Cascadia Training for Professional Development

🆕BRAND-NEW! | Marketing 101 for Therapists: The Road to Your Ideal Private Practice 🆕
2026-01-28 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Marketing 101 for Therapists: The Road to Your Ideal Private Practice
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, January 28th, 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: 3 CEs | $90.00
In this lively, hands-on workshop, clinicians will learn how to attract ideal clients in ways that feel authentic, ethical, and aligned with their professional values. Forget cookie-cutter marketing advice — this training helps you clarify your niche, communicate your unique therapeutic voice, and create a sustainable marketing strategy that feels genuine, not salesy. Through practical exercises, real-world examples, and reflection on mindset blocks around visibility, participants will leave feeling confident, empowered, and ready to let their practice thrive.
Objectives:

Participants will be able to identify and articulate their clinical niche and unique therapeutic value in a way that aligns with their professional identity and ethical standards.
Participants will learn to design a personalized, sustainable marketing plan that reflects their authentic voice, reduces “salesy” pressure, and increases visibility to their ideal clients.
Participants will be able to recognize and address common mindset barriers—such as visibility fears, impostor syndrome, and scarcity beliefs—that interfere with effective and ethical marketing.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! The Ethics of Caring for Both the Body and the Psyche: A Two-Part Workshop 🆕
2026-01-29 10:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics CEs!
The Ethics of Caring for Both the Body and the Psyche: A Two-Part Workshop
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC and Dr. Kristen Allott
When: Thursday, January 29th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs – 3 are Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00
This two-session workshop offers the clinician a new holistic lens for approaching clients whose cognitive, somatic, and physical symptoms can very often be directly linked to dis-harmony between our bodies, the foods we eat, our polyvagal states, and our Internal Family System (IFS) parts.
Many mental health practitioners have been incorrectly told that discussing the physical body and its interactive systems will be viewed as operating “out of our lanes” or areas of competence. Because of this, clinicians may avoid having all-important and life-altering discussions about the connection between our bodies and our psyche—how the foods we eat and our nutritional health impact not only our physical but also our mental health.
To address the reluctance of mental health practitioners to discuss the very real connection between the somatic and the cognitive, the body and the psyche, we have invited Eric Strom to present the first session of this two-session day. Eric Strom’s Law and Ethics training will address the law and ethics around the Scope of Practice as it applies to mental health practitioners.
Kristen Allott will then follow Eric Strom’s three-hour law and ethics training and present her unique, effective approach to explaining why many highly motivated clients still cannot make lasting changes in their dietary habits. Kristen shares how our IFS parts and protectors could be causing the subconscious resistance to dietary changes that could fuel inner harmony. Kristen’s approach to finding inner harmony and health using both IFS parts work and polyvagal states has proven to be highly effective AND entertaining, a truly novel holistic approach to providing therapy. Her afternoon session will be both informative and engaging as she combines her specialties in nutrition and mental health. You will never view dietary habits in quite the same way after hearing Kristen’s techniques for incorporating IFS and polyvagal states in finding and fueling inner harmony and lasting change.
MORNING SESSION (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time): The Law and Ethics of Operating within Our Scope of Practice
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
As behavioral health providers, it is essential that we practice only within the legal scope of our clinical license. At the same time, many clinicians find it difficult to identify clear boundaries around the scope of practice for their licensure. In this three-hour morning session of a two-session workshop, we will focus on demystifying the legal, ethical, and practical boundaries with regard to clinical scope of practice. We will also consider areas in which clinicians are most likely to find themselves needed to extend or adjust those boundaries. This course is intended to meet law and ethics continuing education requirements.
Learning Objectives:
Participants in this workshop will be able to:
1) Identify the legal standards that define the scope of clinical practice;
2) Describe the ethical standards that define clinical competency;
3) Create and evaluate strategies to support client best interest through consultation, termination, referral, and coordination;
4) Apply best practice standards to engaging in advocacy activities for clients.
AFTERNOON SESSION (2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific Time):
Fueling Your Inner Harmony: Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Polyvagal States to Improve Your Relationship with Food and Your Body
Presented by: Dr. Kristen Allott
In the last 20 years, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, and somatic practices have offered new insights into mental health that mirror ancient systems, such as Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, in our understanding of what it means to be human.
Dr. Kristen Allott, a naturopathic doctor with a master’s degree in acupuncture, a black belt in Aikido, and a Polyvagal practitioner, will connect how our food choices influence the vagus system and impact our Internal Family System.
In this seminar, we’ll delve into how our food choices profoundly influence both our vagus system and our internal family system. You’ll discover how the body itself can often manifest as an “exiled child,’ how a “rebel” part might seek sugar for protection, and how our “protectors” can wage war over what we “should” or “shouldn’t” eat. You will learn how, by consciously fueling the prefrontal cortex, we can access our compassionate, creative Selves, significantly reduce acute distress, improve sleep quality, and cultivate a much deeper connection to our bodies and ourselves.
This live virtual training equips clinicians with practical tools to manage acute emotional distress by integrating Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and nutrition-based interventions. Participants will learn to identify nervous system states and internal “parts” that arise during emotional reactivity and apply targeted strategies to support regulation.
The course explores how diet, stress, and glucose levels affect emotional stability and introduces rapid-response tools, such as the Protein for All Initiative and Lizard Brain Treats, to help clients shift out of fight, flight, freeze, or collapse. These techniques are especially effective for anxiety, anger, mania, emotional withdrawal, and self-harm ideation. Through case examples, interactive demonstrations, and downloadable resources, attendees will gain actionable methods to enhance therapeutic outcomes. The virtual format enables flexible participation and ongoing access to learning materials.
Learning Objectives:

