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SOLD OUT! Register for upcoming sessions | Tarot Certificate Program: The Clinical Use of Tarot Card Imagery in Psychotherapy 🆕
2026-01-23 09:00 - 2026-01-25 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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!🆕
Register before November 30th for Early Bird Pricing of only $499.00. Price increases to $599.00 after that!
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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, January 23rd to Sunday, January 25th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time each of the three days
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.
***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 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 client and counselor in terms of integrating tarot card imagery into 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 relationship with tarot into counseling

Workshop Breakdown by Day
Day One

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

Day Two

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

Day Three

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Poetry Therapy
Asemic Writing for Healing
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 January 31st, 2026.

Ethics of Essential-Self Care for Clinicians
2026-01-30 09:00 - 16:30
Law & Ethics CEs!
Ethics of Essential-Self Care for Clinicians

Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: Friday, January 30th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom. You’ll receive the link via email the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 Law & Ethics CEs | $199.00
Providing mental health care as a therapist, case manager, administrator, or in another role is rewarding work but also quite challenging. Whether working in a system or in private practice, change is inevitable, requiring one to adapt, learn new knowledge and skills quickly, effectively, and often with little support. In addition, the landscape of our profession has changed in many ways since 2020.
While working from home provides flexibility, it can also result in feeling isolated, disconnected from others, and even lonely. Change requires time and energy, and when both seem limited, change can be very stressful. If you have been feeling depleted for a while, but pushing on to keep meeting the needs of others even though you know you need to pause and rest, you are not alone. Many colleagues are tired, depleted, feeling numb, and even emotionally callused. Thank goodness we can now take time to pause and begin tending to what WE need.
Formally recognizing clinician self-care as essential to providing quality care to others gives us permission to pause, rest, and take time for oneself. It is also aligned with current research findings indicating that the therapist’s psychological health and well-being directly relate to treatment outcomes for clients. Yes, how we show up in the room with clients does indeed matter. Therefore, finding ways to practice self-care is not only a personal responsibility and a gift to oneself, but also an ethical obligation for mental health professionals. This workshop is an invitation to do just that! AND earn 6 law & ethics CEs while tending to YOUR own health and well-being! Quite recently, the National Association of Social Workers updated the NASW Code of Ethics, reflecting an ethical imperative to practice self-care.
In this experiential workshop, we will spend the day tending to our own health and well-being WHILE earning ethics credits! We will practice turning attention inward by learning ways to slow down, pause, rest, and check in with oneself, to notice what is needed, and then care for oneself. Throughout the day, we will explore key practices taught in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), including breathing techniques, mindful movement, and mindful meditation (sitting and walking). Other practices we’ll explore include self-reflective inquiry, dyad, and large group sharing, too. All are simple, easy-to-use, effective, evidence-based ways to practice Essential-Self care that nourishes body, mind, and soul.
We know that practicing self-care improves our health and well-being. When we tend to the longings of our heart, we feel better and show up as our True, Essential Self more often. Being our authentic self feels good, as it turns out, self-care benefits not only us but all those around us – including clients and coworkers too. Indeed, it is an essential prerequisite to providing care for others, care that helps them heal.
Join us for a day of personal and professional learning to explore Essential-Self care practices that are nurturing and effective. It is finally here-the opportunity to take time to practice what we preach so often to clients, “Take good care of yourself.”
Workshop Objectives:

Develop knowledge of the Essential-Self Care Practice, including key intervention concepts and practices (Essential-Self, self-care, discipline, self-reflective journaling, meditation, mindfulness, mindful practices, affirmative and contemplative Spirit talk/prayer, phenomenological interventions, cross-cultural spirituality, etc.)
Experience a variety of ways to practice simple self-care in daily life to cultivate awareness of the Essential-Self
Understand ethical implications for practicing/not practicing self-care.
Understand research correlating clinician health and well-being to treatment outcomes for clients.
Identify personal signs of burnout and lifestyle choices that are supportive or undermine health and well-being.
Develop a realistic action plan for improved health and well-being.

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Early Childhood Mental Health: Therapy with Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers & Littles
2026-01-30 09:00 - 16:30
Early Childhood Mental Health: Therapy with Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers & Littles
Presented by: Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP
When: Friday, January 30th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live via Zoom (you’ll receive the Zoom link via email the week of the workshop)
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs | Cost: $190.00
Some clients aren’t found on Freud’s chaise – they are more suited to cribs, highchairs, and childcares. They have the same difficulty managing their emotions, establishing healthy relationships, and behaving appropriately as the rest of us – but how do we go about helping a baby or kindergartener? This class will provide therapists and other professionals working with young children with an understanding of Early Childhood Mental Health and interventions for clients aged 0-5.
This full-day workshop will be conducted in a Zoom format, and teaching modalities will include a mix of clinical discussion, lecture with tons of case examples & video illustrations, as well as small & large group case exercises.
Workshop Objectives:

Understand the role of EHMC (a.k.a Infant Mental Health) in the overall context of early childhood development.
Consider attachment patterns and their clinical presentations in early childhood.
Review the DC:0-5R, diagnostic thinking, and assessment for this population. (The Ethical Assessment in Early Childhood Mental Health & Development class is highly recommended in collaboration with this intervention class.)
Explore developmentally focused models of dyadic ECMH interventions.
Utilize Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Child-Parent Psychotherapy as clinical interventions with young children in practice.
Address common self-regulation concerns that present in early childhood.
Introduce reflective supervision as a key characteristic of success with ECMH work.

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