Cascadia Training for Professional Development

Ethics Through a Hollywood Lens
2026-06-26 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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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💲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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Mindfulness and ADHD: Strategies for Cultivating Focus and Self-Regulation
2026-06-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Mindfulness and ADHD: Strategies for Cultivating Focus and Self-Regulation
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, June 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 Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
ADHD can make attention, emotional regulation, and impulse control challenging for many clients, yet mindfulness offers practical tools to enhance focus, self-awareness, and emotional balance. This training introduces psychotherapists to evidence-informed mindfulness strategies tailored for clients with ADHD.
Participants will explore how mindful awareness, grounding techniques, and present-moment focus can support attention regulation, reduce stress, and improve daily functioning. Through experiential exercises and discussion, attendees will learn how to integrate mindfulness practices into therapy sessions in ways that are engaging, accessible, and developmentally appropriate.
Therapists will leave with practical tools to help clients cultivate focus, strengthen self-regulation, and harness mindfulness as a resource for managing ADHD-related challenges.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of how ADHD impacts attention, emotional regulation, and executive functioning, and how mindfulness can support these areas.
Learn practical mindfulness-based strategies tailored to clients with ADHD for improving focus and self-regulation.
Identify ways to integrate mindfulness practices into therapy sessions to enhance client engagement, attention, and emotional balance.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Foundations of Couples Counseling 🆕
2026-06-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Foundations of Couples Counseling
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, June 22nd, 2026 | 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 (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 1.5 CEs | $25.00
Couples counseling requires a nuanced understanding of relational dynamics, communication patterns, and attachment needs. This introductory training explores the foundational principles of couples therapy, offering strategies for assessing relationship challenges, navigating conflict, and fostering connection and intimacy.
Participants will explore key concepts, including communication styles, emotional bids, and relational patterns that contribute to both distress and resilience in partnerships.
Attendees will learn techniques to help couples improve communication, deepen understanding, and build stronger relational bonds.
Therapists will leave with actionable tools to guide couples toward healthier interactions, emotional attunement, and collaborative problem-solving.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of foundational principles and theories that inform effective couples counseling.
Learn strategies to assess relational patterns, communication dynamics, and attachment needs in couples.
Identify interventions to support improved communication, emotional connection, and collaborative problem-solving in partnerships.

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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:

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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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Menopause and Mental Health: Navigating the Challenges from Perimenopause to Post-Menopause
2026-06-19 09:00 - 16:30 | Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, 98155, United States
Meets Health Equity or Cultural Competence Continuing Education Requirements!
Menopause and Mental Health: Navigating the Challenges from Perimenopause to Post-Menopause
Presented by Rebecca Bloom, LMHC (she/her)
When: Friday, June 19th, 2026, 2025 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live in-person at the Shoreline Center
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs (meets criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs) | Cost: $199.00
The experience of pre-menopause/perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause is rarely talked about, but thousands of people are diagnosed daily with menopause-related challenges.
It shows up in clinical settings in many ways: if someone has been medically induced and is having many symptoms at once; if the whole family system is under stress because “now Mom is mad all the time;” if a client cannot get a medical doctor to address that all her symptoms are connected; or a client feels sex is just “too painful now” and plans never to have sex again.
As clinicians who may be in perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause ourselves, do not understand our own bodies anymore and may find our work life more difficult than ever.
You may have a 48-year-old female client referred by a medical doctor. This new client has no history of depression, but suddenly, she cannot get out of bed, she cannot track her thoughts, and her blood pressure is through the roof. In this workshop, you will learn that these are all symptoms of perimenopause or menopause.
In this workshop, you will gain an in-depth knowledge of the 37 most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause that affect us physically, mentally, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually.
In addition, you will learn how to talk with your clients about these symptoms and how to help them advocate outside the walls of your office for themselves and the medical care they need. We will also look at how biases and inequalities surrounding race and gender (collectively, we’ll say women, but we mean that in a very inclusive way to include those who identify as a woman, those who are assigned female at birth (AFAB) but are transgender or non-binary but still have female reproductive organs and hormones), LGBTQIA+, socio-economic status, and more impact whether someone receives accessible, affordable, adequate, and effective health care.
We will also explore how the lack of adequate medical care for girls, women, and those AFAB continues throughout their lifespan and greatly impacts all aspects of their lives. This lack of adequate, affirming medical attention leads to this natural hormonal experience negatively impacting “everything” in our lives.
The destabilization and loss process in menopause will be explored from various angles. What does it mean to no longer be of “child-bearing age”? Is that transition cause for celebration? Is it a tremendous loss? What does it currently mean to be a “crone”? We will explore how this role has changed over time and in various cultures.
The latest neuroscience research suggests that the loss of estrogen in the brain has major impacts on many bodily systems. What does it mean to go on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)? Some current research suggests that HRT is safe for up to ten years. We will examine why this protocol changed and what it means for our clients and ourselves.
We will also explore natural options for care and support during the various phases of menopause. “Have your fans at the ready!” Let’s spend the day talking about menopause and learning about what impacts our receiving affirming, effective medical care, including the fact that the average medical doctor receives only one hour– in TOTAL—of formal training on menopause. You will leave this workshop knowing much more than when you arrived, knowledge that will help your clients and you on your journey.
Objectives:

Learn the three stages of menopause.
Learn the 37 most common symptoms of menopause.
Address how to help clients feel more stable in this process.
Learn how culture impacts on menopause.
Address the experience of gender and gender bias across the lifespan.
Destigmatize menopause and encourage authentic, effective discussions.