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

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

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

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

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

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! | Queering Supervision 🆕
2026-02-04 09:00 - 2026-02-06 15:00 | Zoom
🆕BRAND-NEW PRESENTER & WORKSHOP!🆕
Meets requirements to become an approved clinical supervisor!
Also meets requirements for ethics, health equity, cultural competence, and professional roles and boundaries CEs (2 each)
Queering Supervision
Presented by: Leah Post, LICSW, MSW, MPH
When: Wednesday, February 4th – Friday, February 6th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 3:00 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 – meets criteria for clinical supervision training requirements. Also meets requirements for Ethics (2 CEs), Cultural Competence (2 CEs), Health Equity (2 CEs), and Professional Boundaries (2 CEs) CEs | $395.00*** see below for payment options
This 15-hour live virtual training fulfills the Washington State requirement for becoming an approved clinical supervisor. Participants will engage in a transformative learning experience rooted in queer, decolonial, and intersectional frameworks.
The course examines power, privilege, and systemic inequities that shape both supervision and clinical practice. Designed for mental health professionals who want to offer affirming, anti-oppressive supervision, this course provides the practical tools and critical insights necessary for effective, ethical, and equity-informed supervisory relationships.
The training includes information about required documentation and professional ethics, ensuring participants meet the legal and regulatory standards while engaging in liberatory, reflective supervision practices.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
– Apply WA State legal and ethical requirements to clinical supervision.
– Identify and address power dynamics and systemic oppression within supervision relationships.
– Evaluate ethical dilemmas, including dual relationships, through nontraditional and liberation-based frameworks.
– Demonstrate supervision techniques such as reframing, self-disclosure, and externalization.
– Develop a personal supervision framework aligned with anti-oppressive practice.
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 on February 28, 2026.
Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org to inquire about possible discounts.
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Becoming a Neurodivergent-Affirming Clinician: Understanding ADHD and Autism through a Strengths-Based, Neurodivergent-Affirming Lens
2026-02-04 10:00 - 2026-03-11 13:15 | Zoom
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: February 4th through March 11th, 2026, from 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm Pacific / 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Eastern

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

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

***Payment Options:
Cascadia Training values quality continuing education that is accessible, inclusive, and without barriers to all. We never want the cost of our workshops to be a barrier to attending one of our workshops, particularly our multi-session workshops.
We offer several options to make our workshops cost-inclusive: payment plans, a limited number of full and partial scholarships, discounts for students, and discounts for early professionals. Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org for more information.
For payment plans, you can select paying 50% today and 50% due on March 31, 2026.
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SOLD OUT - Register for Next Session on 4/2/2026 | Relationships, Professional Roles, and Boundaries in the Clinical Setting
2026-02-05 10:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
This workshop is now sold out!

Please register for the next session of this workshop on Thursday, April 2nd, 2026, here: https://cascadia-training.com/course/relationships-professional-roles-and-boundaries-april-2026/.

You can also see all upcoming workshops that meet the new Professional Roles & Boundaries CE requirements here: https://cascadia-training.com/courses/category/professional-roles-boundaries/.

🆕BRAND-NEW!🆕
Meets New Professional Roles & Boundaries CE Requirement!
Relationships, Professional Roles, and Boundaries in the Clinical Setting
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
When: Thursday, February 5th, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Pacific Time (the third hour will be Q&A and case discussions)
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 2 Professional Relationships and Boundaries CEs and 1 Law & Ethics CE | $109.00
Workshop Description:
Boundary violations are among the most common reasons for professional discipline of behavioral health clinicians. Dual relationships—both intentional and unintentional—can arise in many forms and often present ethical, clinical, and legal challenges.
In recognition of this significant cause of misconduct, as of October 2025, the Washington Department of Health has implemented a new requirement for two hours of continuing education in “Professional Roles and Boundaries” every two years (the new Washington State continuing education requirements according to WAC 246-809-630 can be found here).
In this two-hour workshop, we will examine Washington State laws and professional ethical standards regarding personal and dual relationships with clients. Drawing from recent Washington Department of Health disciplinary decisions, participants will engage with real-world case studies that illustrate common risk areas. The workshop will also offer practical strategies for establishing and maintaining appropriate clinical boundaries in everyday practice.
This course is designed to meet the Washington State Department of Health’s requirement for continuing education in Professional Roles and Boundaries according to WAC 246-809-630.
The third “bonus” hour will be a question-and-answer session with Eric and will include discussion of complex ethical cases involving professional roles and boundaries.
Workshop Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

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

Diagnosis and Treatment of Prolonged Grief Disorder
2026-02-09 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Diagnosis and Treatment of Prolonged Grief Disorder
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Monday, February 9th, 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
With the recent release of the DSM-5-TR, clinicians are eager to learn about updates, especially as it pertains to a new diagnosis. This new DSM edition ushers in only one official new diagnosis: Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). This workshop will present the new diagnosis and its criteria, explore the pros and cons of such a diagnosis, and examine methods of assessing for PGD.
The use of diverse interventions and tools will also be covered. Learners will follow a case study from diagnosis to treatment. Clinicians will leave feeling much more informed about this new diagnosis and better prepared to support clients who may be living with PGD.
OBJECTIVES
Attendees will be able to:

Articulate diagnostic criteria for Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD).
Analyze the pros and cons of this diagnosis.
Conceptualize an understanding of clients with PGD and formulate goals and interventions.
Create and utilize diverse treatment interventions to assist clients in resolving PGD.

