Cascadia Training for Professional Development

Mindfulness and ADHD: Strategies for Cultivating Focus and Self-Regulation
2025-10-09 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
HEALTH EQUITY CEs!
Mindfulness and ADHD: Strategies for Cultivating Focus and Self-Regulation
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Thursday, October 9th, 2025 | 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: 3 Health Equity CEs | $99.00
Our clients with ADHD often believe that mindfulness-based activities are NOT for them. “If I have trouble focusing on anything for more than a minute, how can you expect me to sit still and count my breaths?”
Luckily, there is much more to mindfulness than sitting still. This means that our clients with ADHD can access the incredible benefits that mindfulness practices offer. In this training workshop, you will learn mindfulness-based interventions tailored for clients with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Individuals with ADHD often struggle with impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, and difficulty sustaining attention, challenges that can significantly impact their personal and professional lives.
Mindfulness offers a powerful, evidence-based approach to enhancing awareness, focus, and self-regulation. We will explore how integrating mindfulness practices into therapy can help clients increase present-moment awareness, improve attention control, and manage emotional reactivity.
The workshop combines theoretical foundations with practical, hands-on learning, including guided mindfulness exercises. You will learn how to teach simple mindfulness techniques adapted for ADHD, such as body scanning and self-compassion practices while addressing common barriers to engagement. I will also share strategies for fostering motivation and building consistent mindfulness habits in clients. By the end of the session, you will be equipped with a flexible toolkit to support your clients in cultivating calm and clarity, empowering them to navigate their ADHD-related challenges with greater ease and resilience.
OBJECTIVES:

Explain which mindfulness practices are suitable for clients with ADHD
Identify the benefits of mindfulness practice in addressing symptoms of ADHD
Understand how to address barriers to engaging in mindfulness practice

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Let's Talk About Sex
2025-10-08 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)
Where: Live via Zoom (you’ll receive the link the week of the workshop)
When: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 (was Friday, September 19th – now Wednesday, October 8th) | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
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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🆕 BRAND-NEW! After Hours with Cascadia: Chronic Pain: Psychological and Somatic Strategies for Relief 🆕
2025-10-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
🆕 Brand-New “After Hours with Cascadia” Series!🆕
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Chronic Pain: Psychological and Somatic Strategies for Relief
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 2 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $75.00
Workshop Description
Chronic pain is not only physically debilitating – it also causes mental, emotional, and spiritual suffering. It is easy to become hopeless. To feel betrayed by one’s own body. To feel overwhelming grief and anger. Moreover, when the root of chronic pain is a mystery, that sense of confusion and helplessness can be overwhelming.
Thankfully, there is hope. In this interactive and experiential training, we will explore non-pharmaceutical ways to address chronic pain. You will learn practical, evidence-based tools and strategies that you can share with clients.
We’ll examine how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach pain management. Dreya will introduce you to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT, also known as tapping). This research-based somatic modality is extremely effective in mitigating the emotional distress associated with chronic pain.
We will also discuss how clients can use mindfulness techniques to change their relationship with their physical distress. In addition, we will explore the pain management benefits of yoga, hypnosis, guided imagery, somatic tracking, and more.
Clients with chronic pain can feel powerless about their situation. What you learn in this training will empower your clients, as they discover that chronic pain doesn’t have to be a life sentence.
Workshop Objectives

Identify the emotional, mental, and spiritual impacts of living with chronic pain
Understand at least five non-pharmaceutical ways to manage chronic pain
Practice somatic modalities such as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Mindfulness tools

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: An Introduction to Parts Work in Therapy 🆕
2025-10-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
🆕Brand-New Lunch & Learn Series!🆕
An Introduction to Parts Work in Therapy
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, October 6th, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where:Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 1.5 CEs | $35.00
What if the key to healing wasn’t eliminating distressing thoughts and emotions, but learning to listen to the different parts of ourselves with curiosity and compassion? Parts work, rooted in approaches like Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Ego State Therapy, helps clients understand their inner conflicts, heal wounded parts, and cultivate greater self-integration. This introductory training will provide you with a foundational understanding of parts work, exploring its theoretical roots, ethical considerations, and practical applications in therapy. Through experiential exercises, case discussions, and guided practice, you will gain hands-on skills to help clients access and work with their internal parts in a safe and empowering way.
OBJECTIVES:

Develop an understanding of the foundational concepts behind parts work, including Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Ego State Therapy.
Learn ethical considerations and best practices for safely introducing parts work into therapy.
Identify common client presentations where parts work can be particularly beneficial, such as trauma, self-criticism, and internal conflicts.
Practice guiding clients through parts-based interventions to foster self-awareness, internal harmony, and emotional healing.