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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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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Sacred Rage and Therapeutic Fire: Working with Anger in Women 🆕
2026-06-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Sacred Rage and Therapeutic Fire: Working with Anger in Women
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Thursday, June 18th, 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 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
Anger in women is often misunderstood, dismissed, or pathologized, yet it can be a powerful signal of boundaries, injustice, and unmet needs. This training helps psychotherapists understand the complexities of women’s anger, including its social, cultural, and relational influences, and how it can be harnessed as a transformative force in therapy.
Participants will explore ways to normalize, validate, and work ethically with anger while supporting clients in expressing it constructively and safely.
Through discussion, case examples, and experiential exercises, attendees will learn therapeutic strategies to help clients recognize their anger, understand its origins, and channel it into empowerment and growth. Therapists will leave with tools to navigate challenging emotions, foster self-advocacy, and guide clients in integrating their anger in ways that support healing, assertiveness, and personal agency.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the social, cultural, and psychological dimensions of anger in women.
Learn strategies to help clients recognize, validate, and express anger safely and constructively.
Identify therapeutic interventions that transform anger into empowerment, assertiveness, and personal growth.

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💲SPECIAL SALE!💲🆕 Introduction to Schema Therapy 🆕
2026-06-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
💲Last-Minute Deal! 50% Off!💲
Brand-New!
Introduction to Schema Therapy
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, June 15th, 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 | $90.00 NOW ONLY $49.00!
Schemas—deeply ingrained patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior—shape how clients interpret themselves, others, and the world. This training introduces psychotherapists to the foundational concepts of schema therapy, including identifying early maladaptive schemas, schema modes, and their influence on emotional and relational difficulties. Participants will explore how schemas develop, how they show up in the therapy room, and how understanding them can enhance assessment and intervention.
Attendees will learn strategies to help clients recognize and work with their schemas, shift maladaptive patterns, and develop healthier coping mechanisms.
Therapists will leave with tools to integrate schema-focused approaches into everyday practice,
supporting deeper insight, emotional regulation, and adaptive change.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the core concepts of schema therapy, including early maladaptive schemas and schema modes.
Learn strategies to help clients identify and work with schemas in therapy sessions.
Identify interventions to support clients in shifting maladaptive patterns and developing healthier coping modes.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): Tapping for Clinicians
2026-06-12 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Law & Ethics CEs!
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): Tapping for Clinicians
Presented by: Shelley White, MA, LMHC
When: Friday, June 12th, 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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🆕BRAND-NEW! Cultural Humility in Working with Immigrant Clients 🆕
2026-06-12 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, and/or
Cultural Competence CEs
Cultural Humility in Working with Immigrant Clients
Presented by: Dr. Gitika Talwar
When: Friday, June 12th, 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, Health Equity, and/or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
This continuing education workshop will discuss how therapy is a site of acculturation for the therapeutic dyad (therapist and client/therapist and couple/therapist and family). Recognizing values alignment and values misalignment can be an opportunity for a deep and sincere therapeutic encounter. Cultural humility can be a practice to navigate this therapeutic encounter in helpful ways.
Cultural humility can help the therapist effectively steward the therapeutic space by fostering continuous self-reflection, discovery, and honest, trustworthy relationships with clients (Yeager & Bauer-Wu, 2013). It represents a shift from cultural competence, which emphasizes “knowing” about various cultural groups, to an ongoing process of “understanding” and “being” with the client (Tervalon & Murray-García, 1998; Lekas et al., 2020).
Key aspects and principles of cultural humility include:

Acknowledging power dynamics and biases: Therapists are invited to recognize their own biases and the inherent power imbalances within the therapeutic relationship (Summers & Nelson, 2022).
Not being the expert: Therapists understand that they are not the experts when clients have lived experiences different from their own (Summers & Nelson, 2022).
Advocacy: It includes advocating to dismantle systemic barriers that impact clients (Summers & Nelson, 2022).

Mosher et al. (2017) report that the impact of cultural humility in therapy includes:

Deeper therapeutic alliances
Opportunities to communicate respect for the client’s cultural identity
Better therapy outcomes
Opportunities for meaningful engagement and repair of cultural mistakes

Given how religious and spiritual beliefs can be entwined with cultural beliefs, cultural humility can be expanded to include humility towards spiritual and religious beliefs in order to serve our racially, ethnically, and spiritually diverse clients.
Workshop Objectives:

Learn about cultural humility by recognizing how immigration shapes cultural experience, and reflect on the role of spirituality in our culturally diverse clients.
Identify ethical considerations that challenge the therapist’s capacity to be open, curious, flexible, and empathic in responding to clients’ needs. Develop practices to remain culturally attuned.
Identify common clinical conceptualizations that can create cultural tensions within this therapeutic space, especially when cultural or spiritual values challenge the therapist’s own value system
Recognize the importance of advocacy in dismantling systemic barriers that impact clients. Develop practices that foster greater allyship.