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Chronic Pain: Psychological and Somatic Strategies that Offer Relief and Hope
2026-02-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Chronic Pain: Psychological and Somatic Strategies that Offer Relief and Hope
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Thursday, February 12, 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: 3 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $95.00
Workshop Description
Chronic pain is not only physically debilitating – it also causes mental, emotional, and spiritual suffering. It is easy to become hopeless. To feel betrayed by one’s own body. To feel overwhelming grief and anger. Moreover, when the root of chronic pain is a mystery, that sense of confusion and helplessness can be overwhelming.
Thankfully, there is hope. This interactive and experiential training will explore non-pharmaceutical ways to address chronic pain. You will learn practical, evidence-based tools and strategies to share with clients. We’ll examine how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach pain management. I will also introduce you to the Emotional Freedom Technique, a research-based somatic modality that is highly effective in mitigating the emotional distress associated with chronic pain.
We will also discuss how clients can use mindfulness techniques to change their relationship with their physical distress. In addition, we will explore the pain management benefits of yoga, hypnosis, guided imagery, somatic tracking, and more.
Clients with chronic pain can feel powerless about their situation. What you learn in this training will empower your clients as they discover that living with chronic pain doesn’t have to be a life sentence.
Objectives:
• Identify the emotional, mental, and spiritual impacts of living with chronic pain.
• Understand at least ten non-pharmaceutical ways to manage chronic pain.
• Become familiar with the emotional issues surrounding chronic pain.
• Discuss the role of grief and anger in living with chronic pain.
• Practice somatic modalities such as Emotional Freedom Technique and Mindfulness tools.
• Explore newer pain management tools such as somatic tracking.
• Identify how to introduce pain management techniques appropriately to clients.

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Un-Masking Neurodivergence: Non-Pathologizing Tools for Engaging Neurodivergent Populations
2026-02-12 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Meets Health Equity or Cultural Competence Continuing Education CE Criteria!
Un-Masking Neurodivergence: Non-Pathologizing Tools for Engaging Neurodivergent Populations
Presented by: Hannah Smith, MA, LMHC, CGP
When: Thursday, February 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 CEs (can be used for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs) | $99.00
If you are in the mental health field and have not had a neurodivergent (ND) client, you will.
This can be daunting to clinicians working within the medical model for several reasons. One may not know if a client is neurodivergent (ND). As ND people often do not see themselves as needing to be “fixed,” they may not feel certain treatment approaches and/or vocabulary apply to them – and yet they are in our offices seeking help. Many self-diagnose, and there are as many presentations of neurodivergence as there are neurodivergent people. How do we conceptualize working with this population?
One approach is to de-center the neurotypical classification of behavior as the primary issue and focus treatment instead on the identification and remediation of associated trauma. Sadly, trauma and Neurodivergence often go together, and one of the primary results of this is masking.
Masking is the compensatory strategy many ND people develop to manage social expectations. This skill initially allows them to “fit in” better. Over the long term, though, the masking takes a huge toll and most often results in extreme mental and emotional fatigue, chronic and extreme emotional dysregulation, exacerbated learning difficulties, and frightening and isolating trauma responses.
This session will introduce a non-pathologizing tool that streamlines the conceptualization of neurodivergence and masking by examining ten common areas in which neurodivergent people demonstrate significant differences compared to their neurotypical counterparts. A qualitative and quantitative view of masking will emerge by mapping each unique individual’s experience and comparing it to their social experience. Clients will experience a reduction in shame, an ability to communicate their experience better, and a method by which providers can better help them discern their needs in any situation.
Objectives:

List the ten areas of Neurodivergence in non-pathologizing terms
Create a conceptualization of an individual’s neurodivergence with the Wheel of Neurodivergence
Identify areas and degrees of masking and create treatment plans to address them, determining approaches of accommodation versus adaptation
Apply new learning to case studies and real-time practice

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🆕 Brand-New! EFT Tapping: Advanced Techniques 🆕
2026-02-13 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
🆕 BRAND-NEW!🆕
Law & Ethics CEs!
EFT Tapping: Advanced Techniques
Presented by: Shelley White, MA, LMHC
When: Friday, February 13th, 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.
CEs: 3 Law & Ethics CEs | Cost: $99.00
Having learned EFT Tapping in Cascadia’s Part One training, you are now ready to enrich your existing EFT competencies by adding advanced tapping protocols to your EFT toolbox. This course is designed to increase your knowledge and skills in tapping. Not only will you gain the knowledge, you will have the opportunity to practice these advanced tapping protocols.
Through lecture, demonstration, guided practice, and case histories, you will learn when and how to use several advanced EFT Techniques. For example, you’ll learn how to use metaphor to help with pain, you’ll comprehend ways to help a client calm before leaving a session, you’ll learn a way to “sneak up” on processing a traumatic memory, and you will also be adding a tapping technique to help with phobias like fear of flying.
Come join Shelley White again, as you and your tapping colleagues enhance and expand your knowledge base and expand upon your tapping techniques and skills.
We invite you to join us for this three-hour Advanced Tapping workshop, where you’ll add to your tapping toolbox while also earning three ethics credits! We hope you can join us in February for this brand-new Advanced Tapping training.
OBJECTIVES:

Understand the role of insights, intuition, reframes, and humor when using EFT.
Understand the theoretical framework of the EFT comprehensive model (also known as “clinical EFT).
Understand the application of EFT Gentle (dissociating) Techniques.
Know how the “Tell the Story” technique can be used for fears and/or phobias.
Understand and use the “Color of Pain” tapping protocol.
Understand and practice using advanced tapping techniques for managing trauma.
Identify when and how to use the “sneaking up” technique when working with trauma.

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Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101: A One-Day, Two-Session Workshop
2026-02-13 09:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs!
Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101: A One-Day, Two-Session Workshop
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Friday, February 13th, 2026| 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | Cost: $199.00
Morning Session: Kinky Sex Ed for Clinicians (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Pacific)
In graduate school, many programs offered a very limited education on human sexual development. The topics covered were largely typical, normative experiences. This type of education leaves out so many other ways of being and leaves large gaps in our education about alternative ways of engaging with sex and relationships. Both sessions of this one-day workshop–Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101–are intended to help fill the gaps in clinical education and understanding. The goal is that the clinicians who attend will be more fully informed, more inclusive in their approach, and better able to support clients with “non-normative” sexual identities and experiences. Kink refers to any sexual interest or behavior that is outside what is considered normative. Research indicates that many people have explored kinks at some point in their lives, with many people having a kink as a core component of their sexual experiences. This course will identify common kink terms, concepts, and identities so that the clinicians who attend can better support kinky-identified clients.
Objectives:

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

Afternoon Session: Poly 101 for Clinicians (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
In graduate school, many programs offered a very limited education on human sexual development, and the topics covered were largely typical, normative experiences. This type of education leaves out so many other ways of being and leaves large gaps in our education about alternate ways of engaging with sex and relationships. Kinky Sex Ed and Poly 101 are both intended to help fill the gaps in clinical education and understanding so that clinicians can be more informed and able to support clients with “non-normative” sexual identities and experiences. The socialization that prioritizes monogamy starts very early in Western culture, with messages about faithfulness, loyalty, jealousy, and love all being inexplicably intertwined. The reality is that–for many people–monogamy simply doesn’t work well for them. This course will explore key terms and concepts of Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM) and how to offer support to our clients in the clinical setting.
Objectives:

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

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The Hidden Self: Shadow Work as a Clinical Intervention
2026-02-19 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Back by Popular Demand!
Meets Requirements for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
The Hidden Self: Shadow Work as a Clinical Intervention
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Thursday, February 19th, 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 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $190.00
In every therapeutic relationship, Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow—the hidden, often unconscious parts of ourselves—shapes both the client’s challenges and the clinician’s approach.
This workshop is designed to equip psychotherapists with practical tools and theoretical insights to incorporate shadow work into clinical practice. Through interactive discussions and experiential exercises, participants will learn to identify and work with the hidden aspects of the psyche that influence behavior, emotional patterns, and relational dynamics. Whether it’s uncovering a client’s repressed fears or recognizing your own countertransference, this workshop provides a compassionate, evidence-informed framework for exploring the shadow self as a pathway to healing and integration.
Clinicians will leave with a deeper understanding of how to help clients embrace their hidden selves, transforming shame, fear, and denial into growth and self-awareness. We’ll also examine the therapist’s role in navigating their own shadow, fostering greater authenticity and presence in the therapeutic space.
Perfect for clinicians at any stage of their career, this workshop will deepen your practice, enhance your self-awareness, and empower you to guide clients in their journey toward wholeness.
Please join me in exploring the shadow, where profound healing and transformation begin. This will be an experiential workshop, with journaling and small-group discussion. Please be sure to have a notebook on hand.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Discuss the historical development of the concept of the shadow as well as shadow work in the field of psychology
Identify the importance of shadow work in client healing
Define shadow work and its role for both clinician and client wellness
Gain competency in introducing shadow work to clients
Identify the connections between a client’s presenting issues and their unconscious patterns that may be sabotaging their efforts at healing
Discuss various strategies and interventions which the client can utilize in order to explore and understand their shadow

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🆕BRAND-NEW! An Introduction to the Ethical Use of Assessment Measures 🆕
2026-02-20 09:00 - 13:15 | Zoom
🆕BRAND-NEW!🆕
Law & Ethics CEs!
An Introduction to the Ethical Use of Assessment Measures

Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, February 20th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom. You’ll receive the link via email the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 4 Law & Ethics CEs | $125.00
Communicating care to clients is essential for developing a therapeutic alliance. But with the increased focus on client treatment outcomes, communicating care can be overshadowed — and even lost — when assessing, evaluating, writing treatment plans, and monitoring progress. Thank goodness purposefully using assessment measures can do both! Using them can help create a therapeutic alliance by supporting clinicians and clients when used ethically and in client-centered ways.
Assessment measures can identify a wide array of clinical concerns used to diagnose disorders and validate a client’s lived experience. When used ethically, they can be used to develop a client-centered treatment plan and monitor client progress throughout treatment. Working together, clinicians and clients can use them to connect, learn, and grow.
But it appears many clinicians don’t use them. Learning how to access, score, and use them efficiently throughout treatment can be overwhelming. But with an easy, purposeful process, that can all change!
Learn a purposeful process for using free, evidence-based assessment measures that are valid, reliable measures to assess clients’ overall health and assess depression, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety, trauma, and substance use. Ethical implications will be highlighted for using measures efficiently and effectively from intake to discharge, while focusing on client-centered care and the therapeutic alliance throughout.
Workshop Objectives:

Learn how to use assessment measures ethically and in client-centered ways to support the development and growth of a therapeutic alliance from start to finish.
Learn how to skillfully engage clients with assessment measures to support and inform assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care provided.
Practice administering and scoring assessment measures during the workshop for proficiency in diagnosing and treating common disorders, including depression, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, trauma, and substance disorders.
Increase knowledge of copyright rules and identify free assessment measures that are valid, reliable and easily accessed in the public domain.

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Menopause and Mental Health: Navigating the Challenges from Perimenopause to Post-Menopause
2026-02-20 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
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, February 20, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs (meets criteria for 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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🆕 Brand-New! Lunch & Learn: Introduction to the Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy
2026-02-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Lunch & Learn: Introduction to the Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, February 23, 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: 1.5 CEs | $25.00
Tarot card imagery can be a powerful tool for exploration, reflection, and insight in therapy, providing clients with symbolic language to express emotions, uncover patterns, and consider possibilities. This training introduces psychotherapists to the clinical use of tarot cards in a therapeutic context, emphasizing ethical, client-centered approaches. Participants will explore how tarot imagery can support narrative development, self-awareness, and meaning-making while maintaining clinical boundaries and professionalism. Attendees will learn practical strategies for integrating tarot imagery into therapy sessions. Therapists will leave with tools to use tarot cards as a creative and reflective adjunct to traditional therapeutic methods, helping clients explore challenges, identify strengths, and gain fresh perspectives.
Objectives

Develop an understanding of the clinical applications and ethical considerations of using tarot card imagery in therapy.
Learn strategies for incorporating tarot imagery to support reflection, insight, and narrative exploration in clients.
Identify ways to integrate tarot card techniques into therapy while maintaining professional boundaries and client-centered practice.

