Cascadia Training for Professional Development

🆕BRAND-NEW! DBT in Medical Settings 🆕
2026-07-13 09:00 - 12:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Brand-New!
DBT in Medical Settings
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Monday, July 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.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 CEs | $90.00
Workshop Description:
This course explores the application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in medical settings, with a focus on palliative care and hospice environments.
Participants will learn how to integrate the four core DBT skill areas—mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness—to provide compassionate, skillful support to patients facing serious illness and end-of-life concerns.
The course emphasizes the power of validation in fostering dignity, emotional safety, and connection in medical care. Through clinical case studies and real-world scenarios, clinicians will develop practical strategies to use DBT principles to support both patients and their families in coping with grief, uncertainty, and emotional distress.
Workshop Objectives:

Identify at least four core tenets and skills within DBT.
Discover methods of supporting patients and family members in medical settings using DBT skills such as validation and radical acceptance.
Explain at least three methods of integrating DBT skills with patients and families.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: Attachment Theory 101: From Childhood Roots to Present-Day Patterns 🆕
2026-07-13 12:00 - 13:30
Brand-New!
Lunch & Learn: Attachment Theory 101: From Childhood Roots to Present-Day Patterns
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, July 13th, 2026 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 1.5 CEs | $25.00
Attachment shapes how individuals relate to themselves and others, influencing relationships, emotional regulation, and patterns of coping across the lifespan. This continuing education workshop introduces psychotherapists to the foundational concepts of attachment theory, including secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment styles, and how these patterns manifest in adult relationships and clinical work.
Participants will explore the ways attachment histories inform behavior, relational expectations, and therapeutic challenges.
Attendees will learn how to identify attachment patterns in clients, understand their impact on therapy, and apply attachment-informed interventions to support relational and emotional growth. Therapists will leave with tools to enhance therapeutic alliance, foster client security, and guide clients toward healthier relational functioning.
Workshop Objectives:

Develop a foundational understanding of attachment theory, including attachment styles and their developmental origins.
Learn strategies to recognize attachment patterns in clients and understand their impact on relationships and therapy.
Identify interventions to support secure attachment, emotional regulation, and relational growth in clients.

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