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💲SPECIAL SALE!💲🆕 More than a Personality Test: How to Work Mindfully with Enneagram 🆕
2026-06-11 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
💲Last-Minute Deal! $50 Off!💲
BRAND-NEW!
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs
More than a Personality Test: How to Work Mindfully with Enneagram
Presented by: Dr. Jennifer Manlowe
When: Thursday, June 11th, 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 CEs – 2 Meet Health Equity or Cultural Competence Requirements | Cost: $199.00 NOW ONLY $149.00!
This continuing education workshop weaves mindfulness practice and Enneagram wisdom to help clinicians recognize how personality patterns emerge as adaptive responses to suffering. Through meditation, inquiry, and embodied awareness, participants learn how to work skillfully with shame, fixation, and reactivity—supporting clients with complex PTSD in moving from defensive patterning toward grounded presence and self-compassion.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to see:

A framing of Enneagram as a map of psycho-social conditioning— not as a typology to label clients, but as a lens on how trauma crystallizes around core fears and strategies.
Tools to use mindfulness and meditation practices as nervous-system support— practices that cultivate tolerance for experience rather than bypass it.
Working with manifestations of shame as central to therapy— how each type organizes around avoiding a specific wound, and how mindfulness softens that structure.
Embodiment and gentleness— aligning with somatic psychotherapy by staying close to lived, felt experience rather than abstract insight.
Learning how to help our clients move from fixation to freedom— reframing personality not as pathology, but as a doorway to awakening.

The tone of this workshop is non-pathologizing and invitational—less about technique and more about cultivating our own therapeutic presence as the primary healing field. Attendees will experience a workshop that is:

Experiential rather than overly theoretical
Focused on befriending rather than fixing
Emphasizing compassion, specificity, and curiosity
Framing the Enneagram as a map of ego survival strategies that can be met with mindfulness awareness

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Retirement for Therapists
2026-06-11 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics CEs
Retirement for Therapists
Presented by: Sandy Voit, MS, EdS, LMHC, CDFA
When: Thursday, June 11th, 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 – 3 are Law & Ethics CEs | $165.00
We are blessed to be in a profession that doesn’t enforce mandatory retirement upon us when we reach a certain age. (The majority of people who are no longer working didn’t stop voluntarily…) Clients see our grey hair as a sign of wisdom. We can work as much, or as little, as we choose. There will come a time when you are ready to stop working, and retirement has several issues you must address before you can retire… And there might come a time when circumstances beyond your control – death, disability, illness, incapacity, and/or caregiving – will prohibit you from continuing.
You will do yourself and your family a service by planning for this in advance. We will discuss therapeutic issues, notification, records, liability, creating a professional will, and identifying a professional executor. We will also discuss whether or not you are financially prepared for retirement. Substantial handouts and resources are provided so you can focus on the discussions without spending all your time taking notes.
Workshop Objectives:
• Understanding therapeutic aspects of preparing for retirement.
• Preparing a Professional Will and identifying a Professional Executor.
• Understanding your obligations for notification and access to your records.
• Preparing for the Unexpected – what happens if you were to die or become incapacitated?
• Your personal finances in preparation for retirement.
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💲SPECIAL SALE!💲Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
2026-06-05 09:30 - 17:00 | Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, 98155, United States
💲Last-Minute Deal! $50 Off!💲
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, June 5th, 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 NOW ONLY $149.00!
All 2026 Sessions of This Workshop:

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

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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 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, 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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Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 2
2026-06-05 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 2
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, June 5th, 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 also offered on Friday, October 2nd, 2026. MORE INFO & TO REGISTER >>>
Are you ready to come back to ONE for your annual Self-Care Check-Up? Just like an annual physical exam, on this day, you can check in with “the Doctor” to reassess your health and well-being, assess progress toward goals, and discuss challenges along the way. Except in this scenario, you are the “Doctor!” Come, step off the busy treadmill of life to pause, drop in, and check in with yourself while earning 6 ethics credits!
Like Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature Day 1, this workshop is retreat-style, nature-based, and very experiential. In our welcoming circle, we’ll begin the day by connecting, building community, and savoring the good company of colleagues. We’ll take time to complete the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) and the Professional Self-Care Assessment during the annual checkup. Bring your assessment measures from the Day 1 workshop, or no worries if you don’t have them. Trust your inner guide to know where you’ve been and where you are now.
Throughout the day, we’ll spend time in community and on our own as we sit spot on the land and by the water, resting in awareness and writing reflectively. We’ll explore new, simple self-care practices from nature therapy and mindful self-compassion. All practices are evidence-based ways to activate the parasympathetic nervous system anytime, anyplace. All can be shared with clients to support their health and well-being. We’ll revisit research explaining why self-care is essential for health care providers and take a deeper dive into the ethics of practicing self-care through the collaborative Practice of Council around the campfire. We’ll discuss our own biases, real-life challenges, values & beliefs, and find ways to acknowledge, support, and problem-solve together.
Self-care can be quite simple but seldom easy, especially when caring for others. Self-care is living mindfully. It requires ongoing intention and attention to skill building, giving and receiving support, and holding oneself accountable. We hope you answer the call this season of care and come back for your Self Care Check Up at ONE. You’ll be in the good company of colleagues, supported by the healing power of nature.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

Reassess your compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress.
Reassess your current self-care across 5 life domains.
Explore experientially a variety of ways to practice simple self-care
Identify lifestyle choices that are supporting or undermining your health and well-being.
Revisit research correlating clinician health and well-being to treatment outcomes for clients.
Revisit ethical implications for practicing/not practicing self-care.
Refine your realistic action plan for improved self-care

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The Body Can Change the Score: Somatic Interventions for Trauma
2026-06-04 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
The Body Can Change the Score: Somatic Interventions for Trauma
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Thursday, June 4th, 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 CEs | $90.00
Workshop Description:
As humans, we store memories, experience and emotions on a cellular level. Somatic approaches focus on body awareness and how to cultivate it in and around the body. Providing clients with interventions to address how trauma is stored and experienced in the body is essential. This training will present an overview of how trauma is experienced in the body. Specific somatic interventions such as resourcing, grounding, dual awareness, and sequencing will be presented. Learners will view the application of somatic interventions by analyzing case studies and video demonstrations. Discover methods to help your clients release trauma and negative emotions from the body through a trauma-informed care lens.
Objectives:

Explain the somatic experience of trauma in the body.
Discover at least five somatic interventions for trauma.
Analyze applications of somatic interventions to client case studies.