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If It’s Not in the Record, It Didn’t Happen – Or Did It? Law and Ethics of Effective Documentation and Record Keeping for Mental Health Professionals
2025-10-03 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
If It’s Not in the Record, It Didn’t Happen – Or Did It? Law and Ethics of Effective Documentation and Record Keeping for Mental Health Professionals
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
When: Friday, October 3rd, 2025 | 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 and Ethics | Cost: $199.00
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Effective record-keeping is vital to effective clinical work and is a key part of sound professional practice. In this workshop, we will examine Washington State and Federal legal standards regarding clinical documentation. We will also discuss documentation best-practices to support effective clinical work while minimizing the risk of liability. Participants will gain an increased understanding of the current standards regarding clinical documentation. This course is intended to meet ethics continuing education requirements
This continuing education workshop will be focused on understanding the sources of law and ethics standards and applying those standards to a range of real-world and hypothetical scenarios.
Through this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to discover the guidance provided by state law, federal law, and a range of applicable ethical codes. In addition to the provided case studies and scenarios, participants are encouraged to share their own experiences, questions, and thoughts.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

Locate and describe ethical standards relating to clinical documentation
Locate and describe Federal and Washington State legal standards relating to clinical documentation
Create and evaluate strategies to use clinical documentation to best support effective work with clients
Evaluate sufficiency and effectiveness of current documentation strategies.
Apply best practice standards to clinical documentation of work with a range of diverse client populations.

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Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature
2025-10-03 09:00 - 16:30 | ONE-Olympia, 7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
The Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, October 3rd, 2025 | 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 Options: If you are coming to the area from out of town, several lodging options at reduced rates for Cascadia attendees are available, including staying at the ONE Center. For all lodging accommodation options, please visit the ONE Center website here and email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law and Ethics CEs | $199.00
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This is a nature based workshop in the gardens, forest and by the water, walking slowly (less than 1 mile total) on uneven ground at times, rain or shine.
It is finally here, the opportunity to take time to practice what we preach so often to clients, “Take good care of yourself.” Let us do it together at the beautiful ONE Center on the South Salish Sea just outside Olympia, WA, ONE is an incredibly special place designed just for healthcare providers like you! This day of learning supports OUR health and well-being. Finally, we have full permission to tend to our own health and well-being WHILE earning ethics credits.
This workshop is retreat-style, nature-based, and experiential. We’ll be walking slowly, short distances, and pausing all along the way because we’ve created this workshop for you to experience simple self-care practices to use anywhere and anytime. Some colleagues have come multiple times because this learning feels good, body, mind, and soul, AND because when we’re grounded, we can teach our clients to feel more connected to themselves, each other, nature, and the beyond human world too.
Providing mental health care in the past several years has required more from us than ever before. In addition to significant work-related changes, the added stress from so many daily challenges in our personal lives has been exhausting. Now providing telehealth, it’s common for colleagues to feel isolated and disconnected from others. If you have been running on empty for a while, pushing on to keep meeting the needs of others even though you know you need to pause and rest, you are not alone. Come to ONE for a soft, gentle landing and warm welcome. The ONE Center is a refuge, a sanctuary created specifically for those of us providing care to others. We’re building this community of care by reimagining mental health care, starting with caring for professional care providers. We got your back…we’re here for you.
Quite recently, the National Association of Social Workers updated the NASW Code of Ethics reflecting an ethical imperative to practice self-care. Now, all codes of ethics formally recognize clinician self-care as essential to providing quality care to others. The codes provide mandates to tend to one’s well-being and permit us to do just that through professional development. The Codes of Ethics are in alignment with current research findings indicating the therapist’s psychological health and well-being directly relate to treatment outcomes for clients. Yes, how we show up in the room with clients does indeed matter. Therefore, finding ways to practice caring for oneself is not only a personal responsibility and a gift to oneself, but also an ethical obligation for mental health clinicians. We explore this and so much more during our time together at ONE.
We start the day experiencing Nature Therapy through practices like Sit Spotting, What’s in Motion, and Pleasures of Presence. These practices are influenced by shinrin yoku in Japan and supported by research to decrease anxiety and depression, boost the immune system, and lower blood pressure. Together we experience mindfulness through practices taught in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) including breathing techniques, mindful movement, mindful meditation (sitting and walking), and self-reflective inquiry. From the practice of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) we explore the Self-Compassion Break, Soothing Touch, and Soles of the Feet. All are simple, easy-to-use, effective, evidence-based ways to practice caring for oneself that nourishes body, mind, and soul. The importance of developing a daily self-care practice will be explored along with ways to assess your well-being both in the moment and over time.
We know that practicing self-care improves our health and well-being. As it turns out, self-care benefits not only us but all those around us – including clients, coworkers, and family and friends too. Indeed, it is an essential prerequisite to providing care for others, care that helps them heal.
We hope you come this season of care to pause, drop in, and begin tending to what you need as a human being first and the mental health professional second. Come, like so many others have done, to find solace in the company of colleagues gathering in small groups outside in nature. Come and experience the healing power of the place we call ONE, a nature-based health and wellness center on the shore of the beautiful South Salish Sea. Come, be a part of this community of care.
Objectives
• Explore experientially a variety of ways to practice simple self-care
• Learn about the ethical implications of 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 wellbeing
• Develop a realistic action plan for improved health and wellbeing
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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Ethics Through a Hollywood Lens
2025-10-02 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Ethics Through a Hollywood Lens
Presented by: Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP
When: Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Presented Live via Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link via email the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics 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.
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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Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101: A One-Day, Two-Session Workshop
2025-10-01 09:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs!
Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101: A One-Day, Two-Session Workshop
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Wednesday, October 1st, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | Cost: $199.00 NOW ONLY $140.00!
Morning Session: Kinky Sex Ed for Clinicians (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Pacific)
In 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.
Objectives:

Learn how kink is defined and connected to social constructs of normativity
Have a basic understanding of common kink identities
Learn basic kink terms and cultural norms
Know the differences between and among kinks, fetishes, and BDSM
Explore how kinks develop and change over time and sexual development
Define healthy and ethical kink
Identify ethical concerns in kink culture

Afternoon Session: Poly 101 for Clinicians (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
In 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 alternate 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.
Objectives:

Learn monogamous and non-monogamous relationship types
Explore basic terms and concepts of ethical non-monogamy (ENM)
Identify the role of monogamy culture on all relationship types
Define the differences between envy, jealousy, and trauma responses when navigating ENM
Understand common ethical concerns in ENM
Identify the benefits associated with non-monogamous relationship dynamics

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Journaling Therapy 101: Using Writing as a Therapeutic Tool for Clients🆕
2025-09-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
🆕Brand-New Lunch & Learn Series!🆕
Journaling Therapy 101: Using Writing as a Therapeutic Tool for Clients
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, September 29th, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where:Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 1.5 CEs | $35.00
Writing has the power to heal, offering clients a safe space to process emotions, reframe experiences, and gain deeper self-awareness. But how can therapists harness journaling as an effective therapeutic tool? This experiential training will introduce you to the art and science of journaling therapy, exploring evidence-based writing techniques that support emotional regulation, trauma processing, and cognitive restructuring. You will learn how to tailor journaling exercises to different client needs, navigate potential ethical considerations, and integrate writing practices into various therapeutic modalities. Through hands-on exercises, discussion, and lecture, you will leave equipped with practical journaling interventions to enhance client insight, resilience, and personal growth.
OBJECTIVES:

Develop an understanding of the psychological and neuroscientific benefits of journaling as a therapeutic tool.
Learn different journaling techniques, including expressive writing, gratitude journaling, and cognitive restructuring exercises.
Identify client concerns and presentations where journaling can be particularly beneficial, as well as potential ethical considerations.

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🆕BRAND-NEW! | The Creative Counselor: Practical Applications of Arts and Crafts in Session 🆕
2025-09-26 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
🆕BRAND-NEW!🆕
The Creative Counselor: Practical Applications of Arts and Crafts in Session
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Friday, September 26th, 2025 | 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 | $190.00
Creativity is our birthright, and yet that is something so many of our clients struggle with, often having been shamed by parents or teachers. Yet what might our sessions be like if we provided a safe space for clients to connect with the life force of their creativity? How might integrating creativity into your clinical work reinvigorate you, as the clinician? How are the visual arts perfect gateways for clients to explore their deepest intuitive wisdom? And how can your facilitation of arts and crafts with clients enable you to learn about aspects of their lives that otherwise would be unspoken?
In this interactive, experiential workshop, we will explore the therapeutic uses of various types of visual arts and crafts with different populations. So as to better understand the healing power of creativity first-hand, you’ll have the opportunity to engage in a variety of arts and crafts-making yourself. This will include mandala drawing, ritual creation, exploration of affirmation and oracle card imagery, as well as choosing from a menu of one hundred therapeutic things you can do with blank index cards and markers.
Objectives:

Understand the history of the use of arts and crafts in counseling
Discuss the therapeutic benefits of arts and crafts
Identify specific clinical applications of arts and crafts, based on a client’s treatment plan
Become familiar with various ways of introducing and utilizing arts and crafts into session
Practice several ways of engaging in creative activities that have a therapeutic purpose
Explore the connections between creativity, artwork, crafting and healing

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Meets Health Equity Requirements | Enhancing Therapeutic Competence in Religious and Spiritual Sensitivity: An Implicit Bias Training 🆕
2025-09-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
🆕BRAND-NEW!🆕
Meets New Health Equity or Cultural Competence CE Requirements!
Enhancing Therapeutic Competence in Religious and Spiritual Sensitivity: An Implicit Bias Training
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | 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: 3 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
In psychotherapy, a client’s religious and spiritual beliefs can profoundly shape their worldview, coping mechanisms, and sense of identity. However, therapists—regardless of their own faith background or secular perspective—may hold implicit biases that unconsciously influence clinical interactions. This interactive training will help psychotherapists recognize and address implicit biases related to religion and spirituality, fostering greater cultural humility and therapeutic competence. Through guided self-reflection and experiential exercises, participants will explore how implicit assumptions about faith and spirituality can affect assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
This workshop will provide practical strategies for creating an open, affirming therapeutic space that respects diverse religious and spiritual expressions. Participants will learn techniques to uncover their own biases, navigate religious differences ethically, and engage with clients’ beliefs in ways that enhance—not hinder—therapeutic outcomes. Whether working with devout clients, spiritual seekers, or those who have experienced religious trauma, therapists will leave with an expanded capacity to offer culturally responsive care that aligns with their clients’ values and healing processes.
OBJECTIVES:

Define implicit bias
Identify the impact of implicit bias on matters related to religion and spirituality
Recognize how implicit bias surrounding religion and spirituality can impact clinical work
Use strategies to become aware of their own implicit biases in order to avoid them becoming detrimental in the therapeutic relationship

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! After Hours with Cascadia: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Grief: Supporting Clients in Coping with Climate Distress 🆕
2025-09-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
🆕 Brand-New “After Hours with Cascadia” Series!🆕
Law & Ethics CEs!
Eco-Anxiety and Climate Grief: Supporting Clients in Coping with Climate Distress
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 2 Law & Ethics CEs | $75.00
As the realities of climate change grow more urgent, many clients are experiencing eco-anxiety, climate grief, and existential distress that can deeply impact their mental health. This training will provide you with a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing the emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of climate-related distress. Together, we will explore how to differentiate eco-anxiety from clinical anxiety, recognize common manifestations of climate grief, and learn therapeutic approaches that validate, contextualize, and help clients transform their distress into meaningful engagement.
This training combines theory, practical tools, and experiential exercises to build confidence in supporting clients facing climate-related emotions. Through case examples and reflective practices, you will develop strategies for helping clients move from overwhelm to agency, integrate eco-emotions into a broader healing process, and cultivate resilience, community connection, and hope even in the face of environmental uncertainty.
This training is ideal for clinicians, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other helping professionals seeking to better understand and treat clients struggling with climate-related emotional distress. No prior experience with climate-focused therapy required.
OBJECTIVES:

Identify the emotional and psychological manifestations of eco-anxiety and climate grief and their impact on client well-being.
Describe therapeutic frameworks and interventions to help clients process and manage climate-related distress.
Implement strategies that foster resilience, empowerment, and emotional regulation in clients coping with environmental concerns.

