🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Pandemic Wounds: Understanding and Treating COVID-19 Trauma 🆕
2026-04-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Brand-New!
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs!
Lunch & Learn: Pandemic Wounds: Understanding and Treating COVID-19 Trauma
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, April 20th, 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 Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | $25.00
The COVID-19 pandemic has left a profound mark on mental health, producing grief, loss, chronic stress, and collective trauma that continues to affect clients worldwide.
This training introduces psychotherapists to the unique psychological and relational impacts of pandemic-related trauma, exploring both individual and systemic dimensions.
Participants will learn how COVID-19 has shaped coping patterns, resilience, and interpersonal dynamics, while considering ethical and culturally sensitive approaches to treatment.
Through case examples, discussion, and reflective exercises, attendees will explore practical strategies to help clients process pandemic-related experiences, manage lingering stress and anxiety, and rebuild connection and meaning. Therapists will leave with tools for recognizing pandemic trauma, fostering resilience, and integrating these insights into everyday clinical practice.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the psychological, relational, and systemic impacts of COVID-19 trauma.
Learn practical strategies to support clients in processing pandemic-related grief, stress, and anxiety.
Identify ways to integrate awareness of pandemic trauma into assessment, treatment planning, and resilience-building interventions.

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SPECIAL SALE! The Science of Gender & Resistance: Empowering Ourselves and Our Clients with Practical Neuroscience
2026-04-22 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $30 Off!
Healthy Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
The Science of Gender & Resistance: Empowering Ourselves and Our Clients with Practical Neuroscience
Presented by: Hannah Smith, MA, LMHC, CGP
When: Wednesday, April 22, 2026| 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive workshop details the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $95.00 NOW ONLY $65.00!
Gender is a hot-button topic these days, for sure! There is so much dis- and misinformation out there. There is presently no societal consensus on the meaning of gender identity and the plethora of science behind this. Some people will even go so far as to say there is no science and that it’s “All (simply) about chromosomes.”
Many of us know on a gut level this is not true, but we cannot put what we know into words. In fact, even doctors, parents, and transgender and non-binary people themselves can struggle to do so.
Then, even if we could explain it, we face friends, loved-ones, and strangers who belittle, dehumanize, ignore, or shut us down whenever we try to explain. Those who know little to nothing about gender will put their own world views over those of a multitude of experts – even to the point of attempting to erase and entire people group.
At a time when educating society on this important topic is at an all-time high, the resistance we face is not only maddening, it is downright traumatizing. In this training, you will learn the actual (and abundant) science behind gender development.
You will learn to differentiate clearly between sex, gender, and orientation and how to articulate it all in a concise and coherent way.
AND…
You will also learn the biology that underlies the resistance LGBTQIA+ people face when attempting to explain themselves. You will gain a new understanding of what is happening inside “the other side” so you or your clients can manage your own nervous system activation during these difficult discussions. Practical techniques will be added to this new understanding to help with emotion regulation and staying empowered.
Objectives:

1. List and describe the science of gender development and how it differs from sex,
orientation, and other aspects of identity
2. Identify the neurobiological regions in the brain and body responsible for distortions,
implicit bias, and other psychological resistances
3. Explain the neurobiological mechanisms of resistance with the aim of helping clients to
manage their own activation during difficult discussions
4. Apply practical, evidence-based techniques to manage activation and empower more
accurate storytelling during difficult conversations

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SPECIAL SALE: Guide to Setting Up Your Business as a Solo Practitioner
2026-04-23 09:00 - 12:15 | Zoom
Last-Minute Deal! $20 Off!
Guide to Setting Up Your Business as a Solo Practitioner
Presented by: Sandy Voit, MS, EdS, LMHC, CDFA
When: Thursday, April 23, 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: No CEs are offered for this workshop | $65.00 NOW ONLY $45.00!
There are many reasons to become a private practitioner: autonomy and independence, choosing your clients, flexibility in parenting or caregiving, etc. We will discuss the financial and business sides of opening your own practice.
Topics will include what type of tax structure you might want to use, the various licenses and insurances you may need, taxes (income, state, self-employment, and unemployment), and how to reduce those taxes via optimizing your business deductions.
Other information and discussion topics include establishing a home office, why nepotism (hiring a spouse or children) is good, and start looking at planning for your retirement.
Substantial handouts and resources are provided so you can focus on the discussions and not spend all your time taking notes.
Objectives:

Learn pros and cons of different options of tax structures for your practice.
Develop a financial plan for your practice.
How to optimize your business deductions.
Learn advantages of setting up a home office.
Why, if you are married and/or have children, it is advantageous to hire them.
Start planning for your own retirement.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Burnout Management for AuDHD Therapists 🆕
2026-04-23 10:30 - 13:30 | Zoom
BRAND-NEW!
Autism Awareness Month Series
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs
Burnout Management for AuDHD Therapists
Presented by B Lourenco, MA, LMHC (she/her)
When: Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 | 10:30 am – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom (you’ll receive the link the week of the workshop)
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competency CEs | Cost: $99.00
Living as a neurodivergent person in today’s capitalist society means that it is harder than ever to avoid burnout. Given the nature of the work done by mental health professionals, AuDHD clinicians have even more to monitor regarding their own burnout. This workshop will explore how to recognize patterns of burnout among AuDHD clinicians and use supports to affirm and support them in non-oppressive ways.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
After this course, attendees will:

Learn how ND burnout can present in phases
Address the normalization of burnout and the support needed to offset it
Practice mapping personal burnout profile

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! AuDHD in Love 🆕
2026-04-24 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
🆕BRAND-NEW!🆕
Autism Awareness Month Series
Health Equity, Cultural Competence, or Professional Roles and Boundaries CEs!
AuDHD in Love
Presented by: B Lourenco, MA, LMHC, Stacy Skowronski, PhD, LCSW, CST, and Hannah Tyer, MOTR/L
When: Friday, April 24th, 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, Cultural Competence, or Professional Roles and Boundaries CEs | $199.00
Course Description:
As people learn more about Autism and ADHD through lived experience and the Neurodiversity-Affirming movement, we see the layered influence on sexual and romantic relationships. Masking has a profound impact on the development of the “self” and the understanding of relationships, often leading to misunderstandings and confusion in all relational settings. Add in the nuances of differing sensory needs and ways of attending to stimuli, plus experiences of rejection sensitivity and demand avoidance, and the challenges pile up quickly. And we haven’t even talked about relational trauma yet!
Whether people share the same neurotype or not, the impact of neurodivergence is complex and layered. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this workshop is taught by three clinicians with a variety of expertise and experience and will explore how Autism and ADHD affect intra and interpersonal relationships, from platonic to romantic/sexual and everything in-between.
Key objectives
After this course, attendees will be able to:

Define at least three ways the medical model of Autism and ADHD differ from the neurodiversity-affirming model
Describe at least two ways that both ADHD and Autism can impact romantic/sexual relationships
Explain the relational effects of the Double Empathy Problem and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Identify/understand common polarities in neurodivergent couples that impact connection
Describe how differing sensory profiles can impact all types of relationships where people share space
Identify at least two ways to help support healthy, neurodivergent-affirming relationships

Other topics covered:

Attention and Focus
Monotropism
Differing Sensory Profiles
Communication Challenges
Differences in Emotional Expression
Masking in relationships
Masking in sexual encounters

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The Creative Counselor: Practical Applications of Arts and Crafts in Session
2026-04-24 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs!
The Creative Counselor: Practical Applications of Arts and Crafts in Session
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Friday, April 24th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs – Meets Criteria for 2 Law & Ethics, 2 Health Equity, and/or 2 Cultural Competence CEs | $199.00
Creativity is our birthright, and yet that is something so many of our clients struggle with, often having been shamed by parents or teachers.
Yet what might our sessions be like if we provided a safe space for clients to connect with the life force of their creativity?
How might integrating creativity into your clinical work reinvigorate you, as the clinician?
How are the visual arts perfect gateways for clients to explore their deepest intuitive wisdom?
And how can your facilitation of arts and crafts with clients enable you to learn about aspects of their lives that otherwise would be unspoken?
In this interactive, experiential workshop, we will explore the therapeutic uses of various types of visual arts and crafts with different populations. So as to better understand the healing power of creativity first-hand, you’ll have the opportunity to engage in a variety of arts and crafts-making yourself. This will include mandala drawing, ritual creation, exploration of affirmation and oracle card imagery, as well as choosing from a menu of one hundred therapeutic things you can do with blank index cards and markers.
Workshop Objectives:

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

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Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
2026-04-24 09:00 - 16:30 | ONE-Olympia, 7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Ethics of Simple Self-Care in Nature – Day 1
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, April 24th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live in person at the ONE Center (7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA 98502)
Lodging Information: If you’d like to come the night before or stay over on Friday night after the workshop, you can explore the lodging options provided by the ONE Center here. For questions about lodging, please email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00
This workshop is offered several times throughout 2026. All of the sessions are as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What attendees of this workshop are saying:
“The beautiful time in nature and SLOWING DOWN! Thank you for curating a safe and nourishing environment to just BE.”
“Where to start! I enjoyed the land! The atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. The experiential approach. The connection to ethics. The opportunities to connect with ourselves and peers. The worksheets for reflection and self-assessment. I loved everything!”
“The beautiful and nurturing environment allowed everyone to feel safe and be vulnerable. I admire the bravery and ability of the other attendees to open up and share their experiences, struggles, and challenges. It helps us all feel less alone.”
“This workshop – and the ONE Center – is truly a gift that every mental health professional should give themselves! Hands down, this is the best continuing education workshop I’ve ever attended.”
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