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🆕 SPECIAL SALE! CBT Strategies for Suicidal Clients 🆕
2026-05-28 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $30 Off!
Brand-New!
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Strategies for Suicidal Clients
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Thursday, May 28th, 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 CEs | $95.00 Now Only $65.00!
NOTE: This workshop does NOT meet the Department of Health suicide assessment CE requirements.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approaches offer effective support and intervention for suicidal clients. Participants will learn the core tenets of the CBT model as it applies specifically to suicidal thinking and behavior, including how cognitive distortions, emotional dysregulation, and behavioral avoidance contribute to acute risk.
Through lecture, case examples, and guided practice, the course demonstrates how clinicians can use CBT’s structured, collaborative, and transparent framework to better understand the drivers of suicidality and create targeted, individualized treatment plans.
The course also explores the concept of the “suicide mode,” helping therapists recognize the cognitive, affective, physiological, and behavioral patterns that become activated during moments of heightened risk. Participants will be introduced to at least five CBT-oriented intervention methods—including cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, problem-solving training, safety planning, and distress-management skills—that directly support clients in reducing suicidal urges and increasing coping capacity.
Workshop Objectives:

Identify at least four core tenets of the CBT model and the conceptualization of suicide.
Describe key cognitive and behavioral factors that emerge during activation of the suicide mode.
Explain at least five CBT-oriented methods of providing suicide intervention to clients.

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SPECIAL SALE! Motivating Clients from Indecision to Action
2026-05-21 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $50 Off!
Motivating Clients from Indecision to Action
Presented by: Randi Jensen, MA, LMHC, CCDC
When: Thursday, May 21st, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
If this date doesn’t work for you, another session is offered on Thursday, December 10th, 2026. MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE >>>
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 | $190.00 Now Only $140.00!
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an established evidence-based practice renowned for resolving ambivalence. MI, which originates in substance use disorder treatment, has been shown to enhance client motivation for change and improve treatment outcomes. The spirit of MI complements Self-Determination Theory (SDI), which asserts that people have an intrinsic desire to make life changes congruent with their core values. SDI states that people are more likely to be internally motivated if their actions, beliefs, and core values align. Motivational Interviewing provides the technique to make that happen.
The principles of Motivational Interviewing include providing accurate empathy, building discrepancy, rolling with resistance, and increasing self-efficacy. These supply the basis for building intrinsic motivation for change and can facilitate the resolution of life-threatening ambivalence in suicidality.
Researchers Britton, Williams, and Connor (2008) show how the therapist’s proficiency in Motivational Interviewing can resolve a client’s ambivalence and resistance to change.
This very practical workshop includes learning through lectures, interactive discussions, demonstrations, video role plays, and skill-building through group exercises. These methods combine to provide techniques and interventions that can be applied immediately.
Objectives:
• Describe the principles that underpin Motivational Interviewing and how they promote client autonomy
• Articulate the distinguishing techniques of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizations
• Explain the Stages of Change as described by Prochaska and DiClemente (1983)
• Discuss the significance of Self-Determination Theory in coordination with MI
• Distinguish different methods of using MI with specific populations and varied disorders
• Express and practice Motivational Interviewing techniques used in counseling suicidal individuals
• Describe ethical considerations and documentation
• Enumerate necessary therapist qualities that support the efficient use of MI
Randi is an expert in both using and teaching Motivational Interviewing. In addition to her many years of presenting Cascadia Training workshops, she taught Motivational Interviewing courses as an adjunct faculty member at Bastyr University and as Case Management Program Director for Antioch University and Seattle’s Job Initiative. She also uses her expert-level skills in Motivational Interviewing in her private practice, specializing in treating clients with suicidality, suicide ideation, substance use disorders, and more.
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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 | 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! Trauma-Informed Approaches to Addiction and Loss
2026-05-18 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $30 Off!
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Trauma-Informed Approaches to Addiction and Loss
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Monday, May 18th, 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 CEs – counts as Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00 Now Only $69.00!
Addiction treatment requires clinicians to be knowledgeable about trauma-informed approaches and the impact of loss on addiction. This workshop will present an overview of trauma-informed approaches, including the three E’s of trauma. The relationship between loss and addiction will be explored.
Clinicians will have information on how to ask about trauma and the ways to assess trauma, loss, and spirituality in a clinical setting. Trauma-informed interventions presented include dealing with trauma reminders, somatic experiencing, and appropriate trauma-informed questioning. Learners will discover new perspectives on addiction and loss and obtain valuable resources and clinical recommendations.
Workshop Objectives:

Explain the clinical and relational dynamics of trauma and loss in addiction.
Discover methods of assessing trauma and loss in addiction.
Identify at least three therapeutic interventions to support clients in addiction recovery.