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with the ONE Center Winter 2026
2026-02-23 18:30 - 2026-04-13 21:00 | Zoom
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with the ONE Center Winter 2026
NOTE: This is a ONE Center workshop. For all questions, please visit the ONE Center website here and email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com.
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: 8 weeks on Monday evenings, beginning Monday, February 23rd through Monday, April 13th from 6:30 – 9:00PM Pacific Standard Time. The day retreat (also offered online or in-person) will be Saturday, April 4th, 2026, from 9:00AM – 3:00PM
REGISTER BY 5pm on Monday, February 16th, 2026 on the ONE Center website here.
Where: Live via Zoom or in person at the ONE Center (7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA 98502)
Continuing Education Credit Hours: Up to 26 CEs | Sliding Scale ($395.00 – $575.00)
“I’m ready to be done worrying and feeling stressed out all the time.”
“I want more peace of mind.”
“I suffer from chronic pain and I want to learn how to manage it better.”
If any of these sound familiar, you may be ready for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This scientifically proven program, developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, has been shown to reduce stress, decrease chronic pain, and increase personal well-being.
Dr. Butterfield offers the MBSR course 2 times a year: Fall and Winter.
MBSR Winter 2026 will meet for 8 weeks on Monday evenings, either in-person or online, from 6:30 – 9:00PM Pacific Standard Time from February 23rd to April 13th. The day retreat (also hybrid) will be Saturday, April 4th, 2026 from 9:00AM – 3:00PM.
About the MBSR Course
In this 8-week MBSR course, you’ll practice techniques and develop skills based on the latest neuroscience to effectively manage and reduce stress. Research findings indicate that when practiced regularly, skills developed in this course can literally rewire the brain, resulting in improved health and overall well-being.
Routinely living life on automatic pilot, being unaware of how stressed out we are, does not serve us well. Our body, mind, and soul pay an increasingly high price indicated by symptoms of compromised physical, mental, emotional, and psychological health.
Scientifically-proven benefits of MBSR include:

Lowered stress levels

Reduced chronic pain (back pain, headaches, hypertension, etc.)

Decreased worry, anxiety, and depression

Fewer sleep problems

Improved emotional regulation

Sharpened mental focus and enhanced attention

Improved immune system functioning

Help with life-threatening medical illnesses

More satisfying relationships

Better ability to cope with grief and loss

Support for recovery from substance abuse

Increased joy, resilience, and compassion

In the MBSR course you will learn meditation practices to develop mindfulness, also referred to as present moment awareness. Through instruction and daily practice you will develop a capacity to notice when you’re stressed out and learn skills for how to take better care of yourself, minimizing the negative effect of stress in the moment and experiencing greater well-being.
The MBSR class offers instruction in:

mindfulness meditation (sitting and walking)

body awareness

mindful yoga and

self-reflective inquiry

You’ll be supported throughout the program to develop your own mindfulness practice to sustain you long after this class ends.
MBSR Course Details
Sessions: This class consists of 8 class sessions, a 6-hour retreat, and daily home practices. Instruction materials for the class are emailed or sent via US Post.
FEE & REGISTRATION
​Tuition for the class is offered on a sliding fee scale based on what you can pay. (Reduced fee $395, Full fee $450, Supporting fee $500). Professionals can earn up to 26 Continuing Education Credits: Please add an additional $75 fee to your tuition if earning CE Credits (therapists, counselors, social workers, RNs, CDPs, NDs, translators, and WA court interpreters).​

Reduced fee $395 + $75 CE credits = $470

Full fee $450 + $75 CE credits = $525

Supporting fee $500 + $75 = $575

About Your MBSR Instructor
This course is taught by Dr. Brenda S. Butterfield, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Doctorate of Education, Master of Social Work, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Founder of Our New Experience, LLC. Learn more about Dr. Butterfield »
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🆕BRAND-NEW! Meets New CE Requirements | After Hours: Therapeutic Boundaries: The Ethics of Creating Clarity, Safety, and Trust in Clinical Work 🆕
2026-02-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Meets New Mandatory CE Requirement on Professional Roles and Boundaries!
After Hours: Therapeutic Boundaries: The Ethics of Creating Clarity, Safety, and Trust in Clinical Work
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 2 Professional Roles and Boundaries CEs or Law & Ethics CEs | $50.00
Therapeutic boundaries are the cornerstone of ethical and effective clinical practice, providing a framework for clarity, safety, and trust within the therapeutic relationship. In this engaging workshop, participants will explore the multifaceted role of boundaries in fostering healthy client interactions while safeguarding their professional integrity.
This training will address key themes such as boundary setting in diverse contexts, navigating boundary crossings versus violations, and handling potential ethical dilemmas with confidence and compassion.
Specific topics will include self-disclosure, outside of office contact, gift-giving, dual relationships, time management (beginning and ending sessions on time), sexual attraction, and physical touch, as well as social media policies and technology issues. In addition, we will explore how a person’s cultural background can influence boundaries.
Participants will leave with practical tools to enhance self-awareness, manage countertransference, and ensure that their professional boundaries serve as a foundation for trust and transformation in their work. Whether you are a seasoned clinician or just beginning your career, this workshop will provide valuable insights and actionable strategies to strengthen your practice.
OBJECTIVES:

Explain the difference between boundary crossings and boundary violations
Understand the ethical importance of creating and maintaining healthy professional and personal boundaries in the therapeutic relationship
Identify how to communicate healthy boundaries to clients

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Narrative Therapy 101: Language, Power, and Possibility in Therapy 🆕
2026-02-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Narrative Therapy 101: Language, Power, and Possibility in Therapy
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, February 25th, 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: 3 CEs | $95.00
The stories clients tell about their lives shape how they see themselves, their problems, and their possibilities. Narrative therapy invites clients to step into new relationships with their challenges by re-authoring the stories that have been influenced by culture, power, and lived experience.
This training introduces psychotherapists to the foundations of narrative practice, with a focus on the role of language in shaping identity, the influence of power in sustaining problem-saturated stories, and the therapeutic possibilities that emerge when clients begin to author new narratives.
Through demonstration, discussion, and hands-on practice, participants will explore how to listen for problem stories, ask generative questions, and highlight moments of strength and resilience. Attendees will leave with practical tools to begin weaving narrative therapy ideas into their everyday sessions, creating space for clients to discover fresh perspectives and empowering alternative storylines.
Objectives

Develop an understanding of the core principles of narrative therapy, including the role of language in shaping meaning and identity.

