-being\, resilience\, and autonomy. \nAttendees will learn how to adapt self-care practices to be accessible\, meaningful\, and sustainable for neurodivergent clients. Therapists will leave with tools to help clients identify personalized self-care routines\, manage stress effectively\, and enhance overall quality of life. \nContinuing Education Workshop Objectives:\n\nDevelop an understanding of the unique self-care needs and challenges faced by neurodivergent clients.\nLearn strategies for co-creating accessible and meaningful self-care plans tailored to individual neurodivergent experiences.\nIdentify ways to support clients in implementing sustainable self-care practices that enhance well-being and resilience.\n\nREGISTER HERE\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://cascadia-training.com/course/self-care-practices-for-neurodivergent-clients-october-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cultural Competence,Health Equity,Lunch & Learns
ORGANIZER;CN="Dreya Blume%2C LCSW (she/her)":MAILTO:dreyablume@gmail.com
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