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Mindfulness on Land and Water with Sea Kayaking
2026-05-15 11:00 - 19:30 | ONE-Olympia, 7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Mindfulness on Land and Water with Sea Kayaking
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, May 15th, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 7:30 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 CEs | $229.00
This workshop is also offered on Friday, June 26th. MORE INFO & TO REGISTER >>>
This workshop is for colleagues ready to experience new ways of learning and growing in real time by bringing the practice of mindfulness outdoors, on land, and on water. You’re invited to come to ONE, a nature-based retreat center for health care professionals on the beautiful South Salish Sea outside Olympia, WA.
During this professional development workshop, we will learn about mindfulness through experiential exercises. The first part of the day is in a lovely flower-filled Courtyard Garden and focused on learning what mindfulness is, how it’s different from meditation, and reviewing research supporting this practice. We’ll discuss how stress plays a key role in illness and disease (physical and mental) and how to prevent and reduce illness for yourself and clients, too.
We’ll share simple, evidence-based practices to increase awareness and empower you to recognize and reduce stress in daily life. You’ll learn breathwork to effectively pull the rip cord on your parasympathetic nervous system parachute to bring yourself back to center whenever and wherever stress shows up. We’ll help you develop the language of mindfulness and explore ways of integrating these practices into your work with clients.
After lunch, participants will head to beautiful Gallagher Cove for sea kayaking 101 skills training. You’ll learn about mindful kayaking, an invitation to practice non-striving on the water. “There is no place to go, and no place be. This is it, right here, right now.” On the water, we’ll field-test our mindful skills for stress/anxiety management and practice responding in ways that regulate our mind, emotions, body, and behavior. By paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, we’ll learn how to navigate the stress and anxiety of “unpleasant” emotions, body sensations, and distorted thinking by choosing new ways of being through the practice of mindfulness. This will be guided in a spirit of play to cultivate mindfulness by noticing the awe and wonder of beauty all around us in nature, in community with colleagues. Ultimately, noticing the pleasant is a mindful practice that serves us very well.
Whether you’re an avid paddler or have no experience but feel called by the South Salish Sea, join us in this learning and beauty. Gallagher Cove at The ONE Center is a shallow, protected, remarkably beautiful place for brand new paddlers. We’ll provide thorough safety instruction and all the equipment needed (sea kayak, paddle, and PDF). You’re invited to arrive Thursday evening and/or stay over Friday night to camp on the land or stay in one of our cozy cabins to really drop in and enjoy mindfulness on land and water.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.
Workshop Objectives:
In this workshop, you will:

Understand the research-based benefits of integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) in clinical practice.
Learn what mindfulness is and how to practice it for yourself so you can teach your clients.
Explore the language, concepts, and phenomena of mindfulness.
Learn about the mind/body relationship between chronic stress (CBT Thinking Errors) and health (depression/anxiety/panic attacks), enabling you to explain the Autonomic, Sympathetic, and Parasympathetic Nervous System to clients.
Learn simple, accessible practices to recognize stress responses and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
Learn emotional regulation skills through mindfulness practice.

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Tarot and Therapy: Intuition and Metaphor
2026-05-15 09:00 - 16:30 | Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, 98155, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Tarot and Therapy: Intuition and Metaphor
Presented by: Rebecca Bloom, LMHC (she/her)
When: Friday, May 15th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live in-person at the Shoreline Center
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 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.
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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SPECIAL SALE! Attachment and the Neurobiology of Relationships
2026-05-14 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $50 Off!
Attachment and the Neurobiology of Relationships
Presented by: Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP
When: Thursday, May 14th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the event.
Continuing Education Credits: 6 CEs | $190.00 Now Only $140.00!
This workshop focuses on one of the most critical components in mental health, social development, and therapeutic intervention across our lifespan – attachment.
This class will demonstrate that attachment is a journey, rather than the predetermined lifelong limitation a jaded clinical view might indicate. It typifies the astounding adaptability and hope inherent in humans – the reasons we believe in our work as therapists.
This workshop will give therapists and other helping professionals working with all age populations an understanding of attachment theory, patterns and clinical presentations, as well as practical tools to create sustainable and effective therapeutic change. We will explore how attachment develops and evolves across a lifespan, influencing all of our relationships. Teaching modalities will include a mix of clinical discussion, lecture with clinical examples, video illustrations, and individual/group case exercises.
Objectives:

Identify key factors that impact and influence our baseline neurobiology such as brain development, memory systems, and trauma.
Understand attachment theory, as well as attachment patterns and clinical presentations.
Learn the various ways attachment styles impact our lives and all types of relationships.
Recognize attachment as one of core components in the therapeutic relationship.
Discuss attachment-based therapies for children, adolescents, adults, and couples.