Learn practical techniques for externalizing problems, asking narrative questions, and amplifying alternative stories.

Identify ways to apply narrative therapy in everyday clinical practice

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🆕BRAND-NEW! When Saying Yes Meant Survival: Helping Clients Recover from People-Pleasing 🆕
2026-02-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
When Saying Yes Meant Survival: Helping Clients Recover from People-Pleasing
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Thursday, February 26th, 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: 3 CEs | $95.00
For many clients, people-pleasing is not just a habit: it began as a survival strategy. Saying “yes” in childhood may have kept them safe, secured approval, or prevented conflict, but in adulthood it often leaves them anxious, resentful, and disconnected from their own needs.
This training helps psychotherapists understand the deeper roots of people-pleasing through the lens of trauma, attachment, and relational dynamics, while offering concrete strategies for healing.
Participants will explore how to compassionately validate the protective origins of people-pleasing while supporting clients to set boundaries, reclaim their voice, and practice self-advocacy. With a mix of clinical insight, case examples, and practical tools, therapists will leave with new ways to help clients transform people-pleasing patterns into healthier, more empowered ways of relating.
Objectives

Develop an understanding of people-pleasing as a trauma-informed survival response with relational and cultural roots.
Learn therapeutic strategies to help clients identify, interrupt, and shift automatic people-pleasing behaviors.
Identify interventions that support boundary-setting, self-compassion, and authentic self-expression in clients recovering from people-pleasing.

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Navigating Washington’s New Confidentiality Standards for LMHCs, LMFTs, and Social Workers
2026-02-27 09:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
A Must-Take Law & Ethics CE Workshop!
Navigating Washington’s New Confidentiality Standards for LMHCs, LMFTs, and Social Workers
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
When: Friday, February 27th, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
Workshop Description
As of July 27, 2025, the legal framework for confidentiality in behavioral health practice in Washington State will undergo a significant shift. Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs), Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), and Social Workers will now be subject to the standards of RCW 70.02—Washington’s Uniform Health Care Information Act—through its incorporation into RCW 18.225.105.
This three-hour section of the day’s workshop will prepare clinicians for this critical change. Participants will examine how the newly aligned laws alter confidentiality obligations, reshape definitions of protected information, and introduce updated rules around disclosures, client rights, and documentation practices.
Through step-by-step analysis, practical examples, and discussion, this training will equip attendees to confidently navigate the new legal landscape while upholding core ethical principles. This course is intended to meet Washington’s ethics CEU requirement.
Workshop Learning Objectives
After taking part in this training, participants will be able to:

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

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Ethics of Gifts in Psychotherapy 🆕
2026-03-02 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Law & Ethics CEs!
Ethics of Gifts in Psychotherapy
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Monday, March 2nd, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00
This course explores the ethical complexities surrounding the giving and receiving of gifts within therapeutic relationships. Clinicians will examine professional boundaries, ethical guidelines, and potential impacts on the therapeutic alliance when navigating gift-related situations.
The training will address how to assess the intent, timing, and meaning of gifts, and offer best practices for decision-making rooted in ethical principles and clinical judgment. Participants will engage in reflective examination of their own cultural values, beliefs, and professional roles, while considering the diverse cultural norms and practices of clients. Through discussion and case analysis, this course fosters ethical awareness and culturally sensitive approaches to managing gift-related dilemmas in therapy.
Learning Objectives:

Identify ethical and therapeutic issues of gift giving and receiving in mental health practice.
Explain at least three key ethical and practice considerations around gift giving in practice.
Discover and consider variables related to culture, therapeutic relationships, and countertransference as they relate to gifts.

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Echoes of the Past: Understanding and Treating Ancestral Trauma 🆕
2026-03-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Lunch & Learn: Echoes of the Past: Understanding and Treating Ancestral Trauma
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, March 2nd, 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: 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $25.00
Trauma doesn’t begin and end with one lifetime – it can echo across generations, shaping how clients experience identity, relationships, and resilience. This training introduces clinicians to the concept of ancestral trauma and how legacies of suffering, displacement, or oppression may surface in the therapy room.
Participants will explore the psychological, cultural, and systemic dimensions of ancestral trauma while considering how to engage with it respectfully and ethically. Through discussion, case illustrations, and experiential reflection, attendees will learn how to help clients honor ancestral stories, differentiate what belongs to the past from what belongs to the present, and reclaim inherited strengths.
Therapists will leave with practical strategies for integrating awareness of ancestral trauma into assessment and treatment, while fostering healing that acknowledges both the burdens and the resilience carried forward through generations.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of ancestral trauma and its impact on individual and collective identity.
Learn therapeutic approaches to help clients explore, process, and integrate intergenerational experiences.
Identify strategies for fostering resilience, cultural connection, and empowerment when working with ancestral trauma.

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Vicarious Trauma
2026-03-06 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Meets Law & Ethics, Professional Roles and Boundaries, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence Continuing Education Requirements!
Vicarious Trauma
Presented by Rebecca Bloom, LMHC (she/her)
When: Friday, March 6th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs (meets criteria for Law & Ethics, Professional Roles and Boundaries, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs) | Cost: $199.00
Vicarious Traumatization, Secondary Trauma, Burnout. Diminished feelings of satisfaction, blaming others, hopelessness, and low motivation-working in the counseling profession has its own stressors. Over time, therapists may notice that it becomes harder to listen to clients’ stories or even that they become “numb” to the details of their clients’ difficulties. Many symptoms are known as the cost of working in the caring professions. Once thought of as being a sign of incomplete clinical training, Vicarious Traumatization is now recognized as one of the possible experiences of hearing about “the worst of the worst” for a living.
This training will offer many theoretical viewpoints on the topic. Every theory has its own view on why we take our work home with us. We will discuss how Psychoanalytic, Jungian, Narrative, and Mindfulness-based theories all have something to offer. We will look at them in depth, as we take a day-long look at what parts of our work eat away at us.
We will do three interactive activities during the training that will help put our learning into practice, and you will find simple ways to release the stress of your work. The techniques discussed can also be used in supervision and with clients.
OBJECTIVES:

Learn the signs of Vicarious Traumatization
Understand how different theoretical viewpoints view Vicarious Traumatization
Explore how their clinical experiences impact them
Learn how to use narrative-based questions
Problem-solve challenging clinical examples

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SOLD OUT! Register for Upcoming Sessions Tarot Certificate Program: The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy 🆕
2026-03-06 13:00 - 2026-04-17 16:15 | Zoom
This certificate program is now sold out.
Please register for one of the following upcoming sessions of the certificate program:

Friday, September 25th – Sunday, September 27th, 2026 – 3-Day Series | Live via Zoom: MORE INFO & TO REGISTER>>>

🆕Brand-New Certificate Program!🆕
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, Cultural Competence, and Professional Roles & Boundaries CEs!
Tarot Certificate Program: The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Friday, March 6th – Friday, April 17th, 2026 | 6-Week Series | Meets Six Consecutive Fridays except Friday, April 3rd | 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm Pacific Time (same time each Friday)
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 18 CEs, 6 of which are Law and Ethics CEs, 2 of which are Health Equity CEs, 2 of which are Cultural Competence CEs, and 2 of which are Professional Relationships CEs | $499.00 (price includes PDF copies of Dreya’s three-volume book The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy (a $40.00 value) – price increases to $599.00 after November 30th, 2025.
***see below for payment options
All 2026 Sessions Scheduled (so far…more to come!)

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

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

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

Topics covered during the six-week training:

The History of Tarot
The Clinical Benefits of Using Tarot Cards
The “Evidence-Based” Bugaboo
Spiritual/Religious Competency in Therapy
Tarot, Creativity, and Therapy
Tarot Is/As Metaphor
Beyond Metaphor: Pataphor
Projective Tools in Psychotherapy
Carl Jung: Therapeutic Tarot’s Forefather
Shadow Work
The Hero’s Journey
Tarot And/As Visual Imagery in Art Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Psychodrama
EMDR, Visual Imagery, and Metaphoric Cards
Inner Critic Work
Introjections
Parts Work
Chairwork
Solution-Focused Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Poetry Therapy
Introducing Tarot Cards to a Client
Clinical Documentation
Tarot and Professional Ethics
Marketing oneself as a “tarot-friendly therapist”

Six Training Modules: 6-Week Breakdown by Week
Week 1

The History of Tarot
The Clinical Benefits of Using Tarot Cards
The “Evidence-Based” Bugaboo
Spiritual/Religious Competency in Therapy
Tarot, Creativity, and Therapy

Week 2

Tarot Is/As Metaphor
Beyond Metaphor: Pataphor
Projective Tools in Psychotherapy
Carl Jung: Therapeutic Tarot’s Forefather
Shadow Work
The Hero’s Journey

Week 3

Tarot And/As Visual Imagery in Art Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Psychodrama
EMDR, Visual Imagery, and Metaphoric Cards
Inner Critic Work

Week 4

Introjections
Parts Work
Chairwork
Solution-Focused Therapy

Week 5

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Poetry Therapy
Asemic Writing for Healing

Week 6

Introducing Tarot Cards to a Client
Clinical Documentation
Tarot and Professional Ethics
Marketing oneself as a “tarot-friendly therapist”

***Payment Options:
Cascadia Training values quality continuing education that is accessible, inclusive, and without barriers to all. We never want the cost of our workshops to be a barrier to attending one of our workshops, particularly our multi-session workshops.
We offer several options to make our workshops cost-inclusive: payment plans, a limited number of full and partial scholarships, discounts for students, and discounts for early professionals. Please email us at hello@cascadiatraining.org for more information.
For payment plans, you can select paying 50% today and 50% due on April 30th, 2026.

🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Food and Mood 101 🆕
2026-03-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Lunch & Learn: Food and Mood 101
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, March 9th, 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: 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $25.00
The connection between what we eat and how we feel is powerful – yet often overlooked in psychotherapy. Emerging research highlights the role of nutrition, gut health, and lifestyle patterns in influencing mood, energy, and emotional regulation.
This training introduces psychotherapists to the foundations of the food–mood connection, helping clinicians recognize how dietary habits may impact mental health. Through discussion and practical strategies, participants will learn how to talk with clients about food and mood in a supportive and ethical way without stepping outside their scope of practice.
Note: This training does not provide nutritional certification but equips therapists with tools for collaboration and psychoeducation.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the relationship between nutrition, gut health, and mental health.
Learn ways to introduce food–mood awareness into therapy sessions while staying within ethical scope of practice.
Identify practical strategies to support clients in building mindful, balanced eating habits that promote emotional well-being.

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Foundations of Harm Reduction: Client-Centered Approaches to Substance Use and Risk 🆕
2026-03-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs!
Foundations of Harm Reduction: Client-Centered Approaches to Substance Use and Risk
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, March 11th, 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: 3 CEs – Meets Criteria for Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
Harm reduction offers a compassionate, client-centered alternative to all-or-nothing approaches to substance use. Rather than demanding abstinence, harm reduction meets people where they are, focusing on reducing risks, honoring autonomy, and supporting incremental change.
This training introduces psychotherapists to the foundations of harm reduction, exploring its philosophy, core principles, and practical applications in clinical practice.
Through discussion, case examples, and interactive reflection, participants will learn how to integrate harm reduction into their therapeutic work while maintaining empathy, collaboration, and respect for client goals.
Attendees will leave with tools for engaging in nonjudgmental dialogue, supporting safer use practices, and fostering readiness for change while strengthening therapeutic alliance and promoting client empowerment.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the philosophy and core principles of harm reduction.
Learn client-centered strategies to support safer use, incremental change, and self-determined goals.
Identify ways to apply harm reduction practices in psychotherapy while maintaining ethical and collaborative care.

