Cascadia Training for Professional Development

Love What Hurts
2026-05-08 09:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Back by Popular Demand!
Love What Hurts
Presented by: Lisha Song, LMHC
When: Friday, May 8th, 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 |$190.00
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to notice where emotions are felt in the body from an observer’s point of view, recognize negative beliefs that are attached to these emotions (i.e., “I’m not good enough”), and identify the past events/experiences that are related to these emotions. Attendees will also learn how to neutralize these emotions and negative cognitions through an ego-state practice called the “Clearing Exercise.”
Clinicians who attend will learn techniques to enhance positive feelings, sensations, or beliefs through bilateral stimulation (tapping).
By the end of this one-day training, you will be able to teach your clients these skills, so they can experience self-compassion and clarity of thought, and learn to follow their own inner guidance to make better decisions.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

Understanding how the body stores past emotional wounding and traumatic experiences, noticing where those emotions are felt specifically in the body by becoming an “observer” of the experience, and learning how to neutralize those feelings and sensations.
Exercising the power of imagination or a “felt sense” and befriending those wounded parts of Self, and learn how to nurture those parts.
Understanding our ever-sophisticated nervous system through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory and utilizing its tools to further our management of it.
Recognizing how negative beliefs about the self manifest over time and become part of our identity.
Learning to awaken the unconscious through the “sixth sense” of intuition and spiritual connection, and adopt more trust in your own inner knowing. When nervous systems are hijacked by emotional triggers, we tend not to trust our intuition.
Feeling more empowered and compassionate when triggers from past experiences hijack the nervous system by practicing Lisha’s Clearing Exercise and teaching it to clients.

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Trauma-Informed Approaches to Addiction and Loss
2026-05-18 09:00 - 12:15
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Trauma-Informed Approaches to Addiction and Loss
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Monday, May 18th, 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 – counts as Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
Addiction treatment requires clinicians to be knowledgeable about trauma-informed approaches and the impact of loss on addiction. This workshop will present an overview of trauma-informed approaches, including the three E’s of trauma. The relationship between loss and addiction will be explored.
Clinicians will have information on how to ask about trauma and the ways to assess trauma, loss, and spirituality in a clinical setting. Trauma-informed interventions presented include dealing with trauma reminders, somatic experiencing, and appropriate trauma-informed questioning. Learners will discover new perspectives on addiction and loss and obtain valuable resources and clinical recommendations.
Workshop Objectives:

Explain the clinical and relational dynamics of trauma and loss in addiction.
Discover methods of assessing trauma and loss in addiction.
Identify at least three therapeutic interventions to support clients in addiction recovery.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! CBT Strategies for Suicidal Clients 🆕
2026-05-28 09:00 - 12:15
Brand-New!
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Strategies for Suicidal Clients
Presented by: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
When: Thursday, May 28th, 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
NOTE: This workshop does NOT meet the Department of Health suicide assessment CE requirements.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approaches offer effective support and intervention for suicidal clients. Participants will learn the core tenets of the CBT model as it applies specifically to suicidal thinking and behavior, including how cognitive distortions, emotional dysregulation, and behavioral avoidance contribute to acute risk.
Through lecture, case examples, and guided practice, the course demonstrates how clinicians can use CBT’s structured, collaborative, and transparent framework to better understand the drivers of suicidality and create targeted, individualized treatment plans.
The course also explores the concept of the “suicide mode,” helping therapists recognize the cognitive, affective, physiological, and behavioral patterns that become activated during moments of heightened risk. Participants will be introduced to at least five CBT-oriented intervention methods—including cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, problem-solving training, safety planning, and distress-management skills—that directly support clients in reducing suicidal urges and increasing coping capacity.
Workshop Objectives:

Identify at least four core tenets of the CBT model and the conceptualization of suicide.
Describe key cognitive and behavioral factors that emerge during activation of the suicide mode.
Explain at least five CBT-oriented methods of providing suicide intervention to clients.

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