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Body Justice: Addressing Sizeism and Fear of Fat
2026-05-13 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Body Justice: Addressing Sizeism and Fear of Fat
Presented by: Amber Rice, LMFT, MA
When: Wednesday, May 13, 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 – counts toward Health Equity requirements and Cultural Competence requirements| $199.00
Therapists are becoming increasingly aware of the harm that has been/is being done to clients when healthcare settings (including counseling practices) focus on weight and weight loss as a primary goal. Most therapists, however, have not been trained in how to have conversations with their clients about body shame, weight stigma, healthism, diet culture, and sizeism. How, then, do therapists help clients heal body shame in a weight-obsessed world when our culture is obsessed with weight being an indicator of health? This course introduces therapists to practical resources, knowledge, empowering interventions, and the language needed to help challenge weight stigma, connect weight stigma and negative health outcomes, and support clients toward weight-neutral and compassionate self-care.
Many providers have increased their awareness of the need to adjust their practice lens and use a more weight-inclusive, fat-positive approach to addressing food and body issues. Mental health clinicians have become increasingly aware of the expanding body of research that says intentional weight loss and dieting just don’t work, and find themselves no longer ethically comfortable participating in diet culture. Therapists understand that supporting clients in weight loss or lifestyle changes (even for health reasons) is frequently emotionally and metabolically damaging, is not trauma-informed, often results in eating disorders and poor health outcomes, and is rooted in weight bias and the body hierarchy. Ethical, culturally competent mental health practitioners want to know how to help their clients have a more peaceful relationship with food and their bodies. However, even the best-intentioned clinician finds that the cultural climate of weight stigma is so prevalent in both medical and mental health fields that they don’t even know where to begin.
This course will help therapists have conversations about bodies, weight, and health without contributing to the body shaming and size bias that is commonplace in healthcare settings. Amber will introduce participants to knowledge that will help them ethically and compassionately address the impacts of weight stigma with their clients. Workshop attendees will learn ways to help their clients reduce body shame, improve their relationship with food, and invite more satisfaction and joy in their lives in a culturally competent way so they can be more resilient and confident in their own skin.
Objectives:

Discuss the use of “fat” as a reclaimed term, ask for the avoidance of the “O” words (obese, overweight), the use of “numbers” to describe weight, and other guidelines to avoid microaggressions that may take place during the workshop.
Present research studies and lived experiences that provide evidence for the need to practice with a weight-inclusive approach.
Teach the core values and principles of Health at Every Size and Body Trust approaches.
Provide an overview of the HAES and Body Trust approaches, along with practical clinical interventions for clients seeking a more peaceful relationship with food and their bodies.
Discuss with participants the ethical considerations and dilemmas present in the current medical and mental health models that support weight loss for health purposes.
Offer a pathway toward becoming more culturally competent, with an adjusted lens that actively seeks to eliminate implicit and explicit bias in assessment, treatment, and orientation.
List action steps that participants can employ to create a more weight-neutral practice.
Ask attendees to acknowledge possible body (thin) privilege.
Evaluate therapeutic spaces and environments to ensure they are fat-friendly and free of pathologizing magazines and stigmatizing language/media/magazines.
Advocate for self-examination for fatphobia and anti-fat bias.
Increase the visibility of fat people and scour websites and waiting rooms for diet culture.

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Clinical Supervision Training: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know
2026-05-06 09:30 - 2026-05-08 14:30 | Zoom
Meets requirements to become an approved clinical supervisor!
Law & Ethics CEs!
Clinical Supervision Training: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
When: Wednesday, May 6th – Friday, May 8th, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time each day
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 15 CEs (10 Law & Ethics CEs) | $395.00 (see below for payment options)
This workshop meets the training requirement for becoming an Approved Clinical Supervisor.
Providing supervision can be a rewarding addition to a clinical practice. However, many clinicians are reluctant to become supervisors due to legal and ethical liability concerns. These concerns are often increased by a lack of accurate information about the true risks of liability faced by supervisors.
Through direct instructions, presentation of real-life scenarios, and group discussions, participants will understand the fundamentals of supervision best practices to improve their effectiveness and skill as clinical supervisors.
This three-day, 15-hour supervision workshop is designed to meet the training requirements for Washington State Approved Supervisors.
Objectives:
• Identify and assess sources of significant liability in supervision;
• Construct effective strategies for creating a sound supervision agreement;
• Describe key conceptual frameworks for supervision;
• Compare various theoretical approaches to supervision;
• Contrast various types of supervisory relationships;
• Examine the benefits between group and individual supervision settings;
• Summarize the legal and ethical regulation of supervision;
• Maximize supervisor, supervisee, and client success through supervision structure;
• Integrate regulation and practice to provide quality supervision documentation.
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 and a limited number of discounts for students and early professionals.
For payment plans, you can select paying 50% today and 50% due by May 31st, 2026.
Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org to inquire about possible discounts.
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🆕 SPECIAL SALE! Lunch & Learn: Post-Traumatic Growth: Finding Meaning and Strength After Trauma 🆕
2026-05-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $10 Off!
Brand-New!
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Post-Traumatic Growth: Finding Meaning and Strength After Trauma
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, May 4th, 2026 | 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 (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $25.00 Now only $15.00!
Trauma can profoundly disrupt a person’s life, but it can also be a catalyst for growth, resilience, and transformation. This training introduces psychotherapists to the concept of posttraumatic growth, exploring how individuals can discover new meaning, strengths, and possibilities after experiencing trauma.
Participants will learn to recognize the signs of growth alongside distress and understand the factors that support clients in moving toward personal development and empowerment.
Through case examples, discussion, and practical exercises, attendees will explore therapeutic strategies to foster resilience, facilitate meaning-making, and help clients re-author their narratives in ways that honor their experiences while cultivating hope.
Therapists will leave with tools to guide clients toward integrating trauma into their life story, promoting healing, insight, and renewed purpose.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the concept of post-traumatic growth and its distinction from recovery or resilience.
Learn strategies to help clients identify personal strengths, meaning, and opportunities for growth following trauma.
Identify interventions to facilitate narrative re-authoring, meaning-making, and resilience-building in trauma-affected clients.