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If It’s Not in the Record, It Didn’t Happen – Or Did It? Law and Ethics of Effective Documentation and Record Keeping for Mental Health Professionals
2026-03-13 09:30 - 17:00 | Zoom
Law & Ethics CEs!
If It’s Not in the Record, It Didn’t Happen – Or Did It? Law and Ethics of Effective Documentation and Record Keeping for Mental Health Professionals
Presented by: Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC
When: Friday, March 13th, 2026 | 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law and Ethics | Cost: $199.00
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Effective record-keeping is vital to effective clinical work and is a key part of sound professional practice. In this workshop, we will examine Washington State and Federal legal standards regarding clinical documentation. We will also discuss documentation best-practices to support effective clinical work while minimizing the risk of liability. Participants will gain an increased understanding of the current standards regarding clinical documentation. This course is intended to meet ethics continuing education requirements
This continuing education workshop will be focused on understanding the sources of law and ethics standards and applying those standards to a range of real-world and hypothetical scenarios.
Through this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to discover the guidance provided by state law, federal law, and a range of applicable ethical codes. In addition to the provided case studies and scenarios, participants are encouraged to share their own experiences, questions, and thoughts.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

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

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Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
2026-03-13 09:30 - 17:00 | Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, 98155, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
Presented by: Becky Robbins, MA, LMHC, CEAT, CYT, NBT
When: Friday, March 13, 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
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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🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care 🆕
2026-03-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Brand-New!
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Lunch & Learn: Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, March 16th, 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: 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $25.00
Trauma touches nearly every area of clinical practice, whether or not it is the presenting issue. Trauma-informed care provides a framework for understanding how trauma shapes clients’ experiences and for creating therapeutic spaces grounded in safety, trust, and empowerment.
This training introduces psychotherapists to the foundations of trauma-informed practice, exploring the key principles and their application across diverse clinical settings.
Through discussion, reflection, and practical strategies, participants will learn how to recognize the signs of trauma, avoid re-traumatization, and support clients in ways that honor resilience and autonomy. Attendees will leave with a solid foundation for weaving trauma-informed care into everyday practice, enhancing both therapeutic alliance and client outcomes.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop a foundational understanding of the principles and philosophy of trauma-informed care.
Learn practical strategies for creating safety, trust, and empowerment in therapeutic relationships.
Identify ways to recognize trauma responses and avoid re-traumatization in clinical practice.

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Being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World
2026-03-18 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Cultural Competence, or Health Equity CEs!
Being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Wednesday, March 18, 2026| 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics CEs; also meets the Cultural Competency CE requirement for WA & OR | Cost: $199.00
Have you noticed that more and more of your clients have begun to suspect that they are neurodivergent? During the past year-and-a-half of the Covid pandemic, many folks have had time to reflect and learn about themselves and others. That time of learning and increased self-reflection has led to what seems like an explosion of self-diagnosed Autistic and ADHD clients. It seems hard to believe that there are suddenly so many more people who are identifying as being neurodivergent. You may have asked yourself, “What is going on?”
The difference is the shift to using the ethical approach of “centering lived experience” in identifying neurodiversity. Using this term and approach as applied to neurodiversity, this presenter explains the rise in neurodivergent diagnoses, especially among those who have initially those self-identified. The presenter suggests that we have only recently begun to LISTEN to voices of those have had “lived experiences” after being diagnosed in the current mental health field, including countless reports of feeling increased emotional distress and of experiences of marginalization due to being labeled– and subsequently stigmatized– as neurodivergent.
B Lourenco will provide attendees with a “centering lived experience” model of assessing and supporting clients who suspect that they have been living as a neurodivergent person in a neurotypical world. This presenter will support your learning how to incorporate a “centering lived experience” model in your own mental health practices. With this new paradigm, mental health practitioners and educators can shift their focus away from a deficits-based approach to identifying the strengths and adaptive characteristics of those who are neurodivergent, especially those identified as autistic or ADHD.
This workshop will demonstrate how the current model for identifying neurodivergence—particularly those with Autism and ADHD–is considered both outdated and ableist by experts who choose to use the “centering lived experience” approach to assessing clients. This course will outline the ways that the current model harms neurodivergent people, in addition to offering workshop attendees a more client-empowering, more affirming way to identify and interact with this unique population of people.
Utilizing the Neurodiversity paradigm, you’ll leave this workshop with a much better, more strengths-based understanding of Autism and ADHD, as well as gaining effective tools for interacting with and supporting these clients (of which you have, even if you or the client doesn’t know it yet)!
Objectives:

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

After attending this workshop, attendees will be able to:

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

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Professional Wills: Why You Need One and How to Create It
2026-03-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Law & Ethics CEs!
Professional Wills: Why You Need One and How to Create It
Presented by: Sandy Voit MS, EdS, LMHC, CDFA
When: Thursday, March 19, 2026, 2025 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credits: CEs: 2 Law & Ethics CEs | $65.00
ARE YOU IN BREACH OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL ETHICS?
You have spent your entire professional career securing and storing medical records and ensuring your clients’ confidentiality. What happens to these records when you retire, become disabled, or die?
Did you know that even if you die, your estate could be held responsible for malpractice complaints and legal actions brought about by your failure to anticipate your demise?
For psychologists, your Code of Ethics dictates that you are expected to “make reasonable efforts to plan for facilitating services in the event that psychological services are interrupted by factors such as the psychologist’s illness, death, unavailability, relocation, or retirement…” The same ethical mandate applies to Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Social Workers.
This workshop provides information and examples of how to prepare for such a situation – creating a Professional Will and identifying a Professional Executor to handle the legal and ethical details necessary to protect yourself and your practice. If something happens to you, you need a similarly licensed professional (not your spouse or child) to deal with your clients/patients, confidential records, office leases, obtain releases, make referrals, etc. In addition, your clients/patients will likely need help in their grieving and necessary transition to another therapist.
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