SPECIAL SALE! The Science of Gender & Resistance: Empowering Ourselves and Our Clients with Practical Neuroscience
2025-10-23 09:00 - 12:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
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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: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 | 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom or In-Person in Mount Vernon at the Union Block Building Conference Room at 325 Pine St., Mount Vernon, WA (Google Maps Link). If GPS is a problem, put “Lincoln Theater; 712 S 1st St in and park anywhere near there. Look for the Bail Bonds and the door is behind it in the Square. 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 $50.00
There is no doubt that one of the most polarizing and difficult topics today is the idea of gender. For those of us who work with the LGBTQIA+ community, the result is devastating and heartbreaking for our clients – and for those of us who work with them. It can feel daunting and overwhelming.
We may find ourselves asking lots of questions, from what even is gender to why is it so controversial? And why on earth is there so much push-back on it?
This is a complex issue with multi-faceted causes and reasons – however, at the base of it all lies the body. Applying practical applications of neuroscience and Interpersonal Neurobiology, we can look under the surface to what lies beneath – and in so doing, improve our client’s self-image and empower ourselves and them to reduce our stress as we move through difficult interactions.
This course will teach you not only the proper language of gender, but the science behind the terms so you can speak confidently on the topic. In addition, we will explore and identify the biological source that feeds much of the resistance to listening. Most of all, the attendee will be given techniques to help more accurately frame what is happening and maintain their body regulation during difficult interactions.
Objectives:

List and describe the science of gender, including up-to-date associated vocabulary
Identify reasons for resistance in others
Apply Principles of Neuroscience and Interpersonal Neurobiology to Regulate Your Own Nervous System to Reduce Shame & Activation During Difficult Interactions
Apply New Learning to Case Studies

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SPECIAL SALE! Difficult People: Dealing with the Most Challenging and Irksome Individuals in Our Lives and Clinical Practices
2025-10-23 09:00 - 16:30
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Difficult People: Dealing with the Most Challenging and Irksome Individuals in Our Lives and Clinical Practices
Presented by: Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP
When: Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 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 NOW ONLY $140.00!
This class will encourage and equip clinicians that are struggling with seemingly impossible people in their practices and personal lives. You know the types – folks who distract us from doing our best work and erode our sense of contentment. The class will equip attendees with hacks to confront the demanding, thorny, bothersome, and stressful situations that challenging relationships bring into our offices and lives. From the annoying to the exhausting – we will address generalized personality types and how to deal with them while simultaneously remaining grounded and holding our center.
Please note that this class is NOT intended to address the DSM5 diagnostic categories of personality disorders – rather, we will be addressing more common issues that don’t necessarily rise to clinically diagnostic levels but can be equally disconcerting and uncomfortable in relationships, both personal and professional.
This lighthearted class is designed for practicing therapists with clients of all ages. The workshop will be conducted in a Zoom format and teaching modalities will include a mix of clinical discussion, lecture with clinical examples, and video illustrations, as well as individual/group case exercises.
Objectives:

Distinctively examine high-maintenance relationships characterized by anger, criticism, martyrdom, negativity, neediness, competition, insensitivity and control.
Address strategies for universal psychotherapy office-specific challenges.
Contextualize Freud’s defense mechanisms.
Identify essential emotional regulation skills in adulthood.
Develop capacity for self-assessment around the impact of stress on our lives and work.
Explore multiple strategies to hold our center and maintain equilibrium in our practices.
Access provided references and resources for further study.

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