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Therapeutic Neuroscience Certificate Series: A Brain Science-Based Approach to Cognitive & Somatic Treatment of Common Mental Health Disorders🆕
2026-05-04 09:00 - 2026-06-01 12:15 | Zoom
Popular Certificate Program!
Therapeutic Neuroscience Certificate Series: A Brain Science-Based Approach to Cognitive & Somatic Treatment of Common Mental Health Disorders
Presented by: Hannah Smith, MA, LMHC, CGP
When: Monday, May 4th – Monday, June 1st, 2026 | 4-Week Series | Meets Four Consecutive Mondays except Monday, May 25th | 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Pacific Time (same time each Monday)
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 12 CEs | $499.00
***see below for payment options
Are you ready for something really different?
As a provider of mental health treatment, it is important to stay informed about the latest advances in treatment. Beyond being a requirement of most licensure boards, research shows that improving practitioner competence decreases burnout and increases job satisfaction!
One of the hottest topics is the integration of neuroscience into mental health treatment. You heard this, and you want to learn more – but it feels daunting and overwhelming in the face of all you have to deal with every day. The prospect just does not sound pleasant.
So, why not make it easier?
Introducing Cascadia’s brain science certificate series!
In keeping with not only teaching to the brain in presentation style, but also in the ability to take in and retain, Cascadia now offers this in a series of three-hour sessions over a few weeks! The benefits are many!
First, the course is separated into four discrete and highly useful sessions:
Week One: Pertinent Therapeutic Neuroscience
Week Two: Applications in Therapeutic Neuroscience
Week Three: Neuroscience-informed Cognitive Approaches
Week Four: Neuroscience-informed Somatic Approaches.
Besides three-hour time blocks being easier to manage than an entire day, you will also have lots of time to think about, try things, and ask questions in between sessions, as skill support inquiries are encouraged!
None of us wants to spend our time learning only to come away tired and feeling that we could not retain what we learned. In this format, you will have the chance to really sink your teeth into the material and build a sense of competence!
All this will take place in the comfort of your own home!
If you have wanted to take your practice to the next level by incorporating cutting-edge neuroscience, then this is the course for you! Whether you aren’t quite sure what the amygdala really is or you are a PhD in Neuropsychology – this practical, application-based course will appropriately challenge and inspire you!
Workshop Objectives:

Learn Pertinent Brain Systems & Structures and Describe Their Practical Application to Clinical Work
Identify & Examine the Neurological Processes Underlying Common Mental Health Disorders, Such as Anxiety, Depression, Personality Disorders & Trauma.
Relate Specific Dysfunctional Behavioral Presentations to Associated Brain Functions to Improve Diagnosis & Pinpoint Effective Treatment Modalities
Apply the Neuroscience-informed Lens to Current Cognitive-based (ACT, CBT, IFS), Mindfulness-based (DBT, MBT), & Somatic-based (EFT, Expressive Therapies) Theories You Already Know Increasing Insights to Improve Treatment Trajectory & Outcomes
Evaluate the differences between amygdala-based and cortex-based symptoms
Apply proven strategies for calming and training the amygdala.
Use Practical Neuroscience-informed Techniques, such as Threat Analysis, to Improve Client Understanding, Compliance, and Outcomes
Convey Difficult Science Terms & Concepts in an Understandable, Client-friendly Manner

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.
For payment plans, you can select paying 50% today and the remaining 50% will automatically be processed from your credit card on the last day of June.
Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org to inquire about discounts and scholarships.

🆕 BRAND-NEW! Reconceptualizing OCD 🆕
2026-05-01 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Reconceptualizing OCD
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Friday, May 1st, 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 | Cost: $190.00
With the rise of the Neurodiversity-Affirming movement, the field of psychology has had to grapple with the ever-growing knowledge that it got it wrong with Autism and ADHD. This course asks: What if we’ve gotten OCD wrong, too? What if OCD is part of the innate neurodivergent umbrella that needs support and accommodation instead of treatments that often end up feeling like a game of whack-a-mole?
B Lourenco uses a combination of lived experience and scientific research to analyze and assess the current understanding of and framework for OCD and its treatment. This continuing education workshop offers a different way of viewing OCD through a non-pathologizing lens, a holistic view that honors the strengths of the OC brain. This workshop will also cover ways to provide care for clients using a blend of modalities that offer affirming support. If you live or work with OCD, this class will absolutely leave you questioning what you thought you knew!
Workshop Objectives:

Compare and contrast the medical model and the reconceptualization of OCD
Describe the purpose of the OC brain through a non-pathologizing lens
Identify ways that the OC brain may have supported early human survival
Describe the impact of trauma and/or core fears on the experience of OCD
Define what shifts an OC brain into an experience of OCD
Learn how to support OCD through a combination of I-CBT, ACT, and IFS