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: The Art of Building Rapport: Ethical Considerations in Constructing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Alliance🆕
2025-09-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
🆕Brand-New Lunch & Learn Series!🆕
Law & Ethics CEs!
The Art of Building Rapport: Ethical Considerations in Constructing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Alliance
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, September 22nd, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where:Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Law & Ethics CEs | $35.00
A strong therapeutic alliance is one of the most powerful predictors of positive client outcomes—but what does it take to build and sustain genuine rapport? This training explores the art and ethics of establishing trust, attunement, and collaboration in psychotherapy. We will examine the key components of a strong therapeutic alliance, including active listening, cultural humility, and the balance between authenticity and professional boundaries. Through experiential exercises, real-world case discussions, and practical strategies, you will refine your ability to create a safe, supportive, and ethical space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered in their healing journey.
OBJECTIVES:

Develop an understanding of the core elements of therapeutic rapport and their impact on client outcomes.
Learn ethical considerations in building and maintaining the therapeutic alliance, including boundaries, dual relationships, and cultural competence.
Identify common challenges that can weaken the therapeutic relationship and explore strategies for repairing ruptures.

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Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
2025-09-20 09:30 - 17:00 | Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, 98155, United States
2 Law & Ethics CEs!
Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
Presented by: Becky Robbins, MA, LMHC, CEAT, CYT, NBT
When: Saturday, September 20th, 2025 | 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live, In-Person event at Shoreline Center & At noon, 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 count as Law & Ethics CEs | $190.00
This Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park workshop offers participants the opportunity to become familiar with nature-based therapy, and 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 to 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 into 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, 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.
Understand how to incorporate several approaches from a range of ecotherapy, expressive arts, and nature-based modalities.
Learn appropriate applications of each of these approaches.
Gain an experiential understanding and demonstration of three nature-based and expressive arts concepts with specific populations and/or symptomologies.
Explore and practice techniques for doing walk-and-talk therapy sessions that can be used immediately with appropriate clients through demonstrations in this workshop.
Identify the benefits of nature and the use of expressive arts modalities as a way to complement your existing clinical practice.
Learn how to become a better container for working with your clients through self-care, self-regulation, and personal practice.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Tapping for Clinicians, Part I
2025-09-19 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Now meets requirements for Law & Ethics CEs!
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Tapping for Clinicians, Part I
Presented by: Shelley White, MA, LMHC
When: Friday, September 19th, 2025 | 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 (law & ethics CEs)| $190.00
Emotion Freedom Techniques (EFT) – also known as EFT Tapping – is quickly becoming a widely-accepted and effective evidence-based strategy to reduce emotional distress. 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. This workshop provides you with the introductory skills you need to start using basic tapping techniques. Through observation, lecture, and practice, you will learn the history of tapping and the psychology and science behind its success. You will also learn and practice the basic technique so you will be able to use EFT with your clients immediately.
When treating anxiety, first calm the body. Experts in anxiety treatment agree: First calm the physiological symptoms of anxiety, then work with the mind. EFT Tapping can quickly reduce anxiety sensations in the body. And it’s very easy to teach clients! I often hear from my clients how empowered they feel to self-regulate even after their first session. Come earn 6 CEs and learn this effective self-regulatory tool!
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The Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature
2025-09-19 09:00 - 16:30 | ONE-Olympia, 7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
The Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, September 19, 2025 | 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 Options: If you are coming to the area from out of town, several lodging options at reduced rates for Cascadia attendees are available, including staying at the ONE Center. For all lodging accommodation options, please visit the ONE Center website here and email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law and Ethics CEs | $199.00
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This is a nature based workshop in the gardens, forest and by the water, walking slowly (less than 1 mile total) on uneven ground at times, rain or shine.
It is finally here, the opportunity to take time to practice what we preach so often to clients, “Take good care of yourself.” Let us do it together at the beautiful ONE Center on the South Salish Sea just outside Olympia, WA, ONE is an incredibly special place designed just for healthcare providers like you! This day of learning supports OUR health and well-being. Finally, we have full permission to tend to our own health and well-being WHILE earning ethics credits.
This workshop is retreat-style, nature-based, and experiential. We’ll be walking slowly, short distances, and pausing all along the way because we’ve created this workshop for you to experience simple self-care practices to use anywhere and anytime. Some colleagues have come multiple times because this learning feels good, body, mind, and soul, AND because when we’re grounded, we can teach our clients to feel more connected to themselves, each other, nature, and the beyond human world too.