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From Immigration to Homecoming: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Immigrant Clients
2026-05-01 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, and/or
Cultural Competence CEs
From Immigration to Homecoming: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Immigrant Clients
Part One of a Two-Part Series
(though you don’t need to be registered for both to attend either)
Part Two, Cultural Humility in Working with Immigrant Clients, is on Friday, June 12th. Learn more and register here >>>
Presented by: Dr. Gitika Talwar
When: Friday, May 1st, 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, Health Equity, and/or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
Workshop Description
This workshop focuses on the impact of immigration on the mental health of immigrants. It presents an opportunity for licensed therapists to learn about trauma-informed, culturally-attuned therapeutic care to immigrant clients from all over the world. A quick web search about training programs about the mental health needs of immigrants reveals that there is limited knowledge and discussion in the mental health and psychology fields about the immigration process and the unique needs of immigrant communities based on their immigration pathways.
Immigration status is a major factor that intersects with a range of other identity variables (Tahirih Justice Center, 2023) and provides nuance to the inner world of immigrant clients, especially those who may be new to therapy.
Migration to the U.S. has grown steadily over the last few decades. Migration happens for reasons as varied as education and labor opportunities, family reunification, and escape from war, persecution, and other traumatic experiences. Whether by choice (“pull factors” that attract immigrants to the U.S.) or by necessity (“push factors” that necessitate migration out of their home countries), immigrants face a host of psychological and socioeconomic challenges and stressors during and after migrating. These profoundly affect their mental health and quality of life (Shea & Wong, 2022).
Licensed Clinical-Community Psychologist Dr. Gitika Talwar created and will present this workshop, drawing on her personal experience as a first-generation immigrant and immigration activist and her professional experience working with international students, first-generation immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the United States. Dr. Talwar’s dissertation focused on the immigration experiences of people who migrated from Afghanistan to the U.S. between 1965 and 2012.
Objectives:

Attendees will reflect on their understanding and personal experience with immigration
Attendees will gain knowledge about multiple pathways of immigration and access to resources
Attendees will learn about neurobiological and psychosocial impact of migration
Attendees will recognize ways to expand their therapeutic prompts and practices to include the needs of the immigrant community

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SOLD OUT! Please register for future session | Youth and Adult Suicide: Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment of Suicidality
2026-04-30 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
This workshop is now sold out.
Please register for an upcoming session:

Friday, July 24th, 2026: MORE INFO & REGISTER>>>

Friday, November 6th, 2026: MORE INFO & REGISTER>>>

This workshop meets the suicide assessment requirements for re-licensure.
Youth and Adult Suicide: Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment of Suicidality
Presented by: Randi Jensen, MA, LMHC, CCDC
When: Thursday, April 30th, 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 | $199.00
Other 2026 Sessions:

Friday, July 24th, 2026: MORE INFO & REGISTER>>>

Friday, November 6th, 2026: MORE INFO & REGISTER>>>

This workshop meets the Washington State suicide assessment requirements for re-licensure. The Washington State Department of Health has approved this 6-hour workshop for its 2022 Model List. This workshop also satisfies the continuing education requirements set by the Department of Health related to suicide assessment, management, and treatment.
Historically, mental health treatment for suicidal individuals has involved extensive psychopharmacology, repeated cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology methods, stress reduction exercises, and/or deep therapy into family-of-origin issues, all proven individually insufficient for the long-term prevention of suicide and suicidality.
The World Health Organization (2019) reported decreasing trends in suicide mortality in most countries across the world. Unfortunately, the mortality of suicide showed an increasing trend in the United States. Between 2000 and 2018, the suicide rate skyrocketed, increasing by a whopping 35% (CDC, 2020). Interestingly, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, between 2020 and 2021, there was a decrease in suicide rates. This was short-lived, unfortunately, as suicide rates began to increase again by 2% in 2022 (CDC, 2022).
What can we do? As clinicians, we need to understand there are many roads to suicidality — each usually requiring individual intervention.
This workshop presents original concepts in the development of suicidality as an ingenious coping mechanism that develops over time. The brain’s neuroplasticity forms neural pathways that underpin the reinforcing suicidal thought pattern. Brain retraining provides the formation of new healthy neural pathways. The healing process is directed, encouraged, and supported through a specifically designed peer protocol based on existing evidence-based social support.
Research shows that the first suicide attempt is often the first time anyone intervenes. However, it is generally not the first time the danger has been known. Loved ones just don’t know what to do. They take the suicidal individual to a hospital or professional where the treatment protocol has not changed for decades. When the suicidal individual comes home after the attempt, family and friends don’t know how to help prevent the next one. The Jensen Suicide Peer Protocol (JSP3), based on evidence-based principles, is a prescribed method for the family members and concerned others to take an active part in the recovery of their loved one. Randi has used this method for decades and has saved lives.
OBJECTIVES:
• Describe the extent of suicide in the general and special populations, including children, adolescents, and military personnel.
• Distinguish what suicidality is and the difference between self-harm and suicidality
• Explain the psychobiology of suicidality and its progression
• Articulate warning signs and symptoms using simple and effective suicide assessment tools
• Express and practice Motivational Interviewing techniques used in counseling suicidal individuals
• Explain a life-saving peer support protocol and how to implement it
• Describe ethical considerations, documentation, and confidentiality issues.
The Washington State Department of Health has approved this 6-hour workshop for its 2022 Model List. This workshop also satisfies the continuing education requirements set by the Department of Health related to suicide assessment, management, and treatment.
Randi consistently receives excellent evaluations from attendees of her workshops. Here are just a few quotes from past attendees:
* “I took a different class about suicide a few months back. It was so heavy with content and so focused on how to cross every “T” and dot every “I” that I actually left more anxious about treating suicidal clients than before. In contrast, Randi’s workshop gave me a broader general understanding and a way to connect the clinical skills I already have to the treatment of these clients. I feel much more confident and competent working with suicidal clients now.”
* “Ms. Jensen is an extremely competent clinician and presenter. Over my 30+ career in mental health work, this is one of the very best workshops I have attended. Thank you, Cascadia and Randi!”
* “This is the most impactful continuing education class I’ve ever taken!”
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