Providing mental health care in the past several years has required more from us than ever before. In addition to significant work-related changes, the added stress from so many daily challenges in our personal lives has been exhausting. Now providing telehealth, it’s common for colleagues to feel isolated and disconnected from others. If you have been running on empty for a while, pushing on to keep meeting the needs of others even though you know you need to pause and rest, you are not alone. Come to ONE for a soft, gentle landing and warm welcome. The ONE Center is a refuge, a sanctuary created specifically for those of us providing care to others. We’re building this community of care by reimagining mental health care, starting with caring for professional care providers. We got your back…we’re here for you.
Quite recently, the National Association of Social Workers updated the NASW Code of Ethics reflecting an ethical imperative to practice self-care. Now, all codes of ethics formally recognize clinician self-care as essential to providing quality care to others. The codes provide mandates to tend to one’s well-being and permit us to do just that through professional development. The Codes of Ethics are in alignment with current research findings indicating the therapist’s psychological health and well-being directly relate to treatment outcomes for clients. Yes, how we show up in the room with clients does indeed matter. Therefore, finding ways to practice caring for oneself is not only a personal responsibility and a gift to oneself, but also an ethical obligation for mental health clinicians. We explore this and so much more during our time together at ONE.
We start the day experiencing Nature Therapy through practices like Sit Spotting, What’s in Motion, and Pleasures of Presence. These practices are influenced by shinrin yoku in Japan and supported by research to decrease anxiety and depression, boost the immune system, and lower blood pressure. Together we experience mindfulness through practices taught in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) including breathing techniques, mindful movement, mindful meditation (sitting and walking), and self-reflective inquiry. From the practice of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) we explore the Self-Compassion Break, Soothing Touch, and Soles of the Feet. All are simple, easy-to-use, effective, evidence-based ways to practice caring for oneself that nourishes body, mind, and soul. The importance of developing a daily self-care practice will be explored along with ways to assess your well-being both in the moment and over time.
We know that practicing self-care improves our health and well-being. As it turns out, self-care benefits not only us but all those around us – including clients, coworkers, and family and friends too. Indeed, it is an essential prerequisite to providing care for others, care that helps them heal.
We hope you come this season of care to pause, drop in, and begin tending to what you need as a human being first and the mental health professional second. Come, like so many others have done, to find solace in the company of colleagues gathering in small groups outside in nature. Come and experience the healing power of the place we call ONE, a nature-based health and wellness center on the shore of the beautiful South Salish Sea. Come, be a part of this community of care.
Objectives
• Explore experientially a variety of ways to practice simple self-care
• Learn about the ethical implications of 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 wellbeing
• Develop a realistic action plan for improved health and wellbeing
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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SOLD OUT - Register for Upcoming Sessions | Navigating Washington’s New Confidentiality Standards for LMHCs, LMFTs, and Social Workers: A 2025 Update
2025-09-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
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A Must-Take Law & Ethics CE Workshop!
Navigating Washington’s New Confidentiality Standards for LMHCs, LMFTs, and Social Workers: A 2025 Update
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
When: Thursday, September 18th, 2025 | 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: 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Workshop Description
As of July 27, 2025, the legal framework for confidentiality in behavioral health practice in Washington State will undergo a significant shift. Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs), Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), and Social Workers will now be subject to the standards of RCW 70.02—Washington’s Uniform Health Care Information Act—through its incorporation into RCW 18.225.105.
This three-hour section of the day’s workshop will prepare clinicians for this critical change. Participants will examine how the newly aligned laws alter confidentiality obligations, reshape definitions of protected information, and introduce updated rules around disclosures, client rights, and documentation practices.
Through step-by-step analysis, practical examples, and discussion, this training will equip attendees to confidently navigate the new legal landscape while upholding core ethical principles. This course is intended to meet Washington’s ethics CEU requirement.
Workshop Learning Objectives
After taking part in this training, participants will be able to:

Identify the sources of legal standards relating to confidentiality;
Understand the relationship between Washington State statutes and federal regulations with respect to client confidentiality;
Describe when disclosure of client information is required;
Describe when disclosure of client information is allowed.

Becoming a Neurodivergent-Affirming Clinician: Understanding ADHD and Autism through a Strengths-Based, Neurodivergent-Affirming Lens
2025-08-20 10:00 - 2025-09-24 13:15 | Zoom
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 over six consecutive Wednesdays: August 20 – September 24, 2025

Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday August 27th, 2025 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday September 3rd, 2025 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday September 10th, 2025 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday September 17th, 2025 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday September 24th, 2025 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern

Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
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)
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)

***Payment Options:
Cascadia Training values quality continuing education that is accessible, inclusive, and without barriers to all. We never want the cost of our workshops to be a barrier to attending one of our workshops, particularly our multi-session workshops.
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.
For payment plans, you can select paying 50% today and 50% due by September 30, 2025.
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